[game_preservation] Two books on Gumpei Yokoi [Japanese]

[Andrew Armstrong]

Might be worth contacting the publishers to do it...mmm...translation, 
never thought much about that aspect of our research. Gumpei is a utter 
legend; I bet there are some interesting things in these books!

Andrew

On 22/07/2010 05:25, Devin Monnens wrote:

> There are two books out in Japan now on Gumpei Yokoi.

>

> The first is the legendary "Gumpei Yokoi's House of Games Returns", a 

> reprint of the super-rare original. The second is "The Father of 

> Games: Gumpei Yokoi, the Man Who Created the DNA of Nintendo".

>

> Both are in Japanese. I don't know of any attempts by the publisher to 

> get these translated into English, though I certainly hope someone is 

> up to it!

>

> http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/4845910500/tugenowomakur-22/ref=nosim/

> *http://tinyurl.com/2azxagq*

>

> I'm not really sure who you would contact to get started on such a 

> project. I just know they are 225 pages long each, so it's not like 

> this would be a cakewalk! Maybe one of those guys like Chris Kohler is 

> on it...

>

> -Devin

>

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