Chapter 17 I can win!
Exidy people moved very quickly. In less than five minutes, they unloaded the game console from the Ford pickup truck.
After taking off the oilcloth, the brand-new machine attracted their attention like a magnet.
"Wow! Is this a prototype? It's even made into a shape? The straight shape of this refrigerator looks so cool!" "
The dark green shell is so bright? It seems that the painting skills are good!"
"Brother, this is Did you draw the white snake? "Snake Game"? Is this game related to snakes?"
Samuel Hawes put his hands on his hips and looked at the arcade machine brought by Ethan curiously.
Facing his question, Ethan nodded and introduced: "Yeah~ As you can see, the game I brought is related to snakes. In other words, the player in the game plays a snake. "
Oh~Cool~" Peter Kaufman said with a smile: "Let players play the role of snakes? This idea is quite creative!"
"And to be honest, Ethan, I can tell by your appearance that you are commercial." The idea is very strong."
"The combination of appearance and content is what must be grasped when selling machines. Let customers see the contents of the machine at a glance. That is what a qualified designer should do! Brother, it seems you He has rich design experience!"
"Really? Thank you."
Ethan thanked with a smile, and at the same time he disclosed his work experience without reservation, "Because two weeks ago I was still working in magnavox." "
What ?"
Before Ethan could finish his words, Samuel Hawes, who was still looking at the machine, screamed.
"Brother! Can you say it again? Where did you work before???"
magnavox."
"Oh! My! God!"
Samuel Hawes's face suddenly showed surprise, and he reached out with his right hand. came out, holding hands with Ethan tightly.
"Ethan? Ethan Jones, right? Oh! It's such a pleasure to meet you! You may not know! I am a fan of Professor Bell! The Odyssey he launched before is simply a miracle! It can compress the computer into It's the size of a briefcase, and has 13 games built into it! Oh my god! Professor Ralph Bell's genius idea is simply a gift from God! It must be a very happy thing to work with him, right? Huh?
" Ralph Bell was actually the inventor of the world's first home game console, the Odyssey. He made a prototype in 1966 and named it Brown Box, while magnavox was only willing to invest in manufacturing and publishing it. A brown box company, so in the industry, people respect Ralph Bell, who has genius ideas and creativity, and regard him as the father of video games.
As for magnavox?
Capitalists are all the same, right?
"That's right." Ethan, who understood the key, tilted his head and lied.
At the same time, he also motioned to the other party to watch the game first, "Mr. Hawes, I'm here to discuss cooperation with you today."
"Okay, Okay, Okay, cooperation, cooperation, cooperation."
Perhaps because of his status as a former employee of magnavox It was very impressive, so Samuel Hawes rubbed his hands and shouted to the employees next to him: "Pull a line over here."
Following his call, the employees around him immediately turned around.
A moment later, a circuit extending from the interior of the warehouse was delivered to Samuel Hawes.
Familiarly, he connected the power to the arcade machine and pressed the power switch behind his butt. When the circuit was connected, the sound effect of "ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding."
This sound made the guys at the scene stunned.
The next second, almost everyone laughed out loud.
"Jingle-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-dong?" Pete Kaufman sang it straight away.
At the same time, his eyes were full of curiosity, "Ethan, if I heard correctly, this is "Jingle Bells", right? This is a Christmas song, how come... it has become the background of the game in your case? Music?"
This question made Ethan pretend to be calm.
In fact, when choosing background music, he didn't want to use this song, but...
"There is no way, because I have no musical bacteria and no money. The former prevents me from composing music for the game, and the latter allows me to use music without music." Copyrighted "Jingle Bells", after all, it is too expensive to hire a professional dubbing artist to make the music in Hollywood, and it cannot be afforded by a machine that has not yet been launched. Therefore, I can only use this kind of music first. Demonstration of copyrighted music shows that the machine can have such a function, but that's not important, right, because it can be modified."
"Oh! This is really a genius decision."
Peter Kaufman twitched the corner of his mouth and said If you go against your will.
During their communication, Samuel Hawes also studied the "Snake" machine.
I saw him take out a twenty-five-cent coin from his pocket in a familiar manner, and decisively put it into the coin slot. After a crisp sound, he stared at the screen intently.
For a veteran like him, the sudden switch of the game interface meant the beginning of the game, but when he turned the joystick, he found that the horizontal bars on the screen did not move.
"Is this bad?" Samuel Hawes turned his head in confusion.
"Of course not," Ethan replied.
"But it doesn't move..." Samuel Hawes continued to turn the joystick.
