Gunpei Yokoi

Gunpei Yokoi (横井 軍平, Yokoi Gunpei, September 10, 1941 – October 4, 1997), sometimes transliterated Gumpei Yokoi, was a Japanese video game designer. He was a long-time Nintendo employee, best known as creator of the Game Boy and Game & Watch handheld systems, inventor of the modern-day D-pad or 'cross' pad (a design that nearly all video game controllers use today), and producer of a few long-running and critically acclaimed video game franchises.

Personal facts

Gunpei Yokoi
Alias (AKA)Yokoi Gumpei
Birth dateSeptember 10, 1941
Birth place
Japan , Kyoto
Date of deathOctober 04, 1997
Place of death
Japan , Komatsu

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  1. http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/issues/issue_129/2744-Searching-for-Gunpei-Yokoi
  2. http://www.gamecubicle.com/news-nintendo_gunpei_yokio_lifetime_achievement_award.htm
  3. http://www.n-sider.com/articleview.php?articleid=270
  4. http://www.n-sider.com/articleview.php?articleid=482
  5. http://www.nidzumi.com/twenty-years-of-the-gameboy-celebrating-gunpei-yokoi
  6. http://www.virtual-boy.org/gunpei%20yokoi.htm