Reborn Tokyo Golden Age.

Chapter 180 What Game Is The Most Popular
The name of the game that comes with Nintendo's first handheld is "Catch the Ball", which is the BALL printed in the upper right corner of the game console.

Nominally, this handheld has two games, which can be switched through the "Game A" and "Game B" buttons on the screen.

But in fact, the so-called two games are just two ways to play the ball.

In the A method, the player throws two balls up, and when the balls fall, they need to catch them and then throw them up again, just like juggling, and reward 2 point for each success.

In the B method, the player has to throw 3 balls, and each time the ball is successfully caught, the player will be awarded 10 points.

These are the so-called two games in the advertisement...

Bai Chuanfeng scoffed at Nintendo's shamelessness.

Two real games, it depends on our Shirakawa Electric.

At this moment, Bai Chuanfeng has already started to experience it with his own GAME BOY.

Needless to say, eating snakes is an old game.Eat a light spot, the bug will grow a little longer, and the player's current score will be recorded in the upper right corner.

Baichuan Electric contacted the original developer on the other side of the ocean for the handheld authorization of this game, and easily won it for [-] US dollars.

After all, "Snake" is not very popular at this time, and not many people have heard of it.

And it has also become the game represented by GAME B on the GAME BOY game console.

So what kind of game is GAME A, which is the original flagship?At this moment, Bai Chuanfeng is experiencing it.

On the small screen, dots of light appeared continuously from above.

The small plane controlled by Bai Chuanfeng was moving left and right and firing bullets to wipe out the dots of light above the screen.

As the bullet flew out, a sound of "biu, biu, biu" came out from an inconspicuous hole under the handheld.

Is it familiar, the name of this game is "Thunderbolt"!
What game was the most popular in the 1980s?Of course it's a shooter.

The arcade game "Space Invaders" released by Taito Corporation in 1978 is a shooting game.

It dominated the entire arcade market for two years and is still at the top of the list.

So far, "Space Invaders" arcade has sold 75 units worldwide.

The main market has been digested by Neon and the United States, and Taidong Company has also made more than 10 billion US dollars in two years by relying on this arcade machine.

One billion U.S. dollars, converted to more than 10 billion yen.

Damn, Bai Chuanfeng's saliva is drooling because of this number.

In exchange for the current profitability of Baichuan Electric, it will take at least 10-20 years to create so much wealth.

So in order to hit the handheld of Baichuan Electric, Baichuanfeng also decided to launch a shooting game.

There is no doubt that games that are suitable for handhelds and easy to use, such as "Thunderbolt" are very suitable.

The idea was put forward by Shirakawa Kaede, and the specific details and level skills still need to be designed by Iwata Satoru.

He is very talented in this area, and he knows far better than Bai Chuanfeng what kind of game is simple and interesting.

Speaking of Nintendo's current "Catch the Ball", it is somewhat similar to the game they played in the computer room of Donggong University when the two of them met for the first time.

From here we can also see his talent in game design, and this time Satoru Iwata actually designed a game independently.

However, when Bai Chuanfeng got up and wanted to go, it was important for the first handheld to be famous first.

So first launched "Thunderbolt", and then launched the game developed by Satoshi Ma Iwata himself.

As mentioned before, the current handheld consoles are all disposable game consoles.

After buying and playing for a while, I basically just lay at home eating ashes.

As for wanting to experience other games again, sorry, please buy another corresponding game console.

Therefore, game console manufacturers will release a game console every once in a while. In fact, the hardware has hardly changed, and the only thing that has changed is the game.

And who is the originator of this kind of game, it goes without saying, of course it is Nintendo.

At this moment, it is said that their second handheld is about to be launched, and the speed is quite fast. After all, it is just a matter of changing games.

At present, Baichuan Electric is doing the same.

GAME BOY has only these two games, but compared to Nintendo's way of pretending to be two games with different gameplays of "Toss and Catch", it is a big drop in conscience!

Bai Chuanfeng even thought up the slogan for the poster, "Thunder and Lightning" vs. "Snake"!Really. Two games!

It's better to put the handheld of Baichuan Electronics next to the Nintendo handheld, and this advertisement should be more conspicuous.

Sarcasm!

After experiencing a game console of his own, Bai Chuanfeng is generally satisfied.

Limited by technology and graphics, "Thunderbolt" will definitely not be as cool as later generations, but it is still like a king bomb in terms of gameplay in 1980.

The game market is too small right now, and there are too few games.

Can you imagine?In the current era, at this moment, there is no such profession as a game designer.

So where did those games on TV come from?The answer was thought up by the engineer in charge of technology.

So don't expect too much of their quality, for a slightly popular game, countless copies will be produced immediately.

The gameplay is basically the same, and some changes are even minor.

