It was Jester's third day back at Costa Mesa, and Mars-Entertainment was officially founded.

Jester's mother closed the supermarket, which had been doing well, and merged into Jester, a fledgling entertainment company.

It wasn't Jester's intention, but his mother's voluntariness, according to her, the supermarket was doing good business, but it was too tiring.

And the impact on Jester's mother in the past few days has been too great.

In terms of the proportion of the area occupied, the turnover and profit of her Costa Mesa supermarket can be ranked among the top few is even a few tenths of the five arcade machines in this area.

As a result, Jester opened up the ground floor of the original supermarket as a dedicated game trial area for Mars Entertainment.

There are only five lone American Cubes arcade machines in the area, but Jester believes it won't be long before he can add more and more games.

And as the company's fame grows, it is bound to become a mecca in the minds of players.

The office was originally placed on the second floor of the supermarket, and his mother originally wanted to rent out the third floor, but was stopped by Jester, and now there are few people, and the third floor will not be used temporarily, but it does not mean that it will not be used in the future.

In fact, Jester's plan is to use the second floor as a software development area and the third floor as a hardware development area.

"Mark, take a look at this agreement."

In Mars Entertainment's office, a line of writing is printed on the wall behind Jester.

Make the best game!

Sitting on the couch, Mark Seni glanced up at Jester's words on the wall, and a smile appeared on his lips.

This is also his ideal.

Then he looked at the not-so-thick agreement that Jester had placed on the coffee table in front of him.

"Director of Game Development?"

Seeing the contents of the agreement, Mark Seni smiled playfully and continued to look down.

"Five percent of the shares!"

Mark Saini suddenly raised his head and looked at Jester with a somewhat shocked gaze, he didn't understand why the other party would give him such a high share, if it was an ordinary small company looking for him, he wouldn't even look at it if he gave five percent of the shares, but this company ......

It has been clearly stated in this agreement that the copyright of "American Cubes" belongs to Mars Entertainment, and Jester also invested in it, monopolizing 70% of the shares of the entire Mars Entertainment.

The remaining twenty-five percent is owned by Jester's parents.

Jester's father was the director of hardware development for Mars Entertainment, while Jester's mother was in charge of the company's finances and personnel management.

Of course, the three-story supermarket, which originally belonged to Jester's mother, was also officially assigned to the name of Mars Entertainment.

After that, this five percent stake is a lot, after all, according to the current momentum, "American Cubes" is likely to be a game with a profit of more than 100 million dollars, and 5 percent is 5 million!

And I just helped assemble a few arcade frames with a screwdriver in the whole process!

Dig yourself up for at least five million?

Mark Seni shook his head, he was still self-aware, he didn't think he was worth five million at all.

He put down the contract and just wanted to say something, he didn't want to refuse to join Mars Entertainment, but felt that the other party gave him too high a salary, and he deserved it.

But Jester was the first to speak.

"Mark, this is to buy your future, I think your talent is worth the price!" Jester looked into Mark's eyes, and every word was said with sincerity, "I hope that together, we can make the best game and create an era of our own!" We're going to make home consoles, arcade machines, handheld consoles, and we're going to sue the whole of America that you're wrong, video games aren't dead at all! ”

Mark felt his eyes itch a little at this moment.

Death for a confidant, although Mark doesn't know this sentence, he is in this state of mind at this time.

He nodded heavily, didn't say anything, and put away the share transfer agreement in his hand.

Then, from a black leather bag beside him, he took out a thick stack of white paper, which was densely covered with handwriting or various illustrations.

Mark Seni then handed it to Jester and said, "Didn't I go to San Francisco and say I'm going to surprise you when I come back?" That's it.,This is a game I've designed recently.,I've done a lot of it.,The rest is mainly the program implementation.,But I haven't had time yet.,I haven't had time to do it.。 ”

Looking at Mark Saini's confident expression, Jester took it with some curiosity.

"Huh!?"

Looking at the name of the game written at the beginning of the text is 'Avengers', Jester doesn't have this game in his mind.

So it's a brand new game?

"Clear? Jeet Kune Do? Side-scrolling? ……”

Then Jester continued to look at it, nodding his head as he watched.

It's a lot like "Double Dragon", very much like it!

This is how Jester felt after reading Mark Saini's design project.

The same hero saves the beauty, the same plot to fight against the evil forces, the same core element of Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do, the same can pick up the props on the ground to attack the enemy, the only difference is in the character setting, trick setting, location setting.

Mark Saini's designs are more user-friendly and more complete.

For example, in the original version of "Double Dragon", A punches forward, and B kicks backwards, which is actually very inconvenient in operation.

In fact, when Jester first played Double Dragon, the biggest feeling was, what kind of people would make such an anti-human design?

But Mark Saini's design of this 'Avenger' is very complex with human habits, A is a punch, B is a kick, AB is to press together to jump, and the attack is controlled by the arrow keys.

And Mark Saini's character design is more in line with the aesthetics of Americans, the two characters, this time not two, but become a man and a woman, the woman is still a blonde big girl, in the setting, she is the sister of the male protagonist's girlfriend who was robbed, and she is also the younger sister of the male protagonist.

The location becomes a fictional place called Sin City.

TRUTH BE TOLD, IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE FACT THAT "DOUBLE DRAGON" WAS A GAME THAT WOULD NOT BE RELEASED UNTIL '87, and TECHNOS IS NOW WORKING ON THEIR "BLOOD SERIES" IN FULL SWING, AND PROBABLY DIDN'T HAVE ANY PLANS TO DEVELOP IT, JESTER WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT WAS A COPYCAT GAME FROM MARC SENY.

