Shoot! When I returned home, I finished showering with hot water first. What the hell just happened to me? I thought I was just drunk and had a strange dream, but the living room table after the shower was still filled with games & watches from the elderly.
"That's weird."
I sat on the couch in light clothing and picked up a game & watch on the table. Time was 1: 00 in the morning. You'd better go to bed early for work tomorrow, but after going through something crazy, I didn't think I'd be able to fall asleep easily.
Delightfully opened the hinges on the lid of the game & watch. It was already well known that the double-screen recruitment of Mintendo 3GS, which still reigns as the throne of portable devices, was derived from the design of this game & watch.
"Definitely simple, but fun. Yeah, that's what games are for. "
46945;.. 46945;. Tic 'Tic. The monotonous sound echoes through the living room. I was focusing on the game one day without turning on the TV. At first, the yawning process is slow enough, but the score reaches 100,000 points and speeds up slightly. The buyer keeps delaying his appointments, and the owner keeps vacating where he goes.
"Looks like the owner here is our CEO, Kick Kick. "
As I looked at the relaxing buyer, I added a word.
"This guy's a team leader, apparently. I schedule meetings all the time, and I come in late..."
I can't lose. I can't lose. I moved the protagonist around like my finger was crazy enough to fly. Even though it was the first game I had ever played, I had no choice but to stick my tongue out in a level design designed to adapt immediately to the game without any tutorial.
Beep beep beep!! Beep beep!! Beep, Beep, Beep!!
The sound was getting faster with the speed of my teasing hands. Over 300,000 points had passed, and the protagonist in the game was now going crazy, like the self-immolating Hong Gil Dong.
Just a little more, a little more...
Peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.. GAME OVER.
In the end, I was unable to hand over the payment documents that were stacked on the manager's frequent vacancy, and I was forced to close the game with a score of 520,000.
"Oh, my finger hurts. What time is it? "
He looks at the clock, unraveling his flimsy fingers.
"2: 30!? I've been doing this for an hour and a half? "
Good games are like time machines. Feels like time is running out while I'm focused on the game. I looked at the game & watch with a funny smile. Then, on the top screen, there was a ranking indicator based on the game score. My overall ranking was 528,200. Second place was 800,000. First place was 900,000. How did you get first place?
I turned over the screen while pressing the confirm button. Then another sign appeared on the top screen.
- Converts your score to your salary. Your salary for this play is 5,282,000 yen. -
"Huh? Salary...? Oh, right. It was a company game. When you score, you translate it into payroll. That's funny!"
Below the score mark, there was a cumulative salary sign that seemed to keep me on the plus side depending on the score I played.
"I made over 50 million won in an hour and a half. Haha!"
Though I invested in a precious morning nap for an hour and a half, I did not feel bad. But in the game, I felt rich and covered the game & watch and went into the duvet. I still cared about what happened in the game store, but after focusing on the game, I fell asleep.
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"I am Manager Kang Jun-hyuk of the Development Team who will be working with you starting today. "
Your first greeting in a new department. The Customer Satisfaction team was completely separate from the Development Department and faced with employees but did not have a chance to get acquainted. I was stuck in the development room the whole time... It was hard to get along with the other department staff... I put the props down as an empty chief while I felt awkward.
"First of all, I don't care. You usually do. Look at your work. I need to get used to it. Haha.."
Then I heard the whispers of the employees in the small office. I think I heard the word 'left-handed' somewhere. Lt. Cheon... You're right. If you're the head of the Customer Satisfaction team in the Development Room, you don't get this kind of return.
Morning work hours that aren't particularly busy yet. I stopped by the coffee shop under the company to get a little closer to the staff.
"Eight glasses of Americano. "
After ordering the coffee, I leaned against the chair and looked out the window while the coffee was coming out. ₩ 36,000 for 8 cups of coffee. It's worth more than the groceries. How much do you have left this month? Even though I was living alone, I also felt 36,000 won because it was a yard that spread out to pay my salary to repay my bank loans. Maybe I should starve for lunch for a few days because of this coffee that's been handed to the staff.
And after a while. I looked up my account on my smartphone and swallowed a deep, dry breath without knowing it.
"What, what is this? "
There can't be more than 50 million won in my account. What is that, a new scam? I quickly went through the transaction history. 2: 32 a.m. Depositors. Game & Watch ₩ 52,820,000.
I looked at my smartphone dazed and looked at my eyes. However, the amount that came into the account was exactly the same amount as the game score I cleared yesterday. It just turned into Won.
"Hey!! Here's your coffee! "
I looked at the counter, surprised by the waiter's voice. How many times have I called you before? The employee's expression was slightly annoyed.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I've been thinking about something else for a while."
I hurried to get my coffee and left the coffee shop. However, I sat on the bench for a moment, still surprised and not soothed.
