The closest industry to video games, or games, is the toy industry. Just as they actively wanted to get the distribution rights of Donkey Kong, they also started to "go deeper" into the video game industry with the same enthusiasm.

The "in-depth" approach is nothing more than launching your own video game arcade, or directly launching a home video game console. This is also a first in the industry, because no company has launched a home-oriented gaming console before.

Because, according to the current level of electronic technology, it is easy to make an arcade machine that can be "unlimited" in cost, but it is a challenge to make a home machine that needs to be miniaturized and limited in cost.

The first home consoles were soon on the market, a kind of home organic that doesn't support changing games, only being able to play built-in games, and its graphics are simply incomparable to arcade machines, and as a ported "Space Invaders" game, it also seems much more rudimentary than the arcade version. The stars that twinkled in the darkness from time to time were gone, and the spaceships and alien creatures had become mere tiles, without the rich details they had before.

Although the quality of this home machine is not too good, for the majority of players, it is also a very novel experience to be able to bring arcade games home to play. This means that they can sit comfortably on the couch and play without spending coin-operated money. The picture is almost a little close, and that can't stop their enthusiasm.

In their minds, they were thinking about saving money, and they felt that a game console that intelligently played a game was only 300 dollars, which was simply very cheap.

In this way, the first home machine of the first generation was sold out quickly. Major retail stores are clamoring for more goods. Many arcade manufacturers who have been crawling in the hot arcade market have also begun to develop their own home machines, which are under the slogan of transplanting arcade games, and began to be put into the market at a very fast speed, after all, like video game arcades, the technical content of home game consoles is also not high, and there are not many people who can reach the technical threshold.

The video game league and Ren Hell in Japan also saw this opportunity and began to develop their own home game consoles.

In particular, Ren Hell was stopped from developing a home game console that was originally organized by Yokoi Junhei, and he began to develop a new home game console.

Yokoi Junhei is reluctant in his heart, there is a reason why the development of his home game console is slow, he doesn't want to launch this kind of shoddy arcade machine like other manufacturers, he wants to make a game console that can change games and is extremely playable.

During the development period, he was also involved in the development of subsequent game watches, as well as mentoring Shigeru Miyamoto in the design of Donkey Kong. Therefore, there is nothing wrong with describing it as a doppelganger.

But he still has to listen to Yamauchi's words. It took him two weeks to develop a home console that could play sixteen games. However, it is said that there are sixteen kinds of games, but in fact, it is just a variant of a game, and it is not much different from the five-hundred-in-one game card that was pirated in later generations.

Although this can be called a shoddy home game console, it still sold 10,000 units, although it is said that the stamina is weak, and it can no longer be sold. But it also strengthened Yamauchi's determination to develop a home video game console. Gunhei Yokoi was rearranged to develop the home game console before the development, and a lot of resources inside Hell were tilted towards this project.

Video game arcade machines and gaming watches, these two products can be considered cash cows. Ren Hell is now in a good financial position and has enough money to invest in the development of a home console. However, Ren Hell, as a veteran card manufacturer, does not have enough capacity to complete the production and manufacturing of all home game console parts. So, they had to find outside manufacturers to customize parts.

Because Yamauchi was very strict about the price, the parts had to be easy to use and cheap, and according to Yamauchi's plan, it was best to sell them for only 15,000 yen, or 75 dollars, but still have the performance of an arcade machine.

Of course, this is impossible, but Yokoi is also trying to control costs. Efforts should be made to keep the unit price of each home game console at less than 30,000 yen, or less than 150 US dollars. This is a very cheap pricing strategy, and in Yamauchi's view, it is a matter of course. It is inseparable from the fact that a gaming watch can sell so much and create so much profit and its cheapness.

This is also thanks to the efforts of designer Gunhei Yokoi. And Miyamoto Shigeru was arranged to do other arcade games, he was only thirty years old, because of the popularity of "Donkey Kong", he had already been apprenticed by two young people who had just joined the club, and he had already reached the level of a mentor at a young age.

Ren Hell is running well, and it seems that everything is going smoothly until it is a real big success.

The video game market in the U.S. and the video game market in Japan seem to be the difference between hell and heaven.

Although the competition on the Japanese side is also fierce, most of us are still in a state of competition as a "humble gentleman".

However, the United States is different, a hundred years ago, these Yankees were all explorers exiled from various countries, and they were not much different from Australia. Thanks to the German Empire and the Führer's persecution of scientific and technological workers, the scientific and technological strength of the United States has been able to reach the dazzling level it is today.

These gangsters, when they start a business, they are all very hooligans, and plagiarism and the like are not uncommon. For them, plagiarism is even a virtue, an act that can be sublimated.

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The sight returns to Japan from the international market, back to Tokyo, back to Akihabara. The camera zooms to the globe and then zooms in to fill the streets.

The bald young man wears a peaked cap to block his shiny and shiny bald head, which will reflect the light and hurt people's eyes. He was standing on the side of the street, looking a little apprehensive, and there was an arcade machine next to him, sitting alone on the side of the road, as if he was doing some kind of test.

If you look closely at this street, you will find that there are quite a few young people like them. They all stand in front of an arcade machine with rough workmanship, like fledglings waiting for customers in the red light district, but they have just entered the industry, a little shy, and a little unable to let go.

Of course, they are engaged in a healthier occupation and are not adults at all.

The game designed by the bald Toshiyuki Takahashi and the others is called "Bird Rider". As the name suggests, this game is a game where players are bird knights.

