Masayuki Kato
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Masayuki Kato was the president and founder of the Nihon Falcom Corporation that has made video games for various Japanese PC
systems (such as the NEC PC-88
) and consoles
(such as the Nintendo Famicom
). The company's key franchises include the Dragon Slayer series, The Legend of Heroes series, and the Ys series.
Personal computer
A personal computer is any general-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and original sales price make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end-user with no intervening computer operator...
systems (such as the NEC PC-88
NEC PC-8801
The NEC PC-8801 was an early Zilog Z80-based computer exclusively released in Japan, where it became very popular, by NEC Corporation in 1981. It was informally called the "PC-88"....
) and consoles
Video game console
A video game console is an interactive entertainment computer or customized computer system that produces a video display signal which can be used with a display device to display a video game...
(such as the Nintendo Famicom
Nintendo Entertainment System
The Nintendo Entertainment System is an 8-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America during 1985, in Europe during 1986 and Australia in 1987...
). The company's key franchises include the Dragon Slayer series, The Legend of Heroes series, and the Ys series.