How This Man Changed Video Games Forever

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3 жыл бұрын

When you think of video games, you might think of at home consoles, removable discs and cartridges, or your stockpile of games. Jerry Lawson was one of the only black engineers in his field and because of his innovation, the Fairchild Channel F Console, video games were changed forever.
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@Traveler012 3 жыл бұрын

People that are self learned and become something impress me the most, Respect!

@chj2 Жыл бұрын

Thanks. Happy 82ndth Birthday, Jerry Lawson! I recall also doing a video on him years ago, and there's a documentary (on KZfaq as well) called, "A Great Day In Gaming." Would not be surprised if he was the inspiration for the Kevin Flynn character in the TRON films, games, and cartoons. The video game industry OWES this Brotha MUCH for its existence! Peace!

@215RANDOM Жыл бұрын

There should be a movie about him.. Thank you sir..

@HieiDaHellSpawn94 Жыл бұрын

And Craig Robinson should play him

@JkDibine 2 ай бұрын

Been saying that lately

@DestroyTheBeast Жыл бұрын

I wonder if he knew just how much enjoyment he would bring to people? 😀🎮

@notthesamecc1927 Жыл бұрын

He looked like such a nice and kind guy.

@SaadNabil Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Google Doodle! Even as a gamer, we are always welcome to gaming! I'm really impressed with Jerry Lawson and his works of video games with a removable cartridge of Channel F! Nintendo & Atari did the same thing as well! ❤️💙💚🎮 Video games is the reason why I switched from watching broadcasting TV to play video games! TV shows are nothing new anymore!

@user-lv1jk9qb9t Жыл бұрын

Lol !!!!! Lawrence Haskel and Wallace Kirschner invented the catridge This guy Lawson merely adopted it from them

@whayes8084 Жыл бұрын

@@user-lv1jk9qb9tAnd you’ve done what exactly? 🤔 Let’s hear about your accomplishments.

@terejosh13 Жыл бұрын

@@user-lv1jk9qb9t nope not how it happened lady

@Insp.CountMortisWinshipKlaw Жыл бұрын

This is a lie. He didn't invent the ROM cartridge. It was Wallace Kirschner and Lawrence Haskel

@madmax2069 Жыл бұрын

@@whayes8084 oh look, a strawman argument.

@alexanderoldham3468 Жыл бұрын

Rest in Peace, Jerry You were a great mind o7

@MufqiNaufal Жыл бұрын

Google Doodle brought me here. Big respect and thank you to Jerry Lawson, your invention change our life forever ❤

@SaadNabil Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Google Doodle!

@iwantcheesypuffs Жыл бұрын

Great recap! The man, the legend! Thanks for sharing

@jesse399 Жыл бұрын

Funny, how even with a Nintendo switch, I prefer owning the actual game then downloading it. Owning it and being able to touching a game cartridge is amazing something that downloading will never do.

@jaybanks2709 Жыл бұрын

Intriguing right and interesting

@ianburkard Жыл бұрын

2:05 I knew Lawson best for Demolition Derby, the hardest arcade game for a 7-year-old to play. I hated it and loved it at the same time. I'm glad that Lawson helped refine the cartridge concept!

@madmax2069 Жыл бұрын

I absolutely loved demolition derby.

@DanielLG Жыл бұрын

The smile we did not care about enough🥺

@day_dreamer7939 3 жыл бұрын

I thought that was badlandchugs on the thumbnail...

@DEOTMBD 3 жыл бұрын

Badlandchugs X bob ross

@kingkong-gn6oi 3 жыл бұрын

Chugging game cartridges

@Babygorl1209 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for highlighting him~

@saulgzazueta Жыл бұрын

He’s actually gonna have a Google Doodle for his birthday this December

@ziolp Жыл бұрын

I owe this man everything

@apoorhorseabusedbycenk Жыл бұрын

Gaming was already a thing when this man came on scene there was already two home consoles. One being released by Magnavox and a very rare experimental thing. Magnavox console already had removable games.

@alabamaman1372 Жыл бұрын

Thank capitalism.

@Insp.CountMortisWinshipKlaw Жыл бұрын

This is a lie. He didn't invent the ROM cartridge. It was Wallace Kirschner and Lawrence Haskel

@madmax2069 Жыл бұрын

@@apoorhorseabusedbycenk well yes and no, the games was built into the magnavox system, not into the cartridge, the cart was only a jumper to select the game that are built into the system itself, the Fairchild was different as the cart is what held the game program, and yes I know it was Wallace Kirschner and Lawrence Haskel that made the ROM cart. And yes, there was other game systems, but they was only a single game systems (pong, Coleco telestar combat and a few others).