Although Jester has seen countless reeling fighting games in the future, there are still many features that can be added to this game, but this is only the first game, and he doesn't need to say it so early.

It's never too late to wait until the sequel.

Fighting - this is a genre that hasn't been seen before, and Jester is well aware of the buzz that came out when Double Dragons was released.

If this game had been made according to Mark Saini's vision, it would definitely usher in a new era of arcades.

Transition directly from stills to side-scrolling action.

It was also the beginning of the glory of arcade games.

The problem is that this is a very difficult game to make, and it's not a game like Tetris that can be done by a single creative idea and a reliable programmer.

It's a game that tests the hard work of the design team, with composition, soundtrack, attack detection, level design, AI, and so on.

"Awesome setting!"

Jester first praised Mark Saini, then paused, ready to phrase, hoping to refuse to be tactful, and said: "But Mark, have you thought about it, this is a huge game, he involves a lot of images, sounds, and action processing, and it may have a capacity of more than 100 or even 200 KB after it is completed, and it can't be completed by just one or two people." ”

Mark Seni nodded, he didn't deny Jester's claim, and added: "You need at least a team of six or more, ten is the best, and all of them are elite." ”

Jester saw that Mark Saini didn't understand what he meant, so he said: "And this is a side-scrolling action game, a side-scrolling game, there are not many companies that can do this type of game well." ”

Mark Seni nodded quietly, he heard Jester mean this time, and he understood Jester, but he still didn't give up on his idea.

"Jace, side-scrolling games aren't as hard as you think, I've worked with a lot of people when I was working at Atari, and people I know, a lot of people have experience with it, and it's a really engaging game where you can easily bring in the characters - everybody has a superhero story." Mark Saini's eyes sparkled, and his words were extremely earnest.

"Mark, it's a very good setting, I don't deny that." Jester first raised the copy of Mark Saini's proposal called 'The Avengers' in his hand, "But so far, there are only four people in our company, you, me, and my parents. ”

Maxeni had thought that Jester would find some reason to refuse him, and he had figured out his words to deal with it.

He was about to speak, but a smile suddenly appeared on Jester's face: "But if you really want to carry out this project, you are my game development director, and I will support all your suggestions - then what you need to do now is to go to the people you need, and tell me how much money you need and how long it will take to do it, but before you do this, you should go to my father and ask, what are the parameters of our next arcade baseboard, otherwise, how do you program?" ”

Mark Seni was also amused by Jester's words, and after he finished laughing, he said, "What excuse will you find to reject me in the future, I didn't expect it...... I've done everything setup, including levels and everything. I even drew a lot of sketches, which may not be very good, but professional painters can find ...... It doesn't take too long, I probably need at least four months from the start of looking for someone, and no more than half a year at the latest. ”

"Half a year? That is, at the end of the year? It was a good day, just in time for the Christmas sale! All right. Jester nodded, adding, "But I won't have to wait until I've finished cutting the meat of the sellers, otherwise I won't have that much money." ”

Mark Saini said with some disapproval: "A friend of mine who sells entertainment equipment told me that they can't sit still anymore, just a few days, if you continue to ship and send it like this, I'm afraid those sellers will eat your heart." ”

"Haha!" Jester couldn't help but laugh when he heard Mark Saini's words, then pointed to the stack of papers he had placed on the table on the side, and said in a cold tone, "I am willing to gamble and lose, this is what they brought on themselves!" And I've got a big gift waiting for them here. ”

Ever since he sold those sixty arcade machines in a big city in California, it has completely exploded the markets around these cities.

Everyone who has played American Blocks is captivated by its magic.

Fans of this game spread like a virus.

Those arcade halls with these games are full of money, and there are long queues every day, while those who don't can only watch others frantically make money, while their own arcade halls are crowded.

Countless people who couldn't buy American Cubes arcade machines from those sellers called him through the phone he had left on those arcade machines.

Jester's mother was overwhelmed and finally hired a temporary operator.

But what Jester didn't expect was that in just three days, he received orders for a full 900 units, not only in California, but also in some nearby states, and the number is still rising.

And he has made it clear that he will only ship the goods after receiving the full payment, and these buyers are not stingy, and in just a few days, Jester has nearly five million dollars in cash in his account.

"Mark, do you know any friends in Japan, I want to set up a branch in Japan, there is no business there for a short time, just to help me collect some information about Japan, especially the game industry - after all, the market is hot, I conclude that our future opponents will definitely come from there." Jester withdrew the smile from his face and became stern.

Mark Seni nodded, agreeing with Jester.

As a game designer, it's natural for him to tell the Japanese from the game.

He thought for a moment and said, "I have a few friends in Japan, and this time Sega was able to find me and ask me to work in Japan, it was the help of my friends in Japan, I can ask, but it shouldn't be a big problem, after all, collecting information is not too complicated, and even college students don't need it - just a high school graduate." ”

"Okay, you can give me the news." Jester Road.

At this time, the phone on Jester's desk rang, and Jester made an apologetic gesture to Mark Seni and picked it up.

Listening to the phone, a sneer appeared at the corner of Jester's mouth, and then he said unceremoniously into the earpiece: "Let them wait first, I don't have time now." ”

Then, Jester hung up.

He smiled at Mark Saini, and there was a hint of coldness in his smile: "Hang them for a while!" ”

"The fat sheep is coming?" Mark Seni's eyes lit up.