On July 11, 1991, the first anniversary of GameGear's launch, Sega held a grand celebration that instantly captured the attention of the global video game industry.

Sega advertises in four of Japan's largest media outlets, and starting July 1, in addition to special guests who qualify for tickets directly, there are three other ways for ordinary Sega game fans to get anniversary tickets.

Method 1: 10 Sega franchise stores nationwide, 1 lucky winner will be randomly selected from the list of customers who enter the store every day for 10 days, and 2 winners will be selected every day at the Tokyo flagship store, and a total of 120 tickets will be given away at the physical store.

Method 2: In the latest issue of Shogakukan's manga magazine "Shonen Sunday" in July, a questionnaire from Sega's readers is attached, fill out the questionnaire and send back a letter, and Sega will randomly select 60 lucky readers from the letters to give away tickets.

Method 3: In the Pokemon Battle Cards Deluxe Limited Collector's Edition Gift Pack sold in Japan in advance, there is a certain chance that a ticket exchange ticket will appear, which can be redeemed at any Sega franchise store, for a total of 120 tickets.

"Nobuo! Come and see the Asahi Shimbun advertisement! A high school student excitedly holds a folded haode newspaper and shows it to his classmates.

Nobuo couldn't let go of the GameGear in his hand, and asked without looking back, "Fujita, what's wrong with you?" I'm doing a Star Rabbit grabbing task for Nami, don't bother me! ”

Fujita quickly read the news, but before he could finish reading the newspaper, he was snatched up, and Nobuo grabbed the newspaper and quickly confirmed the news, and hurriedly asked, "Is this true?" Is this true? Isn't the Sega store in Osaka just two blocks away? Shall we check it out? ”

Fujita became excited: "Of course I want to go!" But we still have two lessons......"

Nobuo quickly folded the newspaper and pushed his glasses. Scratching his messy hair, he gritted his teeth and said, "No matter! Let's go to the queue first. Come back and figure it out! By the way, I'll go to the queue first. You go and collect all the "Shonen Sunday" you know, the one with the King of Fighters serialization! If you want the latest version, go for it! ”

The two ran away separately, and for high school students like Nobuo and Fujita, there are three ways to get tickets, and I'm afraid that the only way to get tickets is the lottery at the specialty store and the possibility of sending back the Shogakukan manga questionnaire.

The Deluxe Limited Collector's Edition of Pokemon Battle Cards, the price must be unaffordable for their students, and it is at least tens of thousands of yen!

Nobuo managed to slip out of school. I ran to the Sega store two blocks away, and by the way, I pulled out my wallet, which contained more than 2,000 yen of pocket money, and I was relieved.

"Humph! The newspaper said that as long as you enter the store every day to consume, you can carry out a lottery, and I have more than 2,000 yuan here, which is enough to buy two of the latest GameGear game cards! Nobuo breathed a sigh of relief and encouraged himself, "The ticket for the Sega anniversary is mine!" I definitely want to go to Tokyo! And get a souvenir of the Sega anniversary! ”

"Nani!" Nobuo panting. Just across the street, he saw a scene that almost made him collapse, and when he approached and asked, he suddenly felt that the world was spinning, and he almost fainted.

The Sega store next to the department store is 400 meters away. The long queue has stretched to the street lamp around the corner, and there are at least 1,000 people queuing!

Nobuo, who ran all the way, held on to the telephone pole and took a long time to recover. There was a sadness in my heart: "Don't you all have to go to work?" Regardless of the fines for absenteeism, such a long queue affects public travel. Do you still have a moral heart? ”

Most of these people are people who have participated in the work, and many of them have seen the news in the newspaper. I asked for leave to queue up for the first time, and everyone didn't know the specific form of ticket redemption, so they all wanted to see what results could be on the first day.

There are also a small number of students who are similar to Nobuo, there are college students with a more relaxed academic curriculum, and there are middle school students who secretly leaked out like him, but everyone has one characteristic, all of them are big fans of Sega games!

In the long queue, Nobuo moved forward little by little, and at the same time, after communicating with the waiters around him, he finally understood the importance of this Sega Carnival, which was said to be the simultaneous launch of a number of new arcade games, Pokemon movies and cards, and a number of home TV RPG games at the same time, which made him fiercely excited.

Final Fantasy, Legend of Heroes, Light & Liliang, the names of these RPGs all sound exciting!

Segako has never developed an RPG on the MD platform, and this time it has released eight or nine at once, which makes Nobuo and other RPG lovers not moved?

