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Author:

Tate, Don, Author (DLC)n 93108909

Title:

Jerry changed the game! : how engineer Jerry Lawson revolutionized video games forever / written by Don Tate ; illustrated by Cherise Harris.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers,

Copyright Date:

2023

Description:

1 volume (unpaged) color illustrations, color map 24 x 30 cm

Subject:

Lawson, Jerry,--1940-2011
Biography
Video games
History
Video game designers
Electrical engineers
African American engineers
Inventors
Picture books.
Biographies

Other Authors:

Harris, Cherise, Illustrator (DLC)n 2013072199

Notes:

"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.

ISBN:

1665919086
9781665919081

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1351472883

LCCN:

2022046638

Locations:

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

OJPC027 -- Corning Public Library (Corning)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

SIPD314 -- James Kennedy Public Library (Dyersville)

DYPD423 -- Eldora Public Library (Eldora)

TFPI826 -- Scott County Library System (Eldridge)

GHPD771 -- Grimes Public Library (Grimes)

HRPE845 -- Sioux Center Public Library (Sioux Center)

WSPF215 -- Spencer Public Library (Spencer)

SLPC094 -- Tripoli Public Library (Tripoli) — J497.8 Tat

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

BJPD251 -- Waukee Public Library (Waukee)