"Back then, we didn’t know if it was going to be popular or not".
There's no denying that the NES – or Famicom as it was known in its native Japan – is one of the most important pieces of video game hardware ever made. Not only did it turn Nintendo from an outsider player to industry leader, it laid down the foundations of an industry which continues to thrive to this very day.
The Famicom was the brainchild of Nintendo engineer Masayuki Uemura, who joined the company from Sharp in 1972 at a time when it was tentatively exploring the possibilities of electronic entertainment. He rose to the position of manager of Nintendo R&D2, which would not only produce the Famicom but also its equally-beloved successor, the SNES / Super Famicom. Uemura retired from Nintendo in 2004 and is now a professor at the Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto.
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There's no denying that the NES – or Famicom as it was known in its native Japan – is one of the most important pieces of video game hardware ever made. Not only did it turn Nintendo from an outsider player to industry leader, it laid down the foundations of an industry which continues to thrive to this very day.
The Famicom was the brainchild of Nintendo engineer Masayuki Uemura, who joined the company from Sharp in 1972 at a time when it was tentatively exploring the possibilities of electronic entertainment. He rose to the position of manager of Nintendo R&D2, which would not only produce the Famicom but also its equally-beloved successor, the SNES / Super Famicom. Uemura retired from Nintendo in 2004 and is now a professor at the Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto.
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