  | Jerry changed the game! : how engineer Jerry Lawson revolutionized video games forever Author: Tate, Don | |
| Price: $24.48 | ||
Summary:
Explores how Jerry Lawson, a Black engineer, revolutionized the video game industry by building a brand new kind of video game console--one that allowed players to switch out video game cartridges instead of buying new consoles for each individual video game. He also founded Video Soft, Inc., the first African American owned video game company in the country.
| Illustrator: | Harris, Cherise |
| Accelerated Reader Information: Interest Level: LG Reading Level: 5.30 Points: .5 Quiz: 522610 |
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (07/01/23)
Booklist (06/15/23)
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (00/07/23)
Full Text Reviews:
Booklist - 06/01/2023 This story of video game industry pioneer Jerry Lawson begins with his childhood, where in 1940s Queens, New York, he was an accomplished tinkerer. Emphasis is placed on his parents' focus on education and how much he loved tackling and solving engineering problems. From there, a straightforward chronology takes us through his move to Silicon Valley, where—as one of very few Black engineers—he landed at a microprocessor manufacturer and eventually partnered with them to create a video game console. Though the console ended in failure, Lawson's legacy is tied to the innovation of removable game cartridges, which back matter clarifies is a subject of some debate, though he was undeniably as influential as anyone else. More importantly, readers will understand that Lawson was a dedicated, determined, and inventive man who paved the way for video games and Black entrepreneurs, as evidenced by the quote, I'm one of the guys, if you tell me I can't do something, I'll turn around and do it. - Copyright 2023 Booklist.
Booklist - 06/15/2023 This story of video game industry pioneer Jerry Lawson begins with his childhood, where in 1940s Queens, New York, he was an accomplished tinkerer. Emphasis is placed on his parents' focus on education and how much he loved tackling and solving engineering problems. From there, a straightforward chronology takes us through his move to Silicon Valley, where—as one of very few Black engineers—he landed at a microprocessor manufacturer and eventually partnered with them to create a video game console. Though the console ended in failure, Lawson's legacy is tied to the innovation of removable game cartridges, which back matter clarifies is a subject of some debate, though he was undeniably as influential as anyone else. More importantly, readers will understand that Lawson was a dedicated, determined, and inventive man who paved the way for video games and Black entrepreneurs, as evidenced by the quote, I'm one of the guys, if you tell me I can't do something, I'll turn around and do it. - Copyright 2023 Booklist.
