[game_preservation] Two books on Gumpei Yokoi [Japanese]

[Henry Lowood]

There are fairly substantial literatures on games now in German, Italian 
and French.  As far as I know, most of the Scandinavian work -- mostly 
research as opposed to trade publication -- is available in English. 
There have also been some interesting Korean titles by players, which I 
have found virtually impossible to get here.  Devin knows a lot more 
than I do about the Japanese literature.

Henry

On 7/30/2010 11:13 AM, Dyson, Jon-Paul wrote:

> Henry,

>

> We are also ordering them for our library at the International Center for the History of Electronic Games, and we will make them available through Inter-Library Loan as well. (Or if you're in the Rochester, New York area feel free to stop by and use them in person!)

>

> Thanks, Devin, for identifying these.

>

> That raises another question--what are other good books on the history or culture of video games published in languages other than English?

>

> -J.P.

>

>

>

> Jon-Paul C. Dyson, Ph.D.

> Director, The International Center for the History of Electronic Games,

> Book Review Editor, American Journal of Play

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> -----Original Message-----

> From: game_preservation-bounces at igda.org [mailto:game_preservation-bounces at igda.org] On Behalf Of Henry Lowood

> Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 1:58 PM

> To: IGDA Game Preservation SIG

> Subject: Re: [game_preservation] Two books on Gumpei Yokoi [Japanese]

>

> 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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