Chapter 39: Notes on the "Concentration Camp" (3)

Xing Fatzi moved quite quickly, and soon began to serve them one after another, and when Brother Long came back from the outside, the table was already full of four plates, four bowls and one soup, which looked like some ordinary home-cooked food, but the appearance was quite attractive.

Zhang Lexing picked up the chopsticks and gestured for a while, until he didn't know where to start. Brother Long was very understanding, and seeing that Zhang Lexing seemed to be a little difficult to deal with the dishes on the table, he simply asked Xing Fatzi, who served the dishes, to stay and be the commentator.

"These are all specialties in our store, let me introduce them to you." Xing Fatzi took a chopstick and began to introduce them one by one: "This is a small fish boiled with a paste, the middle is a fried small yellow croaker with sauce, and the surrounding is a corn tortilla baked by the side of the pot when the small fish is boiled, and when you eat it, you can sandwich a cake, dip it in some sauce, and then put the small yellow croaker in the middle, the taste is fragrant and crispy, and it is simply endless." Next to this is shredded pork in Kyoto sauce, which is made with carefully selected pork loin as the main ingredient, plus the yellow sauce supplemented by the specialty of 'Liubiju' and the restaurant's secret seasoning, which is made with a special cooking technique of 'sauce explosion', and then sprinkled with shredded green onions when it comes out of the pot. Then come over this bowl is fried sesame tofu, with the real four eyes of the well out of the sesame tofu, plus floating oil, sesame oil and fat oil fried, with a little old black soy sauce, add a little leek segments, soybean sprouts, after frying, sprinkle with mutton burnt, and then mix with some chili oil, the taste is spicy and slightly sour, especially suitable for rice. In this dish is a cucumber......"

As Xing Fatzi was gushing about the delicacies on the table, everyone couldn't hold it back, and began to stretch out their chopsticks to sweep up, Zhang Lexing no longer hesitated, a piece of corn tortilla was sandwiched with chopsticks, dipped in sauce, and then sent to the mouth, and it was really fragrant and crispy under a bite.

After eating and drinking for a while, the distance between everyone gradually narrowed a lot, and the conversation box also opened, since they are all in the game industry, the topics between them naturally can't be avoided from the game.

"Mr. Zhang, forgive us for being ignorant, what kind of game does your company called the Creative Workshop do?" Brother Long couldn't help but open his mouth first.

Zhang Lexing put down his chopsticks and introduced his company: "I can't blame you, in fact, the creative workshop was established in August last year, mainly to develop games that run on the computer, except for some recruitment advertisements at the beginning of the opening, there is no additional publicity, and there is no official listing of works so far, so the company is not famous, and naturally there are not many people who know." ”

"Oh, computer games, the kind of games that run on IBM-PC." Brother Long made a look of sudden realization.

As soon as it comes to computers, Zhang Lexing can't help but explain a few words: "Actually, your statement is not accurate, IBM-PC can only be regarded as one of the many computer brands, in the United States IBM is no longer the blue giant in the computer industry in the early 80s, and now it is the era of the world's heroes." ”

"Oh, that's right, but I'm only playing games on consoles, and I'm not familiar with computers." Brother Long admitted the things he didn't know very simply.

After listening to what Zhang Lexing said, the editor-in-chief Xunfeng was interested: "Mr. Zhang, it sounds like you are very familiar with the situation abroad." ”

"It's not too familiar, it's just that I've been abroad for a while." Zhang Lexing said modestly.

"Then I don't know what Mr. Zhang knows about the foreign game market?" The editor-in-chief Xun Feng asked again, and Brother Long, Lao D, and Lin Musen next to him also came closer, looking very attentive, but that Tian Song still looked like he didn't care about himself, eating food there unhurriedly.

"I know, but I don't know what you're interested in? Is it console hardware? Or those games on consoles? Or is it a computer game? ”

"Consoles, hardware and games on it are fine!" Several people said in unison.

"Well, but before I say that, I want to know about what you already know, so as not to say something outdated."

It was Brother Long who opened his mouth: "Needless to say, Nintendo's red and white machine is already very old, I am currently studying Nintendo, if there is the latest news in this regard, I can talk about it." There is also the Super Nintendo and Sega MD that have also been studied, as well as the PC-E of NEC and the Neo-Geo of SNK. ”

Zhang Lexing thought for a while and said: "There is not much shocking news during this time, the video game market is still Super Nintendo and Sega MD two strong competition, but in North America Sega has a slight upper hand, in Japan Super Nintendo is stronger, as for the newly listed game software is Super Nintendo is slightly more, among which Nintendo's "Star Fire Fox" and Sega's "Phantasy Star 4" are more worth looking forward to. On January 21, 3DO launched a 3DO game console, which was founded by Matsushita's parent company (Matsushita), AT&T, Time Warner, Universal Pictures (MCA), EA and other companies, and Tripp Hawkins, a veteran of the game industry. ”

"3DO consoles? What performance does it have? Are there any games being released? Brother Long asked curiously, it seemed that he hadn't heard of this console.

"3DO game console is known as an epoch-making game console, belonging to 32-bit game consoles, using Motorola's * bit RISC processor, operating frequency 66MHz, picture resolution up to 640Γ—480, the same screen supports more than 16 million colors, supports texture materials, with large memory and video memory, with up to 32 channels of high-guarantee PCM sound. It's a good point, but in my opinion, it's a little more subtle in the background, and then it's good to be able to insert a movie screen on the background image and use it to make those movies with live-action interactions. From a console point of view, it can only be considered average, but there may still be a certain market in North America. As for the game yet, there is only a demo version now, in fact, even the 3DO console can only be regarded as an engineering prototype now, and it will take at least half a year for the official release. ”

"Mr. Zhang, is there any news?" This time, it was replaced by the editor-in-chief who asked questions.

