January 1, 1988.
I was at home on a New Year's Eve holiday, and I was just looking at industry trends with games & watches.
It's been five years since the family was released. The family was having a sunset that was more spectacular than its peak.
There was a certain level of quality in each of the games that were released, and there were RPGs that were different from Game Center routes or very difficult, and it was a time when games that had previously been lightly relaxing and playing were a little stressful.
Starting with the Dragon Emblem, the games that stimulated the player's challenge were also known for the cross-scrolling action games "Lockman" and "Mage Knight" from Capco, both of which were extremely annoying.
In particular, the 'Mage Knights' were fearsome BGMs and endless zombie protrusions, where even one stage was not exceeded and there were numerous surrendered users.
"The Mage Knight. It was hard to play that game, though."
Lockman clears the Boss' pattern to a certain extent, but the mechanic was one of the most annoying games to want to break the real pads.
"Super Maridge 3, by the way, is overwhelming. I was captured until the day the Dragon Warrior was released."
A comeback of a very large title has already been decided on the throne as a national RPG game.
The gaming industry was surrounded by the energy of war as the launch dates of Super Maridge 3, Dragon Warrior 3 and Psychic Battle were set to unfold.
Of course, it would be a festival for gamers, but all three titles were large enough to expect sales, so I could hardly catch the ticketing season.
Dragon Warrior 3 launched its first offensive on February 10, 1988.
It was supposed to be spring of 1988 until last month, so I was thinking four to five months, and suddenly it's February 10th.
♪ Ta-da, ta-da, ta-da ♪
"Hmm? Who...? "
I suddenly heard a familiar voice when I lifted the phone.
"Joon-Hyuk!! It's me."
"Yuki?"
Her voice is tremendously exasperated as to whether something good is going on.
"That's it! "
"What?"
"The New Writers' Fair. The idea Joon-Hyuk told me about was elected! "
"Oh, really? "
Phew... Food concept worked this time of year? Oh, my God. I was just telling you about the drama I enjoyed in 2015, and it's beyond ridiculous to be elected.
It was a shame I couldn't meet her because the station was busy at Christmas, but I felt very grateful to her for calling me as soon as something so good happened.
"So you can watch Yuki's broadcast on TV soon? "
"Oh, that's not it. It's just an idea contest for a new program. because winning doesn't just make the broadcast. "
"I see. That's a shame. "
"At least I got a title as a new writer. The judges don't have a bad reaction, so I think I can make a drama with a little more effort. "
"Fantastic. I hope more good things happen to Yuki this year. "
"Oh, by the way, I haven't said Happy New Year yet. Joon-Hyuk, is that... is that, um... Se He-Bot Mani Bard? "
Get lots of bots... Yuki wrote down the Korean New Year's greeting separately and read it like a language book. As I burst into laughter in an unexpected surprise New Year's greeting, I heard her shameful voice beyond the handset.
"That's a strange pronunciation, isn't it? Korean is too difficult. "
"Do you speak Korean these days? "
"Yes, but it's hard because there's not much to learn. There's no other institute, and I'm just studying in Korean Conversation Books at a bookstore. "
"Self-taught can be tough, but if you have any questions later, ask me. "
"Yes, I will. But Joon-Hyuk, are you home again today? I don't have to go to Korea for the new year. "
"Well, it's a lot to wrap up lately."
"Okay, so what are you doing this weekend? "
"I don't really have anything to do on the weekends. "
"Then can I go to Kyoto for the weekend? "
"Oh, well, I don't see why not. "
"Then I owe you for this contest, and I'll go to Kyoto and serve you dinner. "
"Because you came to Kyoto in person? "
"I actually wanted to see Kyoto. There's more to Osaka than Tokyo. "
"Not exactly, but..."
"No... are you? "
"No, I don't want to. It's a relief."
"Lucky?"
"Yes, I'm actually going to the United States next week. "
"To America? Why? How much?"
If you ask three questions at once, what should I answer first? I straightened my thoughts in my head for a moment before opening my mouth.
"I think I will stay for a month in promotional tea for newly released games. "
"A month? "
"But fortunately, I can see Yuki. "
"Then I'll definitely go this weekend. Wait."
"Yes. If you call me when you get here, I'll meet you out front. "
"Yes, well, rest well. "
After you end the call with Yuki. I looked at the passport I had on my desk.
This trip to the United States, along with Gunpei, would not have been as long as it had been for the main purpose of promoting the portable Gameboy market research and the psychic battle.
How are things with Ellis and Wilson? '
I smiled for a while at the old thought. Of course, I spoke on the phone sometimes, but I didn't hesitate because it was only three years since I actually saw my face.
During this time, Elise has become fluent at almost the Japanese level due to the large increase in Japanese.
Mr. Yamashta said Nuance will ask for an appointment to the headquarters someday. What's going on?
In fact, the promotion of the game is also important in the United States, but some are looking forward to new encounters. So I had a bit of a long schedule, but Fortunately, Gunpei happily agreed that the longer the market research, the better.
Well, there's nothing wrong with Gunpei hanging out with me. I guess you know that the hotel is going to be a great place with private savings because I'm too picky for dragonflies.
'Chendra is great, but I need more balls. There were many people in America who had to bring them to me at any cost. "
&
"Khh... America? But why don't you go to the annual party? If you and Gunpei fall apart, it won't be easy. "
"You have Shigeru. And it's a private party for our people at headquarters, and I don't have to be there. "
"You. Smyre is coming!! "
'Actually, about half of the reason I went to the United States was because of her. '
I forcefully swallowed the horse up to my throat and looked at Gunpei next to me. Seeing his mouth twitching, he supposedly laughed in front of Kamauchi.
"I can't. Smyre will introduce you slowly later, but first things first. You said you were going next week, right? Goodbye."
"Yes. I'll see you then. Boss."
