Hiroshi Yamauchi was very interested, and he watched the assembly for a long time, and even brought Uemura and other technicians to come up to observe it.

He skillfully connected the lines for a long time, looked up and asked, "Do you have a color TV here?"

Yamauchi replied, "Yes." "Turning around and ordering, "Miyamoto, go find!" immediately ran out of a guy.

"Can you open the box and take a look?" said Chief Engineer Masayuki Uemura to Nagashi.

He said lazily for a long time: "You just look at the effect, we haven't had too deep contact, so it's not appropriate to look at it now." ”

Uemura was speechless and had to retreat aside.

Before long, two strong men squeezed in with a big color TV, definitely big enough, the ass is long, if it weren't for the big enough door of the conference room, I almost couldn't get in.

When it's all done, I connected the video head to the TV for a long time, and turned it on, well? no response? Reset, restart it, no response!

Hiroshi Yamauchi, Masayuki Uemura, and Junhei Yokoi: "......"

The sweat of the long-term brushing came down, it was so faceless, and it actually dropped the chain at a critical moment.

Recheck the connection, no problem, such a simple thing can't be wrong, is it the fucking plane upside down?

Yamauchi asked suspiciously, "Cao San, is there a problem?" Nintendo has the best engineers, and we can help." Uemura and the others nodded in the back.

waved his hand for a long time: "Excuse me, I'll see for myself." ”

It doesn't make sense, this thing is not so delicate, Hong Kong tried it well, why did you stop eating when you arrived in Japan?

"This ...... President, do you have a transformer here?" Chang Chang smiled awkwardly, "My machine uses 220 volts, which seems to be incompatible with Japan, hehe." ”

Hiroshi Yamauchi, Masayuki Uemura, and Junhei Yokoi: "......"

Replaced with a converter, and sure enough, it succeeded in displaying the image, and a burst of electronic music showed a familiar picture.

"Eat beans!" many people at the scene shouted.

Hiroshi Yamauchi's eyes fell, and what he saw in front of him was indeed an arcade game Pacman, but it was perfectly reproduced here, pointing to the TV and saying, "This, this ......"

Standing up for a long time and making a "please" action, Yamauchi was unceremonious and did it directly.

"What's going on with this?" asked Yamauchi, picking up the rectangular handle.

"That, this cross controls the direction, up and down, left and right. a, b, c, and d are the shooting buttons, which seem to be useless in Pacman, and are intended for other games. The two smaller ones are the selection and the start. "Actually, it's the handle of the red and white machine in the future, and it's been copied for a long time, anyway, Nintendo hasn't invented this thing yet.

looked at Yamauchi's gurgling eyes for a long time and said, "Don't think about any crooked thoughts, the patent for this handle has been registered." ”

Yamauchi was embarrassed for a while, and even said no, no, but he still got started quickly, and turned around the group operated by Mr. Pac-Man, and directly hit the monster, gameover.

"The president likes to play with this too?" asked Nagagar. Although the technique is very good, it seems that Yamauchi Hiroshi is having a lot of fun, not like pretending.

After looking back for a long time, the others also looked eager to try, but because the president was present, they were embarrassed to compete.

But I didn't care about their feelings for a long time.,While telling the performance parameters of this machine.,At the same time, I took out a handle and plugged it in.,Played a battle with Yamauchi Bo.,Ruthless dishes.。

Although it was ugly to be stepped on, but Yamauchi's tour was good, and he didn't go crazy in public, just laughed: "This game is very fun, last year it was this game dominant, it seems to be your company in Hong Kong, yes, Data East, I'm not mistaken." ”

They all nodded their heads: "The president will never forget it!" ”

Yamauchi smiled and hammered his shoulders and fought: "I'm old, I can't sit for a long time." Miyamoto, you are a master, play with Cao San. ”

The young man named Miyamoto sat down and picked up the handle: "Please take care of me, my name is Miyamoto Shigeru." ”

Shigeru Miyamoto: Celebrity, after squinting at it for a long time, it doesn't look unusual, with a rustic atmosphere, it seems that people can't look good.

