masayuki uemura
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38 Years Ago, Nintendo Changed Pop Culture Forever
At the start of the 1980s, video games were mostly relegated to coin-gobbling arcade machines, but their surging popularity prompted a Time Magazine cover story in January 1982 with a cringeworthy warning: “GRONK! FLASH! ZAP! Video Games are Blitzing the World!” If this sounds like Big Boomer Energy, that’s because Baby Boomers were between 20…
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The Designer Of The NES Dishes The Dirt On Nintendo’s Early Days
When discussing Nintendo’s rise as a digital dreamsmith in the 80s, game designers like Shigeru Miyamoto and Gunpei Yokoi get most of the limelight. But it was the hardware designed by Masayuki Uemura that served up their fantasies to millions around the globe.