Another early developer was Hideki Sato, who joined 1971. He recalls, when he joined Sega, they were making pinball tables, electro-mechanical games, however mainly sold jukeboxes. Hideki Sato was part of a development team that mainly had around 20 people, and they were engaged in pinball tables and electro-mechanical games. Sato was assigned to the team that made pinball tables, which were imported from America, but had modifications done to them so they would be more fun.
