Ralph Baer, an engineer primarily responsible for the creation of the first home video game console, has died at age 92.
Baer designed the world’s first home consoles alongside colleagues Bill Harrison and Bill Rusch between 1967 and 1969. Together, they created the original ‘Brown Box’, a prototype that played ping pong and used a light-gun.
The company the trio worked for, Sanders Associates, licensed the machine to Magnavox as the Odyssey in 1972.
Baer himself holds over 150 U.S. and foreign patents.
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