Masayuki Uemura, creator of the revolutionary NES and SNES consoles, has died

Famous Nintendo employee Masayuki Uemura, who developed the 8-bit NES and the 16-bit SNES console, passed away on December 6, 2021, at the age of 78.

Masayuki Uemura’s talent showed itself from the very start of his career at Nintendo. He joined the company in 1971 and helped work on the Color TV-Game. Just a few years later, Uemura became head of the Japanese corporation's research and development department. From 1981, Masayuki Uemura led the team of engineers working on the legendary NES and SNES consoles.

After leaving Nintendo in 2004, Uemura worked as a professor at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, where he led an extensive educational program for game developers. At the same time, he remained an advisor to the company.

The cause of death has not been disclosed.