Friday, December 13th.
The day before I met Yuki's parents...
I was on the phone with Yuki for tomorrow's appointment time again.
"So it's 1: 00 tomorrow afternoon, right? "
"Yes, my mom is preparing lunch. Don't be too late. "
"Ugh, ugh. "
"Joon-Hyuk, are you nervous? "
"Of course. But I'm seeing you for the first time..."
I sometimes greeted him when I dropped him off near Yuki's house, but I felt secretly burdened by this formal visit.
"It's okay. I've explained Joon-Hyuk to you so that your ears would be nailed. My mom really likes Joon-Hyuk because he's coming. "
"Y-yeah? I should have said hello..."
"I also explained that Joon-Hyuk has been busy. He'll be fine. My parents aren't that tight. I'm worried that Joon-Hyuk will be surprised to see our family. "
Um...? What's that supposed to mean? '
I felt a little nervous about her words that reassured me with a bold voice.
The next day.
I came to the suit I had left at the laundromat this morning and quickly got dressed and got in my car.
It was December, but it wasn't that cold, so I threw my coat on the side and turned the handle towards Yuki's house after finishing my hairstyle check through a rear-view mirror.
A moment later, I entered Kyrgyzig, where Yuki lived, and I parked my car in a nearby public parking lot and headed to a nearby store.
'But I'm going to formally say hello, and I can't go empty-handed. '
While browsing the store, I ran to Yuki's house in a hurry to buy a beautiful bouquet of flowers and a gift sweets from a nearby bakery.
When I arrived at Yuki's door 10 minutes before the appointment time, I rang the doorbell with my heart pounding, and I heard a commotion in the house.
"I'm back!!! Hey!? What do I do? Oh no!!"
"Open the door first!! "
"Honey, can you go instead? I'm nervous because I've never met a son-in-law before! "
"I cook!! And I've never been a son-in-law before!? "
"Ahhhh!! Yuko, this is all your fault. If you had married before Yuki, you wouldn't be so nervous!! "
"Dad!! What kind of logic is that? "
" .... "
This isn't how I pictured it.
Why did you ring the doorbell again? I was hesitating with a bunch of flowers in my hand, and the door opened with a thud.
After all, it was Yuki who welcomed me first.
"Joon-Hyuk, welcome!"
"Oh, yeah. Thank you."
As I walked through the white front door into the living room, Yuki's parents and sister, who were waiting for me inside, bowed down and greeted me.
"Please take good care of my daughter. "
Huff... Huff... Huff...
"Dad, that's the first greeting. "
"Isn't this it? "
Yuki's father, Ishikawa, looked much younger than I thought. Given Yuki's age, he was in his mid- to mid- to mid- to mid- to mid- '30s, a tremendous amount of ownership.
"Hahaha! My dad's nervous. "
"Say hello. Joon-Hyuk, this is my dad and mom. This is my sister Yuko. "
"Hi, I'm sorry I didn't say hello sooner. Why did you come empty-handed?
"Hahaha! You're a decent young man! I like that. You passed!! Get married, daughter number two!! "
Daughter number two? '
At this point, I feel a little dizzy.
Yuki's father was a very pleasant person. Just before I met him in person, as I've often seen on TV,
'Give me your daughter. I love you, Yuki. '
'Hmmm... Do you play GO? '
I've been thinking about conversations like this...
"You said you make your own games. So, you play a game? How about Spa 2!? "
This kind of conversation was coming and going.
'There's a reason Yuki liked games…'
After dinner. The sun went down after talking about the game all evening.
Didn't I come here to talk about marriage today?
That night. The road to the parking lot where the car is parked. Yuki, who was walking with me to escort me, opened his mouth.
"I'm sorry, are you busy? "
"No. I imagined a stiff atmosphere, but it was too much fun. "
"Last night, I couldn't sleep well because I was nervous. "
"Really? You don't look so..."
"You pretended to be. Today was just an invitation to dinner. I don't want Joon-Hyuk to be too burdened. "
"Yes... I'd like to see you often. "
"Yes, that's the best way. "
Yuki smiled at me with a bright smile.
&
A few days after I met Yuki's parents...
I was going through the game magazines published this month at the Tamago Shop.
The Dragon Emblem "remake - Edition was listed as the most sold game title of the week in the pammy communications aggregate at the time of issuance.
It was due to the role of download sharers installed in each professional game shop representing each city.
Gamers who first came across a flash memory cartridge were initially reluctant to purchase a flash cartridge.
Unlike paying a certain amount through the game shop and buying the desired cartridge, downloading it from a game sharer installed in front of the store felt like a vending machine would lower the collective value of the game.
