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''Thoru Yamamoto'' (山本徹 or とーるやまもと)<ref>http://nobi.com/jp/mac/entry106.html</ref>, born 1955, is a Japanese artist. Over time he has released art in many formats, including magazine illustrations, HyperCard decks, CD-ROM, printed books, websites, digital stickers and videos.
'''''Thoru Yamamoto''''' (山本徹 or とーるやまもと),<ref>http://nobi.com/jp/mac/entry106.html</ref> born 1955, is a Japanese artist. Over time he has released art in many formats, including magazine illustrations, HyperCard decks, CD-ROM, printed books, websites, digital stickers and videos.


==Websites==
==Websites==
Over the past 30 years ''Thoru Yamamoto'' has had many different online homes.  
Over the past 30 years, Thoru Yamamoto has had many different online homes.  


===Historial===
===Historical===
Below is a list of those that have been found so far, in roughly chronological order judging by the contents.
Below is a list of those that have been found so far, in roughly chronological order judging by the contents.


* 1997 [https://web.archive.org/web/20050310003241/http://mtlab.ecn.fpu.ac.jp/Yamamoto/works.html http://mtlab.ecn.fpu.ac.jp/Yamamoto/works.html]   
* 1992: NIFTY-Serve HFC01543 & CompuServe 101152,1543
* 1998 [https://web.archive.org/web/19981205075903/http://www.bekkoame.or.jp/~thoru/ http://www.bekkoame.or.jp/~thoru/]   
* 1997: [https://web.archive.org/web/20050310003241/http://mtlab.ecn.fpu.ac.jp/Yamamoto/works.html http://mtlab.ecn.fpu.ac.jp/Yamamoto/works.html]   
* 1998 [https://web.archive.org/web/19981206062417/http://www.tky.3web.ne.jp/~thoruman/index.html http://www.tky.3web.ne.jp/~thoruman/index.html]   
* 1998: [https://web.archive.org/web/19981205075903/http://www.bekkoame.or.jp/~thoru/ http://www.bekkoame.or.jp/~thoru/]   
* 2002 [https://web.archive.org/web/20040321134750/http://homepage1.nifty.com/okuji/contest.html http://homepage1.nifty.com/okuji/contest.html]   
* 1998: [https://web.archive.org/web/19981206062417/http://www.tky.3web.ne.jp/~thoruman/index.html http://www.tky.3web.ne.jp/~thoruman/index.html] 
* 2002 [https://web.archive.org/web/20040401125138/http://www.eggegg.co.jp/~tango/index.html http://www.eggegg.co.jp/~tango/index.html]   
* 1999: [https://web.archive.org/web/20010210023549/http://www.e-vlab.com/ http://www.e-vlab.com/]   
* 2004 [https://web.archive.org/web/20050307032723/http://www.thoruman.com/tyhp/works/work.html http://www.thoruman.com/tyhp/works/work.html]   
* 2002: [https://web.archive.org/web/20040321134750/http://homepage1.nifty.com/okuji/contest.html http://homepage1.nifty.com/okuji/contest.html]   
* 2007 [https://web.archive.org/web/20110721174458/http://web.mac.com/thoru/thoruman/top.html http://web.mac.com/thoru/thoruman/top.html]   
* 2002: [https://web.archive.org/web/20040401125138/http://www.eggegg.co.jp/~tango/index.html http://www.eggegg.co.jp/~tango/index.html]   
* unknown and unarchived http://www.softmaterial.com/tb/
* 2004: [https://web.archive.org/web/20050307032723/http://www.thoruman.com/tyhp/works/work.html http://www.thoruman.com/tyhp/works/work.html]   
* 2007: [https://web.archive.org/web/20110721174458/http://web.mac.com/thoru/thoruman/top.html http://web.mac.com/thoru/thoruman/top.html]   
* Unknown and unarchived: http://www.softmaterial.com/tb/


===Current===
===Current===
Some websites are still online though all have not been updated in many years.
Some websites are still online, though all have not been updated in many years.


