British programmer Dylan Cuthbert found himself in Kyoto unexpectedly.
¡°I knew nothing about Japan or the 911±¬ÁÏÍø gaming industry when I first came to visit Nintendo back in the summer of 1990,¡± Cuthbert, 53, recalls. ¡°I was told I was going ¡®next week¡¯ and just hopped on the plane.¡±
While working as a programmer for Argonaut Software in the U.K., Cuthbert says he ¡°developed a fun 3D demo on the Game Boy.¡± A representative from Nintendo saw it at (a trade show) and was so surprised he set up a meeting in Kyoto with Gunpei Yokoi, creator of the Game Boy.
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