That's why I've actually decided to take advantage of the special game castle of the deceased dragon emblem.
In fact, in the Dragon Emblem cartridge, there was a void in the low capacity version that contained some data, so those who bought the Dragon Emblem began to curiously use the shared devices installed in the game shop.
Soon after, the circulation of Flash memory cartridges began to grow with rumors from users.
Why? Because I realized flash cartridges weren't just used to capture games.
The first time he pushed the flash cartridge into the sharer, he was able to read the data and enter his ID and password.
The information he had registered remained in the sharer and cartridge, so he could easily look at the list of game titles he had purchased by simply typing the password in the future.
And one important thing.
Pentagon Soft offered discounts on certain game softs every other week for users who purchased flash memory cartridges, or offered free mini-games, and distributed free promotional footage of Dragon Emblems II for a limited time in celebration of the launch of Dragon Emblems.
So the flash memory cartridge not only became inexpensive to buy game software, but also became an essential item for promoting the Pentagon Soft title and enjoying a 'trial' of a particular game in advance.
Like right now...
"Wow!! The Dragon Emblem II Trial is on January 1st next year!! "
"Really? Well, I guess I'll have to buy a flakka, too."
Flickr is a fashionable phrase that has emerged among recent Raon users. Short for a flash memory cartridge?
"Just buy one. I didn't think it would be much use at first, but I didn't know it would be used for this. In the next two weeks, it's slam dunk season, so I'm selling a discount of 4,300 yen for downloading titles for 3,500 yen. "
"Really? Almost half price? "
"I'm just regretting spending more money on high capacity. Oh, you don't want to buy mine?
I'd like to sell it to you for a high dose, but I'll give you a discount. "
"I'll think about it."
I swallowed a cup of coffee in a paper cup, swallowing a bloody smile in the conversation between two high school students.
Recently, during the Psychic Force demonstration, there were several gamers who sometimes asked me to sign because their faces were quite well-known.
'I want to hear the reaction of the gamers as pure as before, but I can't do that anymore.
His face is too well known. '
But nevertheless, I liked going to the Tamago Shop.
It is because you can hear the latest game trends vividly here, and if you listen to the conversations of the users, you could try to figure out the direction of the Pentagon Soft going forward.
Next to the Tamago Shop was a professional gaming center that dealt only with the Psychic Force. As the next month's substrate was finished, many users were looking forward to the open arcade center.
It was expanding more and more around the Tamago Shop on the first floor of the building, right next to the 'Radio Route', the symbol of Akihabara.
The Pentagon Goods Shop allows you to purchase Pentagon games' character offerings, alongside Tamago Shop, which is gaining popularity across all ages.
And now to the arcade center dedicated to the Psychic Force...
The building was undergoing a kind of 'sacred' process for Pentagon fans.
'Damn, I'd rather buy the whole building at the beginning of the Tamago Shop, but I didn't think...'
I sighed as I watched the monthly rent bills escaping.
At this rate, at least five employees will be paid.
But no matter how much money you give the building owner in the supercharter, I don't think he'll sell it to you. Shall we walk the deal and watch?
I've already done enough promoting the Pentagon image, so it's okay to move a little further...
Recently, Japan's economy has been in complete disarray.
Since the late '80s, the bubble economy that showed signs started collapsing in the late' 90s.
After college five years ago. Young people dreaming of a rosy future were struggling to get through a rapidly narrowed job.
In the news, it was only a short-term economic downturn and I was busy reassuring the people that they would soon recover, but this was the first year the Japanese commonly called "the lost decade."
Japan's economic growth rate was 0% compared to last year.
But the people believed in the government's announcement. This is just a temporary economic downturn...
However, when we looked closely at the situation, there were more than one or two strange places.
Large-scale civil engineering on very few streets.
The real estate price that starts to explode like crazy.
At the end of the '80s, the low interest rate loans from banks were so widespread that you could once pull loans from banks that you would ridicule people who don't take loans now.
I knew this company was going to happen when they started using the bank as an excuse to run the company.
The economic recession following the plaza agreement made it difficult for banks to recover their bonds, and it was last year that banks, along with large and small companies, went bankrupt.
Among them, the unpaid Pentagon Soft is now ranked 9th among Japan's top 10 companies and was also introduced to Japan's number one job that young people are most eager to go to.
Then I was the first boss I wanted to work with and the first boss I wanted to avoid.
Anyway, it's really nice to be recognized by prospective graduates as an aspiring employer, but I don't think interviewing that many people is going to be easy, and I think there will be more prospects for employment next year than next year...
