RIP Hiroshi Yamamuchi

[Marlowe]

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/20/b...drive-nintendo-into-dominance-dies-at-85.html

TOKYO — Hiroshi Yamauchi, who transformed his great-grandfather’s playing-card company, Nintendo, into a global video game powerhouse, died on Thursday in Kyoto, Japan. He was 85.

:rip

It may be time to dig my SNES out of the closet. :rose

 

[cleverusername]

good find. good story.

 

[oorahduc]

there's a story on the chive about someone creating a functional coffee table Nintendo controller that looked pretty rad. probably not a tribute, but still hawesome.

I still remember a Christmas when I was super little where I got one of those baby 8" VCR TVs and a Nintendo. best Christmas ever.


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[jdhu]

there's a story on the chive about someone creating a functional coffee table Nintendo controller that looked pretty rad. probably not a tribute, but still hawesome.

I still remember a Christmas when I was super little where I got one of those baby 8" VCR TVs and a Nintendo. best Christmas ever.


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Yeah, my first game system, which came with Super Mario Bros., was...EPIC, and that day was one of THE best days of my life. I couldn't sleep at all that night. That useless Gyro robot was less cool.

 

[Zerox]

That post-war time in Japan is amazing to read about. Dudes like Yamamuchi-san rebuilt a devastated country from ashes, r.i.p. Mr Nintendo.

 

[SteelerFanatic]

Yeah, my first game system, which came with Super Mario Bros., was...EPIC, and that day was one of THE best days of my life. I couldn't sleep at all that night. That useless Gyro robot was less cool.

The Gyro Robot was a trojan horse. There was a bubble burst right before the Nintendo came out with gaming machines and no one was buying anymore. So the idea was to sell the robot and along with it came a free nintendo.

It was so bad that Nintendo themselves had to go to stores directly to convince them to sell it and would buy-back unsold units.

Yep, I listen to podcasts. :laughing

 

[zeroG]

Still play Tetris on an original Gameboy, in the bathroom. The Wii was a disappointment due to no games (that were appealing to me anyways). Couldn't even get a decent sword game out of that console? Inconceivable!

 

[renxianqiclone]

It's also ironic to point out that he never played video games and Nintendo was originally a business that printed Japanese card games.

 

[i_am_the_koi]

 

[jdhu]

laughing

 

[jdhu]

The Gyro Robot was a trojan horse. There was a bubble burst right before the Nintendo came out with gaming machines and no one was buying anymore. So the idea was to sell the robot and along with it came a free nintendo.

It was so bad that Nintendo themselves had to go to stores directly to convince them to sell it and would buy-back unsold units.

Yep, I listen to podcasts. :laughing

Interesting! (nerd!)

 

[n10sive]

quick! Someone go blow on his casket! :laughing

RIP Hiroshi. You saved us from endless years of Pong

 

[Beauregard]

DigiPen has their flags at half mast today.

 

[kevin 714]

That post-war time in Japan is amazing to read about. Dudes like Yamamuchi-san rebuilt a devastated country from ashes, r.i.p. Mr Nintendo.

Really an interesting cultural time. Movies were also great in that era