In Memory of Toy & Game Inventor Gunpei Yokoi 1941 - 1997 from a fact members profile Watch Video
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Description: This tribute goes out to a childhood Hero of mine. I was fortunate to have met this brilliant man at a trade show13 years ago.nnHis name was Gunpei Yokoi - a master toy &game inventor. Mr. Yokoi was employed at Nintendo Co., Ltd nfor over 30 years ( since 1965 ). Before Nintendo became this behemoth video game company we know today. They started out a Hanafunda playing card company over a hundred years ago. nnMr. Yokoi began working at Nintendo, after graduating college with a degree in