On Gerald ‘Jerry’ Lawson’s 82nd birthday, Google Doodle celebrates his renown for leading a team that developed the first home video game system with interchangeable game cartridges. Find out the details here.
Jerry Lawson: Google doodle
Key takeaways:
- The Google doodle celebrated Gerald “Jerry” Lawson’s 82nd birthday on December 1, 2022. Gerald “Jerry” Lawson was one of the fathers of modern gaming. The Google doodle has been designed by Davionne Gooden, Lauren Brown and Momo Pixel.
- One of the fathers of modern gaming who led the team that developed the first home video game system with interchangeable game cartridges, today’s Google doodle is dedicated to Gerald “Jerry” Lawson on his 82nd birthday.
- Gerald Gerry Lawson’s achievements are immortalized in the World Video Game Hall of Fame in Rochester, New York.
Davionne Gooden, Lauren Brown and Momo Pixel are the designers of Google Doodle.
Who is Gerald “Jerry” Lawson?
- Gerald “Jerry” Lawson was a New Yorker born in Brooklyn and his date of birth is December 1, 1940.
- Lawson played with electronics from an early age. The innovative mind couldn’t help but repair televisions in his neighborhood and create his own radio station using recycled parts.
- Jerry attended Queens College and the City College of New York. He then left early to begin his career in Palo Alto, California. Very soon he entered the jungle of technology companies “Silicon Valley”.
Jerry Lawson: career
- He came to California and joined Fairchild Semiconductor as an engineering consultant.
- Lawson was subsequently promoted to Director of Engineering and Marketing for Fairchild’s video game department after a few years. There he led the development of the Fairchild Channel F system.
- The Fairchild Channel F system was the first home video game console to have interchangeable game cartridges, an 8-way digital joystick, and a pause menu, unlike any other system.
- This paved the way for future gaming systems, including Atari, SNES, Dreamcast, and more.
- He left Fairchild in 1980 and founded his own company, VideoSoft, which was one of the first black-owned video game development companies.
- The software for the Atari 2600 was created by his company and in a short time popularized the Lawson cartridge that his team developed.
- Although the company closed five years later, Jerry had marked his name as a pioneer in the gaming industry.
- He continued to consult for multiple engineering and video game companies for the remainder of his career.
Jerry Lawson: The Google Doodle
The Google Doodle designed by Davionne Gooden, Lauren Brown and Momo Pixel has a similar feel, but is unique to look at. The doodle features a caricatured Gerald “Jerry” Lawson with a game console in hand. Google’s moving gif shows a play button immersed in a game cartridge. By clicking the play button, you put yourself in the shoes of the creator, you can design games and play as much as you want. The start button takes you to a colorful pixelated board with buttons labeled play and edit. In the upper left corner you can see Jerry Lawson’s name engraved on the console.
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