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

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 ...

Sega's 'Father of Hardware,' Hideki Sato, has passed away at 75. Sato was instrumental in developing nearly all of Sega's home consoles, from the SG-1000 to the Dreamcast, significantly shaping 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, 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.

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 ...

Hideki Sato, nicknamed the “father of Sega hardware,” passed away on February 13. Joining Sega in 1971, he worked on the design of all Sega consoles, including the Sega Saturn and Dreamcast. The news ...

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

Sato worked at the company for almost four decades ...

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 ...