All of us here at THISENT.com is saddened to have learned that gaming technology legend Masayuki Uemura has passed away.
The architect of the 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and its 16-bit predecessor the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES), Uemura’s innovations changed video game console designs and the gaming industry forever.
According to news reports he died December 6, 2021. He was 71.
Uemura joined Nintendo in the early 1970s. As a member of their Research and Development division his desire to bring the arcade experience home fueled his creation of the Famicon and Super Famicon consoles, the iconic pioneers of home gaming as we know it today.
His early work on light-gun games brought gamers Duck Hunt and paved the road to the Time Crisis series and Halo Arcade.
Both Famicon systems laid the groundwork for the NES and SNES, and all consoles that followed. These units gave us the directional pad we move with our left thumb, action buttons we press with our right thumb, start and select buttons in the middle of a controller, and trigger/shoulder buttons on top.
Post-Nintendo Uemura taught video game development at Ritsumeikan University in Japan.
We offer our sincerest condolences to Masayuki Uemura’s family, friends, colleagues, and fans.
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