Chapter 49: Father and Son

After more than ten years of development, video games have become many video gamers back then, and their children are no longer young.

Because these parents understand what games are, they are no longer as unfamiliar with games as their parents, and they are afraid of being unfamiliar.

Therefore, there are many parents who are also happy to have their children play professionally. As if they were making up for their wish to fulfill back then.

However, most children do not have the compulsion to play video games for a long time. Although I just started playing video games and thought it was very interesting, the more I learned about it, the more I felt that this kind of thing was actually very boring.

In fact, Chiba Games has recently started to participate in the arcade market. However, they didn't do fighting games, nor did they do traditional side-scrolling games.

It's simply an arcade machine for StarCraft and Warcraft. The two machines are in a group, placed back to back, and the console is not a joystick and buttons, but a mouse and keyboard.

To be honest, this machine doesn't really look like an arcade machine. Since "Space Invaders" became popular in Japan, the operation mode of joystick and button was determined, except for those special arcade machines, such as racing arcades, flight simulation arcades, and other arcade machines, which have not changed much.

At most, it's just to add some buttons. Like today's fighting games, they are generally divided into, "light punch, medium punch, heavy punch, light kick, middle kick, heavy kick." ”

At the beginning, when "Street Fighter I" was "Street Fighter I", there was actually only a short section where the two could fight, and "Street Fighter" at that time. It's better to say that it's a fighting game, but it's more like a beat 'em up game like Double Dragon. At that time, Street Fighter only had two buttons, which were punches and kicks.

And how to distinguish between light punches and heavy punches. Light feet and heavy feet are to slap the buttons of the arcade machine vigorously, judging by the strength.

Actually, playing Street Fighter is quite a workout. Often after playing a game, the whole body is sweating profusely.

Later, Street Fighter II decided on the genre of fighting games because of the delicate operation. There is also a setting such as a move table, so it is divided into six punches and kicks.

Two battle for supremacy in the Chiba game arcade. It can be said that it is out of place in the arcade. And because, Chiba Games is not like other arcade manufacturers, it has its own directly affiliated arcade hall.

So, the consoles of StarCraft and Warcraft. It can only be placed in a corner with a lot of traffic.

Chiba Games didn't want to do that either. Because it's stupid to do so, but, in order to promote StarCraft and Warcraft, I had to do it.

However, there is also a strong point in Chiba games. The new mechanical keyboard feedback is just right, and the optical mouse with optical technology is sensitive in positioning.

Although most arcade players have never heard of the name of the two supremacy, as soon as the Chiba game logo is put there, many people have already begun to sit in front of it and try to play.

After all. Chiba Games is also a big player.

The reason why Chiba Games deliberately wants to let more people play the two supremacies is actually because of the World Championship that has been being prepared recently.

North America and South Korea are both strong in both worlds. In particular, the Korean region is almost invincible.

And Japan, as the base camp of Chiba games, would be too chilling if there were no players in the competition. That's why there is such a bizarre arcade machine.

After trying it, many players feel that there is no fighting game and give up. And some players like the two hegemony, this kind of detail-oriented, but also strategic gameplay.

These people are relatively quick to get started, and their understanding is not bad. After all, fighting games, while simple as they may seem, are the kind of games that actually require a lot of detail.

People who don't understand how to watch a master play a game, a simple action, you need to press a lot of buttons, they will feel very curious.

And when a novice faces a master, he will also find that no matter what method he uses to attack others, the master will always catch him and beat him up.

Later, he realized that every one of his careful thoughts was well understood by the masters. It's all in the arsenal of masters' countermeasures.

Because, the master has also grown up little by little, and he has a very good grasp of his careful thinking. And those complicated operations are actually not so simple. Because, seemingly simple actions, can hit all actions. That's a set of compound operations.

It is necessary to have the means to defend against such an attack.

"What do you want to play?" A father in his thirties, who looked relatively young, entered the arcade hall with his son in his arms.

The arcade is not accessible to children of elementary school age and younger, and is for single persons. For those who are accompanied by adults, there is no such strict supervision.

Four or five-year-olds need to be held by their dad to see what is displayed on each arcade machine. Otherwise, he walked on the ground by himself, and all he saw was one similar frame after another.

The reason why the child's father brought him to the arcade was actually to let him have a career. Dolls should be grabbed from a young age.

Fighting games have fighting game pros, and there is also the largest fighting game gathering "fighting drama" every year. For martial arts players, it's like a holiday.

Although his father said that he was not too interested in fighting games, he felt that if his son was very good, he would be able to go out and blow with his old friends in the future.

That's right, this father wants his son to play professionally, not to make money at a young age, nor to think about his son's future. It's very simple to want to show off in front of friends.

The four-year-old pouted and remained silent. Fighting games are actually a type of game that can stir up the fire, so the atmosphere in the arcade is not bad.

However, children don't even pay attention to fighting games.

After a while, when passing by the corner of the arcade hall, he suddenly saw the body of "StarCraft", suddenly pointed to this body, and called "Dad".

When his father saw this body, he was also stunned. In the arcade there are also games to play with a mouse and keyboard. Don't be so foolish.

He felt that his son had taken a fancy to the machine. Not because of interest in this game. And just because he has a computer at home, he feels very familiar with the mouse and keyboard.

The StarCraft machine is not idle at the moment. Someone is playing, and it seems that they are still fighting. However, the child is looking at this side, and the person who chooses the Zerg is the Zerg, but he doesn't seem to know how to play. I don't know anything about shortcuts. He poked the building with his mouse, and then the building, and put them in the corresponding position.