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"Wow! This is a chikurin!! "
Shya-ah-ah! A place where a smile is drawn without me knowing the sound of bamboo splashing in the wind.
Me and Yuki were now in Chikurin, a bamboo forest in Arashiyama, Kyoto. Yuki also wondered at the spicy bamboo grove path that was filled to the left and to the right.
"I think Kyoto is much cooler than Tokyo. I wish there were places like this in Tokyo."
Yuki closed his eyes, feeling the subtle smell of bamboo. I was enjoying a weekend of dating by her side.
"I'm glad you like it. I come here sometimes to cool my head. "
"Do you come here often, Joon-Hyuk? "
"It's good to think alone. There's a good road, bamboo scent..."
"I see. Kick, kick. It's a good road. I feel like a grandpa. "
"Hmmm.."
Though I was already a great middle-aged woman, I took a step by smiling lightly at Yuki's teasing.
"So, you're going to America on Monday? "
"Yes, I think I'll stay for a month. "
"Wow. I've never been abroad before, so I'm really excited just to hear Joon-Hyuk say it. "
You're not even going. After a moment, Yuki asked me with a very cautious look.
"Joon-Hyuk, I have a question. "
"Yes? What is it? "
"Well, I heard from a friend, do I really have to take off my shoes on an airplane? "
Gosh... This gag has existed in this era... I stopped laughing at Yuki's serious expression. Yuki stared at me blushing.
"N-joking!! Of course I'll wear shoes!! "
At that moment, I stopped laughing and opened my mouth with a clean expression.
"What are you talking about? Yuki... Of course I should take off my shoes. "
"Ah! Right? Actually, I knew it! Hmph! "
Yuki turns around and walks away alone.
Oh, that's so cute. Twenty years old this year.You 'll be punished if you think about my age... So it's more like a nephew than a lover.
Ugh. It's not wrong to think of Yuki as a grandfather.
Yuki, who was walking like that, turned his head and shouted as I slowly followed.
"What are you doing? He's not coming! "
"Haha. I'm coming. "
Bamboo groves and trails. And a beautiful girl... every word of it is heartbreaking.
&
We got out of the Chicharine with Yuki and got back into the car. We were getting hungry and headed to the restaurant. In the '80s, Japan didn't have a lot of cars on the road, so it had the advantage of running smoothly wherever it went. As I exerted my strength on Excel on the long stretched road, my car ran out like a gunshot through a cold winter wind.
"Turn left at 300 meters ahead. Please stay on the left lane. "
The voice of a navigation guide was heard about 30 years later, but this was Yuki's voice guiding me to find a delicious house in Kyoto.
"Kick, kick."
"What's so funny about that? Let me know. Let's have a little laugh. "
"No, it's nothing. "
"Tsai! You keep laughing, and I don't teach you anything."
How do we explain that what you're doing is coming out of a navigation machine in 30 years? I had to smile at Yuki, who was pointy.
Even though it looks like this, Yuki is not like that. If I don't say something like this for a second...
"But it's convenient that I guide you like this. It just pops right into your ears, doesn't it? "
This is how you hit and come in. In fact, there was no time to be bored.
In the absence of navigation, everyone used to spread out the map like this and guide people in the passenger seat, but this is also kind of fun.
I arrived at the restaurant with Yuki's guidance shortly after. Even though it's a delicious house, I can't believe I came from Kyoto to Kobe alone in this place.
Kobe is the place to go from Kyoto to Osaka, where Wagyura is famous for Japanese beef, similar to transverse Hanwoo in Korea.
"Wow, this store is huge! "
In front of the store where the giant cow was painted on the wall, Yuki was excited as if he were a child from the amusement park. She starts taking pictures with a film camera from home.
In the 2000s, photographing in front of the store was as natural as usual, but the people inside looked at Yuki in wonder who was photographing the facade of the building.
"I'm sorry, what are you doing? "
Eventually, a shopkeeper who was even worse came out to the front of the building and asked Yuki. She quickly blushed her face and explained her situation.
"I'm a writer at the station. I'm designing a program to find delicious restaurants all over the country. "
"Oh, the restaurant? "
"Yes, so I was researching a photo of a store in Kobe where the beef is the best. I'm sorry I didn't tell you beforehand. "
Then the shop master tilts his head for a moment, raising his eyes wide and shouting.
"If that were the case, you should have said so!! "
Then, like a shot, he goes into the store and runs out with the chef dressed in a flash.
"Here, let's take a picture. "
"I want to be more natural."
"Then take one as a souvenir. If something like that happens in the future, please take good care of it. Gobesan wagyu reminds me of our shop!! "
"Yes, thank you. "
Chuckle. After Yuki took the picture, the master reached out to Yuki and said.
"Are you two lovers? Give me the camera. I'll make sure I get a good picture. I'm still a photography major. "
Sweetheart? As I stood behind, Yuki quickly handed the camera over to the dominant.
"Yes, it is. Thank you!"
Yuki, who handed the camera over to the dominant, quickly returned to me and crossed his arms.
"Smile, Joon-Hyuk. "
"Oh, yeah. Haha.."
&
After filling my stomach with beef from lunch, thanks to my master's service, I wanted to walk a little more than just getting in the car. Luckily, there was a trail next to the shop, and Yuki and I started walking through the forest without anyone having to go first.
"Oh, I'm so full. "
"I know. I think it's too much."
"But it was really good. "
"But didn't you get something too expensive? "
I appreciate you coming all the way to Kyoto to get a prize for winning the contest, but Yuki shakes his head and replies.
"No, I wanted to come too. My older sister is from Kobe, but she boasts that the meat here is delicious. Thanks to Joon-Hyuk, I came here comfortably. It's nice to have a car."
Walking through the winter forest with a light backpack made me feel a little cold but refreshing.
"Joon-Hyuk."
"Yes?"