Despite this extreme workplace and economic recession, the gaming industry was growing in pie.
Mintendo currently ranks 4th in Japan's top 10 companies, but with the foundation of the family in place, it was not easy to step down from the throne.
Lately, an interesting incident has popped up.
Since the issuance of the NEGA drive, the NEGA has not had a hit like this, so the users have turned their backs on Mintendo.
'The NEGA has finally drawn its sword to capture the North American market. '
'The NEGA has finally drawn their swords to capture the North American market. '
In 1991, if Mintendo had 'Kumamoto Shigeru', there would have been genius programmers' Suzuki Ryu 'and' Taka Yuan 'in this period of time.
Both of them were teachers and students who created the famous' Real Fighter 'and' Sonic the Hedgehog 'that any gamer who wanted to play a little game in the 8-90' s knew.
Suzuki Ryu during this period made more of a sensational arcade game than a 'real fighter,' and one of the sensational racing games he created was her motorcycle ride at the game center on his first date with Yuki.
But from now on, I'm talking about Taka Ju, his disciple, not Suzuki Ryu Suzuki, because Sonic, a speeding hedgehog that he created, has become enormously popular in the arcade market.
In fact, there was a funny anecdote in Sonic's birthplace, and last year, in 1990, the NEGA emerged as a superfamily, and was not getting far from the classics.
A year ahead of Mintendo, he jumped into the 16-bit console market, but without a hit like this, the NEGA wanted to create a mascot character to represent its company.
Mintendo reminded me of a mustached Italian named Maridge automatically, but the NEGA did not have a leading game character, even though they created numerous games, including arcades and consoles.
Meanwhile, in 1984, Sonic's developer Taka maintained his name as a fairly skillful programmer by successfully joining the NEGA, beating the competition rate of 20 to 1 at the time of high school graduation, at the age of 22 when he became the main director in 88.
Fantasy Star 2, created by this young director, was launched as a former generation of NEGA drives, the Mark 3 system, and was asked to change the platform.
There, despite the accelerated release of the NEGA drive and significantly shortened development time, it launched a great RPG game in just six months and grew into a highly acclaimed presence from management.
For Taka Retention, the NEGA will put the project team in charge called 'PM 8' and will require the following:
-Actively leverage the CPU performance of the NEGA drive, which is much faster than the Super Family, to create characters several times faster than the Super Maridge. - Taka Retention immediately accepted the NEGA request and entered an idea meeting with her team members.
At the beginning, characters were made mainly of cute, fast-footed animals like puppies and rabbits, and when one of the designer rabbit characters started to get some sort of response from them, Taka Yu told designers.
- Using a rabbit or a puppy as a sprinter is a very simple idea.
C. -
He turned down the prospectus. It was a very young and beaten behavior.
Afterwards, a colleague named Oshima, who had been friends since making fantasy stars, brought a new character's agenda to Taka Retention, and that was Sonic.
A character famous for its slowness speeds up sound.
Taka Retention dressed the hedgehog character in blue, the color representing the NEGA, and wore red shoes with points.
And the character was born a blue hedgehog sonic speeding.
Once the character was chosen, Taka Retention renamed the team 'PM 8' to 'Sonic Team' and formally started developing the game.
The method of killing an enemy or clearing a stage using jumps has carried the stones of Super Maridge, but the dash of the giant shooter across the map is far faster than that of Maridge.
The map configuration itself, like the Super Maridge, sometimes split into three prongs and gave users freedom of map clearance, which was enough to give them a completely different feeling even with the use of Maridge's system.
Unlike Marie, Sonic was a bit of a stickler, clutching his arms and prodding the player, and a map design that looked like a rollercoaster was enough to shock the gaming industry at the time.
Hence, Sonic was able to become a mascot character representing the NEGA at once.
'It used to be so annoying when I used to do this in the arcade, when I would whip the machine and tell it to put more coins, I never thought I'd actually have a NEGA drive in the device at the time...'
Suddenly, I remembered a mouthful of laughter.
After Sonic was released, the game magazine started writing a pretty stimulating propaganda.
- Experience a world of super-speed that Maridge can never follow. -Negative marketing that denounced the performance of third parties at this time was also passable, so it was nothing special, but for Mintendo it seems that the second in 10,000 year provocation of the NEGA was quite disturbing.
"Sonic copied Super Maridge," Kamauchi said in the official meeting. I don't give a shit about the NEGA. The Pentagon's only target is Raon. 'There were anecdotes of him hanging his words in the development room of the NEGA sonic team and burning them to the ground.
