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08-12-2014, 09:16
<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNG3kmEKXNpHttnUDdd47QAwNy7ulA&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778677625702&ei=c3qFVKGQBcLdiQbvtICYCg&url=http://www.cnet.com/uk/news/ralph-baer-father-of-home-video-game-console-dies-at-92/"><img src="//t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQJx-_YmSjYS34Ar2f9ujoy80jiDCZDbJG2abMEmkKa3T1gyeZuIpD7 nDVCEZ6Ru1tBWbFSYXII" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="80"><br><font size="-2">CNET</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1"></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNG3kmEKXNpHttnUDdd47QAwNy7ulA&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778677625702&ei=c3qFVKGQBcLdiQbvtICYCg&url=http://www.cnet.com/uk/news/ralph-baer-father-of-home-video-game-console-dies-at-92/"><b>Ralph Baer, father of home video game console, dies at 92</b></a><br><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">CNET</font></b></font><br><font size="-1">Priced at $100, the Odyssey sold nearly 100,000 units in 1972, five years before the <b>Atari 2600</b> video game console took the gaming world by storm. While Baer admitted in a 2011 interview that at the time he could not foresee the revolution his <b>...</b></font><br><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNEjWU3AP_hc6okvbd5nU5YWm5ZFRw&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778677625702&ei=c3qFVKGQBcLdiQbvtICYCg&url=http://www.slashgear.com/video-game-console-pioneer-ralph-baer-dies-at-92-08358651/">Video game console pioneer Ralph Baer dies at 92</a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>SlashGear</nobr></font></font><br><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNEtDfD2YoVdDXQNEsgjteSPHWuTLg&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778677625702&ei=c3qFVKGQBcLdiQbvtICYCg&url=http://www.hardcoregamer.com/2014/12/07/father-of-video-games-ralph-baer-passes-away-at-92/122069/">&#39;Father of Video Games&#39; Ralph Baer Passes Away at 92</a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>Hardcore Gamer</nobr></font></font><br><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNFWL0wL-kKQqwtFgKkROvqj-vJU6Q&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778677625702&ei=c3qFVKGQBcLdiQbvtICYCg&url=http://www.denofgeek.com/games/ralph-baer/33266/a-tribute-to-ralph-baer-the-father-of-videogames">A tribute to Ralph Baer, the father of videogames</a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>Den Of Geek</nobr></font></font><br><font size="-1" class="p"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNFLB_os1KV-eLluyf09V7bwVKzvRA&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778677625702&ei=c3qFVKGQBcLdiQbvtICYCg&url=http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20141207/NEWS02/141209179/Engineer-became-the-father-of-video-game-industry"><nobr>HeraldNet</nobr></a></font><br><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.ie/news/more?ncl=dTabw68B4sb_MCM-JIO0btgstT_dM&authuser=0&ned=en_ie"><nobr><b>all 96 news articles&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table>

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