When the gates of the venue opened, people entered in a steady stream.
"Welcome, everyone, please hold onto your valuables and grab your children to avoid getting lost. Also, if you're interested, you can check out our program schedule. Our opening ceremony will officially begin in forty minutes. Players who want to participate in the opening ceremony can patiently wait in front of the big screen on the first floor!"
At the entrance, beautiful girls in absolute territory skirts warmly welcomed the incoming players.
Their sweet smiles made many players feel as if they were basking in the spring breeze.
Upon entering the main venue on the first floor, people found it very dark, as if there were no windows in the entire venue.
This effect was deliberately created to focus more attention on the brightly lit areas.
The setup of this scene was very similar to the previous International Consumer Electronics Show. Besides the central press conference area, the venue was divided into several zones.
Each zone showcased Gamestar Entertainment's strongest electronic games.
The Legend of Zelda, Final Fantasy, Super Mario, Dragon Quest, Street Fighter, and so on.
This venue was more than ten times larger than previous exhibitions, allowing for more space for game displays.
Moreover, in these exhibition areas, there were also some areas marked with question marks.
These question mark areas had entrances with a time marker: 3.1, 18:00.
This seemed to indicate that these areas would be open to the public at 6:00 p.m.
Smart people immediately realized that these areas would probably be the demonstration areas for the upcoming mysterious games.
Earlier, Gamestar Entertainment leaked information that Takayuki would directly participate in producing a brand new game.
This game seemed to be called a cooperative game, emphasizing cooperation and interaction between players.
But players weren't particularly clear about the specific gameplay.
However, they still believed unconditionally in Gamestar Entertainment.
And there were a total of ten areas marked with question marks.
This meant that Gamestar Entertainment would announce at least ten mysterious games this time.
It's also possible that they're all first-party games, just like celebrating the New Year.
It's said that the recent strong rise of Suri Electronics has put Gamestar Entertainment's position in jeopardy.
But with such a game release speed, there's no need to worry about their position being shaken at all.
"Wow, is this the original version of the NES?!"
In one of the historical review areas at the entrance, a young man's eyes gleamed as he stared at a first-generation NES behind a glass wall.
That NES looked quite rudimentary, with a very simple plastic shell made of plastic scraps, with some exposed wires and soldering points.
However, even though this first-generation game console looked so crude, it was the most precious treasure in the eyes of players.
If they could own this first-generation game console, they would probably be happy for a lifetime.
It's said that a Saudi tycoon once wanted to buy this game console at a high price.
Just this one game console, the other party was willing to offer a million dollars.
But for Takayuki now, this amount was nothing at all, and of course, they couldn't sell this very commemorative item to others.
"Oh! This is the physical cartridge of the first generation of Super Mario! It's said that only a little over a hundred physical cartridges were produced. It was originally prepared for the arcades that bought game consoles at that time. Now, there are fewer than twenty of these cartridges remaining in the market, each of them is priceless!"
"And this! The first version of the Game Boy, I have one at home! But its value can't compare to this one at all!"
This exhibition area was almost like the history of electronic game development in this world.
Although the history of this development has only been ten years, it's enough to make game-loving players ecstatic.
Myron Case stood behind this young man, fascinated by the products behind the glass wall.
He used to look down on electronic games very much, thinking that they couldn't generate any value.
But as an engineering man himself, looking at these very outdated game consoles gave him a sense of frustration.
These things could also be called successful electronic products.
But he didn't create them.
He looked down on the games loaded in the game console, but he had to admire Takayuki for creating the game console, his ingenious ideas could make a bunch of programs run smoothly on this game console.
This was already a miracle.
He still underestimated Takayuki's genius ability.
"But uncle, aren't you interested in these things?"
The young man turned his head and looked at Myron Case, he found that Myron Case seemed to have no expression at all, just a little absent-minded, completely different from other players who entered this historical display area.
Those players looked at these things as if they were the most precious treasures, but Myron Case was just absent-minded.