Sonic's popularity spread quickly through the NEGA drive, and the NEGA immediately attempted aggressive marketing to North America and European markets.
When you buy a console, you get a bundle of Sonic the Hedgehog...
Minten also disparaged the marketing of such a country as crazy.
Free insertion of the best titles to drive console sales, because it was the same policy as inserting one Super Maridge per console purchase for a Super Family.
Due to Japan's economic recession, Minten and the NEGA were aiming for the North American market, with the idea that the NEGA had died well this Christmas.
And this crazy marketing has worked in the United States and Europe.
CF ads showed that NEGA drives were selling like crazy in North America and Europe when they even created a comparative ad that allowed Margaery and Sonic to run alongside each other, demonstrating the speed sensation that only NEGA drives had.
"Director... Manager Kang Jun-hyuk? "
I looked up at Miyazaki as she was looking at me.
"Oh, Miyazaki, what's wrong? "
"Well, I'm looking for you at the Pentagon headquarters. "
"Me?"
"I think you should go to Staff's office and answer the phone."
What's going on? I tilt my head toward the office.
"Yes, I changed my phone. "
"Ah, sir. Hold on, let me connect you with Jules. "
Did Mr. Kawaguchi find me?
As I waited with the phone for a moment, I heard Kawaguchi's voice.
"Joon-Hyuk, I've just received an invitation to present the production of a new console at the NEGA. "
"New console? "
"The NEGA has also completed the creation of a new portable console targeting Gammboy and Raon in Mintendo. "
Oh, the NEGA GEAR is complete...
I opened my mouth thinking about the image of the approximate device.
"Oh, right. But is there a problem? "
"It says in the invitation that it is very important for me and Joon-Hyuk to attend as Laon's representative. "
"Me?"
With Mintendo out of the way, you're going to try to grab Raon's ankle this time with a mobile announcement?
I swallowed a smile and asked Kawaguchi.
"What do you think Jules would do? "
"Though we didn't attend our Pentagon production presentation, we don't have to. I want to know how the gaming industry reacts to new mobile devices. "
"Then I'll go with you. When is the event?"
"That's a little urgent. It's Friday."
"December 20th. I know it's coming out on Christmas Eve, so it should be good enough. "
"You must be busy preparing for the wedding these days, are you okay? Or I wouldn't mind going alone. "
Kawaguchi said, for a moment, the faces of Yuki's family almost burst into laughter.
"No, thank you. I'll go with you. "
"Then you know we're leaving the headquarters together on the 20th. "
"Yes, I understand. "
After finishing the call with President Kawaguchi, I left the office quietly, putting down the handguns so as not to interfere with other employees.
'Looks like we got a good shot at Sonic, look forward to it. I'm going to make this presentation very public… "
You light a cigarette in your mouth on the streets of Akiba where the cold wind is blowing.
&
December 20, 1991.
When I arrived at the production announcement of the NEGA, I first admired the interior of the broad event hall, unlike at the last Pentagon production announcement.
I met some industry people at a dinner before the event, and I met a friend who put on a hat and took an elongated picture among them.
"Jun Pyo, are you here too? "
"Oh, there you are. I thought no one at the Pentagon was going to attend. "
"I got the invitation, but it's not polite of me not to come. "
"No one came from Mintendo. It's because the Camouflage Representative said something insulting to the NEGA the other day. Both these days, neurological warfare is a joke. "
At that time, the appearance of me and Kawaguchi began to become a bit of a mess at the event.
Isn't that Manager Kang Jun-hyuk and Kawaguchi? "
"Really? What's the Pentagon doing at the production conference for the NEGA? "
Jun Fei looked around at the sound of people talking and told me.
"I knew the Pentagon would show up and things would be different!"
Jun Fei's exaggerated expression was never too much. Released last summer, Raon, along with its launchers Final Frontier 4, Spa 2 and Slam Dunk, has been climbing at a terrifying pace with only five titles, including the Mighty Final Fight and Dragon Emblem remake editions.
Even if you say that you are chewing the market itself, it is never an exaggeration.
I tapped Jun Fei's shoulder and went to find the NEGA official who invited us.
And after a while. Suzuki Ryu and Taka Yu, who were greeting the Third Party personnel, noticed.
They didn't think we'd actually come. I looked embarrassed for a moment.
"Hello, Suzuki. "
"It's an honor to have you at our Official Announcement of the NEGA GEAR at the Pentagon. "
"Perhaps I should remain curious as to the overlap between my Raon and the lineup. "
Let's say hello. Suzuki raised his mouth slightly and asked me to shake his hand.
"You can count on it. "
Yeah, you'd better hope so...
