We owe a great deal of respect to Ralph Baer, he is such a pioneer on video games. Without his hard work, vision of interacting with a TV and drive to make it happen, well, we would all probably be playing with Nintendo Hanafuda cards or a Sega Ball in a Cup (Sega, please, do not go and release “Ball in a Cup” for the Nintendo Wii).
To kick off our first Seen on Youtube, we are focusing on the Father of Video Games, Ralph Baer.
Photo credited to http://www.ralphbaer.com/
The first video we have up here is Matt Chat #44: Ralph Baer, the Father of Videogames from Matt Barton of Armchair Arcade fame.
Up next we have a two parter from Dell Lounge:
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And finally, Gamebot has provided a video from VGXPO 2005 where Ralph Baer spoke and received the Lifetime Achievement Award:
If you have any Ralph Baer videos that you would like to share, just upload them to Youtube, or contact us here at PPG and we will assist you with getting it up, for everyone to enjoy.
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For more information on Ralp Baer and his career and possibly where he is going next, check out Ralph Baer.com
