Chapter 119: Nintendo's Light Gun
None of Jester was interested, as he probably knew more about the NES than Minoru Arakawa, who was now introducing the console on stage.
However, the other people under the stage were very interested in the game console in Minoru Arakawa's hand, especially after Minoru Arakawa used "PAC-MAN" to compare the performance of his own machine qì to completely surpass the Atari 2600, and continued to demonstrate several games with completely different styles.
Whether it's their own "Donkey Kong", Namco's "Gold Diggers", or "Mario Bros.", or "Iron Plate Formation", the audience erupted in cheers, especially after a few randomly selected people came on stage to experience it for themselves, and were interviewed immediately, and all of them gave high praise to these games.
The cheers at the scene were a little louder.
Jester pouted disdainfully in this regard, he would also use this method, and he dared to pack tickets, the people who were randomly selected just now were basically all trust, and he was ready to play this trick at his press conference later.
It's not that I'm worried about the quality of my game, but to make sure that in case, who knows if there's someone from a hostile company in the audience to cause trouble?
After the game was shown, Minoru Arakawa once again made a move to calm everyone down.
He cleared his throat and said with a mysterious smile: "Now, I'll demonstrate why this machine of ours is not called a game console!" Because it's so much more powerful than a console! And it also has abilities that other consoles don't have, such as light guns. ”
As he spoke, he picked up a toy pistol from the side.
The toy pistol had a wire attached to the handle, and the other end of the wire was connected to the NES, and Minoru Arakawa showed the toy pistol in his hand to the audience.
Then, there was a buzz from under the table, and it was clear that many people didn't know what this toy pistol was for.
Seeing the confusion of the audience, Minoru Arakawa continued to explain with a smile: "This is the standard peripheral we designed for the N**S, the name is Light Gun, as for what it is for...... In the middle of the sentence, a Nintendo employee on the side inserted a new game cartridge into the NES.
And Minoru Arakawa didn't continue, but asked everyone to wait for his demonstration, and after he restarted the machine, a new image appeared on the big screen.
Duck hunting.
This is the name that appears on the screen.
"It's actually a game, but it's completely different from other games you've played before, we don't use a controller or a joystick to control it, we use this pistol directly." As she spoke, Minoru Arakawa started the game, and a colorful forest pattern appeared on the screen.
And a duck suddenly takes off from under the screen and flies towards the top of the screen.
At the same time, Minoru Arakawa raised his hand and pulled the trigger on the TV connected to the NES, and the speakers at the scene of the pass guò expanded, and the sound of the light gun BIU was clearly heard by everyone present, and at the same time as the sound sounded, everyone in the audience could see very clearly that the fat duck that had just flown to the middle of the screen on the big screen was as if it had really been hit, first stagnating in the air, and then falling off with its wings.
At the same time, a prompt appears on the screen that you have obtained an XXX score.
At this time, the second duck also began to fly towards the top of the screen, and Minoru Arakawa aimed at the duck again and pulled the trigger, this time probably deliberately missed, and the duck flew along the center of the screen, flew to the top of the screen, and finally disappeared into the sky.
Then, there was an incredible cheer from below, many people raised their hands and waved constantly, and some even clapped vigorously, after all, it was the first time they had seen a game played in this way.
Minoru Arakawa stopped the demonstration and watched with satisfaction at the scene's reaction.
Jester can only sigh at this, he can't do anything about it, the light gun system is the killer feature of NES before the super horse, and the NES can still have acceptable sales before the super horse is completely a light gun game that is extremely fresh for Americans, which in the eyes of these Americans, it is like playing the game of the next era, full of science and technology.
And the second best seller in FC history after Superhorse is the second best game in FC history.
Nintendo's entire demo conference lasted nearly two hours, and Minoru Arakawa did not announce a definite release date in addition to a very detailed introduction of the NES and the games to be released, but said that at the beginning of next month, they will open two flagship stores in New York to test sell the NES, and then decide on the official release date based on the results of the test sale.
Then, it's time for questions from the media.
For example, CES is the world's largest electronic goods exhibition, and the participants are basically not those multinational giants, or companies with a great reputation in their own fields, so there are many media to come, and there is no shortage of those famous large media.