"You can count on it. "
Yeah, you'd better hope so...
Suzuki and I smiled at each other holding hands.
Shortly after, the production announcement of the NEGA began in a very lavish atmosphere.
The home console industry was behind Mintendo a lot, and I recently had to give Laon the second title, but I felt the pride of the NEGA that was holding the first place so tightly that no one could follow it.
Me and Kawaguchi sat at the table with the Pentagon's plaque up and looked around the atmosphere of the chairman.
"The Third Party has a low attendance, unlike the lavish courtyard atmosphere. "
"It seems that there are many companies loyal to Mintendo side. It's relatively low. "
"We're doing our best to get the Third Party back together, but so far, the penetration rate is less than Mintendo. Rarely do I get the wrong company. "
Two years after the launch, the superfamily's device penetration rate has been phenomenal at 85% of the next generation consoles, with the NEGA drive in second place at 9%. Laon was later ranked third at 6%.
No matter how expensive royalty may be, this industry is a world where device penetration rates everything.
With over a million superfamilies already launched in Japan, with over 80,000 new releases coming out of Raon…
The answer was already obvious.
At that time, the interior lighting dimmed slightly and Suzuki, the gaming director representing the NEGA, stepped up to the top. Hmm, are we starting now?
"Hello, and in the meantime, thank you very much for attending our NEGA Gamemaking Conference. "
While looking around the intestine with a confident smile, Suzuki stepped out for a moment, made eye contact, and opened his mouth again.
"Our gaming industry is in a big crisis right now. But our customers, the gamers, don't know it very well. the tyranny of the dinosaur company Mintendo. "
Hmm... It's a dangerous idea to gain empathy like that from the start.
The game company must battle only as a game.
If you have a fun game, it's because gamers buy a console by looking at only that one game. That's why the exclusive games released by the First Party are so important.
In the distant future, I knew that there were fan boys buying consoles that only Maridge and Karin believed in the legendary series of Mintendo's consoles that had lost all their Third Parties.
"Mintendo is currently demanding immense royalties from the Third Party. And that's what happens to gamers who love video games. To break the chain of this vicious cycle, everyone in this room has to work together against Mintendo. "
However, unlike the Pentagon, his mood was very cold.
Because there were absolutely not enough third-parties at the venues in the country.
Most of the people here are second parties to the NEGA. I also saw some companies that wanted to stay and stick to Mintendo.
There were more than one or two works that made such a great game and still had low sales.
For example, while we are currently holding a second party at the NEGA, Desaiya, the manufacturer of the next Mintendo Sword Ranger, may be considered the most notable victim.
The reason why the Pentagon's production announcement was successful was because no one knew that the Pentagon was going to announce a new kind of console.
Many of the West De Parties were able to attend the event without any pressure because they only knew it was just a production presentation for a slightly more prominent gaming company.
If the Pentagon had proclaimed that they were building a console before the announcement, the Third Parties would have gathered as much as Mintendo did.
Suzuki looked slightly embarrassed by the cold president's reaction than he expected.
Then Kawaguchi, who was next to me, spoke to me.
"If I don't get this right, I'm going to be in a headwind. "
"Today is not just a production conference. As for the second parties, today is the shareholders' meeting. I think I'm going to be able to trust the NEGA drive and decide whether I want to continue making games. "
Suzuki quickly turned up the projector's switch to ventilate the reactions at the cool venue.
At the same time, when the white screen in the center of the stage reminded me of the sales figures for the NEGA drives in North America and European markets today, the market started to panic.
"Gosh... I put Sonic on it and sold a lot of it..."
"I can't believe that's the NEGA drive in North America."
"Yeah, well, I thought I'd gone a few thousand more, but it's almost equivalent to a superfamily.
No, you're a little ahead of yourself!? "
Then Suzuki's face lifted one mouth tail and returned with a confident smile.
"As you can see, during the Christmas season, about 2.5 million of the NEGA drives were sold yesterday. It's actually a little bit ahead of Mintendo's superfamily sales, which is a competitor. "
"Oh, that's amazing. "
"These sales figures were made possible by aggressive marketing, which lowered the net price of the NEGA drive and provided the most popular 'Sonic the Hedgehog' in the arcade center today as a bundle title. "
The sales graph of the NEGA drive certainly shocked the people gathered here. In the meantime, it has been very rare for Mintendo's super family to be so driven by sales competition.
Kawaguchi was also impressed by the amount of sales on the NEGA drive.
"This is... sneaking out of the country? "
" .... "
I quietly folded my arms and focused on Suzuki's presentation. Soon after, he calmed down the prowler.
