Sega pays tribute to home console designer Hideki Sato: "His contributions had a significant and lasting impact on the entire gaming industry"

Sega paid tribute to Hideki Sato, designer of most of its home consoles, who died February 13. Sato led R&D from the early 1990s and was instrumental in developing the SG-1000, Master System, Mega Drive/Genesis, Saturn, and Dreamcast before leaving Sega in 2008. He also served as company president from 2001-2003. Sega credited his leadership with laying the foundation for the company and said his contributions had lasting impact on the entire gaming industry.

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