How This Man Changed Video Games Forever
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- Опубликовано: 23 фев 2021
- When you think of video games, you might think of at home consoles, removable discs and cartridges, or your stockpile of games. Jerry Lawson was one of the only black engineers in his field and because of his innovation, the Fairchild Channel F Console, video games were changed forever.
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People that are self learned and become something impress me the most, Respect!
Thanks. Happy 82ndth Birthday, Jerry Lawson! I recall also doing a video on him years ago, and there's a documentary (on RUclips as well) called, "A Great Day In Gaming." Would not be surprised if he was the inspiration for the Kevin Flynn character in the TRON films, games, and cartoons. The video game industry OWES this Brotha MUCH for its existence! Peace!
There should be a movie about him.. Thank you sir..
And Craig Robinson should play him
Been saying that lately
I wonder if he knew just how much enjoyment he would bring to people? 😀🎮
He looked like such a nice and kind guy.
Rest in Peace, Jerry
You were a great mind
o7
Google Doodle brought me here. Big respect and thank you to Jerry Lawson, your invention change our life forever ❤
Thank you, Google Doodle!
Thank you, Google Doodle! Even as a gamer, we are always welcome to gaming!
I'm really impressed with Jerry Lawson and his works of video games with a removable cartridge of Channel F! Nintendo & Atari did the same thing as well! ❤️💙💚🎮
Video games is the reason why I switched from watching broadcasting TV to play video games! TV shows are nothing new anymore!
Lol !!!!!
Lawrence Haskel and Wallace Kirschner invented the catridge
This guy Lawson merely adopted it from them
@@user-lv1jk9qb9tAnd you’ve done what exactly? 🤔 Let’s hear about your accomplishments.
@@user-lv1jk9qb9t nope not how it happened lady
This is a lie. He didn't invent the ROM cartridge. It was Wallace Kirschner and Lawrence Haskel
@@whayes8084 oh look, a strawman argument.
Funny, how even with a Nintendo switch, I prefer owning the actual game then downloading it. Owning it and being able to touching a game cartridge is amazing something that downloading will never do.
Intriguing right and interesting
Great recap! The man, the legend! Thanks for sharing
The smile we did not care about enough🥺
2:05 I knew Lawson best for Demolition Derby, the hardest arcade game for a 7-year-old to play. I hated it and loved it at the same time. I'm glad that Lawson helped refine the cartridge concept!
I absolutely loved demolition derby.
I thought that was badlandchugs on the thumbnail...
Badlandchugs X bob ross
Chugging game cartridges
He’s actually gonna have a Google Doodle for his birthday this December
I owe this man everything
Gaming was already a thing when this man came on scene there was already two home consoles. One being released by Magnavox and a very rare experimental thing. Magnavox console already had removable games.
Thank capitalism.
This is a lie. He didn't invent the ROM cartridge. It was Wallace Kirschner and Lawrence Haskel
@@apoorhorseabusedbycenk well yes and no, the games was built into the magnavox system, not into the cartridge, the cart was only a jumper to select the game that are built into the system itself, the Fairchild was different as the cart is what held the game program, and yes I know it was Wallace Kirschner and Lawrence Haskel that made the ROM cart.
And yes, there was other game systems, but they was only a single game systems (pong, Coleco telestar combat and a few others).
@@Insp.CountMortisWinshipKlawyou white people lie about every and anything. You don’t like when any other race do any great.
So he started my gaming addiction
Thanks for highlighting him~
I had never heard of this guy until I saw him on Google a few minutes ago. That was a pretty neat piece of information. He literally changed the face of entertainment forever. Wow...
The information is wrong and you're allowing google to spread false information.
Crazy how i had no idea who this man was and what he did before today.Thanks Google doodle.
This is a lie. He didn't invent the ROM cartridge. It was Wallace Kirschner and Lawrence Haskel
Wow, another gaming history fact I’m sure MOST OF US NEVER KNEW!!! I hope many people watch this vid and learn about Jerry!
@Tucker Johnson the video isnt lying. I just googled his name
He didn't invent it.
@@covingtonrace1 of course, he didn't invent BUT he do the innovation, make some improvements in gaming consoles... don't forget about it !!!
@@pstw4890 certainly but claims like this is giving people credit when there are other people who had a much larger part of the creation than others.
It should have the title "how Wallace Kirschner, Lawrence Haskel" as they invented the interchangeable rom, jerry was the man sent to see what they invented and wanted to sell.
So you have to wonder why Google's current headliner is Jerry and not the other 2.
@covington race Google is wrong but some incel troll is correct nice story
This was great! I thought I knew a lot about video game history, but this was new to me. Thank you!
muy buen video, Jerry siempre sera una leyenda y pionero en los videojuegos actuales, like si viniste por el homenaje de google.
Es increíble que el homenaje de google diga el primer "negro" como si fuera un marciano, así quieren erradicar la xenofobia? Que le dediquen un doodle como a cualquier ser humano
Thanks jerry
So happy this man is being honored. I hope every gamer knows of this man, especially the obnoxious bigotted ones.
