Jerry Lawson - I-First Black Video Game Professional

Ngesikhathi lapho imboni yekhompiyutha neyevidiyo ivame ukugcwaliswa ngamadoda aseCaucasus, uJerry Lawson wayengumuntu omusha. Wakha enye yezinqola zokudlala ze-cartridge esekelwe kwi-cartridge (i-Fairchild Channel F), eyakhelwe enye yezemidlalo yokuqala ye-coin-op ( Demolition Derby ), eyayiyinhloko yeVideooft, umthuthukisi ozimele wokuqala we- Atari 2600 , kanye ne-African American yokuqala embonini yemidlalo yevidiyo ukuze kuzuzwe lokho okufeziwe.

Igama: Jerry Lawson

Ukuzalwa: 1940

Maka kuMlando Wokudlala: Umlingisi wegeyimu we- First Black Video noMklami, uholele i-Fairchild Channel F video game console, yakhelwe futhi yakhiqiza umdlalo weDemolition Derby Arcade, oyinhloko yomthuthukisi wegeyimu yevidiyo.

Jerry Lawson & Life's Early Life

Ukukhulisa indodana yomndeni ongenayo imali ephuma endlini yezindlu eJamaica, eNew York ayizange ibambe insizwa uJerry Lawson. Unina, wayezimisele ukuqinisekisa ukuthi indodana yakhe iya ezikoleni eziphezulu ezitholakalayo futhi yathola imfundo engcono kunazo zonke, ngisho nokukhonza njengenhloko ye-PTA. Uyise, owayengumdala omdala, wayephethe i-apatite ehlaselayo yesayensi nobuchwepheshe, eyadlulisela endodaneni yakhe.

Njengomfana osemusha uJerry wayeseyinto engaba yinto engasaphiliki kanye ne-tinkerer, ukuthola ilayisenisi yomsakazo ham futhi ayisebenzise ukwakha isiteshi sakhe somsakazo we-amateur ekamelweni lakhe, kanye nokwenza nokudayisa ama-walkie-talkies.

Ubunjiniyela Indlela Yakhe ku Fairchild

Ngemva kokuya eQueens College naseThe City College yaseNew York, u-Lawson waqala umsebenzi wobunjiniyela, esebenza kwezobuchwepheshe obuvelayo nezinkampani ezifana ne-Federal Electric, Grumman Aircraft, ne-PRD Electronics. Ekugcineni, wafika e-Fairchild Semiconductor ngo-1970 esebenza ne-semiconductors yabo egcwele kanye namacroprocessors.

Phakathi neminyaka yakhe embalwa yokuqala noFredchild, uJerry waqala ukuhileleka kwezobuchwepheshe bekhompiyutha, njengoba izithakazelo zakhe zakhula wajoyina i-Homebrew Computer Club futhi waba nobuhlobo nabasunguli be- Atari , uNolan Bushnell noTed Dabney, kanye nomnjiniyela ngemuva kwePong , Alan Alcorn .

I-Fairchild Channel F - Umsuka we-Game Game Trailblazer

U-Nolan noTed babonise uJerry indalo yabo, i- Computer Space , umdlalo wokuqala wokudlala we-coin-op game, ngemuva kwalokho uJerry waqala ukuzulazula ekhaya, ukuklama nokuzakhela umshini wakhe wokudlala, u- Demolition Derby , usebenzisa ama-microprocessors avela ku-Fairchild.

Lapho i-Fairchild ezwa ngokudalwa kwayo kwe-arcade bambeka ephethe iphrojekthi ye-video ye-console ye-home, ekugcineni ibe yi-Fairchild Channel F, i-console ye-ROM ye-cartridge yevidiyo yomdlalo wokuqala.

Jerry Lawson ne-TV POW

Ngaphezu kokuba yinhloko yephrojekthi yeFreechild Channel F nokuklama izingxenye zayo eziningi, i-Lawson, neqembu lakhe basebenze nokwandisa izinhlelo zokusebenza ngaphandle kwebalayard yokudlala.

Enye yezinto ezihlukile kakhulu zobuchwepheshe be-Channel F ukuthi uLawson neqembu lakhe bahlanganisa kwakuyi- TV Pow , umdlalo wokuqala, nevidiyo kuphela edlalwa ngethelevishini yokusakazwa.

Njengengxenye ezenzakalweni zengane zendawo phakathi kwama-kathathu, umphathi uzoba nabadlali ababize ukuthi bahlanganyele ku- TV Pow , efaka umdlalo wokudubula wesikhala osebenza ku-Channel F, enezinga elikhulu lokukhomba phakathi. Lapho imikhumbi yesitha ihamba phambi kwesibalo, umdlali uzokwenzela "POW" ukushisa bese eshaya isisulu sabo.

Ngemuva kwe-Fairchild Channel F

Ngemva kokushiya i-Fairchild, u-Lawson waqala umthuthukisi wakhe wevidiyo, i-Videosoft, ngenhloso yokudala amageyimu namathuluzi we- Atari 2600 . I-Videosoft iphelile ekudaleni i-cartridge eyodwa kuphela, " Umbala Wemibala Yombala ", eyakhelwe ukulinganisela umbala wakho wethelevishini futhi ulungise umumo wesithombe oqondile nesigxile.

Namuhla u-Lawson ujabulela umhlalaphansi ofanelekile futhi udlala emidlalweni ye-retro kanye nemihlangano njengesikhulumi somvakashi. Kusukela ekuqaleni komsebenzi wakhe kuze kube namuhla, uyamangala uma ehlangana nabantu abaningi kangaka abaye bezwa ngaye, kepha lapho behlangana naye bodwa bayashaqeka ukuthi ungumnyama. Njengoba esho enkulumweni ka-2009 no-Benjamin Edwards we-website ye-Vintage Computing and Gaming "Angiyikuhamba ngitshele wonke umuntu ukuthi ngingumnyama. Ngenza umsebenzi wami, uyazi?"