"Bon voyage to America. "
"Oh, thank you. "
"And when you come back... I want you to feel comfortable calling me Yuki instead of Yuki." "
He nodded and replied secretly to Yuki's smiling face looking up at me.
"Oh, right. I will."
&
On a plane to the United States.
When I turned my back on business class, I finally asked the stewardess who was passing by.
"How long until we get there? "
"About 30 minutes left. Thank you for taking the time to travel. "
"No, thank you, Stewardess. "
"You slept well, did you have a good dream? "
"I don't remember much, but I think I did. Excuse me, could I have a glass of water, please? I'm a little thirsty. "
"Yes, one moment, please. "
The stewardess lowers her head slightly, answering with a bright smile, and leaves for the water. We had already arrived in the middle of the United States as we trimmed our sharp necks and rolled our masked windows up.
A moment later, the plane that landed at JFK Airport in New York soon dropped us off, and I woke up Mr. Gunpei who was asleep until the moment he landed.
"Mr. Gunpei, we're here. It's an airport."
"Already..? "
Already... this guy. I spent almost 20 hours on a plane, and if anyone sees me, I think I took a bus from Kyoto to Tokyo.
I picked up Gunpei, a non-dreamer, and packed his things and headed for the airport. Of course, there was a simple immigration and visa problem, but it was not a problem because I had already been employed in Japan and had a business visa - I had one year of experience in the United States.
Gunpei, who barely ate or slept on the plane, was tired from hunger or hunger. Eventually, I heard a happy voice when I dragged him to the airport instead of Gunpei's carrier.
"Senior!! Over here!!"
I turned my head to Elise's voice, and Yamashta and Mr. Wilson were driving to the airport. After three years of longing, my eyes grew hot.
"Mr. Wilson! Mr. Yamashta! Elise!!"
Then Gunpei, who was next to him, looked at them and said.
"The Gang is also popular in the United States. "
"Let's go. You must be hungry. Let's eat first. "
"Sure. I'm starving, actually. "
"Who told you to sleep without eating takeout? "
"Strangely, if I eat anything on the plane, I don't feel well. "
"Sure. Let's go. "
Gunpei silently followed behind me with a smile.
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I had nothing to do with the schedule in the United States.
Because there was already no console to follow the popularity of families across the United States, portable Gambo would appear to have a very stable US market, unlike in the family.
Unlike three years ago when my family and I were thrown on the streets, my perception of gaming was very good in the U.S. market, and the industry was being reactivated.
"That's more than three years ago."
Gunpei also muttered with a cigarette after a meal to see if it was the same idea.
During the meal, we created two couples to efficiently use the one-month schedule.
Three months later, Yamashta and Gunpei decided to launch a portable gambler in the United States, and a promotion on the Psychic Battle was decided by me, Wilson and Ellis.
As he increased the number of shops in the mintendo premium store, Wilson was making even more of a comeback in Toyworld when it came to mintendo devices.
Below was a massive number of employees who used to run six shops in a small toy president.
"Mr. Wilson, you've gone above and beyond. "
"This is all because I met you on the Mister River. I still remember her from time to time. I opened the door of my little shop and saw a Korean young man who had pulled out his family with a nervous look."
"Ahh! What are you ashamed of? "
"No. When I die and God asks me what was the best moment of my life, I will answer that day. "
Mr. Wilson smiled with a deep wrinkle around his eyes. I turned my head for a moment and looked at the two Japanese people talking to each other and said to Mr. Wilson.
"The premium store is increasing as I said, right? "
"Of course. Every time I increase my store, I increase my business in your name by half of the money the Mister River sends me. "
"You're doing great. Keep doing that. "
"But I have a question. Where do you get that kind of money? No matter how good the director of Mintendo is, he's not going to get that much money."
"I have a lot of money. And Minten doesn't know it, but he owns several cartridge factories and he's developing software. "
"What!? How do you manage it all by yourself? "
"In fact, even if I wasn't in the United States, that's what Wilson did for me. "
"Huh! What a young man's connection. With that kind of manpower and capital, wouldn't you consider building your own company and building your own console? "
"I will. But not yet. "
"Why..? "
"Not yet. Third party and user. Everybody loves mintendo. Since the equipment supply rate is so high, if you dive into the console business at this time, you won't be able to find it. Even the most powerful country in the world finally announced the next generation of manufacturing. It's already been decided in this generation. "
"What about the next generation? "
"Mintendo will go even higher as we have gained credit from our users in this generation. There will be nearly all the users in the world in the next family. "
Mr. Wilson was greatly surprised and rebuked by my convincing words.
"Does this mean that Mintendo's monopoly will remain with the next generation? "
"Why? Isn't that good news for Mr. Wilson? "
"It's good news for me now, of course, but as with all markets, the monopoly of one enterprise ends up being angry. Just like when Atari was in shock. Honestly, I'm still afraid that time will come again. "
"Don't worry too much. At least not for the next generation. "
"To the next generation? Then what are you after? "
"Yes, it's the next generation. "
"You want the next generation that hasn't been created yet? "
"If you sit on the throne too long, sometimes things just feel too easy. There's got to be a small gap. And by then, the games that we're enjoying right now are probably going to be a huge entertainment business. "
"Oh, my God. I'll kick your ass if anyone tells me to stop talking nonsense. I can't believe what you're saying. "
"At that time, you will have to dispose of your mintendo items in every store you own. Don't pile it up in the corner like you used to in Atari shock. "
"But the family has a lot of fun games, so I don't think it's a bad idea to leave them alone. It's a cartridge. You're not gonna let it rot? "
"By then, the cartridge will no longer be used by anyone. Kick-kick."
"What...? "
Mr. Wilson tilted his head with a puzzled look on his face. At that time, Elise, who finished calculating in the shop, pulls out her car and shouts to us.
"Sir, and the deputies. Let's go to the hotel first. You have to unpack first. "
You already booked a hotel? Don't tell me you reserved another three-rate hotel just like before?
