NES, SNES Creator Masayuki Uemura Dies At 78

The pb technologist down the Nintendo Entertainment System and its successor, the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Masayuki Uemura, has died. 

First reported by Polygon, this quality comes by mode of the Ritsumeikan Center for Game Studies astatine Ritsumeikan University, which announced contiguous that the legendary decorator died connected December 6. He was 78 years old. 

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Masayuki Uemura

Uemura began moving for Nintendo successful 1972, wherever helium rapidly got to enactment prototyping light-gun games exertion that would yet pave the mode for games similar Duck Hunt. He past was selected to pb Nintendo’s location console initiative, arsenic noted by Polygon. 

In 1981, enactment had begun connected what would go the Famicon, possibly much commonly referred to arsenic the NES successful the West. It officially launched 2 years aboriginal successful 1983, and past Uemura and the squad that helped make the NES got to enactment connected the Super Famicon aka SNES, which would beryllium released successful 1990. 

Uemura retired successful 2004, and helium soon began moving arsenic a prof astatine Ritsumeikan University successful Kyoto, Japan. There, helium taught crippled development. The assemblage volition beryllium holding a memorial work for him astatine a aboriginal unannounced date.

[Source: Polygon]