* 2004 http://pickle.cc/jp/
* 2004: http://pickle.cc/jp/
* 2004 http://www.languagegame.org:8080/zoo/1
* 2004: http://www.languagegame.org:8080/zoo/1
* 2008 http://www.youtube.com/user/thoruman
* 2008: http://www.youtube.com/user/thoruman
* 2016 http://thoruman.web.fc2.com
* 2016: http://thoruman.web.fc2.com
* 2023: [https://dxopxz0nuvpxpdmz6fowlq.on.drv.tw/www.G_Thoru.com/dwn2.html?fbclid=IwAR3ytabHZyEvDGXGRIz-Fdon3klxsx5Yex9_EIe-DeU5gveQg6EimvoCcBQ DriveToWeb]


==CD-ROMs==
==Multimedia content==
A list of known multimedia content is below, in roughly chronological order.
A list of known multimedia content is below, in roughly chronological order.


* 1994 Pickle's Book (CD-ROM) <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>   
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
* 1995 Cookie & Ginger (CD-ROM) <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
|-
* 1996 Crouton (CD-ROM) <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>   
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Release Year
* 1996? Penny (CD-ROM) <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Name
* 1996 See The Sky (CD-ROM) <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Media Type
* 1996 See The Sky (Printed Book) <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Status
* 1999 Trash (2HD Floppy Disk) <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
|-
* 1999 Bon voyage Chai (CD-R) <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
| 1994 || Pickle's Book || CD-ROM || [https://archive.org/details/picklesbook_en<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]  
 
|-
| 1995 || Cookie & Ginger || CD-ROM || <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|-
|1995–1997
|Mole Hole / Pumpkin House / Explore
|Interactive Website
|[https://archive.org/details/mole-hole-pumpkin-house-explore<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
| 1996 || Crouton || CD-ROM || <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>   
|-
| 1996? || Penny || CD-ROM || [https://web.archive.org/web/19981203014613/http://www.bekkoame.or.jp:80/~thoru/penny_folder/penny/pe1.html <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>]
|-
| 1996 || See The Sky || CD-ROM || <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>  
|-
| 1996 || See The Sky || Printed Book || <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>  
|-
| 1997 || Trash || 2HD Floppy Disk || [https://web.archive.org/web/19981205121453/http://www.bekkoame.or.jp:80/~thoru/penny_folder/trash_folder/tr1.html ref] [https://dxopxz0nuvpxpdmz6fowlq.on.drv.tw/www.G_Thoru.com/dwn2.html?fbclid=IwAR3ytabHZyEvDGXGRIz-Fdon3klxsx5Yex9_EIe-DeU5gveQg6EimvoCcBQ <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|1998
|bonvoyageCHAI
|CD-R
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQWn6qEeQPw<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
| 1999 || See The Sky || CD-R || [https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Thoru+Yamamoto%22&sort=titleSorter <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>]
|-
|2003
|Play with Squeak
|CD-R
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>  
|}


'''Note:''' a port of ''Pickle's Book'' remains available for iOS<ref>https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pickles-book/id794738212</ref> but this differs in a number of ways to the older personal computer CD-ROM version, which would install icons to your desktop as you played.
'''Note:''' a port of ''Pickle's Book'' remains available for iOS<ref>https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pickles-book/id794738212</ref> but this differs in a number of ways to the older personal computer CD-ROM version, which would install icons to your desktop as you played.
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HyperCard is a software application and development kit for early Apple computers, most notably the Macintosh. It gave users of any skill level the ability to put together interactive information.
HyperCard is a software application and development kit for early Apple computers, most notably the Macintosh. It gave users of any skill level the ability to put together interactive information.