"This." The little one said it again.

Father frowned. Approaching this machine that leans against the corner, it doesn't look like many people are playing.

He walked over to the side of the mech, looking at the game instructions written on the side of the group.

It turns out that this is a game arcade of Chiba games. Aren't they no longer making arcade games, are they returning to the arcade market?

Dad was when Chiba Games was still doing arcade games.,When he ran to the arcade hall in a frenzy.,So.。 He has an indescribable feeling for Chiba games.

Now at his home. There is also a home console that Chiba Games has. He has a collection of first-party games, whether they are serious masterpieces or those that use Mario's image.

It can be said that he is a big fan of Chiba games. Especially for the arcade games of Chiba Games, there is a special emotion. After all, it was his youth.

Remembering youth is something that many adults like to do.

But. Since Chiba games are games on home consoles, they are not family-friendly games. It's a game for a younger age.

After all, these games have the widest audience. Although these games are fun to say, there are no professional players.

After all, no one wants to watch Tetris Wars.

Of course, such a game did appear at the Chiba Game Carnival. And the audience was excited. But, after all, that's a special case.

The people who can come to the Chiba Game Carnival are all the core fans.

Chiba Games has also launched a lot of high-definition versions of old games over the years, that is, to reset the old games. Even, even Space Invaders has an HD version.

The most intuitive change in the high-definition version of "Space Invaders" is that its mosaic is clearer. Another change is that there is a story mode.

It's no longer about fighting alien monsters for the sake of fighting alien monsters, and there's an explanation in the plot. To a certain extent, Space Invaders is linked to StarCraft.

After all, the backstory of "Space Invaders" written by Lin Yan himself was based on the backstory of "StarCraft".

Of course, outsiders think that Lin Yan's inspiration for space games comes from Heinlein's "Star Paratroopers". After all, the first Zerg with no intelligence, explosive reproductive ability, and fierce appearance appeared in this novel.

In fact, whether it is a game or a movie, in fact, many literary and artistic works are related to this novel.

Even, the once sensational "Alien" is also.

Of course, there are often some movies in the United States that will be released at the same time as some games of the same name. It's generally not fun, though.

There are many reasons why these games are not fun, because of the need to be released at the same time. Because, the popularity of the movie belongs to the kind that does not need to be invalidated in terms of peripheral products.

So, it's simply not possible to make much changes to the game. Because, if you want to make the game perfect, many times you need to skip tickets.

And the simultaneous listing means that there can be no bounces.

In the end, the game of the same name is simply a stinky body and just cheats fans out of money.

And fans are often willing to be deceived. After all, if you like it, you can't say that it's not worth it.

Dad's thoughts flew far, far away, so far that they were about to reach the edge of the sky. He had a look, and there was an introduction to the World Championship for StarCraft and Warcraft.

I found out that this game is essentially a computer game, so I clapped my hands and decided "Son, you're going to play this." ”

Next, the father, waiting for the players in front of StarCraft to leave, threw in a coin and watched his son play.

He looked at his son with the eyes of a giant e-sports in the future, but the opponent over there couldn't stand it. It didn't take long. I dropped the handle and left.

Fortunately, the quality of the controller of Chiba games is very good, and it is clear that all kinds of extreme situations have been taken into account for a long time. When my father saw others like this, he just smiled slightly and let his son start playing on the computer.

Unexpectedly, although the little guy's fingers are very short and he can't cover a few buttons at a time, he can get started quickly. It didn't take long to beat the simple computer.

Could it be that the son has a talent in this game?

After about two hours of playing, the children are still unsatisfied.

His father carried him out of the arcade and into the video game store. In the corner of the store, there is a small computer games section. Picked up a dusty StarCraft.

I went back and installed it on my computer, but my son didn't play so well. When I went to the computer store, I learned that Chiba Games had launched a new keyboard and mouse.

The new mouse, which is said to be positioned by light, is simply high-tech. Compared with the original mechanical mouse, the mouse with a trackball is not much easier to use.

Along with the mouse, a large, thin-sided mouse pad is also included, which is said to allow the mouse to be positioned more accurately.

Dad's job is easy and the salary is a lot, although none of these things can be said to be cheap. However, thinking that his son would soon become a young pro, he bought all these things.

When I returned to the search engine that had just appeared at home, I searched for "StarCraft", only to find that there was already a relatively large forum.

On the forum, there are all kinds of basic introductions, but the son doesn't know too many words, so the father always reads these posts and demonstrates them to his son.

It didn't take long for father and son to be able to beat the crazy computer.

Since StarCraft on PC is part of Battle.net, it's even more convenient to play than in arcades.

You can play against players all over the country, even all over the world.

The skills of both father and son are improving rapidly, and in the process of playing with his son, the father also experienced the fun of this game.

The level has also increased rapidly.

The account shared by the father and son didn't take long for it to reach the number one position in Japan.

You know, when you reach the top 100 in Japan, you can enter the world tennis battle.

The reason for this is actually that Chiba Games is still for the user experience. You know, the actual distance is long, and the latency must be high.

Therefore, Battle.net is said to be the interconnection of the whole world, but in fact, it is still the local area network of various countries to a large extent. The reason why the first hundred can connect to the outside is because Chiba Games uses special server acceleration.

However, the cost of this technology is relatively high, and it is not available to all users for the time being.

In this way, the father and son embarked on a journey to dominate the world. (To be continued.) )