The creator of the Sega Mega Drive console, Hideki Sato, has died at the age of 77.

Engineer and developer of the Sega Mega Drive Hideki Sato died at the age of 78. This was announced on February 14 by the Kotaku computer games publication.

It is noted that Sato died on February 13. The causes of his death are not specified. The man was considered the "father of Sega hardware," adds Gazeta.Ru». Sato oversaw all the classic Sega systems.

The engineer started working for the company in 1971, and in 1989 he became the head of the research and development department in order to compete with Nintendo. With the company, Sato went from the SG-1000 to the Dreamcast.

At the same time, in 2001-2003, Sato served as its president. In addition, the engineer has written his name into the history of the gaming industry through his work on the SEGA Mega Drive and Genesis.

All important news is on the Izvestia channel in the MAX messenger.