First, unpack the packaging.
Then, connect the pre-equipped video cable to the TV.
Next, connect the power cable, plug in the controller, and press the power button.
The startup screen of GS1 will appear in front of the players.
After the startup screen ends, it will officially enter the game selection interface.
Unlike the past, this interface offers more options.
In the past, playing games involved constantly changing physical cartridges, unless the game console had a few built-in games with a minimal amount of memory.
But this time, GS1 has internet capabilities.
However, this internet function is still in its early stages, and channels such as online ordering, consumption, and downloading are not yet fully developed.
These things always take time to develop; you can't expect to achieve everything at once.
Takayuki has already recognized that digital gaming is one of the future trends of game consoles, but they can't do too many things at once.
So, the network digital game store page is still very rudimentary for now. You might even need to temporarily use an extra purchased large capacity memory card to download and purchase digital games from designated stores.
But this is also considered pioneering in the gaming industry, akin to being a trendsetter.
Apart from the game selection screen, there are other options in this interface, such as the disc playback system and game screenshot function.
This is a completely new and novel experience for players.
In the past, their gaming experiences were very singular, but this time, adding a simple operating system to the game console has given it more possibilities.
And this operating system is actually one of the results of cooperation with Morgan Corporation.
Thanks to the success of Doom on PC, Morgan Corporation still has a good impression of GameStar Electronic Entertainment.
Although they also dislike that GameStar Electronic Entertainment's game console has taken away a lot of their users' attention.
But as long as it's profitable, they can try to cooperate.
So, GameStar Electronic Entertainment sent special personnel to exchange technology with Morgan Corporation. Morgan Corporation was willing to authorize some patents related to the operating system to GameStar Electronic Entertainment and also help GameStar Electronic Entertainment complete the development of the game console's operating system.
In exchange, GameStar Electronic Entertainment needs to regularly have some games logged into Morgan Corporation's DOS system.
Of course, Takayuki readily agreed to this requirement.
There are definitely many games in the future that Takayuki would like to log into PCs, even if Morgan Corporation didn't ask, Takayuki would do it anyway.
Doom will definitely not be the last game he logs into a PC.
Games like strategy games Warcraft and Command & Conquer are the best choices for PC, and these games don't even have the possibility of being logged into game consoles because the complexity of their operations is even higher than that of first-person shooter games, and it's not just a bit higher. Players need point-to-point multitasking operations, and controllers simply can't meet the operational requirements of such games.
Then, Takayuki is like freeloaded some of the patented authorizations of the operating system from Morgan Corporation, and both parties are very satisfied.
And Morgan Corporation agreed so readily because the game console's operating system was not complicated to begin with. GameStar Electronic Entertainment didn't have relevant professional talents, so it wouldn't be easy for them to handle it. However, these professional people found it very easy to handle the game console's operating system.
At the same time, to be on the safe side, Morgan Corporation also applied many of their unique anti-cracking encryption methods to GS1.
Anti-cracking technology produced by the strongest operating system company is quite powerful. Coupled with the closed nature of the game console itself, unless there is a mishap such as a source code leak, cracking the game console will definitely not be easy.
After experiencing the game console's operating system for the first time, the first thing players would inevitably do is play games.
After all, if a game console doesn't play games, then it's not a game console.
First-day buyers would take out the purchased game discs, press the eject button on the machine, and the disc tray would slowly slide out.
Players, full of expectations, would then insert the game disc and start their new adventure.
In Mario's brand new 3D world, they would explore, search for those magical and interesting puzzles, solve them, and then feel satisfied.
In the upgraded Doom graphics, they would experience the bloody violence.
In the new Need for Speed 3, they would experience the racing game in 3D graphics.
Or play 3D games made by third-party manufacturers.
With the release of GS1, it officially heralded the arrival of the 3D era of electronic games.
However, besides these first-release games, there was one game that stood out.
That was a bundled game pre-installed on all GS1 consoles.
The trial version of Final Fantasy 7.
The trial content of the story ended just after the explosion of the Mako Reactor No. 1, while main characters such as Cloud and Tifa appeared.
Because this game was bundled with the game console, there was no need to spend extra money.
Usually, most players who purchase GS1 at the beginning would only buy one or two games.
Playing one or two games seriously usually takes an average of twenty to thirty hours.
No matter how patient a player is, they cannot continuously ignore the games they have not played yet and keep playing the games they have played.
It's not yet the time when games are bought and left to collect dust in the game library like in the future. Players still cherish the games they can play. Even if some old games only sell for one to five dollars, players will still be very happy to play them.
So, when they finish playing the games they have on hand, they inevitably turn their attention to the free trial of Final Fantasy 7.
Even people who aren't interested in role-playing games will think that since this is a free game, they might as well play it to pass the time.
With this in mind, they press the buttons on the controller and enter the interface of Final Fantasy 7.
Joshua is one of the many players with this mindset.
He's not a die-hard fan of role-playing games, but he has had some exposure to this genre before, although his interest isn't that great.
But the gimmick of playing for free is still very appealing.
So, he clicked to enter without hesitation.
Soon, accompanied by the familiar Prelude theme, the scene of an extremely wide sword slanted on the ground appeared in front of Joshua.
No matter how you look at it, this kind of large sword is very strange.
Under normal circumstances, no one would want to hold such a sword because just looking at it, it's obvious that it's not something an ordinary person can wield. However, this unusually wide sword also has a kind of unique impact.