"The counterattack on the NEGA drive begins now. And then we're going to introduce you to some new games that have the advantage of an outstanding computing CPU. The first game you're going to see is this one. "
Suzuki stepped back from the stage with greetings and a full introduction began. The first game that appeared on the screen was one of the games representing the NEGA drive.
Shining fresher?
The second piece of Shining Fresher, which was very popular as a dungeon exploration RPG in the book, was changed to SRPG genre. Moreover, during the battle, the protagonist's rear view was illuminated and he expressed a strong sense of perspective against the enemy.
"Huh? Was Shining Fresher originally an SRPG? "
"Looks like you switched genres. "
The atmosphere of the interior slowly started to rise as the new shining refresher appeared.
That battle map reminds me of Dragon Knight2 I enjoyed on PC when I was a kid...
I slowly stroked my chin and watched a demonstration of Shining Fresher without saying a word.
Soon after the demo video was ready, a message came to mind about the issue date. I spilled a bloody smile.
- Released daily, March 22, 1992. -
This looks a lot like Dragon Emblem II. '
A few more demonstrations of games specific to the NEGA drive that I was familiar with came out later. One of the things that responded well was Bear Knuckle, one of the most popular games in the game center, and Shinobi, one of the leading games in the country.
Unlike mintendo first games, which can be described as a minority elite, NEGA, which has many of its own games through the implantation of arcade games, has quite a number of famous games just by name.
Especially when the 'Golden Axe2' for NEGA drives was finally unveiled, the atmosphere within the venue was at its peak.
"Looks like the NEGA is going to blow up big time next year. "
"I'm looking forward to this. "
Suzuki revealed the stage with a very satisfied look on his face.
"Thank you. This is a demonstration of the games that are coming out next year. "
With cheers and applause surrounding the president, I also quietly applauded Suzuki.
"Actually, I'm here to make a surprise announcement to you. "
Another shout came from Suzuki's announcement at the event, where excitement had not yet subsided.
"Here's some information about a new third-party game we've been discussing with our NEGA recently. It's a little early because it's not done with them, but it's a small soft company that's trying to get them into our country somehow. You were briefly introduced to Palmy Communications last month, right? "
Then Jun Fei, who was sitting at the table next to me, cried out, raising his butt.
"No way!? Tripos Soft?"
Then Suzuki smiled and replied.
"That's right. You must be the Pammy reporter. The title is not set yet, but enjoy. "
As soon as Suzuki's words were finished and it got dark, the Kawaguchi next to me whispered in my ear.
"This is shocking. We were in the middle of a consultation with Tripos Soft, and I didn't expect the NEGA to have a hand in it."
I smiled slightly at Kawaguchi's words and replied.
"We'll see about that. "
After a while, the view of the rainy town catches my attention as the bright sunlight shines on the screen.
RPG games in a fantasy atmosphere were not so different from the ones that had come up so far. Just a little more graphic?
But after a while. I didn't know the mouths of those gathered at the chairman in the battle would shut.
"What is that? "
"You think you can manipulate characters in combat?"
People look stunned as the knight holding the shield and sword moves to the left and to the right to face the enemy directly.
In fact, I have never seen a game that uses cross-scrolling in combat so many times before (such as Karin's Legend 2), but I have never seen a game that embodies such a neat battle scene.
The warrior who appeared on the screen was wielding a sword in his hand in battle and performing a unique battle scene.
"Wow!!!! "
As the warrior rushes toward the monster, she strikes the sword with all her might, and the wizard in the broom, who appears to be a colleague, flies a fireball behind him and assists him in his attack.
A warrior who stopped a golem from swinging his fist at him with a shield, this time a priestess in a monk costume, immediately restored his HP.
All of these battle animations were performed in a single battle scene using a cross-scrolling technique, and amazement came from the mouths of those gathered in the president.
For RPG games of this era, turn-on battles were common, such as Dragon Warriors and Final Frontiers, because the battle motion shown on the screen was so dull that it was just an action game.
The introduction of the voice system, which was especially heard in arcade games, surprised people once again.
With a jump attack, the warrior thrusts his enemies into the right corner of the clash as he fires his sword at the approaching enemy from the left.
"Storm Blade!! "
"Oooh!! Voice!!"
Though it appeared to be an ordinary RPG, the work slowly faded out of the screen and disappeared into the darkness.
"That concludes our surprise announcement of Tripos Soft. "
Then Jun Fei, a Pammy reporter, asked Suzuki as if he was waiting.
