How Did Jerry Lawson Change the Course of Video Gaming?
BrainStuff
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🗓️ 26 August 2025
⏱️ 13 minutes
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In the 1970s, Jerry Lawson was instrumental in creating the first cartridge-based video game console and the first digital joystick -- and he did it as one of the only Black engineers in Silicon Valley at that time. Learn about Lawson and the Fairchild Channel F in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/big-thinkers/jerry-lawson.htm
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| 1:20.7 | If you're a gamer of a certain age, you've probably got fond memories of popping in a new |
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