Calm down... Kang Jun-hyuk. Something very strange is happening to you right now. But you need to stay calm. I need to calm down. I just calmed down a moment later, I returned to the office of the Customer Satisfaction Team with a coffee.
"Have some coffee. "
"Oh, yes, thank you. "
The awkward atmosphere seemed to slow down a little when I showed the coffee by hand to the department staff who have not yet been friendly.
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At lunch time that day, when everyone from the department was eating and sitting alone in the office, I pulled the game & watch out of my bag. I thought about yesterday when I came to work, but when I saw it like this again, I felt very mysterious.
'Cause this is a payroll company game, right? '
Chug. I opened the lid of the game & watch to check again.
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'Cause this is a payroll company game, right? '
Chug. I opened the lid of the game & watch to check again. Beep, beep, beep. I began to focus on the game, forgetting my hunger, as the monotonous effect rang in a quiet office. How long has it been?
Have you eaten yet, chief? "
Vibique... game over. After playing for almost an hour, my score was 370,000 points.
"Ah, Narai? You're here already? You can eat slowly. "
"I've eaten slowly enough. But are you okay refusing to eat? "
"I'm fine. I just need to check on you for a second."
I pressed the confirm button on the game & watch to make an awkward smile. With a slight look down, the rankings were ranked fifth and then the scores were converted to payroll. So let's see... I took out my smartphone and tried the bank app.
Depositor. Game & Watch ₩ 37,453,000. A smile was drawn on my mouth. How can you earn 37 million won in an hour without a smile? Almost 100 million in one day.
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That afternoon, I found the CEO thread with a white envelope.
"Come in. "
Queek. As I opened the door and walked inside, the CEO looked at me, sitting in a cramped office leather chair.
"The river chief? What's going on?"
"Jules, I'm quitting the company. "
"What!? "
"You didn't have to hand over the transfer to the department yesterday anyway, did you? So please fix your resignation. "
"Hey, river chief. Are you protesting against this greeting? "
"No, I would have stopped yesterday. I was just thinking about a bear for one day, and this company doesn't seem to have a vision anymore. "
"What? Huh? Oh, my God. "
"This is a company I've been with for the last 15 years. I may not be a graduate, but I've come all the way up here, and I can't take it anymore. "
"Got it. Got it. Chief, what do you want? You want me to move the department back to the development room? "
"No, I just want to retire. "
"This guy. You're very determined. "
"Yes, I want to stop. "
"Where the hell are you going? Well, there's no place on the floor for you to play anymore. "
"I know. "
"Does anyone know that? "
I said, "So I'm going to try to make a game. "
"What...? "
That was the last conversation I had with the company representative for 15 years.
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"So, shall we get started? "
Evening after 5 days of leaving the company. After sounding with hot water, I relaxed my body and mind as comfortably as possible. I can do this. I can do this. I moved my fingers holding my mind for a moment. It moves smoothly like a tapping on a piano keyboard. All right, here we go.
Chug. I sat down with a devout mind and held the game & watch in my hands. What I was after today was the number one takeover of this damn game. I had to see all the endings, so I hung on to this game almost all the time for the past 5 days.
So my current account balance was close to 20 billion. Last night's ranking took second place, but unfortunately I was left short of first and 300 points. I screamed at night. The man downstairs was startled to ring the doorbell.
"Phew... you can do it. "
When I pressed the start button with a long sigh, the company game that I had watched for the past 5 days began. Start with a light beep. Beep, beep, beep. A dancing finger. It already breaks through 500,000 points lightly. The problem starts at 800,000. This damn buyer and owner seem to be avoiding cooking on purpose. But I can't give up.
850,000 points. Only 50,000 points left to win first place!! Pibbybick. Pibbybick. Beep beep. Beep beep beep. Beevik, have you ever been so focused on one game in your entire life? It's a huge game with real salaries coming in, but I was more curious about what would happen if I finished first.
The crown was drawn next to the first ranking mark, but the crown was really nothing. No, no, no. Let's not dwell on it. From here on out, one small mistake will immediately lead to a gameover... Let's move it exactly like a machine and earn points!
Beep, beep, beep. Beep beep beep!!. 890,000 points... Yes!! Almost there!! I even forgot to blink my eyes and went crazy into the game. Fingers have been numb for a long time. But we can't give up here. If you give up, you have to start all over again!!
Beep, Beep, Beep!! You son of a bitch!! Where did he go!!!
Pibbybrick!! Buyer, you lunatic, don't come any faster!! Aaaah!!!
Stubborn!!!
I'm over... I'm over... 902,000 points... Yes! First place! But I can't be satisfied here. I'll give you 999,999 points!! I already took first place, but I didn't stop my finger. Now I forget to breathe. I don't know if it's my finger tapping the button right now. And the moment the score of nine was hit...