And the game console that Nintendo is about to release is not called a game console, which has created a lot of momentum before, so these large media do not hesitate to send reporters to interview it, but the questions asked by large media such as "Newsweek", "New York Times", "Washington Post", "Chicago Tribune" are very homogeneous.
Basically, "Why do you think there is still a market for home consoles?" "Atari has received a cold reception from the market for re-launching its new console for Christmas, and has not sounded the alarm for you yet? Something like that.
Of course, there is no shortage of Japanese media asking when Nintendo will launch light guns in Japan......
"We're not a game console, we're a home entertainment system." "Our products naturally have our core competitiveness. "Not to be disclosed yet. And Minoru Arakawa's reply is also very official.,Basically, he didn't say anything nutritious.,It seems that it's all drafted before.。
However, the question asked by "GAEM" according to Jester's meaning caught Minoru Arakawa a little off guard, and this is what the reporter of "GAME" asked Minoru Arakawa.
"Mr. Arakawa, you said that your game console is currently the strongest in the same kind of machine, and you are only comparing a game console that was released four or five years ago, which is too unfair, but we have also known before that just after your press conference, Mars Entertainment will hold their new product launch conference, and they will also officially release a home game console that they have never revealed to the public, you said that your N**S is the strongest in the console, Do you already know the specific parameters of Mars Entertainment's game console? ”
Hearing such a question, Minoru Arakawa also frowned, he had indeed asked people to inquire about the specific situation of this home game console of Mars Entertainment before, but the other party had an extremely strict blockade in this regard, except for the appearance of this game console obtained from the mainland before, there was no other specific information.
However, the team that developed this game console is mainly based on the team that was previously developed and VCS7200 at Atari as the core, and Arakawa Minoru does not believe that the research and development capabilities of this team can make much breakthroughs in a short period of time, at most they can be a little better than their own machine in terms of function, after all, their own machine qì was developed in eighty-three years, and now it is eighty-four years, according to Moore's law, their function is also natural.
But as long as they are all eight-bit machines, then it is impossible for players to see who is stronger than who from the actual processing effect, and at that time, even if the game console of Mars Entertainment is stronger than the N**S on their side, but in the end, it doesn't depend on what they say casually?
Can Mars Entertainment still prove that its functions are stronger than its own? Hehe, even if it can be proven, can it still make the player who buys the game console understand why his console is stronger than his own? There are so many professional terms, who can understand this if you are not a professional?
So Minoru Arakawa also let go of his eyebrows in an instant, and said in a very firm tone: "Although I don't know how the new console of Mars Entertainment is, I believe that the performance of our Nintendo advanced video system is definitely the strongest at present, and we also have light guns, auxiliary machines and other peripherals, and the price is only $199, I believe that American buyers will be satisfied with our machine." ”
Jester had already left when Minoru Arakawa answered this question, after all, he was about to hold his own product launch conference, and he came to listen to Nintendo's press conference in person this time, and he was also preparing to make targeted arrangements at his own press conference to promote his strengths and avoid weaknesses.
For example, peripherals such as the light gun system are what you need to pay attention to.
He believes that there will definitely be Japanese media who are familiar with Nintendo to pick on his press conference, just like he asked "GAME" to pick on Minoru Arakawa.
The press conference of Mars Entertainment is also at the Las Vegas Convention and Exhibition Center, but it is not in the same exhibition hall, nor is it adjacent, it still takes more than ten minutes to walk past, and when Jester arrived at his own press conference, he saw far more people than Nintendo's press conference site.
In addition to a small number of various media, most of them are players of Mars Entertainment, and there are even many people wearing T-shirts printed with the image of Mars Entertainment game characters, holding up various slogans, and the most surprising thing for Jester is that he saw COSER in this era.
A middle-aged white man in his thirties, dressed in the same old-fashioned Western sheriff's costume as "Sheriff Balotelli", and even had to carry two revolvers - of course, the gun must be fake, and his image instantly attracted the attention of other onlookers.
Seeing such a lively scene, Jester took a deep breath, he knew that his moment was coming.
His first console is also about to be officially launched. RS