NES and SNES maker Masayuki Uemura has died at the age of 78

It is a sad moment for players. Kotaku reports Masayuki Uemura, chief producer of Famicom and Super Famicom (aka NES and SNES), he dies on December 6 at the age of 78. He started working in Sharp, where he sold the solar cell technology and sensor sensor, but is remembered for a long time and a very popular Nintendo that successfully revived the following video game companies. 1983 collapse.

Uemura started partnering with Nintendo after the company Gunpei Yokoi inquired about using Sharp solar cells to make lightweight gun games. The developer of the future merged with Nintendo in 1971, and the company launched a gun game that incorporates a fun home game called. Build Hunt (yes, head of NES head). The president of the company Hiroshi Yamauchi appointed Uemura to oversee the R&D2 armchair, plus console, and in November 1981 he called Uemura to design a machine that would allow you to play games on your TV. The result was the 1983 Famicom, a system that would be NES outside of Japan.

You know some of what happened next. The Famicom and NES were a wild success, selling nearly 62 million integrated units and reviving interest in console homes. Uemura led the work on Super Famicom, whose global launch as SNES also cemented Nintendo’s reputation. He also made other NES games, including Ice Climber and three roles play. He retired from Nintendo in 2004, but went on to become a mentor and continued teaching and researching video games as a professor at Ritsumeikan University.

It is difficult to surpass the power of Uemura. The modern video game business no doubt did well with the skills of Uemura and his team as they developed their first television equipment. He also helped develop the Japanese tech business by making Nintendo the world’s largest electronic company. Although he was not alone star on Nintendo, he was one of the greatest men who ever lived.