Meet Jerry Lawson, the Black Engineer who Revolutionized the Video game industry, in this engaging picture book biography perfect for fans of Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson\'s Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions and Little Legends: Exceptional Men in Black History.
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Today, gamers have access to hundreds of Video Games at the push of a button, all thanks to him.
Jerry\'s tinkering and inventions Changed the Video gaming world forever.
Eventually, he leveled up and built a brand-new kind of Video game console: one that allowed players to switch out cartridges! He also founded Video Soft, Inc., the first African American-owned Video game company in the country.
Jerry was determined to fix this problem, and despite roadblocks along the way and having to repeat a level or two, it was never game over for his mission.
Back then, if players wanted a new Video game, they had to buy an entire new console, making gaming very expensive.
When he grew up, Jerry became an engineer--a professional tinkerer--and in the 1970s, he turned his technical know-how to Video games.
As a boy, Jerry loved playing with springs, sprockets, and gadget-y things.
Before Xbox, PlayStation, or Nintendo Switch, there was a tinkerer named Jerry Lawson.
Game on! A Junior Library Guild Selection Meet Jerry Lawson, the Black Engineer who Revolutionized the Video game industry, in this engaging picture book biography perfect for fans of Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson\'s Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions and Little Legends: Exceptional Men in Black History.
Today, gamers have access to hundreds of Video Games at the push of a button, all thanks to him.
Jerry\'s tinkering and inventions Changed the Video gaming world forever.
Eventually, he leveled up and built a brand-new kind of Video game console: one that allowed players to switch out cartridges! He also founded Video Soft, Inc., the first African American-owned Video game company in the country.
Jerry was determined to fix this problem, and despite roadblocks along the way and having to repeat a level or two, it was never game over for his mission.
Back then, if players wanted a new Video game, they had to buy an entire new console, making gaming very expensive.
When he grew up, Jerry became an engineer--a professional tinkerer--and in the 1970s, he turned his technical know-how to Video games.
As a boy, Jerry loved playing with springs, sprockets, and gadget-y things.
Before Xbox, PlayStation, or Nintendo Switch, there was a tinkerer named Jerry Lawson.
Meet Jerry Lawson, the Black Engineer who Revolutionized the Video game industry, in this engaging picture book biography perfect for fans of Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson\'s Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions and Little Legends: Exceptional Men in Black History
