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Masayuki Uemura – The Man Who Created the Famicom

Added 2021-12-31 02:00:26 +0000 UTC

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This interview with Nintendo engineer Masayuki Uemura, who pass away earlier this month at the age of 78, was originally featured in Used Games magazine in 2000. Uemura would retire from Nintendo in 2004 and move on to a teaching position at Ritsumeikan University (a move he predicts at the end of this interview), but here he reflects broadly on the development history of the Famicom, Game Boy, and Super Famicom.

While the popular memory of the NES is that it was a smash hit from the get-go, it’s interesting to hear Uemura recount the incredulity he felt at the Famicom’s continuing success in Japan.

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