The Man Behind the Console
New England Legends Podcast
Jeff Belanger
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 5 January 2023
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
In Episode 281 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger stroll Heritage Park in Manchester, New Hampshire, in search of the statue of a man sitting on a park bench holding a small box with dials on it. The statue depicts Ralph Baer, who changed the world back in 1966 when he developed the first home video game console. From two lines knocking a small digital square back-and-forth, a $220 billion dollar industry was born.
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| 0:00.0 | Right, right, shoot that one. |
| 0:01.5 | I'm trying. |
| 0:01.9 | That one. |
| 0:02.4 | I'm trying. |
| 0:02.9 | Come on, it's double points. |
| 0:04.0 | Oh, I'm going to level up. |
| 0:04.8 | Come on. |
| 0:05.1 | 20 XP. |
| 0:05.9 | The chest. |
| 0:06.4 | Open the chest. |
| 0:06.9 | Over there. |
| 0:07.2 | Where? |
| 0:08.0 | Where? |
| 0:08.0 | Where? |
| 0:08.1 | No, there. |
| 0:19.9 | It's in the corner by the... Never mind. Maybe we should play a less stressful game. I don't need to be breaking any toys in my man cave here in some fit of rage. |
| 0:24.1 | Or, or, or we could hop in the car and drive up to Manchester, New Hampshire, to sit with Ralph Bear, the father of the home video game console. |
| 0:34.0 | Hello, I'm Jeff Belanger, and happy New Year. Welcome to episode 281 of the New England Legends podcast. |
| 0:40.1 | And I'm Ray Ozier. Thank you for joining us on our mission to chronicle every legend in New England one story at a time. |
| 0:45.6 | So many of our story leads come from you. We love when you reach out to us through our website in our super secret Facebook group to share your own local tales of ghosts, monsters, aliens, |
| 0:55.0 | roadside oddities, and weird history. Please stay involved. Yes, please do. Make it your New Year's |
| 1:00.8 | resolution. Now, before we go searching for the man who sucked our lives away with countless |
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