- Born
- Died
- Birth nameRudolf Heinrich Baer
- Nickname
- The Father of Video Games
- Ralph H. Baer was born on March 8, 1922 in Pirmasens, Germany. He is known for Thumb Candy: The History of Computer Games (2001), The King of Arcades (2014) and Easy to Learn, Hard to Master: The Fate of Atari (2017). He was married to Dena Whinston. He died on December 6, 2014 in Manchester, New Hampshire, USA.
- SpouseDena Whinston(March 19, 1953 - February 10, 2006) (her death, 3 children)
- Ralph H. Baer is a video game pioneer, inventor, and engineer known as "The Father of Video Games" who is noted for his many contributions to games and the video game industry.
- In 2006, he was awarded the National Medal of Technology for inventing the home console for video games and spawning the video game industry.
- He held more than 150 patents.
- He helped to develop the Simon electronic game.
- His family fled Germany before WWII and emigrated to the United States. As a teenager, he got into electronics and trained as a radio service engineer. He became an electrical engineer.
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