Gerald Lawson, Father of Video Game Cartridges

Gerald “Jerry” Lawson was an

• African American Electronic Engineer

• African American Science Teacher

• African American Criminal Lawyer

• African American Computer Scientist

Gerald Lawson is renowned for his invention

• The Sega Genesis

• The Nintendo 64

• The Fairchild Channel F

• The Atari

Gerald Lawson is a pioneer of the legendary game controller.

• True

• False

Gerald Lawson was

• born on December 1st, 1950.

• born on December 1st, 1940.

• born on December 1st, 1930.

• born on December 1st, 1920.

Where is Gerald Lawson from?

• Queens

• Bronx

• Brooklyn

• Harlme

In 1976 Gerald Lawson developed the gaming cartridge which was used in his gaming console the Fairchild Channel F

• True

• False

Gerald Lawson's nickname is...

• The father of the gaming cartridge

• Larry

• Cherry

• The godfather of gaming

The first video game console to use a microprocessor and ROM cartridges instead of built-in games is?

• Gameboy Color

• Nintendo DS

• Super Nintento

• Fairchild Channel F

The Fairchild Channel F was ...

• Released in North America in November of 1976

• Released in Japan in November of 1976

• Released in North America in November of 1986

• Released in South America in November of 1976

The definition of code is...

• a process or set of rules to be followed in calculations or other problem-solving operations, especially by a computer.

• to write code, or to write instructions for a computer

• Finding and fixing problems in your algorithm or program

• An algorithm that has been coded into something that can be run by a machine.