"Mr. Ellis, I don't..."
"Don't worry, I've reserved a 5 star hotel business room for you, just like the one you used 3 years ago, but you won't feel uncomfortable during your stay. "
"Gosh, what's going on? "
Then Yamashta woke up one day and said to me,
"But Minten is also a hero who raised an American branch, and you can't put her to sleep in a humble place. "
"Thank you. I'll owe you one. "
We went straight to a hotel in downtown New York with our luggage in the trunk.
&
The next day, before Mr. Wilson's shop opens.
I demonstrated the English version of the Psychic Battle with store staff.
Immediately, the crowds were appalled at the scent of ammunition filling the screen, but as soon as the command and game tips were revealed, they started playing with joy.
With Chandra's coding, the Psychic Battle was very responsive to employees from the beginning.
"This is amazing! "
"How did you get so much performance on an 8-bit gaming machine? I don't get it. "
Mr. Wilson once again grabbed the pad and couldn't make it halfway through the first stage.
"Oh, my God. Can this hard game really be sold? "
"In Japan, the game has been very popular lately. In addition to psychic battles, the game has increased overall in difficulty. Before it's official, we encourage you to promote it to your customers as a trial. You can give the player who completes the 1st boss one illustration of your choice, or you can complete the 2nd stage to give them a trial cartridge. If you die a few times, you'll have a trick, and you'll be very challenging. "
"Okay, I'll tell the staff that. But where are you going? "
"I have somewhere to go with Elise for a while. The promotion of psychic battles should be enough for the premium store staff, right? "
"Yes. I've been in the United States for a long time, so you might want to go somewhere. Leave this to me and take your time."
"Thank you, Mr. Wilson. "
I left the store in a hurry after saying hello to the store staff. Elise, who was waiting for the car in front of the shop, was waiting for me.
"Where do you want me to take you? Sir?"
"Let's go to Boston MIT first. "
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University of Technology, Massachusetts.
Harvard is a prestigious university alongside Harvard in the United States, and if Harvard is a university for elites, MIT is a university for geniuses.
Like the Kaist in South Korea, although it was a collection of nerds with genius in the limb family, MIT's fifth largest Nobel Prize winner among professors and graduates was also called the Nobel Academy by a joke.
"But what brings you to MIT? "
"Mr. Ellis, do you know where you made your first game? "
"The first game? I don't know. I never thought of that. Where did you make this?"
"Where we're going. "
"Yes!? You made the first game at MIT? "
"Spacewar, created by MIT engineers in 1962, was the first game with graphics technology. I heard they were incredibly popular with MIT hackers at the time, and they failed commercialization. "
"I see. But I know MIT seems to have completely given up on the game after Atari shock, is that okay? "
"I'm not going to MIT to look for game developers. "
"Then why? "
"If you're MIT, you have a lot of fun ideas using computers. I'm just trying to see if there's any talent I can work with. "
"You want to scout mintendo? "
"I don't know."
I dodged the answer with a strange smile, and Elise raised her mouth slightly.
"You're up to something again, aren't you, like Wilson's shop? "
Elise is a member of Mintendo, but she was one of the few employees in the United States who knew my secret, like Mr. Wilson.
Every time I increased my mintendo premium store, I was offering legal witnesses with Mr. Wilson, which is why I was paying Elise a certain amount in the name of a monthly fee.
Three years ago, she and I went through the process of growing the U.S. branch, and she helped Mr. Yamashta after that until he was fully seated in the U.S. market.
I just smiled at Elise's words and looked out the window.
&
Shortly after, we arrived near the MIT Institute of Technology in Cambridge City, USA. It was the holiday season, but the streets were crowded with tourists and students.
"I thought it'd be a little quiet on vacation, but luckily or unfortunately..."
I get out of the car, muttering to myself and looking around.
Looking at the wristwatch, the time was running a little past 1 p.m. After a three-and-a-half hour drive from New York, Elise was getting out of her car and lighting up her base.
"Why don't we go inside and eat first? "
"Fine. I was hungry!"
We entered the Hamburg house where students eat the most near the university. As soon as I entered the store, I was drooling in my mouth because of the rich smell of grilled meat.
"This must be a very famous place. "
Elise also liked it and had a full smile on her face. Waiting at the entrance for a moment, the waiter approached to guide you to your seat, and Elise and I each ordered a Hamboxtake.
A moment later, Hambox-take, which was zipping on the metal plate, sat at the table, and I pulled the camera out of my bag.
"What camera are you on? "
"A Japanese friend asked me to. If you go to America, I want you to take a picture of the food in the cafeteria. "
As Yuki asked, I just pressed the shutter toward the food that is seeping with steam.
"Photos of food? He's a strange fellow, isn't he? "
"Yes, I'm a friend of mine who works as an assistant at the station. "
"You had a girlfriend!? "
"Well, I have a mutual friend with good feelings."
"Wow! Congratulations! I thought you weren't interested in women just doing your job. "
"He's busy, but he understands. "
"You're a good man. If you go to Japan later, make sure to introduce them. "
Surprisingly, Elise's cool congratulations reminded me of when I left the airport three years ago, and I asked her about her.
"Does Mr. Ellis have a girlfriend? "
"Me? Of course I do!! It's very popular around here. "
Well, there's no way a beauty like that could have waited for me alone for three years. I sliced the meat with a bloody smile in my absurd delusions. At that time, two men across the table heard a funny conversation.
"What do you think? Did you run the file I gave you yesterday? "
"Yes. I didn't have a good feeling at first just looking at the screen, but I thought I was fainting by moving the directional key. "
"Kick-kick. Funny, isn't it? Don't you feel like you're actually trapped in a maze? "
"By the way, how did you think of creating 'space' on the monitor? "
As I cut the mortar steak with a space knife, I stopped knitting at the man's conversation. Elise asked me.
