Masayuki Uemura, a visiting professor at Ritsumeikan University, who is in charge of developing the NES-Family Computer, a home video game console that became a record hit, died on the 6th of this month.
I was 78 years old.
After graduating from Chiba Institute of Technology, Mr. Uemura joined "Nintendo" headquartered in Kyoto in 1971 and was involved in the development of game consoles.
Since its release in 1983, the home video game console "Famicom" = "Family Computer", which was in charge of development, has become a record hit with cumulative sales exceeding 60 million units worldwide, and has become a social phenomenon. became.
After that, in 2011, he was involved in the launch of the "Game Research Center" at Ritsumeikan University and served as the first director of the center for 10 years, contributing to the improvement of academic research in the field of games.
Mr. Uemura was a visiting professor at the College of Image Arts and Sciences at Ritsumeikan University, but died on the 6th of this month according to the Game Research Center.
I was 78 years old.