"No, I'm just marveling at the imaginative power of the people who created these things."
"Oh, the Game God is the Game God after all, it's natural for him to create these things."
After speaking, the young man whispered to Myron Case, "I'll tell you a secret, every time there's a trailer for a new game release, I secretly worship the Game God at home. I pray that the game will be released soon. Yesterday when I came, I also worshipped, I even put my 5,000 yen savings in the offering box, praying that if I'm lucky, I can meet the Game God face to face today, and if possible, I hope to take a photo with him."
Japan is a country that likes to deify ordinary people.
In this small place, there are tens of thousands of named deities, mostly legends that people worship as various deities through legends.
Like the gods of agriculture, forestry, fisheries, performing arts, movies, railways, and trains, etc.
And as the true pioneer of the gaming industry, Takayuki naturally became the most worshipped game god in Japan.
The title of this game god is not a joke made casually among players, but people really regard Takayuki as a deity.
Myron Case found this very absurd.
But thinking about it carefully, it makes perfect sense.
Takayuki thoroughly developed the gaming industry, allowing people to experience different kinds of fun. Regardless of whether this thing has any social value, at least being welcomed and worshipped by countless people already means it's very impressive.
He still couldn't reach this level now.
But he believed that sooner or later, he would also have such influence.
Next, he planned to earn more money and then develop his own new operating system and processor, as well as his own computers and more user-friendly and intelligent mobile phones.
He believed that mobile phones should also launch a world-class revolution.
But for now, he lacked money and some other things, so he could only take it slow.
"Let's go, uncle! It's about to start, let's hurry to the big screen, the opening ceremony is about to begin!"
"Oh? Okay!"
Myron Case walked out of the electronic game history display area with the young man and came to the real main venue.
The main venue area was pitch black, with only the huge screen in front lit up.
At this moment, the countdown on the screen had entered the final thirty seconds.
And at this moment, the players in the venue were all watching the big screen intently, their eyes shining brightly.
That was the infinite love for games shining in their eyes.
This made Myron Case silent again.
When could he have supporters who worshipped him infinitely like this?
"Ten!"
"Nine!"
"Eight!"
When the countdown reached the final ten seconds, players spontaneously began counting down, each using a different language but conveying the same message, creating an exceptionally harmonious and beautiful scene.
"Seven!"
"Six!"
"Five!"
At this moment, the players' emotions reached their peak, as if something was about to be unleashed, like a ferocious flood.
Even Myron Case, amidst it all, was subtly affected by the same emotions, feeling a surge of passion within himself.
At forty years old, he rarely felt such passion.
Unconsciously, he joined the others in counting down, even though he still didn't fully approve of electronic games.
But now he recognized the value brought about by this emotion.
"Four!"
"Three!"
"Two!"
"Hey, hey, hey, Uncle, you're joining in too!"
At this moment, Myron Case thought to himself that perhaps he needed to seriously reconsider his attitude towards electronic games and not harbor biased views.
"One!"
After the number 1 vanished from the screen, the entire venue became pitch black. However, the players didn't panic; instead, they continued staring at the faintly backlit dark screen.
Music started playing.
It was the classic Mario music.
Lights, lights, lights, and more lights!
A pixelated red Mario suddenly emerged from the dark corner of the screen, while the goomba monster sprang out from another spot.
In the center of the big screen, the year 1993 was displayed.
Mario hurriedly ran across the screen, and then the screen went dark again.
"Everything starts with an idea."
At this point, the narrator's voice began to sound.
"An interesting idea."
Following this, a pixelated spark appeared in the center of the screen, giving the impression of a moment of inspiration bursting forth.
"What if you could control characters on TV?"
On the screen, the image of the red pixelated Mario appeared again, curiously surveying his surroundings.
"And thus, Mario was born."
Gradually, a brick block emerged on the screen. Mario looked up, excitedly jumped and hit the block vigorously. Then the screen gradually brightened, covering it from the center to the edges.