Tofu, tofu, game clear.
"Huh? Clear? "
Where's Clear at Game & Watch? I don't know!
"Puha ~ ~"
I lay down on the couch and sighed for a long time.
"I'm awake. It's over."
I'll leave you alone!! When I looked at the game & watch in a cheerful sound, there was a flash of lightning on the black-and-white display. Haha... It really made me feel like the game was over. And if I ruin this game, no more payroll? Huh? I didn't think of that!?
"Well, 20 billion is the rest of your life."
You put 100 million more in there, and there they are. Anyway, clear. It's worth a lot. Looking at the display with such a happy smile, something strange happened.
"Color..? "
Yes, the black and white liquid crystal display that represented the stop animation turned out to be crisp and colorful.
"What is this? What else is there? "
At that moment, a phrase came to mind on the white screen.
- Please specify the year you wish to return. -
The moment I saw that phrase. I remembered what the old man at the game store said.
'Hey, young man. If so, what time would you like to go back in time? '
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'Hey, young man. If so, what time would you like to go back in time? '
Is that what this conversation was about? I moved the flashing year sign on the screen for a moment. It started in 1983. It was beginning with the fall of Atari Corporation, which began in the United States. Ironically, a new hope was born in Japan at the same time as the fall of Atari, which led to an era, which was the Mintendosa family. What was interesting was that every time I moved the year sign, celebrities from the gaming industry got noticed that year were displayed on the bottom screen.
There were still developers running in the field, and there were many deceased people. I looked for Nisekoi Gunpei, the founder of the game & watch I am holding in my hands. And I unknowingly came up with the method of manipulation of Mintendo 3GS, and when I touched the bottom screen like a custom, I came up with a brief introduction page about it.
"Touch awareness... the device itself has become the latest trend? "
I found something interesting while flipping the introduction page at the bottom with my fingers. It was his schedule in 1983. It was a detailed site of travel routes and times for each city, and it was also a kind of navigator for people to meet even if they went to that time.
"If you use this well, you might be able to impersonate a coincidence and meet amazing people.
In fact, the gaming industry would be a little more stable in the Super Family era if I could go back, but I wanted to feel the momentum of true gaming media, so I pressed the confirm button in the 1983 era as I told the elderly.
- Where do you want to go? Speak into the microphone at the bottom of your device. -
"Mike?"
Following the instructions displayed on the screen, he carefully looked under the instrument and saw a small hole in the lower left corner. Now, I don't know about gamers, but once there was a microphone on a family controller. Although there were no games that supported microphones in the family, I definitely remember that the functionality was dependent. I put my hand on the game & watch's microphone for a moment before blowing the wind.
- I don't know what you're talking about. -
It's like looking at a voice recognition system on a smartphone. I answered with a bloody smile.
"Japan."
- Which city would you like to go to? -
The city... Minten is headquartered in Kyoto, but if we go to that era, we won't be able to invade the headquarters for good, right? We have to make a connection somehow.
There's only one way to do that. Impersonate a coincidence with the future executive of Mintendosa. That's when I answered the crazy game & watch questions.
"Tokyo"
-1983 Japan Tokyo. How old are you there? -
Obviously, in the 1980s, Mintenso would have gone into the low 90s and been hit by a major crisis by the Sensoni gear station. I think it's better to be young if we're going to survive all that crisis, right? But if you set it too young, the army will catch you.
"23 years old, served in the military. "
- Aged 21 years in Japan. Do you agree? -
"Yes."
- What do you do there? -
How about a Korean student who came to Japan alone for a while?
-Select the two foreign languages you want to learn. -
"English, Japanese. "
This shouldn't be too much trouble to live in Japan, right?
- You're all set. You will now live the life of a 21-year-old Korean student living in Tokyo in 1983 with all the knowledge you currently have. Agree? If you have any questions, you can ask them using the microphone. -
What do I do, if I agree to this, we go back to 1983? I was worried between flashing YES and NO's indicator lights. There was no family to take care of because she was single, but it was hard to press the YES button easily because she remembered her parents in the countryside.
"What happens to me now when I go back to 1983? "
- Your time will stop until you return from the past to the present. Then you'll have to make a choice. -
"Choice? What choice do you have? "
"You have to choose between who you have traveled through time and which of you you will live your life now. "
'Indeed, in 1983, when I come back in 2015 with 23 years old, I will be 55. God, you're getting old!! '
I felt dizzy for a moment and put my hands on my forehead. What should I do? I hesitated in front of the game & watch for a moment, but I picked up the phone and called my mother. For a moment, I heard the sound of a voice of Mother's cheer.
"Is it Joon-Hyuk?"
"Yes, Mother."
I was strangled by Mother's response of calling my name in a cheerful voice without knowing anything.
