He passed away on December 6 at the age of 78.
Japanese engineer Masayuki Uemura, responsible for the creation of the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) consoles, passed away on December 6 at the age of 78.
This has been confirmed by an obituary published by the Ritsumeikan University of Japan, of which he was a professor at the College of Image Arts and Sciences, where he founded the Center for Videogame Studies.
Born in Tokyo in 1943, Uemura graduated in electronic engineering from the Chiba Institute of Technology in 1967, and only four years later began working at Nintendo, with whom he remained linked until 2004.
The Japanese engineer made his name as CEO of Nintendo’s Development Department 2, which he joined in 1979, after having previously worked on solar batteries.
It was in this position from which he directed as main architect the development of two of the most popular consoles in the history of the Japanese company: Famicon (1983), launched internationally as the NES, and its 16-bit successor, SNES (1990 ). (I)
Paul is a talented author and journalist with a passion for entertainment and general news. He currently works as a writer at the 247 News Agency, where he has established herself as a respected voice in the industry.