"Are you sure that Tripos Soft announced production on the NEGA Drive Platform? "
Suzuki looked embarrassed for a moment at Jun Fei's question and replied.
"We don't have an answer yet from Tripos Soft. However, we can assure you that this video is live footage ported for your NEGA drive. "
Suzuki's response that it was ported for the NEGA drive seemed to be somewhat positive.
Kawaguchi also opened his mouth with a sad expression.
"If you've already completed that kind of battle scene, you can see that Tripos Soft is almost over the NEGA drive. "
"Well, we don't know that yet. "
I asked Suzuki, raising my hand slightly towards the smiling face.
"Suzuki, I have a question. Can I ask you a question? "
"Suzuki, I have a question. Can I ask you a question? "
In my voice, the eyes of the people gathered at the venue turned towards me at once.
"Yes, please. "
"The game you just showed me. Are you sure this is the port for the NEGA drive? Now, I know that the NEGA drives have a high CPU speed, but I know that the spriting feature is falling compared to the superfamily in the graphics section, and what you just showed me is that the graphics performance of the NEGA drives is much more ridiculous. "
Then Suzuki looked embarrassed at my question.
"From what I hear, the graphics quality is too high for a NEGA drive. "
At that time, the graphics performance of the NEGA drive was only half as dark as the Super Family's overall color tone.
Is that so? Most games are slightly duller than brighter colors.
This also impacted the gameability of games that were subsequently created for NEGA drives, which is why games like Bear Knuckle and Michael Jackson had more indoor stages than light versus dark during the day.
But Suzuki did not panic, he smiled relaxed.
"I think I can explain the answer to Joon-Hyuk's question. "
And then after a while. An employee from the NEGA came up with something on the ground.
The people in the venue tilted their heads at the appearance of the large and heavy instrument. The staff handed over the device to Suzuki and hurried down the platform.
"You will experience a new era from now on. This device that I have in my hand is going to be one of the biggest innovations in the gaming industry in the near future. "
Is that... is that it?
Suzuki proudly presented us with the black device handed over to the staff.
"Introducing the new peripheral of the NEGA drive, the NEGA CD. "
" .... "
Finally, there's the great masterpiece. But, unlike what I thought, the people gathered here were looking at it with strange eyes.
"What is that? "
"Are you using a CD? "
Just like enjoying the reactions of astonishing people, Suzuki slowly mounted the device he was holding in his hand under the NEGA drive, which was set up on a short trip. Then, with a click, the NEGA drive and the NEGA CD merged like a device.
"Wow!!!! "
Yeah... when I first saw that thing at my friend's house when I was a kid, I thought I was gonna pee myself.
The combination of electronic devices is a man's desire for old times, for now, and for the far future.
"In the future, we will be free to use 650 mega of data beyond the regulation of our cartridge capacity. "
650 mega data.
In the early '90s, it is not wrong that a single CD has a larger capacity than any other hard drive.
However, there is no one-hemisphere for that extreme loading speed.
Suzuki then began to seduce developers by appealing to the performance of the enhanced system when mounting the NEGA drive to the NEGA CD.
"This is exactly how we improved the graphics of the games we're working on at Tripos. How did you hear back? Kang Jun-hyuk?"
"Excellent. But here's the thing I'm worried about. Using high dose CDs is a good policy, but I think it will be slower to read data than cartridges, so what are you prepared for? You haven't said a word about loading..."
Suzuki hesitated for a moment, as if he had been hit hard, and gave the wrong answer to the question I asked.
"It's hard to answer correctly because it varies greatly depending on the coding skills of the programmer. "
'So you made a Sonic CD version that made you wait 10 seconds every single time you played? '
I wanted to say it like a pile of words, but I decided to quit because I wasn't going to port the game for the NEGA drive anyway.
The atmosphere of the venue was very welcoming to the birth of new peripherals that enhanced the performance of the device. However, once the price of the NEGA CD was released for a moment, the atmosphere of the venue cooled down in an instant.
-NEGA CD Net Price 49,800 Yen. -
" .... "
What if one of the peripherals is more expensive than the main body?
The NEGA has always used unique technologies that are ahead of their time, and if there is a problem, they are ahead of their time.
The universalization of games on CD media has been going on since the mid-90s, whereas the NEGA CD is about four years ahead of them.
The end of the NEGA CD I know is that I would try to use the blank capacity of the CD in my yard without even a high volume of data available, and I added voice to the high quality BGM or character and provoked gamers to purchase, but I know that it failed to replenish due to expensive prices and extreme loading speeds.
As long as the number of game titles on the NEGA CD is within ten fingers, we're done.