Shigeru Miyamoto's name is like thunder, and it is a figure who will be offered as a god in the future, but now it seems that it has not exuded the aura of the king's eight, and it seems to be very confused.

Hiroshi Yamauchi is Shigeru Miyamoto's uncle, young people came to vote in a hurry, Yamauchi contacted him a few times, and had a good impression of his bold character, so he left him, who would have thought that this unremarkable young man would have an impact on Nintendo and even the entire TV game industry.

Miyamoto's main job in the company was an artist, but the games at that time were all lattice compositions, and the artist was just an idle errand, which was slightly equivalent to miscellaneous work, and the veterans in the company called him around.

As long as it's gold, it will shine.,With Miyamoto's bold and generous personality, he didn't care about it.,Instead, he was familiar with interpersonal relationships.,Plus this kid is diligent and studious.,In a few years,,Actually grew from a layman who didn't know anything to a mature game producer.,Set programming、Art、Composition and other skills in one.,Even in that era of great gods is rare.。

As soon as Miyamoto got started, the imposter master for a long time immediately appeared as a prototype, and he was depressed by being stepped on, and he stopped playing, so that Masayuki Uemura grabbed a seat and continued to be ravaged by Miyamoto.

I was drinking tea and chatting with Yamauchi for a long time, only to hear Yamauchi Hiroshi sigh next to him: "I really admire the author of this game, I can't describe it if I am not a genius." A small program can make people forget to sleep and eat, and it is popular all over the world. Miyamoto, you need to learn more, this is a rare work, don't think about playing all day long. ”

said casually for a long time: "Pacman is not advanced, and when I made it, it was boring, I didn't expect it to be so popular." ”

Yamauchi was shocked: "Cao Sang knows the producer, can you introduce me." ”

Chang Chang: "I'm ashamed, I'm really down." ”

Hiroshi Yamauchi, Masayuki Uemura, Junhei Yokoi and Shigeru Miyamoto: "......"

Yamauchi couldn't help but sigh: "The capable can do anything, Cao Sang is both soft and hard, which is commendable." ”

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After playing for a few hours, Uemura and the others also tested the performance data with the machine, and Nagaga and Yamauchi also reached a preliminary quotation agreement - if they use a long-term system, it will be 6,000 yen for a 021 microprocessor and 2,400 yen for a graphics coprocessor.

This is just the unit price, as a reference, as for Nintendo's long-term system, Yamauchi still needs to think about it, as for the bulk purchase price, it has to be calculated separately.

After only one day for a long time, he returned to Hong Kong, and Yamauchi tried his best to keep it without looking back, of course, time is life now, how can there be energy to spend on it.

Hiroshi Yamauchi urgently held a company meeting that night to discuss the issue of the FC system and consult the opinions of technical personnel and marketing personnel.

"Our technical department believes that with 6052 as the CPU as the system, self-development is meaningless. At present, the price of the 6502 processor on the market is not up to the requirements, and even the authorized Ricoh company will not sell it at less than 7000 yen per piece, which leads to the high cost of the system we designed ourselves. Masayuki Uemura, on behalf of the technology development team, spoke first, listing a table comparing the advantages and disadvantages of the two systems, "and according to the design of the Hong Kong side, if the price is negotiated, it is at least close to the president's request." According to our test, the system performance provided by Hong Kong far exceeds that of the 6502 system, although I don't know its principle, but the real computing speed of their processor is more than seven times that of the 6502, which is not a grade at all, and the other party's technical staff also said that if the excess processing power of the CPU can be properly used, it can completely replace the graphics chip to process the picture, and the comprehensive performance is comparable to our 6502 system. This is the data, you can see for yourself. ”

Hiroshi Yamauchi nodded: "Although it is a pity to give up self-development, but the plan provided by the other party is very competitive. What do you think of the marketing department?"

The director of the marketing department scratched his head a little, and listened to the president's words, which seemed to be very interested in changing the system platform, so he had to stand in the right position and deal with it carefully.

