United Kingdom, Jan. 5 -- Sega co-founder David Rosen has died at the age of 95.

The gaming pioneer passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Christmas Day (25.12.25), according to his spokesman Brad Callaway.

His funeral was held on January 2.

Born in Brooklyn, New York, Rosen was an airman in the US Air Force before starting the Rosen Enterprises company in Japan.

The company began by selling Japanese art to the US market and provided photography for Japanese IDs. However, it would soon shift its focus to importing arcade games from the US to Japan.

The move led to Rosen being credited as a founding father of the Japanese arcade scene and an important figure in the arcade industry as a whole.

He was recognised with a plac...