Chapter 714: SEGA
It's hard to put into words.
When I saw the blue sonic hedgehog running wildly on the screen at a speed beyond common sense, I am afraid that no amount of shock can describe the feeling at that time. This hedgehog not only broke through the shackles of side-scrolling action games, but also broke through Nintendo's conservative bottom line, which was reluctant to develop a new console. Since then, the Sengoku era of game consoles has arrived. The changing times and fierce competition have benefited players, but they have also struggled with choices because of their own exclusive games.
Although Sonic of this era has nothing to do with Sega, Jester closes his eyes every time.
When I recall the word Sega.
In his mind, the first thing that appeared was not the Sega of this world, but the Sega in his mind, the one in his memory, who would never compromise or retreat.
Born a tough guy, it is.
The MD era has opened up new horizons for many players in China, and even when SFC was born, there have been countless debates about which of the two consoles is stronger or weaker.
The MD era has left a touching legacy for gamers around the world, and this legacy has been passed down from SS to DC to this day, and has given SEGA and its fans a strong label: hardcore. The earth-shattering shouts of "Shenmue 3" on E3 and the subsequent 4-hour live broadcast of YouTubers watching the emoji highlights are the most powerful proof of this.
It was not only a shiver of joy, it was also full of tears of the times.
Jester opened his eyes and read the invitation from Sega again.
To be honest, although I won the war between the previous era and Sega MD, and it was a brilliant victory, but now, facing the aggressive Sega SS, and the PS2 that Sony has been dormant for many years. He didn't have 100 percent confidence to win.
Because there are so many such examples.
Nintendo, Sega, and Sony have all suffered such bitter fruits, their consoles were invincible in the previous era, but in the next era, they were quickly abandoned by players.
Moreover, for Sega, Jester's emotions for him are far from so simple.
It's true that he's a Sony fan, but he's only a Sony fan because their games are good enough. Good enough to crush Microsoft, and they won't rest on their laurels like Nintendo, only knowing how to play their own in their own domain, and not knowing how to get out of their own closed circle.
His favorite game company at the beginning was Sega, and his favorite was Sega's games.
This is also a common trait of many players, who are only impressed by the fact that the game is good enough, and that was how Sega felt to Jester at the time.
This is the best gaming company in the world. They make the best games in the world.
And more because of Sega, a game company, the hardships and twists and turns it has experienced, are in the minds of many players who have experienced that era. It's not just a game company, it's more like a belief, a totem, a signal or a spirit.
About its history. It's not the ups and downs of a company, it's the glorious years of many gamers' gaming careers that will be unforgettable.
"Let's go once."
Jester still made such a decision, to be honest. The current Sega may be the closest to the peak since the curtain slowly opened on video games, and the next era is coming, and they are in a good situation.
Compared with the background, Sony is not as good as them, and the background is stronger than them, but it is still silent in terms of the next-generation host.
Whether it is for Hayao Nakayama or Ko Okawa, they can foresee that in the next era that is about to come, they will definitely be much stronger than now.
Even if it reaches the current market share of Mars Entertainment, the status it has.
It's not impossible.
However, what Jester is thinking about now is the memory of the failure of the SS, this console, from the moment he set up the project, has become an outdated host, if the Sega of this era is still designed according to the design concept of the SS in his memory, then in this era, the fate of its failure is still inevitable.
Actually, think about it.
From the glory of the MD era, to the defeat of the SS era, and finally to the elegy of the DC era. Repeated shocks, repeated challenges, and repeated self-transcendence still cannot save this enterprise whose business strategy is not in line with the development of the times.
Looking back on the entire MD era, SEGA has created too many amazing games: "Sonic" is not much to say, and how many people have left an incomparably good impression on the thunderous "Super Ninja"? The shuriken in the sky after sprinting, slashing and jumping was almost the most beautiful scenery in the hearts of action game lovers at that time.
The first time he played Inheritor of Light, Jester still remembers it vividly, and he had a feeling that the game was almost amazing, and when the meat was roasted over the fire, the understanding of the interactive experience of the game was simply inspiring.
The Tomahawk series, which is no different from the arcade level, is just as addictive as a crude American game.
Probably the most fun MD "Contra" in the series, how many people have played countless times but don't know the storage of the hidden levels?
"Light Power" was still a war game at that time, not the current TONY meat RPG.
In the ARPG "The Emperor's Treasure", which is said to be the most difficult, the continuous jumps make people wonder if their visual spatial sense is abnormal.
Shooting masterpiece "Musket Hero", you will be hard-pressed to find a more impressive work of its kind.
The picture can be called the beautiful "Dream Simulation Battle" series, and the red-haired Alvin is enviable and sympathetic.
There is also known as the benchmark work of all comic book adaptation games, "Yuyou Hakusho: Demon Power United War", a 2V2 or 1V3 creative setting, I don't know how many people will remember.
Jester himself remembers it very clearly, and even whenever he thinks of the name Sega, whether it is in the era when Sega has declined before he travels through, or in this era when Sega was suppressed by himself, far less glorious than he remembers, his mind will always involuntarily appear these Sega games he has played. (To be continued......)