This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Sign in Join now, it's FREE! Passed peacefully at home in Orillia on Thursday Ludwig migrated to Canada in 1952 and settled in Orillia around 1954 where he worked at Vollans Industries Heywood-Wakefield and later for Inglis in Barrie doing home appliance service until he retired Bike Europe is a part of VMNmedia. The following rules apply to the use of this site: Terms of Use and Privacy / Cookie Statement | Privacy settings Ralph Baer was a German-American video game developed and inventor who had a net worth of $5 million Germany in March 1922 and passed away in December 2014 Baer is known as "The Father of Video Games" and made many contributions to the video game industry Ralph's family fled to America before World War II He served in the American war effort and then worked in electronics and came up with the idea to play games on a TV screen Baer developed and patented the first home video game system the Magnavox Odyssey He was awarded the National Medal of Technology in 2004 He is credited for creating the first light gun and game for home TV use which was known as Shooting gallery Baer's ideas resulted in the video game Pong He is credited with co-developing the electronic games Simon and Super Simon He was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2010 and donated all of his hardware prototypes and documents to the Smithsonian Institute in 2006 © 2025 Celebrity Net Worth / All Rights Reserved