"Sir, what's wrong with you? "
"Shh. Hold on. "
I slowly sliced the meat and paid more attention to the conversation of the young men across the street.
"It was originally a house where I could look inside with the polygons I was going to create. But the last time I took an art class, I realized something interesting. "
"Art class? You mean when you drew that triangle stone statue? "
"That's right. You need a tetrahedron to make that triangle stone statue. I tried to turn it into a computer. It was easier than I thought."
"You tried to make it into a computer graphic? "
"What else can't you make? It's like an origami. You just need three vertexes followed by four triangles. The rest of you just attach them together. "
"That's easy for you to say. "
You're right. We don't have tools (TOOLs) like 3D MAX in our time, and we're trying to do 3D with just computational work. It's crazy, isn't it? Who the hell is that guy?
"Hey, John. So you finally came up with a geometric diagram that you can look at in that polygon? "
"No, I didn't finish it. "
"Why?"
"I only have one triangle in my computer performance. If you're trying to do more than that, you're going to be overwhelmed, so first you have to weave vertex together to create a simple maze. "
You made a maze out of Vertex? Combining what he's saying now, it's a typical FPS basic structure. I focused on their conversation, putting down the fork, whether the steak in front of me was cold or not.
"Speaking of which, I think we're going to need a device that's going to be as professional as the current CPU. For example, GPU? I have to say..."
"If that's the case, you have a VGA card. "
"VGA cards don't just output commands processed by the CPU to the monitor. What I'm saying is we need a device that can help CPU directly control the operation of the graphics. "
At that moment, I smiled with my eyes closed, shouting 'bingo.' You got your point right.
"Sir? What's the matter with you? You don't eat.
"Mr. Ellis..."
"Yes?"
"You don't have to go inside the school. "
"What do you mean? "
"I've already found the person I want. "
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"You don't have to go inside the school. "
"What do you mean? "
"I've already found the person I want. "
Yes, I wasn't really looking for a game developer
The game utilizing polygons that we commonly recognize was the NEGA's Virtual Fighter, which appeared in 1994. Obviously it gave us visual shock, but in fact, there was also a game of polygons in '88.
It was a racing game, "Hard Driving Bean," published by Atari, who was almost out of breath in the United States, and "Winning Run," produced by Vancosa, Japan.
The polygonal racing game at this time was surprising to see, but the game was lousy. The graphics expressed by dot looked much better, and the fatal drawbacks were that the car felt like it was floating in the air rather than running on the ground.
Moreover, 3D graphics that had not been monotonous since there was no technology to texture polygons had eventually disappeared from gamers' memories at the speed of light. At least not until the arrival of the NEGA's Virtual Fighter.
"Mr. Ellis, I'm eating first. Let me talk to the students over there for a second. "
"Hey, boss? Sir!?"
When I got up from my seat, I brought a chair to the table of the students talking across the street.
"Who are you?"
"Sorry for the meal. I didn't mean to eavesdrop, but I got interested because you were telling a very interesting story. "
"You overheard us? "
A man called John looked at me with an unpleasant look. I guess I didn't like their conversation.
I took a business card out of my wallet and put it on the table. Then John, who picked up his business card, tilted his head and asked me.
"Isn't mintendo a company that builds gaming machines? "
"That's right."
"We weren't talking about the game. I was talking about the geometric drawings for architectural engineering."
"I heard that, too. What I'm interested in is the device you mentioned called the GPU. "
"You know, it's not even an official name yet. I was just talking about the centrifuge, and then I got unconscious. "
"I don't care what your name is. The question is, can we make it or not? You couldn't actually build a geometric diagram. "
When I stabbed the opponent's sore spot lightly, I immediately reacted.
"It's not because my implementation is wrong, it's because my computer is underperforming. "
"The way you talk about it, it's hard to implement at the moment on a supercomputer. Introducing the z-axis in a world that was implemented only with x and y on a typical screen is a good way. You say you don't have anything to do with the game, but you can build a house based on the geometry that you create, and the game character can move around in it like a human being. Rather, you can create a whole new game that's never been the same. "
"The game you play in the blueprints..? "
John bites his fingernails for a moment and thinks: And after a while. He shakes his head violently and rebukes.
"No way. And then you have to make the MAP itself enormously big, and you have to make a game out of just four polygons. "
"That's why we need more. The device you mentioned, the GPU. I didn't want to make you a game. What I need is a device to help me process the graphics. "
"So you're saying you want me to build it now? "
Of course not. You have to make it by the one who said the thirsty man sold the well.
&
In 2015, a single graphics card that could be implemented from 2D to 3D was common, but in the early days of 3D graphics, it was created as an accelerator that separately mounted terminals on VGA cards to assist in computing only on 3D graphics.
What I'm asking John Curtis now is a request for an auxiliary device similar to the 3Dfx made by VooDoo.
Moving from the restaurant, we found the famous club club group 'hack' at MIT University.
Elise, who followed me into the university, asked me in an uneasy voice.
"Sir? Are we okay? I feel like I'm in a big place."
"It's a huge place. This place is like a playground for geniuses. "
"Playground? It is."
"It's a little different than the usual playground, but..."
Following guidance from John and Michael, we arrived in a dark interior illuminated only by a blue monitor. There were a few bunk beds on the side of the wall, and I noticed that someone was sleeping sometimes.
"Hey, guys, wake up. "
John walks into the club room and turns on the lamp and starts hearing groaning.
"Hey, John. What the fuck are you doing with the lights on at this hour? Yesterday at dawn, I couldn't sleep for hours. "
"It's not about the part-time job. Get up. "
At John's words, a few sleeping comforts begin to rise from their sleeping bags.
They were all so big because of the Westerners, but in my eyes, they looked as cute as the little fairies waking up.
If there is a Dwarf, an artisan craftsman who makes tools in the fantasy world, the Dwarves in the real world might enter this.
