The Boy Who Thought Outside the Box

<DIV><B>Crazy about Wii Nintendo X-Box and PlayStation? Meet the inventor whose work made them all possible: Ralph Baer creator of the first home video game system!</B><BR /> &#160;<BR /> Today the video game industry keeps growing with ever more platforms available to fans. But how did the very first system come about? This picture-book biography of Ralph Baer whose family fled Nazi Germany for the US introduces kids to a great inventor AND the birth of the first home console. Using wartime technology Baer thought outside the box and transformed the television into a vehicle for gaming; Baer's invention the Odyssey is a precursor to the Atari gaming system. Today interactive systems like Wii and PlayStation are descendants of Ralph&#146;s innovative &#147;Brown Box&#148; making this award-winning inventor the true &#147;Father of Video Games.&#148;<BR /> &#160;</DIV>