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Interactive Google Doodle Game Celebrates Video Game Pioneer Jerry Lawson

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Gerald "Jerry" Lawson, who died in 2011, would have turned 82 on Dec. 1. He led the team that developed the first home video gaming system with interchangeable cartridges. Lawson was one of very few Black engineers working in the tech industry in the 1970s.

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Times of India

Google Doodle remembers videogame pioneer Jerry Lawson on his birthday

US News: NEW DELHI: NEW DELHI: The Google page on Thursday contains what looks like an elementary artwork using first generation computers- a pixelated image o.

1 year ago·India

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News18 India

Google Doodle Celebrates Birth Anniversary of Gerald ‘Jerry’ Lawson, the Inventor of Video Game Cartridges

GOOGLE DOODLE TODAY: Today’s interactive game Doodle celebrates the 82nd birthday of Gerald “Jerry” Lawson, one of the fathers of modern gaming who led the team that developed the first home video gaming system with interchangeable game cartridges. The Doodle features games designed by three American guest artists and game designers: Davionne Gooden, Lauren Brown, and Momo Pixel.

1 year ago·India

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NDTV

Google Doodle Honours Jerry Lawson, The Inventor Of Video Game Cartridges

Jerry Lawson, a pioneering engineer who created the video game cartridge in 1976, is honoured in today's Google Doodle. Lawson was born on December 1, 1940, and in 2022, he would have turned 82.

1 year ago·New Delhi, India

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Hindustan Times

Interactive Google Doodle honours American video game pioneer Jerry Lawson

The Doodle game dates back to 1970s video games as well as pivotal moments in Jerry Lawson's career. A click on the Doodle will take you to a page where you can create your own video game or edit existing ones.

1 year ago·New Delhi, India

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