"How are you? "
"Well, I'm sure he'll be just fine if he doesn't drink. "
"Do you drink a lot of your father's medicine these days? "
"Tell me what you're doing. My mouth hurts."
"Haha, you still are. "
"Then why are you suddenly here? My son's on the phone? "
"I actually quit the company last week. "
"What? Why...? Hey, what's going on? "
"Well, I'm just trying to do something new. I don't know if it's going well, but I'm going on a trip for a while."
"Nice trip. Yeah, you're 34, but I'm sure you made your decision. "
"Thank you. Mother... Oh, you'll have some money if you check the account later. I put a lot of retirement money into it this time. "
"Yeah? Why don't you just leave it and go on a trip? "
"No, it's a company I've been in for 15 years, so I think I have enough retirement money. "
"Yes, thank you. Thank you for the monthly allowance, son! Have a safe trip home and I'll make you something delicious."
"Yes, Mother."
"Better bring your daughter-in-law when you come."
"Haha... I'll try. "
"Well, have a good trip, my son."
Tears poured out in Mother's warm voice, as if she knew everything. I thought I'd hear a crying voice if I spoke to her again. I hung up after saying hello to my mother.
I calmed my mind for a moment and cleared my mind. If I had a choice when I came back from time travel, let's think about it. I came back, and I don't know what I'm different from... what I've become.
I sent my mother a severance pay to my mobile account. If you send too much money, you will ask the source, so I took the appropriate amount and put my hand on the confirm button of the game & watch.
"Yes!! Let's take a look. In the hottest era in the history of gaming, let's go on a little long journey, not to mention in the age of smartphones, not even cell phones.
"Mom and Dad, stay healthy until I get back. "
Finally, when I pressed the confirm button in the Game & Watch, it became blurry in front of my eyes. And after a while, all the objects in my living room were marked with 2D dots, creating an illusion as if they were entering a retro game.
"Wow, that's amazing. "
But for a moment the dot mass began to pour towards me like a brick. For the first time, I was able to avoid it somehow, but as the number gradually increased, there was no room to avoid. Huh? Huh?
"Ahhhh!!! "
I'm curled up in a puddle of flying dots, and I hear a familiar voice.
Piri! Piri!
- A little later, Ueno. The train to Ueno will be arriving soon. -
"Oh?"
I looked around and saw myself standing in a subway station. The people around me were looking at me strangely, one after the shouting.
"Haha... Oh, my God, did I really come? To 1983...? "
The train coming in from a distance was a sinful form I had seen in old Korean films. Without any design, the crude train, built solely for transportation, stopped in front of me after a while and the door opened.
While there was brief hepning, the Japanese around me began to climb the train, ignoring me. Despite the fact that I had difficulty adjusting to outfits and hairstyles that were so different from 2015, I got on the train with them.
Narita International Airport... there was Narita Airport in 1983. After wandering around in a strange mood, the eyes of the Japanese who had been looking at me suspiciously had become thinner.
"Hmmm.."
Let's not get too flashy. I sat as naturally as possible on an empty chair. I see you're wearing a bag. I sat in a chair and opened the backpack on my back, wondering if I needed anything.
A passport stamped with an undergraduate visa and a bank account from Tokyo JBC Bank. Yes, money is important... I opened a bank account to see what I have. And he glanced at the marked amount, and he smiled, and in 2015, about 20 billion of the money had been transferred to the present day.
"2.1 billion yen... it's a great start. I could start a company at this rate. "
I put my passport and passbook back in my bag and looked further inside. Then I felt the heavy plastic device. It was a game & watch that flew through time with me.
"But I'm glad I came with you. "
I smiled and pulled the game & watch out of my bag. At that moment, the eyes of those who were looking at me on the train were transferred to a small machine in my hand, but I soon turned my attention away.
In fact, there were already many people on the train with game machines similar to mine.
What they were playing was the first game & watch BALL released in 1980. BALL was also using a very simple game method that needed no explanation, but it was all about moving the ball displayed on the screen from the left hand to the right hand. But even that was a great game for people living in this age.
Of course, my company's games were much more advanced than that, but it seemed to have turned off quickly because they were no different from their games & watches.
Tap. I opened the game & watch to find out more about the year. As represented by the instrument name, the model was naturally combined with the function of the clock.
- June 15, 1983. -
This was just a month before the family was launched in Japan... Perfect timing. The rattling subway comes out of the dark tunnels, shining bright sunlight, and runs vigorously. I looked out the window and saw a smile on my mouth. Having lived in 2015, it doesn't feel like a classic.
By the way, since I was originally 82 years old in 1983, I should have been born in the next year. I feel like I'm losing a bit, but I'm 11 years younger than I was yesterday. Let's live a new life in Japan... Let's have some fun this time!
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