The night was deeper, a cold wind was blowing, Aoyama Akihiro involuntarily tightened his coat, pacing around the park restlessly, and kept cursing in his heart. That damn Takashima, who hasn't heard from him for a few months, suddenly called him today, saying that he got something, and blamed him for his soft ears, so he easily believed it, and made an appointment with Takashima to meet in this park. But now that the agreed time has passed for 1 hour, Takashima has not even seen a shadow, and the hope in Aoyama Akihiro's heart has gradually dissipated.

Aoyama Akihiro is now completely dead to that high island, and he has not heard anything for a few months, and he still dares to release his pigeons, otherwise why would he be spending time in the park in the cold weather, and shivering in the cold wind, even if the uncle can bear it, the aunt can't bear it.

"Damn, I didn't think it would be so cold in Tokyo in March. Akihiro Aoyama couldn't help but curse, tightened his coat again, turned around and walked towards the parking lot of the park, he didn't want to wait any longer. Aoyama decided to find a warm place to have a drink or two, and as for the damn Takashima, "To hell with him!" he muttered as he walked.

……

At 9 a.m. on March 19th, the much-anticipated Spring Tokyo Game Show kicked off, and the first day was a professional day, open only to game industry insiders and the media, so it was generally the minimum number of visitors for one day. Akihiro Aoyama walked out of the booth of Sony Computer Entertainment refreshed, intending to find out about the movements of other companies, especially Nintendo, the most dangerous opponent, as for the unlucky ghost of Sega who has been defeated and defeated repeatedly, he has automatically ignored it. In the words of Ken Kuta, the president he respected the most, "Even if Sega is allowed to run for a year, Sony is sure to beat him, and only Nintendo is our fierce rival."

When Akihiro Aoyama left Sony's booth, there were already many people gathered around, and he knew that these people were here to inquire about the PS2 news, but these were already doomed to disappointment, and President Ken Kutaragi had decided not to announce the details of the PS2 at this Tokyo Game Show, let alone release the trial machine. Akihiro Aoyama knows that PS2 is actually still in development, and in addition to the main processing has been determined, there is still a possibility of adjustment in other parts, so it is not easy to announce.

The only thing that makes Akihiro Aoyama a little regretful, I don't know how to do it, this time at the Tokyo Game Show, Sony Computer Entertainment actually couldn't come up with a few attractive masterpieces, or it was already on the market like "Final Fantasy 8", and when he contacted many game developers before the show started, their attitude was also a little ambiguous, and he felt as if he smelled some kind of danger signal, which was one of the reasons why he wanted to find out the news.

Of course, it's not easy to find out the news of Nintendo.,Who makes the family too individual.,I'd rather serve at home what "beginner's meeting",Just don't want to participate in the Tokyo Game Show.,But Akihiro Aoyama wants to estimate the potential of Nintendo's foreign aid through the number of N64 games displayed by other game development companies.,Although the current N64 is basically supported by Nintendo itself.,But he believes that Nintendo must not give up the plan to win over third-party game development companies.。

The closest to Sony Computer Entertainment is Sega's booth, perhaps because of the shortage of games some time ago, the "double shortage" of the lack of games stimulated Sega too deeply, and they released a large number of games at the Tokyo Game Show this time, including Namco's "Soul Blade" sequel "Soul Power", TECMO's fighting game "Dead or Alive 2", Fat Iino's "D no Food Zhuo 2", etc., especially "Shenmue" created by Sega AM2 Research It attracted almost the attention of the audience, and many game industry insiders and media reporters lined up one after another, just to be able to experience the unique QTE combat form of "Shenmue" (press the corresponding handle button according to the screen prompts).

"Mr. Suzuki, I noticed that the full title of "Shenmue" is "Shenmue Act I: Yokosuka", does that mean that there are second and third acts later?" A media reporter stopped Suzuki Yu, the creator of "Shenmue", and asked for verification.

"You're right, because the world view of Shenmue is too complex for a single GD-ROM to express, so we plan to serialize Shenmue, which will be divided into 16 chapters (curtains) according to the initial concept. Yu Suzuki replied with a smile.

"Wow, isn't that going to be 16 works in a row. A reporter exclaimed.