"What the president said is extremely wise, and it is completely aimed at the current home machine market, how can there be no reason not to succeed. According to our survey data, Atari currently accounts for 80% of the CVS machine market in Japan, and the remaining share is divided by several Japanese companies, with a total market capacity estimated to be less than 3 million units. According to the financial show, last year, the U.S. branch made a big profit under the leadership of President Arakawa, and the arcade sales revenue reached 50 million US dollars, and the revenue is expected to double this year, so the funds are still abundant. ”

The marketing director cleared his throat: "It's just that the market capacity of Japanese home machines is too small, and there is a monopoly by Atari, so it is very difficult to cut in, but under the wise leadership of the president, we should be able to break out of the encirclement and reproduce the glory of the handheld." ”

Yamauchi Bo Moran, the domestic home machine market is indeed too small, but the capacity of less than 3 million has to face the giant Atari, cost is the key.

If you want to break into the market and win the hearts of users, you can only make a fuss about price and performance. Yamauchi's own goal was to make a machine that could not be imitated by other manufacturers for at least a year, with performance that would surpass all other products on the market, and the price would be less than 10,000 yen.

It's just that now it seems that the technical department is incompetent, and the combined price of the parts required for the designed machine has long exceeded 20,000 yen, although the performance is sufficient, but to beat Atari and get a piece of the pie, price is the key.

It seems that the only option is to change the design of the system, and the Hong Kong system is flawless, running arcade games almost smoothly, which has never been done by any product of that company, let alone the Atari CVS console, which has a disgusting graphics.

What's more critical is the sentence left by Hong Kong people when they left, "If you buy in large quantities, the price is negotiable."

Yamauchi thought about gambling and came up, in his opinion, such excellent performance, if it was paired with a cheap price, it would be an easy move to defeat Atari.

As for the problem of market capacity, there is no need to worry, being able to run existing arcade games means that it has reached more players, and who knows if it can sell more? Even if the Japanese market is saturated, it can still be released to the world, and Nintendo of the United States will not make a lot of money?

Yamauchi was pondering, and the director of the marketing department spoke again: "President, I have a suggestion that you see if it works, I don't understand technology, I don't know if I can borrow the system of Hong Kong people for us, so that we can save a lot of costs? ”

As soon as these words came out, the people in the technical department were furious, and Yokoi Junhei slapped the table: "Bastard, you are insulting us, I want to duel with you!"

The director of the marketing department said with a smile: "Yokoi-kun Shao'an is not impatient, that's what I said, if the technical department can't even do this, don't be angry, haha." ”

Yokoi Junhei was about to break out and hurt people at that time, and was stopped by other people.

Hiroshi Yamauchi waved his hand and shouted: "Sit it all for me!"

The president's prestige was still there, and everyone immediately quieted down.

"You think Hong Kong people are fools?" Yamauchi said in a deep voice, "We never mentioned what our products were, we just wanted to buy chips, but Hong Kong people actually brought a sample home machine! What does this mean? They either have similar plans, or they just guessed what we need, what a terrible guy!"

Everyone was silent, and the head of the marketing department asked, "What does the president mean......?"

Yamauchi said: "Even if we don't want Hong Kong people's things, we don't have time to copy them, they have samples, just waiting for the price to sell, I'm sure as soon as we say no, the guy surnamed Cao will immediately look for other manufacturers, no, I'm afraid they are in contact with other manufacturers now, selling their machines." ”

The head of the marketing department made a look of sudden realization: "The president is wise, if it weren't for the president's eyes like a torch, we would have made a big mistake." It is said that even the Pacman arcade machine was invented by the surname Cao, maybe they also hit the idea of launching their own home machine on the market, we are really careless, it seems that time is pressing, I suggest that we immediately contact the Hong Kong side, at least to stabilize them. ”

Yamauchi nodded: "Yes, you immediately set a negotiation plan and try to keep the price as low as possible." Hong Kong people can't be allowed to make other moves, and this list must be won. For the future of the company, please work hard. ”

Everyone stood up and responded in unison: "Hay! All for Nintendo! Please rest assured President!"

Yamauchi: "Okay, let's take action. ”