Designer Lance Barr, who designed the NES and SNES consoles, has left Nintendo after 38 years and eight months.
Although relatively few people knew his name, Barr nevertheless played a key role in bringing Nintendo to market and reviving the video game industry in the United States.
Barr joined the Nintendo in December 1982 and took over the role part-time, making his biggest contribution when he designed the NES console.
His idea was to make the keyboard look like it fit into a stereo system, and his cartridge slot, that is, the game's "floppy disk," also contributes to this. This slot has a "door" which makes the keyboard resemble a video game.
Barr also worked on accessories for the NES console such as the Zapper gun and the extended NES Max controller. In addition, he contributed to the design of the Nintendo Wii console and the legendary Nunchuck controller.
It could be said that Barr shaped the overall design language of Nintendo's hardware, and his departure marks the end of a long and important era. /Telegraph/
