<s>
A	O
former	O
employee	O
of	O
Sharp	O
Corporation	O
,	O
Uemura	O
joined	O
Nintendo	O
in	O
1971	O
working	O
with	O
Gunpei	O
Yokoi	O
and	O
Genyo	O
Takeda	O
on	O
solar	O
cell	O
technology	O
for	O
the	O
Laser	B-Application
Clay	I-Application
Shooting	I-Application
System	I-Application
arcade	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
becoming	O
General	O
Manager	O
of	O
Nintendo	O
R&D2	O
,	O
Uemura	O
served	O
as	O
the	O
lead	O
architect	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	O
Entertainment	O
System	O
and	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
game	O
consoles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
sold	O
photocell	O
technology	O
to	O
several	O
companies	O
,	O
including	O
Nintendo	O
,	O
who	O
used	O
it	O
for	O
a	O
light	B-Device
gun	I-Device
product	O
,	O
called	O
a	O
"	O
ray	O
gun	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thus	O
,	O
they	O
,	O
alongside	O
Genyo	O
Takeda	O
,	O
produced	O
electronic	O
light	B-Device
gun	I-Device
games	O
where	O
the	O
gun	O
would	O
shoot	O
a	O
beam	O
of	O
light	O
at	O
the	O
photocells	O
,	O
which	O
would	O
act	O
as	O
targets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Uemura	O
was	O
hired	O
for	O
Nintendo	O
in	O
1971	O
,	O
they	O
released	O
the	O
Laser	B-Application
Clay	I-Application
Shooting	I-Application
System	I-Application
in	O
January	O
1973	O
,	O
an	O
arcade	O
game	O
where	O
players	O
shot	O
at	O
projected	O
images	O
of	O
pigeons	O
,	O
with	O
shots	O
registered	O
by	O
photoreceptors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
company	O
recovered	O
,	O
they	O
then	O
produced	O
a	O
miniaturized	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
concept	O
for	O
the	O
home	O
market	O
,	O
1976	O
's	O
Duck	B-Application
Hunt	I-Application
,	O
a	O
success	O
that	O
would	O
later	O
be	O
adapted	O
into	O
the	O
1984	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
same	I-Application
name	I-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Uemura	O
led	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
Color	B-Application
TV-Game	I-Application
line	O
of	O
dedicated	O
consoles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Collaborating	O
with	O
Ricoh	O
,	O
he	O
and	O
his	O
team	O
began	O
creating	O
a	O
system	O
that	O
could	O
run	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
hit	O
arcade	O
game	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Released	O
in	O
July	O
1983	O
,	O
this	O
console	O
became	O
the	O
Family	O
Computer	O
(	O
commonly	O
known	O
by	O
the	O
Japanese-English	O
term	O
Famicom	O
)	O
,	O
an	O
8-bit	O
console	O
using	O
interchangeable	O
cartridges	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
cartridge	B-Protocol
slot	O
was	O
changed	O
to	O
be	O
front-loading	O
to	O
mimic	O
the	O
tape	O
deck	O
of	O
a	O
VCR	O
and	O
to	O
reduce	O
the	O
risk	O
of	O
static	O
electricity	O
in	O
drier	O
climates	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
NES	B-Device
Zapper	I-Device
was	O
bundled	O
to	O
appeal	O
to	O
Americans	O
 '	O
interest	O
in	O
guns	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Uemura	O
then	O
designed	O
the	O
Famicom	B-Device
Disk	I-Device
System	I-Device
,	O
a	O
Japan-only	O
add-on	O
for	O
the	O
Famicom	O
that	O
played	O
games	O
on	O
floppy	B-Device
disks	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1988	O
,	O
Uemura	O
began	O
designing	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Famicom	I-Application
,	O
the	O
Famicom	O
's	O
16-bit	O
successor	O
,	O
which	O
would	O
be	O
demonstrated	O
to	O
the	O
Japanese	O
press	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
and	O
his	O
team	O
worked	O
with	O
Ken	O
Kutaragi	O
,	O
an	O
engineer	O
from	O
Sony	O
who	O
designed	O
the	O
system	O
's	O
sound	O
chip	O
and	O
would	O
later	O
develop	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
First	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
in	O
1990	O
,	O
it	O
would	O
be	O
christened	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Nintendo	I-Application
Entertainment	I-Application
System	I-Application
in	O
the	O
West	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1995	O
,	O
his	O
team	O
released	O
the	O
Satellaview	B-Device
,	O
an	O
add-on	O
for	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Famicom	I-Application
that	O
let	O
players	O
download	O
content	O
via	O
satellite	O
broadcast	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
his	O
time	O
at	O
Nintendo	O
,	O
he	O
also	O
produced	O
video	O
games	O
,	O
including	O
Soccer	B-Application
,	O
Baseball	B-Application
,	O
Golf	B-Application
,	O
Clu	B-Device
Clu	I-Device
Land	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Ice	B-Application
Climber	I-Application
.	O
</s>