@@scrushmaster1 🤓
@@scrushmaster1 hoes mad about a motherfuckin skin tone
@@scrushmaster1 🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓
@@scrushmaster1 that's so racist and false, you can't be serious
Great video and this guy needs more recognition, thank you jerry I love my video games and everyone who made them possible, you are a legend
We all love video games! ❤️💙💚🎮
I'll have to go back to the museum of play and check out the exhibit...if any one is in the area of Rochester NY should definitely make a stop a check it out.
Thanks, Jerry Lawson. Greetings from Mexico
Awesome. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Thanks Jerry!
Thank you Jerry Lawson!!
Gotta wait until people are dead to honor them in this world.
He is Great in his soul which lives on forever
Salute to the Godfather of Modern Gaming! Thank you buzzfeed and Google for the education. Legendary!
Love the narrator’s voice!
Thank you!! I appreciate that!
Most brilliant idea.
We gamers salute you......Preciate you. 💜💜💜💜
This man made my life 10000000% better and I never knew about him
I am so mad that I'm just learning about this person's accomplishments. His tech I used from Sega genesis to the n64. The gaming industry would be very different without him. Wow.
He didn't do anything other than drop fairchild's CPU into the console. You were fed lies.
@@apoorhorseabusedbycenk true, but do you understand how different that was for its time? Before that you had to buy an entire console just to play 1 game.
why are you mad about that, this isn't common knowledge for people that aren't in the tech or gaming industry. Learn from it and share it to other people. let this be an example that black people weren't held back as mainstream media what you to think. They were pushing forwards along side everyone else.
@@jesse399 Yea of course but trying to credit him as the creator of modern gaming is foolish. It's on the level of crediting Steve Jobs as the creator of the mobile phone or even the smart phone. There's also the thousands of people who make his job possible.
God bless badlands chugs
Games changed so much wow
Gratitude
Intriguing
Jerry rules. Thanks to him I don't have to face my problems when I get home from work! Salute!
Shouts out to jerry white man steady running off with the Blackman idea
hi
@Tucker Johnson What were their names?
@@RudieObias what’s your reply to Tucker?
@Tucker Johnson I’m sorry I’m scared of you I barely can remember names like- how do you remember all of that.
wallace kirschner and lawrence Haskel invented it but don't let facts get away with your virtue signaling circlejerk.
Why didnt u use the eject button instead of pulling it? Lol
He looks like badlands chugs
It does 😳 this is actually scary how identical they lookalike
Badlands Chugs Dad 🤣
Jk
great informative video.
“Father of modern gaming”?🤣🤣
Why didn’t I learn this in school during black history month. Wait I know why….carry on
Because he didn't invent ROM cartridges. Don't believe lies.
@@apoorhorseabusedbycenk the precedent in the US makes stealing this man’s invention for profit and lying about it very plausible.
@@StoicContrarian The patents for the console and it's ROM cartridges were owned by Alpex Computer Corporation and were leased out to Fairchild. Meaning Lawson's role in their creation was only superficial.
@@apoorhorseabusedbycenk you are proving my point; this is part of the game; the m.o. is to diminish black contributions to society. White people are doing it all the time. The thing is do Iisten to an internet troll such as yourself or the well researched presentation from Google. Tough decision.
He did not create removable cartriges. Lets at least be fair and give credit to the others that helped. Gerald definitely deserves credit, but he dis not create the cartriges.
yes he did damn you are slow.
Just like Steve jobs didn't create the i phone
@@terejosh13 Removable "games" were already a thing. If you spent 5 mins researching this you'll know.
Not true. What your referring to is like what I like to call removable jumper cards which helped switch games on a odyssey but the roms were still on the internal system with the Odyssey. Where with Jerry the Rom is external and in a Cartridge which these cartridges looked different than the jumper cards. But again even with that the jumper cards did not contain any ram.
I thought Chinese created these games 🤦🏾♀️ I’m so happy and proud of my race the more I learn about us.💯🔥🔥
Exactly 💯💯💯
Totally unrelated question to vid
Am I the only one who try to explain something in their head to ur self then u get annoyed cause u can’t then u tell ur self I KNOW WHAT I MEAN XD
In 1974, Alpex Computer Corporation employees Wallace Kirschner and Lawrence Haskel developed a home video game prototype consisting of a base unit centered on an Intel 8080 microprocessor and interchangeable circuit boards containing ROM chips that could be plugged into the base unit. The duo attempted to interest several television manufacturers in the system, but were unsuccessful. Next, they contacted a buyer at Fairchild, which sent engineer Jerry Lawson to evaluate the system. Lawson was impressed by the system and suggested Fairchild license the technology, which the company did in January 1976.[1][4]
From the Fast-company article the-untold-story-of-the-invention-of-the-game-cartridge/WIKI. This is correct and they hold the patent over the technology.
Nope. No. your wrong. that is wrongthink. Black guy did it, Black guys did everything, history is racist.
Most people believe everything that google says is true. If they did a little research they would know. I believe that these tech/media companies want to control narratives. Good research
Thanks for the info. Is Lawrence Haskell also the creator of the programming language Haskell?