@TROY-upBENTLEY 5 ай бұрын

@@Insp.CountMortisWinshipKlawyou white people lie about every and anything. You don’t like when any other race do any great.

@matthagg Жыл бұрын

I had never heard of this guy until I saw him on Google a few minutes ago. That was a pretty neat piece of information. He literally changed the face of entertainment forever. Wow...

@apoorhorseabusedbycenk Жыл бұрын

The information is wrong and you're allowing google to spread false information.

@Sweetly-JZ 3 жыл бұрын

So he started my gaming addiction

@noellesm434 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, another gaming history fact I’m sure MOST OF US NEVER KNEW!!! I hope many people watch this vid and learn about Jerry!

@JoeDirtisawsome 3 жыл бұрын

@Tucker Johnson the video isnt lying. I just googled his name

@covingtonrace1 Жыл бұрын

He didn't invent it.

@pstw4890 Жыл бұрын

@@covingtonrace1 of course, he didn't invent BUT he do the innovation, make some improvements in gaming consoles... don't forget about it !!!

@covingtonrace1 Жыл бұрын

@@pstw4890 certainly but claims like this is giving people credit when there are other people who had a much larger part of the creation than others. It should have the title "how Wallace Kirschner, Lawrence Haskel" as they invented the interchangeable rom, jerry was the man sent to see what they invented and wanted to sell. So you have to wonder why Google's current headliner is Jerry and not the other 2.

@terejosh13 Жыл бұрын

@covington race Google is wrong but some incel troll is correct nice story

@saucey6379 Жыл бұрын

Crazy how i had no idea who this man was and what he did before today.Thanks Google doodle.

@Insp.CountMortisWinshipKlaw Жыл бұрын

This is a lie. He didn't invent the ROM cartridge. It was Wallace Kirschner and Lawrence Haskel

@jimmybuffet4970 Жыл бұрын

Gotta wait until people are dead to honor them in this world.

@alexisluduena8963 Жыл бұрын

muy buen video, Jerry siempre sera una leyenda y pionero en los videojuegos actuales, like si viniste por el homenaje de google.

@joehigashi415 Жыл бұрын

Es increíble que el homenaje de google diga el primer "negro" como si fuera un marciano, así quieren erradicar la xenofobia? Que le dediquen un doodle como a cualquier ser humano

@milesbrown2261 Жыл бұрын

So happy this man is being honored. I hope every gamer knows of this man, especially the obnoxious bigotted ones.

@milesbrown2261 Жыл бұрын

@@scrushmaster1 🤓

@milesbrown2261 Жыл бұрын

@@scrushmaster1 hoes mad about a motherfuckin skin tone

@milesbrown2261 Жыл бұрын

@@scrushmaster1 🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓

@MrGTAWalkthrough Жыл бұрын

@@scrushmaster1 that's so racist and false, you can't be serious

@blacklash2258 3 жыл бұрын

This was great! I thought I knew a lot about video game history, but this was new to me. Thank you!

@alexpain79 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks jerry

@TheOmnipotentOtter 3 жыл бұрын

Great video and this guy needs more recognition, thank you jerry I love my video games and everyone who made them possible, you are a legend

@SaadNabil Жыл бұрын

We all love video games! ❤️💙💚🎮

@agapitoreyes7042 Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Jerry Lawson. Greetings from Mexico

@kailalavender17 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Thanks Jerry!

@jj_muzik Жыл бұрын

Salute to the Godfather of Modern Gaming! Thank you buzzfeed and Google for the education. Legendary!

@robohip4397 3 жыл бұрын

I'll have to go back to the museum of play and check out the exhibit...if any one is in the area of Rochester NY should definitely make a stop a check it out.

@CoolGent87 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Jerry Lawson!!

@lovejorita 3 жыл бұрын

We gamers salute you......Preciate you. 💜💜💜💜

@peggyokelly2118 11 ай бұрын

He is Great in his soul which lives on forever

@SheaMarie22 3 жыл бұрын

Love the narrator’s voice!

@JamesTroupActor 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!! I appreciate that!

@TheBreezus Жыл бұрын

I am so mad that I'm just learning about this person's accomplishments. His tech I used from Sega genesis to the n64. The gaming industry would be very different without him. Wow.