The next second, when he turned his gaze back to the screen, a sound like an electric shock suddenly appeared.
"Ding ding ding ding!"
The screen shook, the game disappeared, and the initial interface reappeared.
"WTF???" Samuel Hawes was shocked!
"Did I lose before I even played?" He couldn't believe it.
The people around Exidi didn't understand what was going on, and everyone had a look of confusion on their faces.
The confused expression on that person's face made Ethan laugh and said: "Mr. Hawes, I can guarantee that there is nothing wrong with my game. If you feel something is wrong, you can try again." Before he finished speaking
Samuel Hawes tossed the coin again.
Then, he opened his eyes as big as a bell and stared at the screen.
Then, he discovered that when the game interface appeared, the long bar in the center of the screen would pause for three seconds before moving naturally. Only then did his control become truly useful.
This discovery made him very happy, so he controlled the little snake to swim around randomly.
And just when he was thinking about how to play this game, the electric shock sound representing failure appeared again.
"Ding ding ding ding!"
"Oh! FXXk! Turns out you can't touch yourself!"
This discovery made Samuel Hawes throw in the coin again.
Then...
"Ding ding ding ding!"
He died again!
"Damn!!! The special code can't touch the border???"
After throwing coins three times in a row, he finally knew how he had to control it in order to survive in the game.
"But how can we clear the game in this case?" Samuel Hawes was very surprised.
"How about you try hitting the white dot on the screen with the snake's head?" Peter Kaufman suggested.
"Hit the white spot? Isn't that an obstacle? If you hit it, you will definitely die!" "
But now there is nothing to hit! If you just waste it like this, can it pass the level?"
"Oh! Sxxt! If you die, it's yours. !"
Samuel Hawes yelled, and the little snake on the screen hit the white dot.
With the sound of a click, the little snake not only did not die, but actually grew a little stronger.
Not only that, the 0 in the upper right corner of the screen has also changed to 1.
"Ohhhhhh!!! I know!"
This fact surprised Samuel Hawes.
"This game is to use snakes to eat white spots! The more you eat, the more points you get! When you reach a certain number, you will win!"
But unfortunately...
the idea is beautiful, but the reality is very skinny.
When Samuel Hawes started eating crazily according to the ideas he had researched, the little snake on the screen grew longer and longer, and then the speed of reaching ten, twenty, and thirty points accelerated. .
The sudden increase in speed caused Samuel Hawes's snakes to die again and again.
And while he was holding the joystick, his eyes were red!
"Oh! Samuel! You lost again! You are really too good! Let me do it!"
Peter Kaufman, who found it interesting after watching for a while, wanted to get started.
"No! I don't believe it! I won't be able to pass today?"
Samuel Hawes refused to give in.
"Even if you can pass the level today, you have to let me play first! You have played several games in a row, brother!"
Peter Kaufman felt itchy and began to squeeze in front of the machine.
"Oh! Pete! Can you give me another chance? The last time! I swear! Please!"
However -
when Game Over appeared on the screen again, Samuel Hawes had no intention of getting out of the way and was angry. I dug my pockets and wanted to do it again.
Then, he came up empty handed.
"Fuck!" This fact made him curse loudly.
Then he protected the joystick with one hand and roared: "Quick, quick, give me a few coins!"
The subordinates immediately turned around after receiving the order.
And Pete Kaufman was furious.
"Samuel!!!" he shouted: "It's time for you to let me go!"
"I'm here to feel it! I can win!" Samuel Hawes covered the joystick and didn't want to let go.
"But you just said it, for the last time!" Peter Kaufman shouted.
"Really? Why don't I remember?"
Samuel Hawes blinked as if he had lost his memory.
Looks innocent.
"Fxxxxxxx!" Pete Kaufman roared.
The roars of the two people were fully visible to Ethan Jones.
He folded his arms and leaned against the car with a smile on his face.
He likes this scene!
I prefer the magical power of greedy snakes that can fascinate people!
Because all this means -
Dollars!
Note: ①Ralph Bell: One of the most outstanding inventors in America, he had more than 150 invention patents in his life, and most of them were practical, commercial and even world-changing, surgical cuts. He invented the hair removal machine, epilator, and muscle therapy device. In addition, he also invented the electronic greeting card, the submarine radar system used by the US military, the Saturn 5 space camera, and the Apollo 11 moon landing camera, as well as The toy Simon Gaming, which Hasbro has been selling for forty years and is still selling today, Video games are only the more famous of all his inventions, because his other inventions are more popular.
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