Hey can you do a Video on stock expert plays GTA 5 stock
Woohoo
Jerry Lawson, Thank You Brilliant. Your style of gaming part back Gaming's actual purity. I know you cannot hear this because you are dead I'm not sure if you even believed in your afterlife, but there are games on your works. Even modern. UnderTale (2015-17),
And now I realize I'm speaking to a corpse, who may actually have a signified Soul, Apologies.
The guy looks just like badlands chugs with an afro
Thank you Gerald Jerry Lawson or I should say "Father of modern gaming".
APPRECIATE ALL THAT BLACK PEOPLE CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIETY.
Said no one ever….
Just curious; why not use an actual Atari 2600 console in that clip?
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Everyone here because of google 💀, While I'm here because I learnt about him and have a test including him in 1 week not related to google or his birthday..
how did they react when they found out about the coincidental Doodle
@@saulgzazueta Ha, what do you mean?
@@lizardone151 were they surprised or something when they coincidentally put up a Doodle for him
@@saulgzazueta Today no one really talked about it, but it's quite funny tbh
Are you going to report how people are falsely crediting him with removable games?
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First vew
Imagine no one cares
Karen watching 👀:
He’s probably the reason why we have grand theft auto and red dead redemption.
L
Not first
Then gtfo of our faces
to all of those weirdos out there who say he's not the father of video games, but he's the man who changed the video games forever, he's the father of *MODERN* gaming, he's the reason why you're out there screaming at kids who keeps on beating you on Fortnite, so bucker up
I can't understand how google can be so racist to say "The first black"
He's not the father of video games. The patents were held by a different company which Lawson didn't work at. Removable ROM's were apart of the console before even Lawson got to look at it. Stop being a fool and accept the fact that Lawson's role was minor.
Announcer: And every time you hear this sound
**Blows aggressively into cartridge**
You can thank Jerry Lawson!
But seriously, Thanks Jerry! 🎮
And Google for the reminder 🥰
A black mon?
Blackmon, is that some sort of Pokémon?
Wait he took another technology that already existed and put it on a game console? Congrats on being first to market, kind of a weird flex though...
I mean not all things are made from scratch. Some ideas are literally just why dont we just combine these two things. It was probably obvious in retrospect but if nobody was doing it then its still a win id say. There could have been possible technically limitations too but im not an engineer so thats a guess
@@DJ-fn9zk Yea of course all things aren't made from scratch. But you cannot give credit for something where 99% of the lifting has already been done. Removable games were already a thing all Lawson and his team did was slap some plastic on it so they wouldn't suffer the same problems as the previous gaming system. In terms of engineering all they did was increase the suspension on a car because the ride was rough, it's to be expected.
@@apoorhorseabusedbycenk big or small tweak it seems to have had an impact regardless so there’s that :P. Is what it is at the end of the day he enjoyed his contribution.
Shortly after, White and Asians invented consoles that people actually wanted to play
Or just better marketing? What does race have to do with video game consoles?
@@danielnavarro537 ask the creator of this video
@@danielnavarro537 He's obviously a racist. They think black people are inferior because their .........
@@gastheleft6535 No. You tell me. You brought in race, so what does race have to do with video game consoles?
@@danielnavarro537 Because "jerry" was chosen because of his race. They're also crediting for things he never did. All he did on the console was drop someone else's CPU into the console and rumoured to invented the "pause" button.
Wallace Kirschner and Lawrence Haskel who actually invented it would be rolling in their graves.
they didn't invent the cartridge part silly boy
@@terejosh13 thats like saying subway invented the sandwich.
@@terejosh13 Removable games were already a thing,
@@apoorhorseabusedbycenk not really, not an actual rom cart, the Magnavox Odyssey cart was only a jumper, the games was actually built into the system itself, the cart only jumped some pins on the system to change the game.
@@madmax2069you realise Lawson admitted he didn’t invent it in a lawsuit 😂
Buzzfeed has to make everything "woke". 🙄
Who invented the screw, indoor heat? Do you recall? Probably not without looking it up. We know about the lightbulb and the airplane and hear and see the same tired stories and see films based on these inventors over and over...So what seems to you as an over correction on giving credit to a person due to their race during one month is really just the continued uphill fight for equality for some of those innovators responsible for making America what it is today. But go ahead and enjoy the privilege you have to complain about this or that because for some they aren't being given a voice or able to chose the information they are learning right now. Ironically, you clicked to complain rather than put effort into spreading positive change when your likely ancestors faced similar hurdles for equality or recognition.
The real "Father" of video gaming: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_H._Baer
I have an idea...how about we STOP inventing FAKE history and start learning REAL history. "In 1974, Alpex Computer Corporation employees Wallace Kirschner and Lawrence Haskel developed a home video game prototype consisting of a base unit centered on an Intel 8080 microprocessor and interchangeable circuit boards containing ROM chips that could be plugged into the base unit. The duo attempted to interest several television manufacturers in the system, but were unsuccessful. Next, they contacted a buyer at Fairchild, which sent engineer Jerry Lawson to evaluate the system. Lawson was impressed by the system and suggested Fairchild license the technology, which the company did in January 1976.[1][4]" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairchild_Channel_F