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Hideki Sato, father of the Sega Dreamcast, Saturn, Genesis, and more, has died (www.pcgamer.com)
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As reported by VGC and Japanese gaming outlet Beep21, Sega console designer Hideki Sato has died. The engineer and former Sega president was 77. Sato's career with Sega began in the 1970s⁠—SegaRetro.org lists his earliest projects as the arcade games MonacoGP, Turbo, and Star Jacker.

Sato's most notable contribution to gaming history, however, would be leading the engineering teams behind every Sega home console from 1983 to the company's exit from the hardware business in 2001.

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[-] miseducator@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Got one at KB Toys on 9/9/99. Gosh darn, I loved that dang thing. Was able to secretly surf the net on it to do late night research as a budding teen. Good times!

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