[game_preservation] Two books on Gumpei Yokoi [Japanese]

[Devin Monnens]

Oh yeah... I never thought of ordering them through the library. I will ask
my local library (or maybe LGI will order these, too?). Otherwise, I have a
birthday coming up, but I don't think I can convince anyone that the $40
shipping is worth it! Seriously, if shipping was even $10 less, I would do
it myself (though I would be fine with $20).

Like I said, if I can get a copy, I can begin the long, slow process of
translating it. Though I think it would be best to contact the publisher
first and see if they have any plans, or if we could get a contract to
translate it for US publication.

-Devin

On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 11:57 AM, Henry Lowood <lowood at stanford.edu> wrote:


> I am putting in an order to get copies for Stanford, so at least be one

> copy of both books in North America.  Stanford's holdings are visible to the

> world, and these should be available via Inter-Library Loan.

>

> Henry

>

>

> On 7/30/2010 8:16 AM, Jose P. Zagal wrote:

>

>> Hi,

>>

>> Wow, great find!

>>

>> Does anyone here own these books? I'm looking for info on the

>> design/development of Nintendo's Virtual Boy (designed by Yokoi) and I'm

>> wondering if these books have any info on that platform.

>>

>>

>> thanks,

>>

>>

>> Jose Zagal

>>

>>

>> On 7/21/2010 11:25 PM, 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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>>>

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Devin Monnens
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