Hideki Sato, father of the Sega Dreamcast, Saturn, Genesis, and more, has died

Ega Corp. Chief Executive Hideki Sato speaks during a press conference May 17, 2002 in Tokyo, Japan. Sato spoke about the group net loss of 17.83 billion yen in fiscal 2001, down from the previous year's loss of 51.73 billion yen for the company.

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. The full list includes: