Chapter Ninety-Eight: The Final Word
Transformers, stepper motors, control circuits, and the core components of the crane machine are these things. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Technically, it is not difficult to realize the function of catching dolls, but for the newly established Wanhu, this is also a rare accumulation of technology.
Now these companies that make video games actually have the genes of technology. Nakamura Manufacturing, the predecessor of Namco, reverse-engineered the Atari arcade substrate to produce the world-famous Pac-Man.
As an RB agent of Atari, Taidong Company researched unsalable arcade machines to produce the world's popular "Space Invaders".
As for Hudson, who worked for Takahashi before, it was also because of his previous experience in making computer software that he was able to become an industry giant with marketing.
For example, Nintendo, which is not good at technology, can only seek cooperation everywhere, and can only use mature and outdated technology to continue to survive in the video game industry.
The 10,000 households established by Takahashi are basically impossible to use external forces, and reverse research and development can be done, but now there is a lack of relevant talents. Therefore, the development of this piece can only be watched by himself, and he is not a technical maniac who can make an arcade machine with his bare hands overnight. While he has a good enough game idea, he also needs to have enough hardware to support it.
A total of 10 crane machines were assembled in the first week of the assembly workshop, but as the assembly workers became more proficient. Production capacity is also slowly ramping up, and it is estimated that it is expected to reach 30 units in the second week.
Although Takahashi wanted to put all his experience into R&D, now he simply does not have such conditions.
The company is like a gold-sucking monster, the output has not been seen much, but the investment is a lot. If you want to see the light of day, you have to spend money and spend money.
Where does the money come from, naturally it can only come from Takahashi.
The first batch of claw machines began to operate, and this novel way of playing really attracted many people to play.
In addition, now that the economy is rising rapidly like taking medicine, ordinary people don't care about the little money spent on catching dolls.
The Northeast Gang got a few claw grabbing machines in their hands and quickly returned to their capital, and they also won profits. The boss of the Northeast Gang didn't think about playing tricks on the payment, and immediately gave the money to Takahashi.
With the return of funds, the whole fund becomes a complete chain.
The response from the game magazine is also good, and it is about to be sold all over the Greater Tokyo area, and agents in other places have also begun to contact Wanhu to seek regional agency rights.
It's just that although it looks prosperous, although the profits are not low, there are no imaginary profits. A large part of the group that buys video game magazines are children who have limited spending power and most games can only be enjoyed.
They may not be sensitive to the quality of the paper itself, or even if the content is poor, they are not unbearable, but they are extremely sensitive to the selling price.
Game magazines originally belonged to competing with comic magazines to eat, comic magazines were so thick and cheap, and the original position was so stable, and game magazines had to be cheap if they wanted to grab food from their mouths, and they had to be cheap.
Besides, Takahashi didn't really want to make much money from magazines. On the one hand, the purpose of running a magazine is to train the existing staff to accumulate energy, and on the other hand, it is to grasp the right to speak.
Making money is a short-term benefit, and selling more and having more say is a long-term benefit.
Ignoring short-term interests will soon lead to death, and paying too much attention to short-term interests and ignoring long-term interests is tantamount to drinking water to quench thirst.
Therefore, for a company that wants to continue for a long time, it is also a very important issue to weigh short-term and long-term benefits.
Fortunately, Takahashi's writing skills have been filled up by Hudson, so even if other writers are overwhelmed, the magazine can still be launched one issue after another.
Today, however, Takahashi is neither writing nor struggling with the circuit diagram. Today he came to the headquarters of Tokyo Institute of Technology in Kurome Ward, where he was looking for the technical talent he wanted.
Although in later generations said that in this cartoon, the so-called clubs are similar to the harems of the protagonists. However, in 1985, most of the clubs in Tokyo were still very dynamic and competitive in their respective fields.
For example, the HAL Research Institute, where Satoshi Iwata is now located, was born out of the university club where he belongs.
And Takahashi wants to find outstanding talents with fewer entanglements in all aspects, so he has to come to the university to find them.
However, it is fortunate that although the company now attaches great importance to college students, it is not as crazy as it was in the past.
Although Takahashi's capital is not abundant, he has the ideal of being close to the people and being close to ordinary employees that large companies lack.
If these two weapons are used well, I believe that we can gather good talents.
"Knock knock, hello, is this a computer club?" asked Takahashi after knocking on the door.
"Yes, come in. Said the man in the blue overalls inside.
Takahashi walked into the room, where not a single computer was swinged, and the pungent smell was filled with all directions. This computer community is different from the traditional concept of the computer community that swings programs, and here it is a study of computer hardware.
"Are you?" asked Blue Overalls, taking off his mask.
"I'm Takahashi, and I've been in touch with the president of your company before. Takahashi handed over the business card with both hands.
"High ...... Oh, I remember, you're the one who plays games on TV. Someone is looking for you!" he shouted to the back, and the president, who was lying on the table drawing drawings, stood up.
Repeat the process of handing the business card above.
"You mean that we will assist your company in developing a game arcade board?" said the president with interest after listening to Takahashi's narration.
For these tech-loving people, the substrate of a gaming arcade machine is the pinnacle of civilian computers that they can now access.
For college students who have not yet stepped out of campus, pursuing their dreams and realizing their self-worth is far more important than making money. So, when they heard about the development of arcade substrates, their eyes radiated light.
"This is the substrate copy I wrote. Takahashi distributed the written substrate copy from his bag to several tech nerds around him, "The development idea of this substrate may be different from the idea of a game and a model substrate on the market." I want to implement a modular substrate. It's like an IBM compatible machine, where the performance is not enough, it will be upgraded. However, the technical difficulty of making such a substrate may be a bit high, so my idea is to develop a simple version and a version with poor performance, and then gradually upgrade the performance of the substrate through iterative upgrades. ”
The eyes of several tech nerds showed contemplation.
"Adopt IBM's standard system?" asked one tech nerd.
Takahashi shook his head.
"Design your own system standards?" the tech nerd asked tentatively.
Takahashi nodded.
The president's eyes lit up when he heard the self-developed standard, slapped the table, and said, "Okay! We've done it!" My name is Nobutaka Nakamura, and I'm glad to cooperate with you!"