One by one, photos began to slowly appear.
In the photos, someone wearing a Mario costume stood at the entrance of a park. Children were curiously examining the Mario costume, with some already running over to explore.
Next to the costume was a relatively old-fashioned large television, with the original version of the NES placed beside it.
The true first home game console in this world.
In the next photo, more and more children gathered, all looking happy.
The initial attraction for children to come and play was the cute plush dolls. Passing each level rewarded them with a small plush doll as a prize.
This was the true starting point of electronic games in this world.
These photos had never been publicly released before. The earliest documented photos of electronic games were taken by reporters on the official launch day of the NES. At that time, reporters thought it was a jukebox.
These photos had always been treasured and kept by Takayuki, and this was the first time they were being fully disclosed.
Smart individuals promptly took photos of these images, excited by the revelation of this history they had never known.
These photos depicted the children gathering around to play the first game console, and ended with the commercial launch of the first NES. The screen went dark again, and the narrator's voice resumed.
"The initial idea received great feedback, and hopes for better content emerged. Thus, updated products appeared."
At this point, the music also underwent a noticeable variation.
Players who experienced that era immediately recognized the reason for this change in music.
It was the arrival of the Super Famicom era.
Representing a significant leap in visuals and sound effects.
Prior game visuals relied solely on pixelated imagery, requiring players to construct game scenes with their imagination. However, after the Super Famicom, visual innovation was rapid, allowing games to display vivid colors and truly showcase animated scenes.
"This is what I experienced!"
Someone in the crowd exclaimed excitedly.
Among them were firsthand witnesses, who could deeply understand the excitement of experiencing a transcendent game console.
It was like going from the Stone Age to the Renaissance in an instant.
The screen lit up again, and colorful photos appeared, showcasing some familiar figures.
These were some of the children who first encountered the NES.
After several years, they had grown up gradually, but from the photos, it was evident that their passion for games had not diminished in the slightest.
Then, the screen darkened once more, and the narrator's voice resumed.
"Countless like-minded individuals gather at this moment. Those who were once lost now have new dreams, and those with buried talents now radiate new vitality. We gather together and embark on a journey into a brand new era of gaming."
The music changed once again, sounding even more magnificent. The time had come for the new era of 3D graphics gaming machine, GS1.
This was another breakthrough in visuals, and memories of countless players flooded back.
Photos appeared again, but this time, there were no players. Instead, there were photos of employees from Gamestar Entertainment, both at work and in their daily lives.
Some looked cool, some passionate, and others deeply focused on their work.
"Infinite imagination bursts forth here, becoming the cornerstone of the gaming tide."
With a stirring piece of music, GS1 appeared on the screen, and the 3D game characters began to vividly fly across the screen, depicting scenes familiar to players.
There was The Legend of Zelda, Super Mario 64, and even Final Fantasy 7.
"Sob... Sob... My Aerith!"
"Sob... Sob... Tifa's so high! Even though Tifa's still alive, I still want to cry, Sob..."
"Please treat Link better, world! He gave up his childhood to save this world!"
"You, buddy, that's Link!"
"The sacred chocobo connects us!"
These game scenes left a deep impression on the players.
As the scenes ascended, the game's storyline also reached a new height.
Having more game capacity allowed for more time to tell thrilling and touching stories, allowing players to truly empathize.
As the photos ended, full-color dynamic scenes appeared once again.
These were scenes of players passionately playing in front of the television, occasionally interspersed with some esports scenes.
"The journey is not over. The era of electronic games is gradually unfolding. We are willing to be guides, willing to continue being pioneers for electronic games. Please, players, continue to witness, continue to accompany us through the next decade! Let us once again witness a new era together!"
To the accompaniment of the rousing music, the video on the big screen gradually ended, and then the large letters "Gamestar Carnival" appeared.
Players seemed to realize this too, and they began to cheer and whistle in succession.
"I will definitely witness the new era with you!"