"Actually, the 3DO console is just the beginning, according to me, companies such as Nintendo, Sega and NEC have research and development plans for the next generation of consoles, but there is no news yet. And Atari, which failed back then, has now launched a research and development program, intending to wade into the muddy waters of gaming again. In addition,Another home appliance giant with the same name as Panasonic, Sony, also intends to enter the video game industry,In February, it also officially announced the development codename"PS-X"Some technical details of the 32-bit game console,At that press conference, a Tyrannosaurus Rex CG picture generated by real-time computing was also announced,Shocked many people at once。 ”

"Alas, the foreign game industry is really blooming, and in comparison, China is a pool of stagnant water." The editor-in-chief, Fufeng, shook his head and sighed.

Hearing this, Zhang Lexing quit, how could his efforts not count, so he waved his hand and said, "Editor-in-Chief Liu, this is a bad word." ”

"Mr. Zhang, why do you say that?" The editor-in-chief asked puzzled.

"I'll start with the game, Pioneer Cartoon started relatively late, and it's my own person, so I won't mention it, and I won't talk about Hong Kong and Taiwan. Speaking of the mainland alone, it's not like you'd think that there have never been games ever developed. In Fuzhou and Shanghai, there are two companies with the name of Tianzhiyuan, the one in Fuzhou was founded in 87, and in 88 there were already two games "88 Tank Battle" and "Missile Tank" entered Nintendo's sales list. ”

Brother Long felt that something was wrong, and leaned over and asked, "Tank Wars?" That seems to be Namco's doing? ”

"The original version was made by Namco, but after Tiannoen bought the adaptation rights, two modified versions of "88 Tank Wars" and "Missile Tank" were released. After that, Tianzhiyuan also successively launched 35 Nintendo games on Nintendo red and white machines, including "FC Cube", which sold more than 5 million copies worldwide, and there were many Chinese games such as "Fengshen List". However, in recent years, the main force has been transferred to the two platforms of Super Nintendo and GameBoy.,Nintendo's red and white machine is mainly for the sinicization of classic games.,Basically, no new games are developed.。 Tianzhiyuan's works are mainly exported, so they are not very famous in China. ”

"There is still such a company, then we must find an opportunity to interview and interview, I don't know if Mr. Zhang is more familiar with Tianzhiyuan, can you help introduce it." The editor-in-chief was interested, and after looking at the posture, it was as if someone was about to be arranged.

"No problem, I can help you get the strings on when the time comes. Next, I'll talk about game hardware, there is a learning machine alliance in the south, I don't know if you've heard of it? ”

Brother Long said with an unhappy face: "I know this, but this kind of thing is a learning machine, which can neither be regarded as a computer nor a game console, and it is rumored to be a pirated version of Nintendo's technology, so I don't think it has any future for development." ”

"You don't know, the learning machine launched by the Learning Machine Alliance is indeed from Nintendo's technology, but this patent was transferred through due procedures, and the domestic owner of this patent is the pyramid company in the Learning Machine Alliance. At present, the company has also engaged in a Chinese selection plan, planning to support a number of original Chinese FC games, a number of classic FC games in Chinese, so that the learning machine can also become a good game platform, although the technical specifications are a little backward, but from the national conditions, it is indeed very suitable for people with low incomes. ”

Brother Long was silent, and then the editor-in-chief said again: "Then this company can also consider an interview, it can be regarded as working hard for the domestic game industry." ”

At this time, Lao D Liu Rude interjected a sentence next to him: "Mr. Zhang, you specially invited us to dinner, probably not just for small talk." ”

"Of course not," Zhang Lexing waved his hand and said, "By the way, after chatting for so long, I still don't know what the name of this future publication is?" ”

Brother Long said: "The Game concentration camp gathers the world's games in the camp, and gathers the players and tents on the ground. ”

"It's not a bad name," Zhang Lexing nodded, and continued: "There is still a lack of professional game media in China, and since your editorial department is planning game magazines, there should be a lot of room for cooperation with game development companies like Creative Workshop, such as advertising in future magazines." ”

"I'm sorry, Mr. Zhang, the official publication number of our journal has not yet been approved, so it can only be listed in the form of a book, and it is inconvenient to undertake advertising for the time being. And the matter of this advertisement is still in the hands of the business department of Pioneer Cartoon, and the distribution is also placed there, so I'm afraid that the cooperation in advertising will not work for the time being. The editor-in-chief shook his head, a look of regret.

"I have an idea," Zhang Lexing didn't want to give up like this, and thought of another idea: "See if you can add a column, such as game preview, etc., put some pictures of the games that our company is developing in it, plus some text introduction, it can be regarded as supporting the development of the domestic game industry, and in return we can purchase some publications." Editor-in-Chief Liu, do you think this will work? ”

The editor-in-chief pondered for a while, nodded and agreed. In fact, this is good for everyone, anyway, the creative workshop is developing a computer game, and there is no conflict with the pioneer cartoon, and it can expand the sales of the publication, and it can also retain a future advertiser, and it can also play the banner of supporting the development of the domestic game industry, and it can definitely expand the influence of the publication, which is simply a lot of money.

Now that we have a cooperative relationship, the next meal will be more harmonious, before eating and leaving, the editor-in-chief did not forget to come to the Tianzhiyuan and the pyramid from Zhang Lexing, the next two interviews are not running, I hope that the time can give the future readers of "Game Concentration Camp" a surprise.

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