View Full Version : "The Stars of Famicom Games", a children's book
ccovell
07-12-2010, 05:32 AM
Hey, folks. I found a fascinating (and nostalgic) picture book at the library over here in Japan, so I had fun scanning all the pages & poring over cool little tidbits in all the photos.
http://www.disgruntleddesigner.com/chrisc/secret/weekly/FamiStarsMore.jpg
Check out my comments & translation here: http://www.disgruntleddesigner.com/chrisc/secret/weekly/Stars_of_the_Family_Computer.html
poloplayr
07-12-2010, 05:43 AM
WOW!!!
Amazing find.
Many many thanks.
RoryDropkick
07-12-2010, 08:25 AM
Looking at some of these photos, I think Nintendo Power used them in their SMB 3 issue...
ccovell
07-12-2010, 09:06 AM
Indeed, but Nintendo Power didn't use the same photos. They did use similar photos from the same photo shoot. NP might have also gotten the idea for the article from that book, too.
dreamcaster
07-12-2010, 09:06 AM
This is fantastic!!!!
calistarwind
07-12-2010, 10:19 AM
Thank you so much for posting and translating this. I really enjoyed looking this over.
Dangerboy
07-12-2010, 11:54 AM
That was fun as hell :D
Pk116
07-12-2010, 03:16 PM
Neat! That was fun to read.
XYXZYZ
07-12-2010, 04:51 PM
That was a lot of fun to read, thanks for doing all the work!
Now I wish some film documentary existed...
Double Ugly
07-12-2010, 06:07 PM
Those pictures of Miyamoto are pretty sweet.
Thanks for going through the effort to do this.
slapdash
07-12-2010, 10:52 PM
On pages 8-9, what are the mags/books stacked up that you can see "between their heads"?
EDIT: Oh, and thanks for taking the effort to scan and translate this!
Tupin
07-13-2010, 01:23 AM
Loved the pictures of FDS games getting copied by hand and NESes getting assembled.
ccovell
07-13-2010, 09:39 AM
The mags between their heads are just issues of "Shonen Jump", the weekly manga.
NE146
07-13-2010, 05:13 PM
Very nice. That looks like it took a lot of work, but it's definitely enjoyed. :)
ZombieK
07-15-2010, 05:14 PM
Thank you for this. It was very informative. Also was weird to see miyamoto [at least for me] at this age as most of the pics i usually see are 95-on though i have seen a few from early 80s just not from late 80s
Thanks Again!:)
NE146
07-17-2010, 11:45 PM
Looks like word got out about your scans.. seeing it on Kotaku and some other sites. e.g. http://www.gameranx.com/features/id/694/article/1989-book-shows-miyamoto-working-on-super-mario-bros-3/ (http://www.gameranx.com/features/id/694/article/1989-book-shows-miyamoto-working-on-super-mario-bros-3/)
and http://www.wiinintendo.net/2010/07/15/1989-book-shows-miyamoto-working-on-super-mario-bros-3/
amongst others..