A list of Thoru's HyperCard stacks can be found on the website of ''Motoyuki Tanaka'', where they were hosted.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20050310003241/http://mtlab.ecn.fpu.ac.jp/Yamamoto/works.html</ref> These were a mix of animations and interactive scenes and are listed alphabetically below. Out of a total of 32 stacks only 22 were present in the Wayback Machine archive of the aforementioned website. The rest were sourced from elsewhere.
A list of Thoru's HyperCard stacks can be found on the website of ''Motoyuki Tanaka'', where they were hosted.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20050310003241/http://mtlab.ecn.fpu.ac.jp/Yamamoto/works.html</ref> These were a mix of animations and interactive scenes and are listed alphabetically below. Out of a total of 32 stacks only 22 were present in the Wayback Machine archive of the aforementioned website. The rest were sourced from elsewhere. Found files have been uploaded to the HyperCard Stacks collection at Internet Archive.<ref>https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Thoru+Yamamoto%22&sort=titleSorter</ref>


* A Little Tree <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
* Drug Store <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|-
* Hand to Hand <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Release Year
* Happy Man <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Name
* Mid Night Gig <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Status
* See The Sky (Vol. 1-6) <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|-
* See The Sky (Combined) <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
| 1992 || See The Sky (Vol. 1-6) || <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
* ZiZi Stories (Vol. 1–16) <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|-
* ZiZi on the Web <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
| 1993 || Drug Store || <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|-
| 1993 || Happy Man || <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|-
| 1993 || Meet The Moles (Mid Night Gig) || <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|-
| 1993 || Welcome Menu (Drug Store/HappyMan) || <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|-
| 1993 || Welcome Menu (See The Sky/MidNightGig) || <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|-
| 1993 || ZiZi Christmas! || <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|-
| 1993–1996 || ZiZi Stories (Vol. 1–16) || <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> 
|-
| 1994 || CHAI || <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span> 
|-
| 1995 || A Little Tree || <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|-
| 1995 || Hand to Hand || <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> 
|-
| 1996 || ZiZi on the Web || <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|-
| 2003 || See The Sky (Combined) || <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> 
|}


'''Note:''' all ''ZiZi'' are still available online as HTML,<ref>http://thoruman.web.fc2.com/zizi/zindex.html</ref> but these versions lack the sound, animated transitions and frame pacing of the equivalent HyperCard stacks.


Found files have been uploaded to the HyperCard Stacks collection at Internet Archive.<ref>https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Thoru+Yamamoto%22&sort=titleSorter</ref>
==Shockwave animations==
In the archive of Thoru's website at eggegg.co.jp/~tango, there are 65 Macromedia Director animations. There are also another ~40 from other locations. These include elements of lost characters like Penny, Trash, Chai and more.


'''Note:''' all 16 volumes of ''ZiZi Stories'' are still available online as HTML <ref>http://thoruman.web.fc2.com/zizi/zindex.html</ref>, but these versions lack the sound, animated transitions and frame pacing of the older HyperCard versions.
Until they can be archived in a better way, here are two  [https://gist.github.com/gingerbeardman/3487f5c8997d95ba7871c21cce86540a text] [https://gist.github.com/gingerbeardman/4d4d6ad86fa9b27d7be20bbc75ddb685 lists].


==Other Software==
==Other Software==
The following were mostly [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shareware Shareware].


===Macintosh===
===Macintosh===
* AsistantPickle <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Release Year
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Name
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Status
|-
| 1998 || Pickle's Pocket || [https://archive.org/details/macpower-1998-08 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']</span>
|-
| 2000 || AsistantPickle<br>(+ character variations) || [https://web.archive.org/web/20010203173700/http://www.eggegg.co.jp:80/tango/rbhp/pasist2/pasist.html <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']</span>
|}


===PalmOS===
===PalmOS===
* Coconuts World <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
* PalmPickle <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|-
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Release Year
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Name
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Status
|-
| 2000 || PalmPickle || [https://www.vector.co.jp/magazine/pocket/spotlight/030423/sl030423114.html <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']</span>
|-
| 2001 || Pickle's Dance || [https://archive.org/details/macpeople-2001-06-15 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']</span>
|-
| 2001 || Coconuts World || [https://web.archive.org/web/20040321134750/http://homepage1.nifty.com/okuji/contest.html <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']</span>
|}


