mar 1, 1967 - The brown box

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This was the machine which launched the path way for the video games of today. This machine was made by Ralph Baer and his team at Sanders Associates. This was the first multiplayer multi program video game system. Baer and his team knew video games had to be fun or investors and customers would not be interested. The Brown Box can be programmed to play a variety of games by flipping the switches along the front of the unit. program cards are used to show which switches are needed to be set for specific games.

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