@apoorhorseabusedbycenk Жыл бұрын

He didn't do anything other than drop fairchild's CPU into the console. You were fed lies.

@jesse399 Жыл бұрын

@@apoorhorseabusedbycenk true, but do you understand how different that was for its time? Before that you had to buy an entire console just to play 1 game.

@jesse399 Жыл бұрын

why are you mad about that, this isn't common knowledge for people that aren't in the tech or gaming industry. Learn from it and share it to other people. let this be an example that black people weren't held back as mainstream media what you to think. They were pushing forwards along side everyone else.

@apoorhorseabusedbycenk Жыл бұрын

@@jesse399 Yea of course but trying to credit him as the creator of modern gaming is foolish. It's on the level of crediting Steve Jobs as the creator of the mobile phone or even the smart phone. There's also the thousands of people who make his job possible.

@sayuri493 3 жыл бұрын

This man made my life 10000000% better and I never knew about him

@yblvani3112 3 жыл бұрын

Shouts out to jerry white man steady running off with the Blackman idea

@YodaBoyz 3 жыл бұрын

@RudieObias 3 жыл бұрын

@Tucker Johnson What were their names?

@ElDiablo-ge6sx 3 жыл бұрын

@@RudieObias what’s your reply to Tucker?

@Juliana-wd8zq 3 жыл бұрын

@Tucker Johnson I’m sorry I’m scared of you I barely can remember names like- how do you remember all of that.

@liammccbyrne4184 Жыл бұрын

wallace kirschner and lawrence Haskel invented it but don't let facts get away with your virtue signaling circlejerk.

@gilmour6754 3 жыл бұрын

Jerry rules. Thanks to him I don't have to face my problems when I get home from work! Salute!

@Motivavate 3 жыл бұрын

Games changed so much wow

@Saw-Mc 3 жыл бұрын

God bless badlands chugs

@StoicContrarian Жыл бұрын

Why didn’t I learn this in school during black history month. Wait I know why….carry on

@apoorhorseabusedbycenk Жыл бұрын

Because he didn't invent ROM cartridges. Don't believe lies.

@StoicContrarian Жыл бұрын

@@apoorhorseabusedbycenk the precedent in the US makes stealing this man’s invention for profit and lying about it very plausible.

@apoorhorseabusedbycenk Жыл бұрын

@@StoicContrarian The patents for the console and it's ROM cartridges were owned by Alpex Computer Corporation and were leased out to Fairchild. Meaning Lawson's role in their creation was only superficial.

@StoicContrarian Жыл бұрын

@@apoorhorseabusedbycenk you are proving my point; this is part of the game; the m.o. is to diminish black contributions to society. White people are doing it all the time. The thing is do Iisten to an internet troll such as yourself or the well researched presentation from Google. Tough decision.

@KW-lz9ni Жыл бұрын

Intriguing

@kincamell Жыл бұрын

Gratitude

@covingtonrace1 Жыл бұрын

In 1974, Alpex Computer Corporation employees Wallace Kirschner and Lawrence Haskel developed a home video game prototype consisting of a base unit centered on an Intel 8080 microprocessor and interchangeable circuit boards containing ROM chips that could be plugged into the base unit. The duo attempted to interest several television manufacturers in the system, but were unsuccessful. Next, they contacted a buyer at Fairchild, which sent engineer Jerry Lawson to evaluate the system. Lawson was impressed by the system and suggested Fairchild license the technology, which the company did in January 1976.[1][4]

@Dios67 Жыл бұрын

From the Fast-company article the-untold-story-of-the-invention-of-the-game-cartridge/WIKI. This is correct and they hold the patent over the technology.

@liammccbyrne4184 Жыл бұрын

Nope. No. your wrong. that is wrongthink. Black guy did it, Black guys did everything, history is racist.

@Gologo7 Жыл бұрын

Most people believe everything that google says is true. If they did a little research they would know. I believe that these tech/media companies want to control narratives. Good research

@kaineuler Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info. Is Lawrence Haskell also the creator of the programming language Haskell?

@cesarmedina7432 3 жыл бұрын

Why didnt u use the eject button instead of pulling it? Lol

@KGwideangle 2 жыл бұрын

great informative video.

@isaiahhall7723 3 жыл бұрын

He looks like badlands chugs

@TheOfficialMorningSonder 3 жыл бұрын

It does 😳 this is actually scary how identical they lookalike

@unproxified9184 3 жыл бұрын

Badlands Chugs Dad 🤣 Jk

@alabamaman1372 Жыл бұрын

“Father of modern gaming”?🤣🤣

@joshuapinkley8562 Жыл бұрын

He did not create removable cartriges. Lets at least be fair and give credit to the others that helped. Gerald definitely deserves credit, but he dis not create the cartriges.

