“You know, I wonder where Gunpei Yokoi is buried? I wonder if we should visit his grave?
I don’t know if that would be … not even tongue-in-cheek but an actually reverent visit to see wherever he may be resting.”
Chip musician Bit Shifter in a Reformat the Planet interview excerpt about Game Boy creator Gunpei Yokoi.
Today marks what would have been Yokoi’s 69th birthday. Though I’m not able to direct you to his headstone, you can remember a fraction of his immeasurable contributions to video games (especially those of the portable variety) at our previous posts about the legendary figure:
- Gunpeipercraft
- In Memory of Gumpei Yokoi
- Grill-Off With Ultrahand WiiWare promo
- Gunpei Yokoi’s advice to Metroid series director Yoshio Sakamoto about creating games
- Game & Watch designs and notes
- Gunpei Yokoi on 3D gaming
- Japanese ad for Nintendo’s Love Tester
- Virtual Boy wasn’t Gunpei Yokoi’s downfall
- Gunpei Yokoi: The Man called God of Games exhibit
Buy: Reformat the Planet DVDs, Nintendo Magic
See also: Tiny Review: Nintendo Magic
