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Ralph Baer and Bill Harrison recreate their famous Ping Pong video game

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Video: Inventor of the Home Video Game, Ralph Baer in Spark!Lab

August 1, 2009

Inventor of the home video game, Ralph Baer and his co-worker Bill Harrison reenact their original ping pong game on a replica of his "brown box" video game system. This event took place in Spark!Lab to celebrate National Inventors Month.

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Inventor of the home video game, Ralph Baer and his co-worker Bill Harrison reenact their original ping pong game on a replica of his "brown box" video game system. This event took place in Spark!Lab to celebrate National Inventors Month.

A Lemelson Center "National Inventors Month" program, August 2009.

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