Hideki Sato, the designer of all Sega consoles, has died at the age of 77 • DigiCala Mag

According to the news published by the Japanese media yesterday, Hideki Sato, the chief architect and designer of all Sega arcade machines and consoles, has died at the age of 77. Sato and his team played an important role in the creation of famous and important consoles such as “Sega Genesis” and “Sega Dreamcast” and the formation of the home console industry.

Hideki Sato joined the company from the very beginning when Sega started making electronic gaming devices. He worked at Sega from 1971 to 2008 and even managed the company from 2001 to 2003.

From Sega’s arcade machines to each of the company’s consoles, Sato worked as a designer on all of them. As a hardware designer, Sato also commented on games made for arcade machines and worked as a producer.

The consoles and arcade machines designed under the supervision of Hideki Sato are:

• Sega System 1 (Arcade) (1982)
• Sega SC-3000 (home computer) (1983)
• Sega SG-1000 (home console) (1983)
• Sega SG-1000 II (home console) (1984)
• Sega Mark 3 or Sega Master System (8-bit home console) (1985)
• Sega Mega Drive (16-bit home console) (1988)
• Sega Saturn (home console) (1994)
• Sega Dreamcast (home console) (1998)

A few months ago, the Japanese magazine Beep21 interviewed Sato and asked him about his decades at Sega. Sato said about the design of the Sega Genesis, one of the most important and powerful consoles of its time, that they wanted to bring the power of arcade machines home, and the final result was the Genesis. The Sega Genesis brought a huge leap forward to video games. Sato said that to design the Sega Dreamcast, they wanted to connect gamers, and for that reason, they designed an Internet modem and even a detachable controller module that had a screen and a built-in game. Dreamcast was the first home console that allowed online multiplayer.

Just a few weeks ago, David Rosen, the founder of Sega and one of the founders of the Japanese arcade industry, passed away.

Source: VideoGamesChronicles