Ralph Baer has passed award at the age of 92 at his home in Manchester, New Hampshire, according to Gamasutra. The prolific inventor was widely recognized as one of the biggest influences on the video game industry thanks to his work on creating the first home console that could be used with television sets. The console was designed and developed in 1972 by Baer and two engineers working under him and licensed to Magnavox and was given the name Odyssey. It’s release in 1973 led to companies like Atari making their own competing products.