In October 1985, the headquarters of Hong Kong New Venture Electronics Company, the press conference hall, and the launch of the new arcade platform attracted thousands of fans, dealers and media to participate.

The head of the arcade department, Zhao Ruofei, who was only wearing a T-shirt, preached to many fans at the scene: "We know that arcade machines are more expensive than home consoles and handheld computers. At the cost of a month's worth of spending in the arcade, it is already possible to buy a handheld console. For a year in the arcade, you can even buy a home console and a variety of games. As the CEO of the arcade division, I felt that I might never be able to do the sibling department. ”

These words sparked laughter from the fans present.

Among the three major game sectors of the new venture electronics, the home console is naturally the most influential. The second is the handheld business, although the single machine is relatively low, but the sales volume is very amazing.

As for arcade machines, since they are not sold to ordinary consumers, it is impossible to obtain the same sales volume as handheld consoles and consoles.

Zhao Ruofei said sincerely: "Compared with the development speed of handheld computers and home consoles, the development speed of the arcade industry is not as fast as that of home consoles and handhelds. However, the reason why many gamers who can afford consoles and handhelds are still willing to patronize the game hall is because of the gaming atmosphere. Of course, more players are because only on the arcade platform can you get a better gaming experience...... Yes, the hardware of the arcade machine is much more advanced than the best consoles, and the games that would take years to experience on the console platform are already available now. It is the leading effect of this experience, so the arcade market still has strong vitality!"

Many players and dealers present applauded, because although the scale of arcade players was gradually surpassed by consoles and handhelds.

However, there are still a large number of arcade brain-dead fans all over the world, after all, many games cannot be experienced on the console, and only in the game hall can you feel those masterpieces through the arcade!

"In the past, we launched our self-developed Phoenix platform, which has some common technology with Pangu. However, we tend to adopt it earlier than Pangu. Because Pangu needs to consider the cost and larger-scale mass production, many technologies cannot be adopted at the first time. The arcade platform market can not be very big, even if it is our new start-up electronics company, it is expected that the arcade platform will sell about 20~300,000 units per year in the future. Of course, our arcade department does not blindly compare the number of sales with consoles and handhelds, because our positioning is completely different. A console and handheld are private toys, so everyone can afford one. However, arcade machines are similar to cinema projection equipment, and no mass consumer will really buy cinema-level projection equipment for the sake of the cinema effect. There are also very few consumers who can directly buy an arcade machine on the Phoenix platform and experience the effect of the game hall at home, which is why the game hall can still maintain its strong popularity...... However, if we are only proud of this and think that the experience is good enough, it is a big mistake! The same experience cannot retain players, and only by experiencing rapid progress and exceeding players' expectations can the arcade industry continue to develop. ”

"In order to pursue the experience of the game, we have done a lot of research and development and experimentation. In the experiment, we found that although the semiconductor hardware such as CPU, graphics card, memory, and storage is constantly upgrading. However...... The technology of the display is the same, since the invention of the class, the screen we use, compared with the current screen, although the size has increased, but it is far from enough. Indicators such as clarity, color, and so on are almost standing still, and the progress of various propaganda is minimal, not a complete subversive improvement. It is precisely for this reason that we are deeply aware that CRT monitors are an obstacle that affects our gaming experience, so ...... We are ready to abandon this old technology and choose to start from scratch with a more advanced plasma screen...... Its various indicators are far ahead of the CRT display, and it is a true high-definition display screen. More high-definition, brighter, higher refresh rates and speeds, plus the screen doesn't flicker like CRT screens. This kind of screen is a fantastic game screen!"

"Based on this screen, we launched the Phoenix MAX series of arcade machines, at present, the first generation of Phoenix MAX, the size of the screen is already 40 inches, and the resolution has reached 1280x720...... If you want to experience this screen quality, let me start with a movie!"

In fact, the CPU and graphics card of the current Phoenix platform have already been too far ahead of the times, and the 2D and 2.5D pictures are not too high in an environment with a low resolution, and they are not too configured. So much so that the effect of a graphics card of more than 10MB has exceeded the limit of current monitors. In this way, even if the performance of the graphics card and CPU is stacked, it can only be smoother, but it cannot make the display clearer and more delicate. The display can only do 480P, which also leads to the current 2D display performance is considered excessive.

In this environment, instead of flying the frequency of the CPU, graphics card, and memory, it is better to improve the performance of the display a little.

Arcade screens are just like televisions, and the size is always moving towards larger sizes.

The earliest arcade screens were just over ten inches. But with the development of the market, the current arcade screen has also developed to more than 20 inches.

The size of the Phoenix platform arcade machine of the new venture electronics company is a bit larger than the other arcade screens, but it is only 27 inches. This size is already a giant in the current CRT screen, and then a larger size screen can be made, although it is okay, but the cost and cost will be greater, which is completely uneconomical.

You know,27Inch CRT color TV,The price in the market can reach $1000。 If you continue to do it to more than 30 inches, the cost will also soar, at least two or three thousand dollars to get it. Even if the screen is barely larger, since the resolution of the CRT screen has not been improved, the larger the screen, the more obvious it will be for players at close range to feel that the picture quality is not good.

At the same cost of $1000 to produce, the plasma screen can be 40 inches, and the resolution and other indicators have been improved immediately.

The staff moved a full 50 arcade machines, which are larger than the arcade machines on the market today, because the screen is a 40-inch screen!

These big-screen arcades had already attracted the attention of a large number of viewers, and then, to their surprise, all the big-screen monitors were lit up at the same time, and a movie was broadcast simultaneously.

Movie screens, magnificent fights!

From naval battles, a battleship capable of holding a hundred cannons bombarded a group of backward wooden ships. On the one hand, they formed a battle line, and on the other hand, they were not only small in ship but also had few guns and inferior range, so they could only be slaughtered on one side.

Next, the scene cuts to a land battle, with battleships shelling the coastline. Next, there was another battle in the style of lining up to shoot...... The two sides are quite recognizable, with the British colonial army on one side and the Qing army on the other.

"Opium War!"

There are already a lot of people who recognize it!

"That's right!" Zhao Ruofei said, "It's a trailer for "Opium War". Of course, we're not here to promote the movie, just to tell everyone what the HD picture quality is like, the movie is like that, and the game is the same......"