"A Paula Wiseman book." Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:
"Before Xbox and Playstation and Nintendo Switch, there was a tinkerer named Jerry Lawson. As a boy, Jerry loved playing with springs, sprockets, and gadgety things. When he grew up, Jerry became an engineer--a professional tinkerer. In the 1970s, Jerry decided to tinker with video games. Back then, if players wanted a new video game, they had to buy an entire new console. This made gaming very expensive. Jerry was determined to fix this problem. ... After working hard to find a solution, he finally ... built a brand new kind of video game console--one that allowed players to switch out video game cartridges. He also founded Video Soft, Inc., the first African American-owned video game company in the country"--. Provided by publisher.
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