"Not exactly, maybe there will be several chapters (acts) in one of the works, but none of this has been finalized, so let's enjoy the 'first act' first. Yuki Suzuki invited with a smile.

Akihiro Aoyama looked at Yu Suzuki with a smug face, and said disdainfully: "Be proud, hum, wait for our PS2 to come out, see how long you are still proud." ”

After looking at several booths in a row, Akihiro Aoyama never gained much, of course, this may be good news for him, because these booths are all demonstrating games developed for PS consoles, although they are all second- and third-rate works, but they are still large and cheap.

Akihiro Aoyama opened the booklet in his hand, this is a manual of "99' Spring Tokyo Game Show Guide", a comprehensive introduction to all the manufacturers participating in the Tokyo Game Show, although not every one of them is so detailed, but he still found a place that needs to be investigated "Blue Bird Co., Ltd" ,This is a very unfamiliar name,I've never heard of it before.,But this company exhibited a home game console.,This can't help but attract his attention.,Although he believes that no company will be able to shake the current status of Sony Computer Entertainment.,Especially the new company that has just entered the industry.,How can everyone have Sony so lucky.、So wealthy.,But be careful.,It's still indispensable.。

The booth of Aoi Co., Ltd. was not difficult to find, and Akihiro Aoyama walked past more than 20 small and medium-sized exhibitors along his own predetermined route, and he saw the booth, but what he saw in front of him made him open his mouth wide. Blue Bird Co., Ltd. should be a small company that doesn't know life and death according to his expectations (compared to Sony), and the strength should not be high, and the booth is naturally not very big, but now what appears in front of Aoyama Akihiro is a large-scale booth, not even inferior to Sony Computer Entertainment, and on the left of this booth is Capcom, and on the right is Konami, both of which are the main manufacturers of PS games, which can be seen from last year's game sales rankings.

Capcom, Konami and Aonotori Co., Ltd.'s booths were neighbors, and Akihiro Aoyama was in no mood to care, after all, Sony Computer Entertainment has always adhered to the relaxed management method, and did not force the game developers in their camp to only develop games on PS consoles, so it is normal for them to have something else in mind.

What surprised Akihiro Aoyama was the crowd of onlookers in front of the booth of Aoi Co., Ltd., and the crowding was even more crowded than the number of people who went to Sony Computer Entertainment, which made him very unhappy to watch, and couldn't help muttering in his heart: "Hmph, a small broken company, what's so good." ”

After all, the investigation continued, and Akihiro Aoyama deliberately turned over his badge, and then blended into the crowd, wanting to get some information first. After waiting in line for about ten minutes, he successfully received a brochure titled "Meet the DreamBox128 Host" from the staff of Ainotori Co., Ltd. Flipping through the pamphlet and looking at it, he couldn't help but show a surprised expression again.

“…… Specially designed 64-bit CPU R-4052A, frequency 250MHz, floating-point capability 6.2GFLOPS...... Configuring Dual Processors ......"

"How is this possible, how can a 64-bit R-4052A catch up with our EE processors! And there are two at the same time!" Akihiro Aoyama shook his head, completely unable to believe the number he was seeing.

“…… It has powerful graphics processing power, which can process 49.2 million polygons per second, with a peak of 75 million polygons...... Hardware-accelerated edge anti-aliasing, material mapping, bump mapping, and other special effects ......"

Aoyama Akihiro's pupils dilated suddenly, and he shook his head in disbelief: "It must have been written incorrectly, how could such a little-known small company develop such a high-level graphics processing chip, this is impossible!"

The further back he looked, the more frightened Akihiro Aoyama became, the numbers seemed to be incarnated as sharp blades, cutting his already fragile heart, and in the end, he had to comfort himself with words like "the most important thing about a game console is not performance, but enough games", in his opinion, even if this kind of little-known small company takes the shit luck to develop a game console with outstanding performance, it is absolutely impossible to have such a powerful game development camp as Sony Computer Entertainment is now.

Closing the booklet of "Meet the DreamBox128 Console", Akihiro Aoyama came to the booth of Aonotori Co., Ltd. again, and got a booklet called "List of DreamBox128 Expected Games to be Released", and flipped through it slightly, there are not many games in it, but more than 10 game developers, more than 60 games in development, but the above game developers and the names of games in development make him feel cooler and cooler the more he looks at them.