@terejosh13 Жыл бұрын

yes he did damn you are slow.

@Gamewinningdrive Жыл бұрын

Just like Steve jobs didn't create the i phone

@apoorhorseabusedbycenk Жыл бұрын

@@terejosh13 Removable "games" were already a thing. If you spent 5 mins researching this you'll know.

@Atariatari-ky9te 11 ай бұрын

Not true. What your referring to is like what I like to call removable jumper cards which helped switch games on a odyssey but the roms were still on the internal system with the Odyssey. Where with Jerry the Rom is external and in a Cartridge which these cartridges looked different than the jumper cards. But again even with that the jumper cards did not contain any ram.

@halicarnassus8235 Жыл бұрын

Jerry Lawson, Thank You Brilliant. Your style of gaming part back Gaming's actual purity. I know you cannot hear this because you are dead I'm not sure if you even believed in your afterlife, but there are games on your works. Even modern. UnderTale (2015-17), And now I realize I'm speaking to a corpse, who may actually have a signified Soul, Apologies.

@JMHStudioproductionsLLC 3 жыл бұрын

Hey can you do a Video on stock expert plays GTA 5 stock

@rockblock138 3 жыл бұрын

Just curious; why not use an actual Atari 2600 console in that clip?

@rayraysmoove4823 5 ай бұрын

I thought Chinese created these games 🤦🏾‍♀️ I’m so happy and proud of my race the more I learn about us.💯🔥🔥

@JkDibine 2 ай бұрын

Exactly 💯💯💯

@sld_btyt442 3 жыл бұрын

Totally unrelated question to vid Am I the only one who try to explain something in their head to ur self then u get annoyed cause u can’t then u tell ur self I KNOW WHAT I MEAN XD

@SmithyZ Жыл бұрын

Thank you Gerald Jerry Lawson or I should say "Father of modern gaming".

@rianbyrne6649 3 жыл бұрын

Woohoo

@iplayminecraftsometimes4911 3 жыл бұрын

elary

@NygilMr94 3 жыл бұрын

APPRECIATE ALL THAT BLACK PEOPLE CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIETY.

@Gologo7 Жыл бұрын

Said no one ever….

@thecraplordsell4575 6 күн бұрын

@@Gologo7You just heard it now

@stevenskelton5711 3 жыл бұрын

The guy looks just like badlands chugs with an afro

@lizardone151 Жыл бұрын

Everyone here because of google 💀, While I'm here because I learnt about him and have a test including him in 1 week not related to google or his birthday..

@saulgzazueta Жыл бұрын

how did they react when they found out about the coincidental Doodle

@lizardone151 Жыл бұрын

@@saulgzazueta Ha, what do you mean?

@saulgzazueta Жыл бұрын

@@lizardone151 were they surprised or something when they coincidentally put up a Doodle for him

@lizardone151 Жыл бұрын

@@saulgzazueta Today no one really talked about it, but it's quite funny tbh

@apoorhorseabusedbycenk Жыл бұрын

Are you going to report how people are falsely crediting him with removable games?

@IDTUSOB 3 жыл бұрын

@october2842 3 жыл бұрын

@calico-cat. 3 жыл бұрын

First vew

@PoffieCat 3 жыл бұрын

Imagine no one cares

@9click755 3 жыл бұрын

Karen watching 👀:

@robycortez318 3 жыл бұрын

@joshbeo3964 Жыл бұрын

He’s probably the reason why we have grand theft auto and red dead redemption.

@almighty7621 Жыл бұрын

to all of those weirdos out there who say he's not the father of video games, but he's the man who changed the video games forever, he's the father of *MODERN* gaming, he's the reason why you're out there screaming at kids who keeps on beating you on Fortnite, so bucker up

@joehigashi415 Жыл бұрын

I can't understand how google can be so racist to say "The first black"

@apoorhorseabusedbycenk Жыл бұрын

He's not the father of video games. The patents were held by a different company which Lawson didn't work at. Removable ROM's were apart of the console before even Lawson got to look at it. Stop being a fool and accept the fact that Lawson's role was minor.

@MGawpeAK 3 жыл бұрын

Not first

@PoffieCat 3 жыл бұрын

Then gtfo of our faces

@Frank00000 3 жыл бұрын

Wait he took another technology that already existed and put it on a game console? Congrats on being first to market, kind of a weird flex though...