Soon after all the new peripherals were explained, the last one to appear was a portable gaming device called the NEGA GEAR.
The emergence of Gamboy in Mintendo and Laon by the Pentagon has already created an exclusive console route, and the mobile device market was not a particularly tasty one for the NEGA.
The second party at the NEGA was also somewhat aware of the impact of mobile devices, so I was very much looking forward to the NEGA GEAR.
And it was the same for me.
I was curious about how my Raon will change the performance of the NEGA GEAR. But my expectations returned to me in a moment, a great disappointment.
8 bit CPU specs..
Play screen that does not properly animate Sonic's fast movements and leaves a lasting impression.
After hearing many things that were lacking, I was disappointed and quietly stood up.
"Kawaguchi, I'll go back first. "
"You're leaving already? "
"Seems like a waste of time here. "
I took the coat I had on my chair and snuck out of the venue.
The road to the parking lot where the car was parked. Having paused for a moment, I pulled out a cigarette, looking at the event hall where the NEGA production announcement was held.
"Did you expect too much from the country? At this level, you don't even have to disclose the hand you've prepared. '
After a while, I put my cigarette out on a portable ashtray and got into the car.
&
December 24, 1991.
Christmas Eve shines bright on every street with fun Carol.
As a poll of children every year, it was a game machine that must be included in the TOP 3 if it was the most desirable gift for Christmas.
The NEGA launched two new products aimed at the specifics of this Christmas: the NEGA CD from the production presentation and the GEAR, a portable console.
Since pre-launch, NEGA has spent enormous marketing costs on high definition and high quality gaming environments via CDs, but the results are not…
"What kind of peripheral costs 50,000 yen? "
"I want it! Buy it!"
"No. What kind of gift do you want me to buy you for 50,000 yen? "
The streets are full of children who are being rear-massed by their mothers today...
Watching consumers' reactions at the Tamago Shop, I shook my head with a bleeding smile.
The game is released simultaneously with only one Sonic the Hedgehog CD, the flagship game of NEGA.
Despite the introduction of a new medium called the CD, consumers' reactions were very cold.
If this had been launched about three or four years ago, things might have been a little better, but this is the Great Depression.
Even though the device's performance has improved, nowadays, no one has spent 50,000 yen on peripherals.
Is that so? The NEGA drive looked much more responsive than the NEGA CD, which cost a lot of marketing money to me.
Meanwhile, the Tamago Shop in the Pentagon was also crowded with many customers during Christmas. It was largely thanks to the ability to run a vending machine that could immediately get the desired tamago before and after Christmas.
Tamago monsters already added 'Tamago in Street Fire2' or 'Tamago in Final Fight', so there were five types of Tamago monsters in total, so children who wanted new Tamago monsters would easily pull out their devices.
As a parent, many people who bought several Tamago monsters were noticeable because one Tamago monster was cheaper than buying an expensive game machine.
Miyazaki and many other Pentagon employees were always busy dealing with the crowds during Christmas, but they were able to cheer each other up and finish Christmas Eve safely.
"Sir, you've done well. "
"Well done, everyone. "
Tamago Monster is a way of selling using a vending machine, but I know it's not easy to deal with people. After delivering the encouragement to the employees, I got in the car straight away.
"Senior, are you going to see Yuki now? "
Due to the public proposition at Tamago Shop, some employees sometimes asked Yuki how she was doing. But I replied with a smile, shaking my head horizontally.
"No, I'm going to headquarters. "
It's Christmas Eve. "
"There are people working late at the headquarters on Christmas Eve. "
"Yes? Really? "
"I'll go first, then. "
I left the Tamago Shop with the staff greeting and headed straight for the Pentagon office.
I bought a street snack near the company and walked into the office, and I heard a keyboard knocking somewhere in the quiet office.
It was my second development team that followed the sound.
Moss gains
"Hey, boss, are you here? "
"Good work, everyone. Eat this. "
Putting the night snack street on the table, the staff started rushing in like angry predators.
When they took the coffee out of the envelope and handed it to Hayashi and Maurita one by one, they got up from their seat and loosened their stiff waist.
Nearly immediately after the completion of the Psychic Force, all employees who entered the Dragon Emblem 2 task were exhausted.
"I'm sorry, everyone. I didn't want to keep you as late as possible..."
Then one of the employees, who put the sandwich I bought in his mouth, shook his head and replied.
"No, it's more fun. "
"Thank you for saying that."
"No, really. because every time I make a game that he designed, I get this kind of smile in my head because I don't even know how they react. Can anyone imagine that Dragon Emblem 2 isn't the SRPG we've all been looking forward to? "