Shikanosuke Ochi
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| Shikanosuke Ochi |
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| Date of birth: 19xx |
| Date of death: 2015 (age 15-115) |
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| Role(s): Engineer, Director |
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Shikanosuke Ochi (鹿之助 越智) was a Japanese engineer and director. Among the first and most crucial head developers employed by Sega in the Sega Production and Engineering Department, he is credited for key design work on patents for many of the company's earliest arcade game machines, dating back to its first ever patent and Periscope during 1966.[1]
Subsequent innovations patented under Ochi's name include the the first game controller with haptic feedback for 1975's Bullet Mark,[2] the first arcade trackball controller for 1977's World Cup,[3] and the memory technique used in the system for the first laserdisc arcade game, 1983's Astron Belt.[4] He was also involved in SubRoc-3D[5] and the '81 TV Game Idea Taishou competition.[6]
Sometime after the early 1980s, Ochi moved onto work at Tecmo.[7] He passed away in 2015.[8]
Production history
- Periscope (Electro-mechanical arcade; 1966)
- Bullet Mark (Discrete logic arcade; 1975)
- World Cup (Discrete logic arcade; 1977)
- Head On (VIC Dual; 1979)
- SubRoc-3D (VCO Object; 1982)
- Astron Belt (LaserDisc hardware; 1982)
Photographs
- Main article: Photos of Shikanosuke Ochi
Magazine articles
- Main article: Shikanosuke Ochi/Magazine articles.
External links
References
- ↑ https://patents.google.com/patent/US3326223A/ (Wayback Machine: 2022-03-06 20:25)
- ↑ https://patents.google.com/patent/US4007934A/ (Wayback Machine: 2022-03-06 20:31)
- ↑ https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/originalDocument?CC=JP&NR=S54154642A&KC=A&FT=D&ND=&date=19791205&DB=&locale= (archive.today)
- ↑ https://patents.google.com/patent/US4580782A/ (Wayback Machine: 2022-03-06 20:55)
- ↑ Game Machine, "1982-04-01" (JP; 1982-04-01), page 16
- ↑ Game Machine, "1982-02-01" (JP; 1982-02-01), page 1
- ↑ https://patents.google.com/patent/JPS6413620A/ (Wayback Machine: 2022-03-06 20:20)
- ↑ https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/2018/10/05/patented-heroes/ (Wayback Machine: 2022-01-25 09:35)