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NYU Game Center Lecture Series Presents Masayuki Uemura
The Genesis of Nintendo Power
Thursday, October 15, 2015
Celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) launch in the United States with Masayuki Uemura, the designer of the Famicom, NES, and SNES systems. Mr. Uemura will discuss his role in the development of the NES including how he conceived the Family Computer and then collaborated with chip manufactures and software developers to create the NES. Hear a first hand account of the NES coming to America amid a crisis in the video game industry and how the Famicon turned into the Nintendo Entertainment System.
For more on the NYU Game Center, visit gamecenter.nyu.edu
NYU Game Center Lecture Series Presents Masayuki Uemura
The Genesis of Nintendo Power
Thursday, October 15, 2015
Celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) launch in the United States with Masayuki Uemura, the designer of the Famicom, NES, and SNES systems. Mr. Uemura will discuss his role in the development of the NES including how he conceived the Family Computer and then collaborated with chip manufactures and software developers to create the NES. Hear a first hand account of the NES coming to America amid a crisis in the video game industry and how the Famicon turned into the Nintendo Entertainment System.
For more on the NYU Game Center, visit gamecenter.nyu.edu