"Capcom: "Resident Evil: Codename Veronica", "Street Fighter ZERO3", "Mega Man New Legend", "Onimusake", ......"

"Konami: Silent Hill 2", "Metal Gear Solid 2", "Heartbeat Memories 2", "Fantasy Water Margin" ......"

"Square Enix: Final Fantasy 9, Front Mission 3, Xenoarmor 2, Parasite Eve 2, Dragon Quest 7, ......"

"SNK: The King of Fighters: Extreme Impact", "Metal Slug X", "Samurai Shodown: Zero" ......"

"CHUNSOFT: "The Wind Comes to Xilin 2: Ghost Attack! Xilin City", "Street Destiny Intersection ......"

……

"Ten-no-en: The Legend of Zelda: The Mask of Mjira", "Pro Evolution Soccer 4", "Gran Turismo 2", "Mobile Suit Gundam X", ......"

The names of heavyweight manufacturers and the names of best-selling masterpieces are like hammers, hitting Aoyama Akihiro's heart again and again, making his breathing become confused, but some things that he can't figure out seem to be suddenly clear at this time, he understands why Sony Computer Entertainment invited those game development companies this time, why their attitude is so ambiguous, why Capcom and Konami's booth is not next to Sony, but next to the booth of Ainotori Co., Ltd.

A bad feeling of a big thing came to Aoyama Akihiro's heart, he felt that this Blue Bird Co., Ltd. was not the kind of stunned green he originally imagined, and being able to persuade so many game developers to join that was not something ordinary people could do, which showed that Blue Bird Co., Ltd. came prepared this time, and was very keen to grasp the key to the development of game consoles. Thinking of this, Akihiro Aoyama didn't bother to go inside the booth to investigate, of course, the main reason was that he didn't have time to continue to spend time in line, picked up a few pamphlets he had just gotten, and hurried out of the Makuhari Messe, intending to report the shocking news to President Ken Kutaraki.

……

Nakagawa Li stood in front of the booth of Ainotori Co., Ltd., looking at Akihiro Aoyama, who was running away in a hurry, and his heart was also full of panic. Just now he asked a friend to investigate the background of this Blue Bird Co., Ltd.,Although the time is very short.,But it's enough to dig out some information.,He also got a rough understanding of Blue Bird Co., Ltd.。 Blue Bird Co., Ltd. is not actually a new company, as early as 20 years ago already existed, at the beginning of a small company designed flower cards, has not been big, and then in the glory days of Nintendo's red and white machine involved in game development, there was a short period of rapid development, and soon did not know what reason to withdraw, to the 1990 economic recession, Blue Bird Co., Ltd. has gradually fallen to the brink of bankruptcy, and then was acquired, since then it seems to have disappeared half, until three months ago before it re-emerged, at this time it has become a home game console developer。

In fact, I don't care about the performance of the DreamBox128 console of Aoniao Co., Ltd.,Anyway, its own Dreamcast console is already on the market.,It's impossible to take it back and return to the furnace.,The key is whether there are enough games to support.。 But the DreamBox128 console in front of me is like a heavyweight game, "Resident Evil", "Final Fantasy", "Dragon Quest", "The Legend of Zelda", "GT Racing", "Silent Hill", etc., all of them are well-known names, and there can be a Dreamcast console, which is a great support for Sega, but the DreamBox128 console has it all, which makes him not know what to say.

Not enough to be sure, that is, why Capcom vowed to bring "Resident Evil" to the Dreamcast console last year, although the final name was not determined, but Nakagawa Li knew that "Resident Evil: Codename Veronica" was intended to be developed for the Dreamcast console, but who would have thought that this time the game seemed to be coming out, but it no longer belonged to the Dreamcast console, and Sega's hopes were disappointed again.

Riki Nakagawa sighed, took the booklet "DreamBox128 Expected Game List" in his hand, and walked out of the exhibition hall in despair, intending to report the new situation to President Shoichiro Irito.

"I hope the president will have a way to deal with this new opponent......" Nakagawa thought weakly in his heart.

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