Hideki Sato, the designer behind virtually every Sega console, and the company’s former president, has died age 77. Sato and his R&D team were responsible for the creation of Sega’s arcade and home console hardware, including the Master System, Genesis / Mega Drive, Saturn, and Dreamcast. “From the beginning, Sega’s home console development has always been influenced by our arcade development,” Sato previously told Famitsu in an interview covering Sega’s history. At that time, Sega only did arcade games, so this was our first challenge. “Arcade development was something we were very invested in, so we were always using the most cutting-edge technology there.