In honor of black history month we should recognize the black men and women who have help to move the industry forward.
I will start with the most influential person that I know of which is Jerry Lawson. if you have ever played Cartridge based game then you know his work . Jerry Lawson is the inventor of the video game Cartridge and one of the first black pioneers in the video game industry . A Self-Taught Engineer, Lawson developed the Fairchild Channel F which was the first interchangeable Cartridge console and was honored for his acomplishments by in The International Game Developers Association in 2011. He passed on the same year due to diabetes complications .
I will start with the most influential person that I know of which is Jerry Lawson. if you have ever played Cartridge based game then you know his work . Jerry Lawson is the inventor of the video game Cartridge and one of the first black pioneers in the video game industry . A Self-Taught Engineer, Lawson developed the Fairchild Channel F which was the first interchangeable Cartridge console and was honored for his acomplishments by in The International Game Developers Association in 2011. He passed on the same year due to diabetes complications .