Ralph Baer. A name every american schoolkid should know, conceived of the home console back in 1951! I recall with Quest for the Rings circa 1981, you had to initially purchase it at a Magnavox branded retail outlet with like the showroom full of jumbo cathode rays ;)

https://habr.com/ru/company/edison/blog/278447/ (russian language / русский язык)

I'm occasionally surprised by phrases that turn out to be older than I thought. "Do your own thing" seems rather modern to me.

Wow that's terrific! Those controllers are amazing. Also I'd forgotten about screen overlays.