The father of the NES is no more.

Masayuki Uemura, designer of Nintendo's first game console, died on December 6 at the age of 78, reported

The HuffPost on

 Monday

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Born in 1943 in Tokyo (Japan), the engineer joined Nintendo in 1972 where he was appointed head of the research and development department.

In 1981, Hiroshi Yamauchi, the president of the Japanese company, asked him to create an inexpensive and powerful console that could be used on a television.

All with a revolutionary idea: the game software must be on interchangeable cartridges and be separated from the console, explains

Le Monde

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We are saddened to learn of the passing of Masayuki Uemura, designer of the NES and Super Nintendo, at the age of 78.



Our hearts go out to his loved ones.

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- JV - Video games (@JVCom) December 9, 2021

Over 61 million copies sold

The console was released in 1983 in Japan under the name Famicom with three games including Donkey Kong.

Its future is uncertain as video game sales plummet around this time.

Finally, success is there.

The product was marketed two years later in the United States and then in 1987 in Europe under the name Nintendo Entertainment System, the NES.

A new game is emerging and will become cult: Super Mario.

A total of 61.91 million copies of the NES have been sold.

Its little sister released in 1990, the Super NES (Super Famicom), will sell for 49.1 million units.

Masayuki Uemura retired in 2004 but continues to teach at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto.

And this until his death.

After his death, Masahiro Sakurai, the creator of the Smash and Kirby games for Nintendo, paid tribute to the creator of the NES.

“I pray for the rest of his soul.

The NES is the game console that has influenced me the most.

Without that, I wouldn't be there ”.

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