Jerry Lawson Father of videogame Cartridge

Jerry Lawson born on 1st December 1940, was remembered on this day of his 82nd birthday.

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Google home page honored Jerry Lawson who led the invention of the video game cartridge.

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He superheated the team that developed the first home video gaming system with swappable cartridges.

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He was one of the first black engineer to work in video game industry.

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The engineer who changed the video game industry, first joined Fairchild semiconductor as applications engineering consultant .

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In 1980 Jerry Lawson founded Videosoft, to develop video game software.

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Due to Diabetics Lawson health started deteriorating and in 2003 he lost movement of one leg and one eye sight.

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In 2011 he was honored by IGDA for his work on Game Cartridge concept.

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About a month after honored, he died of complications due to Diabetes. He is survived by wife and two children's.

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