"John, what's going on? "
The man who woke up and couldn't even open his eyes properly was growing a hot beard that wasn't suitable for his age.
"One bearded stone."
"What the hell, John? You said you were going to eat. Didn't you buy mine? "
'Two small stones with protruding front teeth. '
"Who's next to you? "
'There are three skeleton stones that seem to be soft and faint even if touched with your finger. '
There were five puppets staring at us, up to John and Michael who guided us. At that moment, Elise, who was hiding behind me, gives me a small nod.
"Hi, I'm Elise with the U.S. office in Minten. Please take good care of him."
"A woman!!! Oh, my God!! "
"Why? Why is there a woman in our club room!? "
"Who are you!? Whose girlfriend!! Nobody move!! The killer is moving!! Fuck!! Traitor!! "
The three stoneworkers who woke up were having a different reaction to Elise's appearance. Since they were a little embarrassed, John and Michael scratched the back of their heads and introduced me to their friends.
"Tom, Hank, Rob, from that skinny guy at the end. There are a few others who usually spend their vacation savings on computer parts, so they only come to school at night. "
"Hmm? Who's the Asian guy next to you? "
What? They only saw Elise and I didn't care? Well, it's not a very nice thing to be attracted to men, but...
I wish I had brought Chend when I came to America. If I had come with him, it would have worked out very well...
For a moment, John and Michael briefly conveyed the conversation we had in the restaurant to their friends. After some conversation, Luffy Robb opens his mouth to learn a little.
"John. So you're saying we should build an accelerator to help with CPU graphics computation? "
"Yes, if we could design a memory for the graphics operation separately without touching the main memory, wouldn't that be enough? "
"Well, if it's not a factory production, we could make a couple. But there's a problem. "
Rob's tired expression opens his mouth, touching his hot beard.
"There's no such thing as free. Don't you think we should be rewarded for what we do? "
Then John shrugged his shoulders and took a step back and looked at me.
"Rob's right. Your proposal for funding research is sweet, but they're not going to move without any profit. "
Hmm... Is it my turn now? I stepped up to a man named Rob and asked him.
"I also know that the work you do is very difficult and will take a lot of time because I work in the gaming industry. That's why your monthly salary will include your monthly salary. Tell me, how much do you want? "
Then Rob smiled and laughed at my words.
"You sound like you can give me as much as you want. You don't look that old. "
Huh? It's coming out loud. However, I could not show myself swayed here, so I replied with a smile.
"Well, if it's not high enough, I'll give you some credit. "
If you take a ridiculous amount of money and show it to Chandra, we can work something out... Rob rolls his head hard bending his fingers and opens his mouth with a gruesome smile.
"First of all, we need to invest our own time. Usually I work at night after class because I'm hungry, and I have to give up the cost of supplies, the cost of supplies, the cost of supplies, and the part-time dependency."
That's meticulous.That's why I'm asking for so much money...
Rob smiles remorsefully after a few moments of excitement.
"At least $500 more per capita."
"OK ~ Deal!!! "
I chanted the deal before Rob finished speaking. I thought I was asking for $100,000 for something else. You little punk... This is much cheaper than I was going to offer you.
"Mr. Ellis, did you bring the contract? "
"Of course, sir. "
"Start by filling out a contract and receive an account. I'll wire it to them next month, along with their salaries, so please take good care of them. "
"Yes, sir. "
I'll have to check Chendra's visa next month when I return to Japan. I was busy moving the pen and smiling gladly at the soccer players who were signing the contract.
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On my way back to New York from MIT Engineering, I was smiling at the sun, crouching at the window.
I can't believe you just offered me 500 bucks to roll your head in line.
The device they were thinking of was simply an auxiliary part of CPU computation, but it was going to be as great an achievement as humanity's footprint on the moon in the gaming industry.
Of course, it was the same in architecture.
Because 3D utilization was enormous in that it was much easier to rotate and enlarge the internal structure at various angles than to draw all the perspective views of the architecture.
That's why I knew it was truly the item that would give me the greatest money.
My current cash equity was around 2.2 billion yen, which is no different from when I time-slipped in '83.
However, Mintendo in New York invested more than half in about six outlets based on premium shops, which were returned to me once a month after crossing over to Elise.
The dragon emblem had a hit, but it was hard to touch the large amount of money because it cost too much money to make cartridges for gamibility.
Currently, I was able to earn some profit with special chips that enhanced the performance of Chendra's family.
The money in his hands is similar, but he has a business and connections unlike the one he had in '83, so he can get MIT engineering skills for almost zero cost while the money starts spinning.
Do I feel bad and cut it?
"Don't you just love it? "
"Tina?"
"A lot. "
"Ah! I have to take care of my face when I get back to the office, but I need you to keep the Yamashta and Gunpei confidential for today. "
"Hippopotamus." Sir.)
"Oh, that sounds so natural. "
"I practiced a lot of Japanese on my own after he died in Japan."
"Do you still want to work at HQ? "
"Of course. I also learned Japanese. Maybe a year or two? I'd like to work. If it wasn't for Mr. Yamashta and James..."
"James?"
"Oh, she's my girlfriend. I still have dinner plans with James. Would you like to come with me? "
"Me? I'm fine. I don't want to get caught up in a relationship for no reason. "
"Neither do I, but James isn't the type to care about that at all. "
No, I'm not okay.
I smiled awkwardly and turned down Elise's offer again, and I no longer suggested that Elise had given up.
&
"See you tomorrow, then. Sir!"
"Be careful in there. Mr. Ellis, have a great date. "
Boo Woong! Elise dropped me off in front of Mr. Wills' shop and drove straight to join the complicated commute.
I looked at Elise's car for a moment until it disappeared, then turned my head and looked at Wilson's shop. Since he was on vacation, Mr. Wilson's shop was crowded with many guests.
