Known as the ‘Father of Sega Hardware’, Hideki Sato, the designer behind consoles like Dreamcast, Mega Drive, Master System, ...

The storied engineer passed away this Friday, February 13, 2026, at age 77. Joining Sega back in 1971, Sato saw the company go through every transformation firsthand, from a U.S.-based electronics ...

"He was a hearty and straight-forward good guy." ...

The visionary engineer who created the Master System, Genesis, Saturn and Dreamcast has passed away. Sato spent 37 years at ...

The gaming community loses one of its legends, as Sega's former president and the designer of it's iconic consoles has passed ...

Hideki Sato, longtime Sega engineer who helped shape the Genesis, Saturn, and Dreamcast, has died at 75. He later served as acting president during Sega’s hardware exit.

Hideki Sato, the designer behind virtually every Sega console, and the company’s former president, has died age 77. Japanese games outlet Beep21 reports that Sato passed away this weekend.

Hideki Sato, who led the design of Sega's beloved consoles from the '80s and '90s, died on Friday, according to the Japanese gaming site Beep21. He was 77. Sato worked with Sega from 1971 until the ...

Hideki Sato, the engineer who designed many of Sega’s home video game consoles including the Dreamcast, died on Friday, Kotaku reports. The “father of Sega hardware,” as he was called by the outlet, ...

Hideki Sato, the designer behind the majority of Sega's video game consoles, including the Dreamcast and Master System, has died.

The gaming world has lost yet another Sega legend. Hideki Sato, widely regarded as the father of Sega hardware, has died at ...

The gaming world is mourning the loss of the visionary engineer responsible for developing landmark consoles from the Master System to the Dreamcast.