This game allows two players to compete on the same stage, and the gameplay is very simple, which is to poke the enemy's body with the pointed beak of a bird. When two bird riders collide, whoever has a high mouth can kill the other.

This game has teammate damage, so it is also possible to kill teammates, which is also a way to play. For an arcade game, this design can be said to be exquisite, because players must be willing to try to kill teammates, or trap teammates. And as the owner of the arcade, I am also happy to see this way of playing the game that can quickly consume coins. No matter how smart the computer-controlled people in the game are, they can't be smarter than the witty players.

Oh, by the way, I forgot to mention that the wings of birds in this game need to be pressed to incite them. If you want it to fly fast and high, you need to keep pressing the button to ensure the frequency of its wings.

Although the game is well designed and the gameplay is novel enough, no one has come to play it. Rather than these lonely, waiting for guests to play in the arcade, they prefer to go to the arcade hall to queue up to play games.

It's a very delicate thing, and most people seem to have this tendency. I don't like to go to the shops at all, and I especially like to go to the crowded stores to queue up. It's like a store with few people, and their goods are poor.

Of course, people are smart and witty, and in the face of such a scenario, there will definitely be corresponding countermeasures. So, except for the bald head Takahashi Toshiyuki with a peaked cap, the other colleagues in their company pretended to be passing players. When they passed by this arcade machine, it was like meeting true love, and their acting skills were quite exaggerated and hugged this video game arcade machine, and they began to play "Bird Knight" that they had painstakingly created.

This kind of behavior of theirs is called "support", and there is support for everything, and there is also support for video games, which is also a relatively normal thing.

The long-haired young man didn't hold his little notebook to record games today, he was here today to sell products, not to play video games. However, due to the situation, he had to play the role of a player in the arcade game he participated in.

For a player who can challenge "Ai Lu Crooked" Lin Yan in the arcade, he is also a very well-known player. Today, Akihabara is not just a home appliance distribution center or a fruit market, but also a hub for video games.

And the practice of placing game consoles on the street is more like the tradition left by Lin Yan back then.

Yes, this new industry, which has only been born for a few months, already has traditions, and these traditions are not one or two, so little.

In this way, Lin Yan, as the grandfather of video game arcades, can be called a great contribution.

Because the face was seen a lot, and there were many arcade players on this street, the long hair was quickly recognized. Many players who originally ignored this arcade machine began to care about this game machine. They quickly turned into onlookers, gathered around the video game arcade, watched the long hair and started playing the game.

Perhaps, this is the first live game broadcast. Onlookers watched the live broadcast at the scene. This is much more immersive than watching live broadcasts from the computer or TV later, and if there will be virtual reality in the future, such a game environment can complete the experience like now.

In summer, because the weather is hot, the activity rate of molecules is relatively fast, so it is easier for people to spread body odor. Although the genes of most Asians have undergone genetic mutations, they do not have fox odor, which is a common trait of Europeans or whites, and it does not have such a big taste.

But the smell of sweat alone is not too comfortable. However, these arcade players don't care. Because, for them, the smell of sweat and smoke is simply part of the smell of arcades. The smoky arcade hall full of sweat is the arcade hall that exudes blood and youth.

They like to play, but they don't want to be pretentious enough to cover their body odor with perfume like white people. They love this wild, or rather free-spirited, way of life.

According to the effect mentioned before, the more people watch, the more onlookers can bring, until the later onlookers, who can't see the slightest picture, ask the first comer what they are playing.

The bald guy, as well as the long-haired guy, and everyone in their company, were lucky. Without waiting too long, I was already on the street with the word "success" written on it, and I took a step.

"This game looks like a lot of fun!"

"I think it's kind of like Tank Wars!"

"Indeed, being able to play with two people is similar to "Tank Wars."

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"It's a bit like it, but it looks like a lot of fun. I want to try it! ”

"I'll try it too! I'll try it too! ”

The enthusiasm of the players was quickly ignited. Although there are some companies in the Japanese video game market, they have not reached the level of the United States. Players are used to the elaborate game, and if you feed them Xiang, they will definitely refuse. High-quality games, on the other hand, cultivate these players with enough vision to be able to see what is a good game and what is a bad game.

It's like an Oriental who is accustomed to eating exquisite dishes and goes to eat the starry pie of the British Empire. They are definitely not used to eating. Of course, if stargazing becomes a trend, there may be many people who say it is delicious.

This world has always been magical, and there are no absolutes. Most things can only be said to have a probability. Large probabilities and small probabilities are just probabilities.

"Looks like you're very popular." The bald young man turned his head sideways and said to the long-haired young man who had just finished playing the game.

"Well, it's okay." The long-haired young man replied, "I always play in that arcade, and they all know me." ”

"Then your level must be very high. So many people watch you play, but it's not just that you always play to explain it. Looks like it's time for me to make a move. Takahashi rolled up his short-sleeved half-sleeves over his shoulders and walked over to the arcade video game he had designed and developed, intending to show off his skills.

The young man who was his teammate didn't have good intentions at first glance, and he wanted to use the advantage of the terrain to kill Takahashi Toshiyuki.

However, he did not succeed.

Because, Takahashi Toshiyuki has a unique stunt. He pressed his right wrist against the arcade control panel, and with almost crazy speed, he continuously tapped the buttons, and forced his bird rider to rise. Kill this player with bad intentions around you.

"Good!"

"Awesome!"

There was a steady stream of applause, and a round of applause. attracted Lin Yan, who was passing by with a few bags of fruits.

What are so many people doing? Lin Yan looked at a large group of people and thought. (To be continued.) )