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Jerry changed the game! : how engineer Jerry Lawson revolutionized video games forever / written by Don Tate ; illustrated by Cherise Harris.
Van Pelt - Notable Juvenile Books GV1469.3 .T37 2023
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tate, Don, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lawson, Jerry, 1940-2011--Juvenile literature.
- Lawson, Jerry.
- Lawson, Jerry, 1940-2011.
- Video game designers--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Video game designers.
- Electrical engineers--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Electrical engineers.
- African American engineers--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- African American engineers.
- Video games--History--Juvenile literature.
- Video games.
- Electrical engineers--United States--Biography.
- Engineers--Biography.
- Video game designers--United States--Biography.
- Video games--History.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- picture books.
- Biographies
- History
- Juvenile works
- Creative nonfiction.
- Picture books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 x 31 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- How engineer Jerry Lawson revolutionized video games forever
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division, [2023]
- Summary:
- "This engaging picture book biography explores how Jerry Lawson, a Black engineer, revolutionized the video game industry. Before Xbox and Playstation and Nintendo Switch, there was a tinkerer named Jerry Lawson. As a boy, Jerry loved playing with springs, sprockets, and gadgety things. When he grew up, Jerry became an engineer-a professional tinkerer! In the 1970s, Jerry decided to tinker with video games. Back then, if players wanted a new video game, they had to buy an entire new console. This made gaming very expensive. Jerry was determined to fix this problem. He hit some roadblocks along the way and had to repeat a level or two, but it was never GAME OVER for Jerry. After working hard to find a solution, he finally LEVELED UP and built a brand new kind of video game console-one that allowed players to switch out video game cartridges! He also founded Video Soft, Inc., the first African American owned video game company in the country. Jerry's tinkering and inventions changed the video gaming world forever. Today, gamers have access to hundreds of video games at the push of a button, all thanks to him. GAME ON!"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- "A Paula Wiseman book"
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Tate, Don. Jerry changed the game!
- ISBN:
- 9781665919081
- 1665919086
- OCLC:
- 1351472883
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