Hideki Sato, an engineer credited with helping shape Sega’s home console era, has died at age 75. He reportedly passed away on Feb. 13.
Sato graduated from the Tokyo Metropolitan Technical College and joined Sega in 1971, and later led major parts of the company’s consumer hardware research and development, overseeing multiple generations of Sega systems. His work is closely associated with Sega’s push to translate arcade tech into the living room, spanning the Master System, Genesis/Mega Drive, Saturn, and Dreamcast eras.
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