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Author Firestone, Mary.

Title Nintendo : the company and its founders / by Mary Firestone.

Imprint Edina, Minn. : Abdo Pub. Co., c2011.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 PCMS Non-Fiction  338.7 FIRESTONE    ---  Available
Description 112 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm.
Series Technology pioneers
Note Includes chronology.
Includes glossary.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 104) and index.
Contents Welcoming the Wii - Playing cards - Hiroshi Yamauchi rules - New Technology - Nintendo branches out - Enter Shigeru Miyamoto - Donkey Kong arrives - Bringing video games home - Nintendo of America expands - The sky is not the limit.
Summary This book describes the lives and careers of Fusajiro Yamauchi, who created "hanafuda" playing cards, and Hiroshi Yamauchi, who helped Nintendo make a neat transition from card maker to video game system.
Audience 4-8 Medialog, Inc.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR Middle Grades RL 8.0 3.0 quiz: 153124 PCMS
Subject Nintendo of America Inc.
Nintend Kabushiki Kaisha.
Electronic games industry -- United States.
Electronic games industry -- Japan.
ISBN 9781617148095

 
    
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