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 00:23, 23 December 2023

Zizi-vol-1.png

Title screen of ZiZi Stories Vol. 1

Status: Partially Found (Multimedia content)
Partially Found (HyperCard stacks)
Found (Other software)

Thoru Yamamoto (山本徹 or とーるやまもと),[1] born 1955, is a Japanese artist. Over time he has released art in many formats, including magazine illustrations, HyperCard decks, CD-ROM, printed books, websites, digital stickers and videos.

Websites

Over the past 30 years, Thoru Yamamoto has had many different online homes.

Historical

Below is a list of those that have been found so far, in roughly chronological order judging by the contents.

Current

Some websites are still online, though all have not been updated in many years.

Multimedia content

A list of known multimedia content is below, in roughly chronological order.

Release Year Name Media Type Status
1994 Pickle's Book CD-ROM Found
1995 Cookie & Ginger CD-ROM Found
1995–1997 Mole Hole / Pumpkin House / Explore Interactive Website Found
1996 Crouton CD-ROM Found
1996? Penny CD-ROM Lost
1996 See The Sky CD-ROM Found
1996 See The Sky Printed Book Found
1997 Trash 2HD Floppy Disk ref Found
1998 bonvoyageCHAI CD-R Found
1999 See The Sky CD-R Partially Found
2003 Play with Squeak CD-R Found

Note: a port of Pickle's Book remains available for iOS[2] but this differs in a number of ways to the older personal computer CD-ROM version, which would install icons to your desktop as you played.

HyperCard stacks

HyperCard is a software application and development kit for early Apple computers, most notably the Macintosh. It gave users of any skill level the ability to put together interactive information.

A list of Thoru's HyperCard stacks can be found on the website of Motoyuki Tanaka, where they were hosted.[3] These were a mix of animations and interactive scenes and are listed alphabetically below. Out of a total of 32 stacks only 22 were present in the Wayback Machine archive of the aforementioned website. The rest were sourced from elsewhere. Found files have been uploaded to the HyperCard Stacks collection at Internet Archive.[4]

Release Year Name Status
1992 See The Sky (Vol. 1-6) Found
1993 Drug Store Found
1993 Happy Man Found
1993 Meet The Moles (Mid Night Gig) Found
1993 Welcome Menu (Drug Store/HappyMan) Found
1993 Welcome Menu (See The Sky/MidNightGig) Found
1993 ZiZi Christmas! Found
1993–1996 ZiZi Stories (Vol. 1–16) Found
1994 CHAI Lost
1995 A Little Tree Found
1995 Hand to Hand Found
1996 ZiZi on the Web Found
2003 See The Sky (Combined) Found

Note: all ZiZi are still available online as HTML,[5] but these versions lack the sound, animated transitions and frame pacing of the equivalent HyperCard stacks.

Shockwave animations

In the archive of Thoru's website at eggegg.co.jp/~tango, there are 65 Macromedia Director animations. There are also another ~40 from other locations. These include elements of lost characters like Penny, Trash, Chai and more.

Until they can be archived in a better way, here are two text lists.

Other Software

The following were mostly Shareware.

Macintosh

Release Year Name Status
1998 Pickle's Pocket Found
2000 AsistantPickle
(+ character variations)		 Found

PalmOS

Release Year Name Status
2000 PalmPickle Found
2001 Pickle's Dance Found
2001 Coconuts World Found

References

  1. ↑ http://nobi.com/jp/mac/entry106.html
  2. ↑ https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pickles-book/id794738212
  3. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20050310003241/http://mtlab.ecn.fpu.ac.jp/Yamamoto/works.html
  4. ↑ https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Thoru+Yamamoto%22&sort=titleSorter
  5. ↑ http://thoruman.web.fc2.com/zizi/zindex.html
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