Masayuki Uemura, NES + SNES Creator, Has Passed Away

NAHTMMM · Dec 9, 2021

He was 78.

When Nintendo R&D2 was created, Uemura was placed in charge and he was instrumental in the development of Nintendo's 'Color TV-Game' systems – the company's first tentative foray into the realm of domestic video games. These were very basic gaming systems that had relatively crude built-in titles.

Uemura began work on the Famicom in 1981, following a demand from Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi that he create a device capable of playing arcade games on a TV, but with games that came on interchangeable cartridges. Combined sales of the Famicom and its western counterpart, the NES, total 61.91 million units – 20 million of those were in Japan alone.

R&D2 would not only produce the Famicom but also its equally-beloved successor, the SNES / Super Famicom. He was also involved with the development of the Japan-only Famicom Disk System and Super Famicom Satellaview, as well as the iconic NES Zapper.

It wasn't just hardware that Uemura had a hand in; during his time with the company, he also served as producer on several titles, including Ice Climber, Clu Clu Land and a trilogy of sports titles: Soccer, Baseball and Golf.
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