"Letter...... Nobuo...... I only borrowed 4 ......" Two hours later, after school ended, Fujita ran over panting, found Nobuo in the sea of people, and was surprised, "Oh my God! You've been standing in line for two hours and it's not your turn yet? ”

Nobuo was annoyed: "Leave me alone, let's look at you first!" If you can't borrow it, buy it! ”

"Little brother, you can't buy it!" A group of people next to him smiled proudly: "Magazine stalls everywhere have been asked dozens of times!" Today's Shogakukan manga is all sold out before noon! We grabbed 15 copies, ahha ......"

"Ba ...... Baga ...... "Nobuo and Fujita dare not speak out, this gang is too much, doesn't this reduce their chances of getting tickets!"

Today's turnover of the Sega Osaka store is more than three times that of usual, and the staff are so busy that they don't even have time to eat, and many people complain that this situation will continue for ten consecutive days!

"The chance of getting tickets in a specialty store is 1 in 10,000, the magazine return is probably only 1 in 100,000, and the chance of a luxury gift package lottery is 1 in 4,000. A clerk smiling and exchanging smiles with his colleagues as he carries stacks of game consoles and other merchandise onto a cart in the warehouse.

"Yes! Actually, I bought one myself......," another person said secretly.

"You're crazy! Sega internal employees are not allowed to participate in the raffle! The first clerk was stunned and looked back, but no one noticed them.

The man smiled proudly: "It's okay, if I draw it, I will sell it, you look at the gang of fanatics outside the door, even if you sell it for 200,000 yen, they are willing to ask for it!" ”

200,000 yen is almost a month's salary for ordinary people, and in the eyes of some game enthusiasts, they spend millions of dollars on Sega games every year, and they can go to see the grand celebration with their own eyes, and you can also get a unique souvenir, and 200,000 yen tickets are a lot of people rush to ask for them!

Nobuo and Fujita waited in line for 2 hours, and it was already dark before it was their turn.

The stomach is hungry and growling, and I am also mentally tormented, and it is not easy to be anyone.

"What are the cheapest items?" Nobuo asked pitifully with his wallet.

The Sega cashier estimated that he had seen too much, and quickly replied: "The products below 500 yuan have been sold out, and now the cheapest items are only Pokemon series dolls, 800 for the three main characters, 1000 for Pikachu, and then an ordinary game card priced at 1200 yen, and the number is not much." ”

Nobuo was still hesitating, and the people in line behind him were impatient and urged loudly.

The two had to quickly choose two Pikachu dolls, one Fujita treasured for himself, and the other Nobuo planned to give to Nami, so they got two shopping receipts, and the ticket number was the lottery number.

"Excuse me, when will the results be announced?" Nobuo is still not at ease.

"At 8 p.m., the winning numbers will be displayed on a large screen outside the Sega store, and you can wait for tomorrow morning's announcement! Xiexie patronage, next! What do you need? ”

Nobuo and Fujita knew that at 8 o'clock in the evening, it was still early, and the two reluctantly left the store and went home for dinner, Zuihou found another reason to sneak out, and before 8 o'clock, the two came to the door of the Sega store again and waited.

At 7:30 a.m., leaving half an hour for sorting and raffles, the glass doors at the entrance of the Sega franchise stores were full of lively consumers, staring at the Sega employees sorting out the bills into packs, and mixing and breaking up tens of thousands of ticket stubs with a mixer with a transparent shell.

At 8 o'clock, in front of consumers, the store manager raised his right arm, showed that he did not hide any bills in his hand, and then closed his eyes and pulled out one of the bills at random in a large pile.

In an instant, all the customers who could see the store manager's movements held their breath, and the customers who were a little further away were even more anxious, tiptoeing to see something.

The store manager squeezed the copy of the ticket tightly, walked behind the glass door, and pasted it under the list of "winners", all of which was open and fair, without any shady and greasy, and without any objections from customers.

"Number 39104!" A loud voice shouted excitedly, and the sound quickly spread to the rear.

"What? The results are out? "A lot of people started to stir up and probe each other.

Sure enough, the huge TV screen on the outer wall showed the winning number 39104, and the first reaction of hundreds of people was to lower their heads and check the ticket stub in their hands.

"Didn't hit ......"

"It's not me ......"

"Hey......"

"Who's that lucky guy?"

"Who's hit! I want to buy it! I'll give 100,000 yen! ”

"100,000 yen embarrassed to say it? Sell me 200,000! I want it! ”

"Whoever hits it, say it! I'll buy it for 300,000! ”

“……”

The noise of hundreds of people is really terrifying, such a scale can only appear during the rally, the crowd is surging, noisy, the exchange of information is basically by roaring, and the voice is low and the surrounding people can't hear it.

Nobuo, who was standing on the outer side of the crowd, couldn't believe his eyes, and the ticket number in his hand showed 39103! (To be continued......)