Uemura havde tidligere været ansat i [[Sharp Corporation]] da han sluttede sig til Nintendo i 1971,<ref name="jmaf">{{Cite web |url=http://archive.j-mediaarts.jp/en/festival/2015/achievement/19saa02_UEMURA_Masayuki/|title=UEMURA Masayuki|website=Japan Media Arts Festival Archive|access-date=1. maj 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=上村雅之さん 大いに語る。 ファミリーコンピュータ インタビュー（後編）（2013年10月号より）|url=https://www.ndw.jp/post-714/|access-date=9. december 2021|website=Nintendo DREAM WEB|language=ja}}</ref> hvor han arbejdede sammen med Gunpei Yokoi og Genyo Takeda om [[solcelle]]teknologi til arkadespillet Laser Clay Shooting System.<ref name="7 things">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2015/10/18/9554885/nintendo-entertainment-system-famicom-history-masayuki-uemura|title=7 things I learned from the designer of the NES|website=[[The Verge]]|date=18. oktober 2015|access-date=1. maj 2021|last=O'Kane|first=Sean}}</ref><ref name="gun game">{{Cite web|url=https://www.kotaku.com.au/2015/02/the-gun-game-that-nearly-broke-nintendo/|title=The Gun Game That Nearly Broke Nintendo|website=[[Kotaku Australia]]|date=3. februar 2015|last=Plunkett|first=Luke|access-date=1. maj 2021}}</ref><ref name="slovakia">{{Cite web|url=https://actaludologica.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/05-UEMURA-MAGO-%E2%80%93-AL-1-2018.pdf|title=THE "FATHER" OF THE NINTENDO ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM IN SLOVAKIA FOR THE FIRST TIME- Interview with Masayuki UEMURA|publisher=Acta Ludologica|date=2008|last=Mago|first=Zdenko|access-date=1. maj 2021}}</ref><ref name="yokoi">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nsidr.com/archive/profile-gunpei-yokoi|title=Profile: Gunpei Yokoi|website=nsidr|date=23. oktober 2000|last=Grajqevci|first=Jeton|access-date=1. maj 2021}}</ref> Efter at være blevet direktør for forskings- og udviklingsafdelingen Nintendo R&D2 fungerede Uemura som hovedarkitekten for [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] og [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super NES]]-spilkonsoller.<ref name="gameindustry">{{Cite web|url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2015-11-19-nintendo-has-always-been-like-that-we-are-like-indies|title="Nintendo has always been like that, we are like indies"|website=[[gameindustry.biz]]|date=24. november 2015|last=Brightman|first=James|access-date=1. maj 2021}}</ref><ref name="nlife interview">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2020/12/feature_nes_creator_masayuki_uemura_on_building_the_console_that_made_nintendo_a_household_name|title=Feature: NES Creator Masayuki Uemura On Building The Console That Made Nintendo A Household Name|website=[[Nintendo Life]]|date=23. december 2020|access-date=1. maj 2021 |last=Ahmed|first=Sayem}}</ref><ref name="usgamer">{{Cite web|url=https://www.usgamer.net/articles/nes-creator-masayuki-uemura-on-the-birth-of-nintendos-first-console|title=NES Creator Masayuki Uemura on the Birth of Nintendo's First Console|website=[[USgamer]]|date=11. december 2018|last=Parish|first=Jeremy|access-date=1. maj 2021}}</ref><ref name="uemura talk">{{Cite web|url=http://www.juicygamereviews.com/retro-game-reviews/designing-the-nintendo-entertainment-system-masayuki-uemura-talk|title=Designing the Nintendo Entertainment System – Masayuki Uemura talk|website=Juicy Game Reviews|date=31. januar 2016|access-date=1. maj 2021}}</ref><ref name="mashable">{{Cite web|url=https://mashable.com/2015/10/19/nintendo-nes-launch-atari/|title=How Nintendo brought the NES to America — and avoided repeating Atari's mistakes|website=[[Mashable]]|date=19. oktober 2015|last=Stark|first=Chelsea|access-date=1. maj 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Kilde video|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A53gdHXwxHg|title=The NYU Game Center Lecture Series Presents Masayuki Uemura|accessdate=1. maj 2021}}</ref> Han trak sig tilbage fra Nintendo i 2004 og blev direktør for Center for Game Studies ved [[Ritsumeikan Universitet]].<ref name="kotaku">{{Cite web|url=https://kotaku.com/the-designer-of-the-nes-dishes-the-dirt-on-nintendos-ea-1844296906|title=The Designer Of The NES Dishes The Dirt On Nintendo's Early Days|website=[[Kotaku]]|date=7. juli 2020|last=Alt|first=Matt|access-date=1. maj 2021}}</ref>
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