Luckily, many people were playing the game across from Showwindow, whether the Psychic Battle I had installed this morning was not bad.
Some of them were cheering with the illustration given as a stage clear prize in their hands.
Morita's illustrations, both East and West, are popular. Morita's gonna love it when we get back to Japan.
&
The next morning. I rented a car from Mr. Yamashta to visit MIT.
The distance from New York to Boston is about 350 km. Although it wasn't nearly a by-proximity in Seoul, it seemed like a good way to explain the progress of the work to Chendra later.
Fortunately, MIT was not a strictly prohibited university for outsiders, so it was easy to visit the 'hack' club room visited yesterday.
Although it was early, there were a total of seven students sitting around the table in the club room yesterday, including five.
Well, it's not easy to create a new computer component. The first thing to do is to have an idea meeting about the implementation of the technology.
"Hello?"
When I walked into the club room, eight people stared at me. Some of them were looking behind me with their heads long. Did Elise come with you? I'm afraid Elise is working with President Yamashta today.
"Is that the client? She looks about our age. Do you speak English? "
"Yeah, don't worry. You're very good."
John introduced me to his friends again. Students were usually in their early 20s, so I was a little more, but I quickly got to know them after a few conversations.
Back to the original meeting, I sat down on one side and started taking notes on their conversations.
"As John said before, I agree that new accelerators need independent memory to reduce CPU burden. If one memory is shared with the CPU and VGA, it can be overwhelming."
"The unit price will go up, but it's the only way to reduce the CPU's burden. First, let's take a look at the driving principles before drawing up the drawing. "
Rob says I tilt my head and ask again.
"Already? I don't have any equipment. "
"What are you talking about? There's a lot of equipment. "
Rob smiles, looking at the piles of computer parts in the corner.
Surprisingly, the way they thought was simple. I thought calling MIT a gathering of geniuses might come up with a way to think about it, but Rob's first suggestion was to use two computers.
Somewhat ignorant, but most effective By connecting the two mainboards together, one drives the memory for graphics work only on the CPU.
This allows 1MB of memory to be used independently from both sides. But how can things be so easy?
No matter how hard you plug in two pieces of hardware, you need a 'driver' to enable the graphics card to use extra memory.
First of all, this was their first challenge. Utilizing two PCs, each of them had to recreate the bio settings to be able to write its own independent memory.
"This is not easy. Once you've got the bio set up again, we'd better figure out how to drive it and then design it. "
At Rob's words, the other dancers nod and begin to share their work. If Chendra had been with us, we would have learned so much from each other. What a shame.
&
About 10 days went by.
"It... works. "
Jack's words opened Booth's eyes as I was picking up sleeping bags and shaking in bed. After 10 days of eating and sleeping together, I made a graphics driver, and I was enjoying the same life as them.
"Got it!!! Fuck!!"
"What, what!? What will it be?"
Surprised by Jack's sudden shout, I got down from the bed and looked at the monitor.
And there were two pyramid-shaped polygons that were moving clockwise, even though they were a little bumpy.
"Oh!! Fuck! Jesus Christ!! "
Surprise erupts out of the bed.
Two PCs connected to each other were moving like one PC with completely separate memory. We danced around each other like Snow White and seven Dwarves.
Although it may seem like a humble piece of graphics to others, it was a very big step for us. But the joy was brief... Rob opened his mouth, smiling and chattering, looking at the PC he was using as a graphics assistant.
"But now how do I turn this into a chipset?"
And no one said a word. Oh my... The Stonestones have been demoralized.
Is this the time to bring up the magic word for "tribute"?
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About two weeks later...
After dinner, I also digested and enjoyed basketball with the swindlers at 3: 3.
I had a rough idea of how 3D accelerators drive, but I had too much to do. I had to design it. I had to consult with professors.
"You said you were going back to Japan next week, right? "
In the meantime, Jack and Rob, friends who worked out together, drank beer, looked lonely as the day I came home.
Especially Rob, who enjoyed playing me psychic battles so much that he even asked me to sign the game and send it to the dormitory once it was officially released.
If I didn't know anything and only tried to use them for money, I wouldn't be this close to them. Programmers prided themselves on their own coding methods, and they never opened their hearts to people who didn't understand it. He seemed to have given some recognition to me, who had rolled my head together since the Bios setup.
Bam! I bounced the basketball off the ground and handed it over to Rob as a Bound Pass.
"I keep my promises. Sign the psychic battle handwriting!! "
"Yes! Thank you for remembering. And who is that psychic battle main programmer? "
"Me."
"Really!? "
"I'm kidding."
"Of course. The coding arrangement is simple and neat, but it's not even a psychic battle."
"By midway, I must have written it, but a friend of mine had completely broken the code. "
"You smashed someone else's code!? "
In one coding, individual programmers' habits are often melted. In some cases, it was almost impossible to determine the structure of coding made by others and to change it freely, because it was different in their own way, or to mark it as a slang that only they knew.
In Hayashi's case, it was so clean that it could have easily changed Chendra because he had written a sign for the flag movement.
"Can you believe it? But it's true. One of the guys I know is a genius. "
"You Japanese?"
"No Indians. "
"I see. I'd like to meet him someday. "
"You can all come to Japan together in the summer. I'll get the hotel. "
"Really? Oh, what a different society. "
"I'm a little older. "
As soon as I got Rob's pass, I flew the ball once and shot him in the three-point line, bending his knee.
Tsk!! The ball bounces high, with a nice sound coming out of the net.
"Slowly, one by one. There's no rush. Bring only the blueprints when you come to Japan in the summer. "
"Slow down and have your drawings ready by summer. You have no conscience!"
Jack suddenly retrieved the ball that had bounced off the floor and gave it back to me.
"Don't you feel confident? Well, that's $50,000 worth of merit flying away. It's hard money. "
"Bastard! Kick-kick!"
