Jerry Lawson

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Jerry Lawson (pictured right)
Fairchild Channel F video game console

Gerald Anderson "Jerry" Lawson (born December 1, 1940 in Brooklyn , † April 9, 2011 in Santa Clara ) was a developer for video games. He headed the design of the first microprocessor-controlled games console, the Fairchild Channel F .

Life

In 1970 Lawson joined Fairchild Semiconductor in San Francisco as a technical consultant . There he constructed one of the first microprocessor-controlled arcade machines, Demolition Derby , which he equipped with the newly released F8 microprocessor system from Fairchild. In the mid-1970s, Lawson was promoted to Chief Hardware Engineer and Director of Engineering and Marketing for Fairchild's video game division. In this position, he led the development of the Fairchild Channel F console, released in 1976 .

In the early 1980s, Lawson founded Videosoft and initially developed video games for the Atari 2600 console. Later the focus shifted to OEM products for Parker Brothers , Milton Bradley , Mattel , CBS and Amiga .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Bruce Weber: Gerald A. Lawson, a Pioneer in Video Games, Dies at 70th New York Times , April 13, 2011.
  2. ^ Dennis McLennan: Gerald Lawson dies at 70; engineer brought cartridge-based video game consoles to life . In: Los Angeles Times . April 23, 2011. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
  3. ↑ Jeremy Saucier: Collection Documents the Career of Video Game Pioneer Jerry Lawson . 2nd December 2013.
  4. ↑ Kevin Clark: Black History Month: 12 Facts About Jerry Lawson, Creator of the Video Game Cartridge . February 23, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
  5. ^ "The Untold Story Of The Invention Of The Game Cartridge" . FastCompany.
personal data
SURNAME Lawson, Jerry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lawson, Gerald Anderson
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American electronics engineer
DATE OF BIRTH December 1, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn
DATE OF DEATH April 9, 2011
Place of death Santa Clara