@DJ-fn9zk Жыл бұрын

I mean not all things are made from scratch. Some ideas are literally just why dont we just combine these two things. It was probably obvious in retrospect but if nobody was doing it then its still a win id say. There could have been possible technically limitations too but im not an engineer so thats a guess

@apoorhorseabusedbycenk Жыл бұрын

@@DJ-fn9zk Yea of course all things aren't made from scratch. But you cannot give credit for something where 99% of the lifting has already been done. Removable games were already a thing all Lawson and his team did was slap some plastic on it so they wouldn't suffer the same problems as the previous gaming system. In terms of engineering all they did was increase the suspension on a car because the ride was rough, it's to be expected.

@DJ-fn9zk Жыл бұрын

@@apoorhorseabusedbycenk big or small tweak it seems to have had an impact regardless so there’s that :P. Is what it is at the end of the day he enjoyed his contribution.

@popshot5021 Жыл бұрын

Announcer: And every time you hear this sound **Blows aggressively into cartridge** You can thank Jerry Lawson! But seriously, Thanks Jerry! 🎮 And Google for the reminder 🥰

@dxmxo9427 3 жыл бұрын

A black mon?

@FLASHPNT 3 жыл бұрын

Blackmon, is that some sort of Pokémon?

@scott7037 Жыл бұрын

Wallace Kirschner and Lawrence Haskel who actually invented it would be rolling in their graves.

@terejosh13 Жыл бұрын

they didn't invent the cartridge part silly boy

@liammccbyrne4184 Жыл бұрын

@@terejosh13 thats like saying subway invented the sandwich.

@apoorhorseabusedbycenk Жыл бұрын

@@terejosh13 Removable games were already a thing,

@madmax2069 Жыл бұрын

@@apoorhorseabusedbycenk not really, not an actual rom cart, the Magnavox Odyssey cart was only a jumper, the games was actually built into the system itself, the cart only jumped some pins on the system to change the game.

@sladewilson377 Ай бұрын

⁠@@madmax2069you realise Lawson admitted he didn’t invent it in a lawsuit 😂

@gastheleft6535 Жыл бұрын

Shortly after, White and Asians invented consoles that people actually wanted to play

@danielnavarro537 Жыл бұрын

Or just better marketing? What does race have to do with video game consoles?

@gastheleft6535 Жыл бұрын

@@danielnavarro537 ask the creator of this video

@YoRBG Жыл бұрын

@@danielnavarro537 He's obviously a racist. They think black people are inferior because their .........

@danielnavarro537 Жыл бұрын

@@gastheleft6535 No. You tell me. You brought in race, so what does race have to do with video game consoles?

@apoorhorseabusedbycenk Жыл бұрын

@@danielnavarro537 Because "jerry" was chosen because of his race. They're also crediting for things he never did. All he did on the console was drop someone else's CPU into the console and rumoured to invented the "pause" button.

@Annettexlolx925 3 жыл бұрын

Buzzfeed has to make everything "woke". 🙄

@CosplayZine 2 жыл бұрын

Who invented the screw, indoor heat? Do you recall? Probably not without looking it up. We know about the lightbulb and the airplane and hear and see the same tired stories and see films based on these inventors over and over...So what seems to you as an over correction on giving credit to a person due to their race during one month is really just the continued uphill fight for equality for some of those innovators responsible for making America what it is today. But go ahead and enjoy the privilege you have to complain about this or that because for some they aren't being given a voice or able to chose the information they are learning right now. Ironically, you clicked to complain rather than put effort into spreading positive change when your likely ancestors faced similar hurdles for equality or recognition.

@jenspi4725 Жыл бұрын

The real "Father" of video gaming: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_H._Baer

@jenspi4725 Жыл бұрын

I have an idea...how about we STOP inventing FAKE history and start learning REAL history. "In 1974, Alpex Computer Corporation employees Wallace Kirschner and Lawrence Haskel developed a home video game prototype consisting of a base unit centered on an Intel 8080 microprocessor and interchangeable circuit boards containing ROM chips that could be plugged into the base unit. The duo attempted to interest several television manufacturers in the system, but were unsuccessful. Next, they contacted a buyer at Fairchild, which sent engineer Jerry Lawson to evaluate the system. Lawson was impressed by the system and suggested Fairchild license the technology, which the company did in January 1976.[1][4]" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairchild_Channel_F