“Joel Hochberg Wrote History”. Former rare US president dies

He died at the age of 87 Joel Hochbergone of the directors of the studio Rare and president of its American division from the time of close cooperation with Nintendo until the purchase of the Microsoft team. “He changed the course of history when he bought us our first Nintendo Famicom during one of his many trips to Japan,” recalls Rare co-founder Tim Stamper.

Prior to joining Rare, Hochberg worked at Centuri, which made slot machines. Not surprisingly, the American Rare Inc. began to call Rare coin is. The branch has released four games in addition to the NES (Famicom) specifically for arcades. We can name the very first Against. slalom or racing RC Pro-Am.

Hochberg was primarily in charge of business, mainly in the United States. Nevertheless, we find his name in the titles of dozens of games. In them he is most often thanked, in some such as for example Star Fox Adventures or Battle toads he also featured as a producer.

In addition to the video game industry, Hochberg was also interested in education. In Florida, he founded a couple of schools (for juniors and seniors) that bear his name and whose focus is also reflected in his Jewish background.