is a Japanese video game programmer and developer once employed by Sega

Sega

, usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world...

 Enterprises (Japan) and a member of AM1/Wow Entertainment

Wow Entertainment

Sega Wow is a Sega video game company, which resulted from the merger of Wow Entertainment and Overworks.-Wow Entertainment:Wow Entertainment was an in-house Sega developer previously known as AM1...

. Makoto Uchida was the lead creative developer for several Sega Arcade games such as: Altered Beast

Altered Beast

Altered Beast is a 1988 beat 'em up arcade game developed and manufactured by Sega. The game is set in Ancient Greece, and follows a centurion who is resurrected by Zeus to rescue his daughter Athena, and to do so become able to turn into beasts such as the werewolf with usage of power-ups...

, Golden Axe

Golden Axe

Golden Axe is a side-scrolling beat 'em up and hack & slash arcade video game released in 1989 by Sega for the System 16-B arcade hardware. It is the first game in the Golden Axe series....

, Wing War

Wing War

Wing War is a 1994 flight/combat simulation developed for the Sega Model 1 arcade platform by AM2. the object of the game is by where the players fight head-to-head in airplanes trying to shoot the other players out of the sky.- Aircraft :...

, Die Hard Arcade

Die Hard Arcade

Die Hard Arcade is the licensed North American, European and Australian version of the Japanese videogame . The game is a beat 'em up with loose ties to the Die Hard movie series of the same name....

, Dynamite Cop

Dynamite Cop

Dynamite Cop is a video game published by Sega and initially released in arcades on Sega Model 2 hardware. The game was then ported to the Sega Dreamcast console and released in Japan, North America and Europe...

, and Alien Front Online

Alien Front Online

Alien Front Online is a Dreamcast video game originally released for the console in 2001.In the game, players use armored vehicles to fight battles staged in arenas. Players could choose which side they wished to fight for, the aliens or the humans, and could also choose one of three different...

. The concepts behind these games are generally attributed to him alone, though ports to various consoles were often designed by other developers; the original versions upon which the ports were based were designed by Uchida.

In 2005, he was involved in the development of Project Altered Beast

Project Altered Beast

Project Altered Beast, also known as Altered Beast in Europe and in Japan, is a 2005 action/adventure, beat 'em up video game for the PlayStation 2. The game is a modern take on the original 1988 arcade game Altered Beast...

 for the Playstation 2. This game was not released outside of Japan and Europe.

In present, his development team Sega Studio China was merged with Sega WOW.

Games

• Altered Beast (arcade game)
  Altered Beast
  Altered Beast is a 1988 beat 'em up arcade game developed and manufactured by Sega. The game is set in Ancient Greece, and follows a centurion who is resurrected by Zeus to rescue his daughter Athena, and to do so become able to turn into beasts such as the werewolf with usage of power-ups...
  
  (1988) with Yuji X (game designer)
• Golden Axe (arcade game)
  Golden Axe
  Golden Axe is a side-scrolling beat 'em up and hack & slash arcade video game released in 1989 by Sega for the System 16-B arcade hardware. It is the first game in the Golden Axe series....
  
  (1989)
• Alien Storm
  Alien Storm
  is a 1990 beat 'em up arcade game by Sega, later ported to the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis and Sega Master System. The Sega Mega Drive version was also released on Wii's Virtual Console in 2007...
  
  (1991)
• Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder
  Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder
  Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder is a side-scrolling arcade hack 'n' slash game released in 1992 by Sega. It was the first 32-bit game in the series. It still remains an arcade exclusive as of 2011....
  
  (1992)
• Wing War (arcade game)
  Wing War
  Wing War is a 1994 flight/combat simulation developed for the Sega Model 1 arcade platform by AM2. the object of the game is by where the players fight head-to-head in airplanes trying to shoot the other players out of the sky.- Aircraft :...
  
  (1994)
• Manx TT Superbike
  Manx TT Superbike
  Manx TT Superbike is a 1995 arcade racing game developed jointly by Sega-AM3 and Sega-AM4. It was later brought to the Sega Saturn by Psygnosis and Tantalus Interactive and then ported to Windows by Perfect Entertainment. It was the first motorcycle racing game built for the Sega Model 2 arcade...
  
  (1995)
• Die Hard Arcade (arcade & Sega Saturn port)
  Die Hard Arcade
  Die Hard Arcade is the licensed North American, European and Australian version of the Japanese videogame . The game is a beat 'em up with loose ties to the Die Hard movie series of the same name....
  
  (1996)
• Dynamite Cop (arcade game)
  Dynamite Cop
  Dynamite Cop is a video game published by Sega and initially released in arcades on Sega Model 2 hardware. The game was then ported to the Sega Dreamcast console and released in Japan, North America and Europe...
  
  (1998)
• Alien Front Online (Dreamcast)
  Alien Front Online
  Alien Front Online is a Dreamcast video game originally released for the console in 2001.In the game, players use armored vehicles to fight battles staged in arenas. Players could choose which side they wished to fight for, the aliens or the humans, and could also choose one of three different...
  
  (2001)
• Jūōki: Project Altered Beast (Playstation 2)
  Project Altered Beast
  Project Altered Beast, also known as Altered Beast in Europe and in Japan, is a 2005 action/adventure, beat 'em up video game for the PlayStation 2. The game is a modern take on the original 1988 arcade game Altered Beast...
  
  (2005)