1 January, 1986.

For Chinese, this day is New Year's Day, but for Yue himself, this day is New Year.

After the Meiji Restoration, the lunar calendar was abolished and the Gregorian calendar was adopted, and almost all festivals were moved directly to the Gregorian calendar. That's how it was in the New Year.

A program similar in nature to the Chinese Spring Festival Gala is the Red and White Song Meeting.

However, unlike the Spring Festival Gala with various forms of performance, the Red and White Song Meeting, as its name suggests, is a joyful singing program with red and white teams as the confrontation. can go to the Red and White Song Party, for the singers of Yuben, it is like a Chinese actor going to the Spring Festival Gala.

Before the end of the old year, the Red and White Song Festival ended.

Takahashi didn't have time to enjoy this highest-level song party, and he still had a lot to do, but for Yi Wan himself, this was a must-see show.

The night was silent, save for the rustle of writing.

Most of the people who worked in Wanhu went home from work to sleep, except for Takahashi, who was left with only the doorman and the three bodyguards around Takahashi.

One of the bodyguards sat on a chair not far from Takahashi, while the remaining bodyguard also went to sleep.

"Click. ”

Listen, it's the sound of the door opening.

Takahashi raised his head, and the corridor where the lights were turned off in order to save electricity bills was pitch black, and only the green light of the safe passage prompted by the safe passage looked a little infiltrating.

A figure walked in the glowing green light, opened the door, and entered Takahashi's office.

"Who are you!" The bodyguard beside Takahashi saw this person he didn't know appear in the room and immediately stood up, although he didn't know any martial arts and didn't have any inheritance, but he had been in the army for a few years, his body was also strong, and his skills to hurt people were not bad.

The visitor listened to the bodyguard's questioning with an obvious Chinese flavor, and watched him move as if he was facing a great enemy, without the slightest panic, he walked to Takahashi in three steps and two steps, sat down with a big grin and said, "Takahashi, I'm looking for you." ”

Takahashi waved his hand to stop the bodyguard, looked at the young man in front of him and said, "Shimada, what are you looking for me?"

"Congratulations on finally setting up your own door. Your claw grabber is very hot, and Tower of Magic is very popular. Remember our agreement: you can beat me by playing games, and I don't think you can beat me by playing games. Although you have made "Tower of Magic" played by a lot of people, I will not throw in the towel.

I'm looking for you, the reason for looking for you is very simple, the game I made is about to be released, I don't think your "Tower of Magic" can win me, hurry up and make a new game to meet my challenge!"

If Shimada is looking up to the sky and roaring at the moment, then he is the whole villain.

Takahashi looked at Shimada, who spoke like a villain, and asked, "What's the name of the game you made?"

"Hot Blooded Hardcore". A game that is far more fun than your claw machine and "Tower of Magic", you wait to admit defeat, I came today to declare war like you!hahahaha!" Shimada confidently tilted his head and walked away with a long smile.

Takahashi looked at Shimada's departing figure and fell into thought. He knew that Shimada had talent, which was evident from the fact that he was playing the game at the beginning, but he didn't expect the bloody series to be made from him.

"Hot-blooded Hardcore", the first game in the hot-blooded series, may still be a little unpopular, and not many people have heard of this name.

However, after the bloody series such as "New Record of Blood", "Bloody Story", "Bloody Fighting", "Bloody March", "Bloody Basketball", "Bloody Football", and a series of bloody games, they are well-known series on the red and white machine.

Although in the future wave of 3D, the gameplay of the bloody series began to lag behind the times, and was eliminated because it could not reflect the superiority of 3D. But this series is indeed an evergreen series that lasted from the 80s of the 20th century to the end of the 90s of the 20th century.

If the game made by Shimada is really the first game in the bloody series, "Bloody Hardcore", and not a pure coincidence in the name.

Then it's a bit hard to win against him.

Although Takahashi does not dare to say that his game is original, it is not a complete copy.

In fact, even if he wanted to copy it all, he didn't have the ability. Even if it's all copied, it doesn't necessarily mean that this game will be popular.

The fate of a game depends not only on the quality of the game itself, but also on the course of history.

To give a simple example, Blizzard's game StarCraft cannot be said not to be a good game. But is it a good game that can create a miracle of selling more than one million in a single country like South Korea?

And to analyze why "StarCraft" can sell more than one million in South Korea, it depends on the course of history.

"StarCraft" was released in 1998 after several ticket jumps.

The year before 1998 was 1997.

What happened in Asia in 1997?

In addition to Hong Kong's return to Chinese mainland, there was also the Asian financial crisis in 1997.

South Korea is a country with a small land area, a small population, a seaside economy, and an economic system dominated by the United States, which is a part of the economic structure of the United States. They were, of course, also hit by the financial turmoil.

The most immediate consequence of the financial turmoil in South Korea is the low employment rate. Young people can't find jobs.

Young people who can't find a job are going to make trouble, and how to keep them from making trouble is, of course, to let them focus on other things.

At the very least, let their energy be spent on a recreational activity that doesn't cost much money.

At this time, "StarCraft" launched by the American company Blizzard came into their eyes.

In order to maintain stability, South Korea has purchased more than a million machines in a semi-official name.

Whether it's an Internet café or a personal computer, as long as it's a computer that can play games, almost all of them have a genuine version of StarCraft.

And South Korea is also a country that is good at learning, and the annual arcade game fighting game as the core game event is in full swing, so why can't StarCraft hold a competition?

As a result, various StarCraft events came into play. Since there are many people playing, so are the number of viewers. The large number of viewers, coupled with the advocacy of the South Korean government, major Korean consortia entered. Samsung, SKT, SK, and many other well-known teams have also been established.

And after that, even "StarCraft II" did not cause the previous sensation in South Korea. Is it because the quality of the game is much worse? No.

It's just that the South Korean government no longer needs video games to maintain stability.

There is almost no game that takes on such a heavy responsibility, but it still depends on the historical process to make a game in this book.

It didn't work to do Space Invaders in the eighties, and it didn't work to do Battlefield in the eighties.

The former is too boring for today's players, while the latter is too complicated for players.

Even if Takahashi has a lot of games in his head, how to master a degree is also very important!