Gunpei Yokoi
Video Game Designer
1941 – 1997
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Who was Gunpei Yokoi?
Gunpei Yokoi, sometimes spelled Gumpei Yokoi, was a Japanese video game designer. He was a long-time Nintendo employee, creator of the Game Boy and Game & Watch handheld systems, inventor of the modern-day D-pad or 'cross' pad, and producer of a few long-running and critically acclaimed video game franchises.
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- Born
- Sep 10, 1941
Kyoto - Profession
- Education
- Doshisha University
- Employment
- Nintendo
- Lived in
- Kyoto
- Died
- Oct 4, 1997
Japan
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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