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Title: Inventor of cartridge-based games dies
Post by: Mongoose on April 12, 2011, 10:34:46 pm

Jerry Lawson (http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2011/04/jerry-lawson-dies/), the man who created the first cartridge-based gaming console, died at age 70 of diabetes complications.  For every cartridge I've ever had to blow my lungs out into to get it to work, I salute him. :(

Title: Re: Inventor of cartridge-based games dies
Post by: The E on April 13, 2011, 03:07:05 am

There's a lengthy article about him here (http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/545). Read it. It is awesome.

Title: Re: Inventor of cartridge-based games dies
Post by: lostllama on April 13, 2011, 04:21:31 am

Quote from: The E on April 13, 2011, 03:07:05 am

There's a lengthy article about him here (http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/545). Read it. It is awesome.

Never heard of him before until now. That article was a really good read, thanks for posting about it.

Title: Re: Inventor of cartridge-based games dies
Post by: Wobble73 on April 13, 2011, 05:29:06 am

I remember my first cartridge based console  :)

Mattel Intellivision (http://www.retrogames.co.uk/more/on/details/011553)

Title: Re: Inventor of cartridge-based games dies
Post by: headdie on April 13, 2011, 05:47:56 am

Awesome stuff

my first cartridge capable systems i owned was a Toshiba built MSX but i dont think we actually had any cartridges for it only tapes. (Spooks and Ladders all the way lol)

my first console where i actually had cartages for was the Commodore 64 and we had terminator and a paint type program for it on them

Title: Re: Inventor of cartridge-based games dies
Post by: Mika on April 22, 2011, 05:27:59 am

Thanks for posting this up, very interesting story.

Never heard of him before, and now it's too late.