[game_preservation] Two books on Gumpei Yokoi [Japanese]

[Devin Monnens]

Henry,

To the best of my knowledge, there are very few publications on game
criticism in Japan. This is something all scholars I have talked with who
are in Japan have agreed on. Certainly, there are some major titles like A
Theory of Fun for Game design, but most of the books I have seen tend to be
about history, art, or how to make games. Incidentally, the library at U
Columbia, SC had a dual-language book on Sega game art. This book now sells
for about $80.

-Devin

On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 12:30 PM, Henry Lowood <lowood at stanford.edu> wrote:


> 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

>> Vice President for Exhibit Research and Development,

>> Strong National Museum of Play

>> One Manhattan Square

>> Rochester, NY 14607

>> Direct line: 585-410-6341

>> Fax: 585-263-2493

>> Email: jpdyson at museumofplay.org

>> Website: www.museumofplay.org

>> Website: www.icheg.org

>> Website: www.americanjournalofplay.org/

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>> -----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

>>>>

>>>> --

>>>> Devin Monnens

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>>>>

>>>> The sleep of Reason produces monsters.

>>>>

>>>>

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>>>

>>>

>>

>>

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