"If it's unfair, you can make a lot of money, too! Haha!"
We spent the night blaspheming at each other.
&
The next day.
Mr. Gunpei's Gambo, who was licensed to sell in the United States, was installing a demonstration model in one of Mr. Wilson's premium stores.
Even before the store was open, the children who came to see the magazine were looking inside and outside the door.
You hear a shrill smile outside as I shake with a strange look, raising one of my gamblers. Elise, who was watching him next to me, burst a smile and said to me.
"Sir, do you know how to make that face? "
"Aren't kids cute waiting for the store door to open? "
"It looks like it's from the media. And then it's all over the news. Kick Kick"
Then Mr. Wilson glances out the window and opens his mouth, frowning at one eyebrow.
"Well, and it looks like there's a couple of Toy World employees. "
Mr. Wilson turned his head and saw some people presumed to be members of the Toy World.
They turn their heads to the other side, avoiding pretending to be ignorant when they meet me.
After all, Mintendo's family refused to supply Toyworld, which has been in disagreement for the past three years.
Soon after the shop door was opened, the children who were waiting outside ran up and stood in front of the expedition table.
I gave a little boy a gamble and briefly taught him how to use it.
At the same time as Mr. Wilson opened the store, he was busy requesting interviews from reporters, and Gunpei began photographing the children who were gathering to fill out reports to the headquarters.
At that time, a young man who had taken away the Gameboy that a small child was playing with said with a friend beside him, looking at the game machine.
"Ouch... My eyes hurt because my crystal is so bad!! The CPU is too slow, and I can't afford to play speedy games like this. I feel like I'm losing my sight just watching."
"That's it? That's four batteries in there. I'm going to hurt my wrist just holding it. "
"When kids play with it, they shouldn't be overwhelmed by their wrists. If you drop it on the ground by mistake, it's so heavy. "
What is that, soulless foot smoke? It must be hard to spit out a gamble boy's weakness like that in three seconds. However, the faces of the parents who visited the store with the child began to harden slightly by what the men said.
"Well, maybe. If you keep looking at the little screen like this, your eyes might get worse. "
"Expensive gaming machines over $150 shouldn't break so easily. It's just so hard for my kid to play with toys."
It worked once for a while for such a cheap act. But it was definitely a reasonable anxiety, so reporters who were interviewing Mr. Wilson began sending suspicious glances.
"Phew... I didn't want to do this. "
I take a long sigh and approach the experience and reach out to the man holding the gamble boy.
"Can I have the machine, please? "
As a Mintendo employee, I asked politely, and the man gave me the Gamboy with a shaky expression.
"Is this heavy? This portable gamble is 300g when equipped with 4 batteries. If you only feel 300 grams of weight, you should exercise more often. This game machine is never light. But it's not heavy enough to get the wrist out. And..."
Repeating that I threw up and down the Gamboy I was holding, the heads of the people in the store moved up and down along the Gamboy. Somewhat focused, I threw the Gameboy high enough to reach the ceiling of the store and then took a step back.
"Don't be surprised? "
"Uhh.. uhh!? "
Kuang!! With a heavy voice, the gamble boy in the air falls to the ground.
The machine hits the floor, and with a dull sound, all the cartridges and batteries that were inserted in it are shocked enough to bounce off.
While everyone was watching the Gameboy fall to the ground, only Gunpei smiled faintly in the store.
"Cartridge... where did it go? "
I found the cartridges and batteries that bounced off the ground as soon as they hit the ground and put them back in the Gamboy. Then he returned the gamble boy to the man with the blank look on his face.
"Check it out. "
"No way! I heard a crash. Can this work?" "
When the man in the store raised the power switch, looking at the man with a look of disbelief while everyone was breathing. Tiring! I heard sound with a clear sound effect.
"She's fine. "
Ignoring the embarrassed man, I borrowed a Gamboy holding it for a moment and pointed to the side dial.
"Here are two dials. one for volume control and the other for contrast. So you can control the intensity. Although the battery life is a little shorter, adjusting this dial allows you to play games with a clearer screen. But they're not wrong. Playing games for too long can make your eyes tired. But that's also true when you look at school textbooks. If you focus on an object for a long time, of course, your eyes become tired. So you have to take care of your parents at home so they don't play too much. "
I knelt on my knees and handed the gamble boy back to him.
"A good kid can only do an hour a day. "
"Yes, thank you."
"That's a good and clever answer. "
I stroked his head a few times before getting up and looking at the men.
"As you almost took away what the other child was playing with, you took it with your strength. Aren't you ashamed of being an adult? "
"Are you ignoring us? "
Then the child's mother yelled at the men.
"Those are the guys who cut in front of the store. You can skip the line and insult the store. They were listening, and all I could hear was this horrible curse on my face. "
Then the atmosphere in the store turned upside down. Apparently, the two men who were clearly interfering with the sales, stepped back and ran to the front door of the Huddak store.
I shouted to those who disappeared as if they were running away with both hands on their mouths.
"If you see Tom, say hello!! If you say Kang Jun-hyuk, you'll know!! "
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The portable gambling experience continued after a little bit of hedging.
After the interview, Wilson opened his mouth as soon as he saw me.
"How do you intend to put a gamble boy on the floor? "
"To solve consumer misunderstandings, of course. "
"What if I get really smashed up!! "
Then Gunpei approached us one day and answered Mr. Wilson's question.
"It never breaks. In fact, right after the prototype was completed, our boss Kamachi threw a perfectly healthy game into the cement floor. "
"Excuse me?"
"There was a carpet here, but it was just a stone floor. Of course, the prototype was shattered. And Kamauchi said, "
- Toys for kids to play with. Throw it away and you'll be fine. -
"Ugh."
Mr. Wilson made a strange look on Gunpei's face. I was surprised then, too. Suddenly, I hit the machine on the ground without any notice... I smiled at Gunpei's silly face that day.
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