So about Thunderbolt...

"Has the game copyright been registered?" After several patent conflicts, Bai Chuanfeng paid special attention to this aspect.

"According to Bai Chuan-kun, they have already been registered."

Although Iwata Satoru didn't quite understand the meaning of doing this at this time, he followed Bai Chuanfeng's care.

"Bai Chuan-san, what is the price of our handheld?" Seeing that the product has been completed, Tanimura also began to care about its price.

According to the content of the original agreement, HAL can also obtain part of the revenue of the handheld.

This part of the income mainly comes from the share of the game. Although it is not much, it is also money, isn't it?
Because Shirakawa Electric acquired the shares of Iwasaki Technology, it increased its investment and continued to inject funds.

Office, staff recruitment, equipment procurement, etc., all cost a lot of money.

Tanimura's original 13% stake has been diluted to less than a fraction.

It's not that he doesn't want these shares, but because he has no money to continue chasing investment.

So I can only watch helplessly as the shares in my hands gradually decrease, and there is nothing I can do.

After all, Baichuan Electric's investment is real, and it has not produced any profit at present, so it is normal for the shares to be diluted.

To play this, Shirakawa Electric now has a professional team.With Tanimura's own small head, it's far behind.

So at this moment, seeing HAL's profit is in sight, Tanimura can't bear it.

If there is no profit, he is worried that the last bit of his shares will become a number moved up by one decimal point.

At this moment, he has no expectation of how many shares he can keep, but at least he must make a profit and get a dividend.

Otherwise, if I quit my job at Seibu Department Store, I will have problems eating in the future.

Bai Chuanfeng smiled, he knew what Tancun was thinking.

All of this was done under his behest, don't blame him for being black-hearted.

From the day he chose to hang street lamps, he had already realized something.

And he did all of this with peace of mind, after all, from the beginning to the end, Baichuan Electric invested more.

Now it's time to pay back, and Bai Chuanfeng is also looking forward to it.

"Our selling price is set at 5200 yen." This price is 5800 yen less than Nintendo's 600 yen.

"5200 yen?" Tanimura was stunned, "Isn't Shirakawa-san's price a bit low?"

In Tanimura's view, his own handheld is better than the other's in terms of workmanship, richer in games, and more comfortable in the hand.

But the price is 5200 yen, which... this is completely unreasonable.

Bai Chuanfeng shook his head, "Tanimura-san, we are latecomers in the handheld field.

Nintendo has already taken the lead, so high quality and low price will always be the most effective means to quickly gain customer approval. "

As Tanimura thought, everything was better than the other.If the price is still cheap, why don't the public buy it?
At this time, there is no such thing as faith. Everyone sells things based on strength.

However, Bai Chuanfeng didn't intend to raise the price, but lowered it instead.

This is actually a kind of temptation for him, what kind of temptation?A trial of a price war.

Of course, this is something to say later, the current price is 5200 yen, which is the result of careful consideration.

Although Tanimura felt that such a price was low, he also knew that he had no decision-making power at all, so he could only accept such a price honestly.

At the same time, I was praying in my heart, hoping that the facts would be as Bai Chuanfeng said, and that Bai Chuan Electric's Game Boy would be a hit.

In that case, I can share some money anyway.

Alas, so poor.Working with my girlfriend, I almost ran out of money to buy a small umbrella.

"Young people with potential should also dig out more, don't worry about labor costs.

HAL can afford more practice time. "

"Understood" Tanimura immediately nodded in agreement after regaining his senses.

Because he worked in the computer sales area of ​​Seibu Department Store for a long time, he met a large number of young people with potential in the circle.

Some of these people are students, and some are doing unrelated jobs.

But Bai Chuanfeng knew that as long as they were introduced to this path, they would soon grow into the backbone talents of Baichuan Electric's software.

This is also what Bai Chuanfeng likes about Zhonggu Village. The other party still has some connections in the circle.

At the moment, there is no software engineer in Neon, and there is no related technical school.If you want to find talents in this field, you really can only rely on contacts.

"Since the final model has been determined, you have no opinion on the price. Then..." Bai Chuanfeng looked at Akagi.

"Akagi-kun, you will be in charge of mass production, and Yamaguchi-san will assist you."

"Hay!" Akagi bowed his head excitedly and agreed, he knew that this was Bai Chuanfeng's intention to cultivate him.

Sure enough, as long as I work hard, the President will definitely notice me, Akagi secretly clenched his fists.

"Iwata-kun, Tanimura-kun, HAL continues to develop other games. After 1-2 months, we will release the second game console of GAME BOY."

With Nintendo's speed so fast, Baichuan Electric will naturally not be too far behind.

"Hay!" Iwata Satoru and Tanimura were also gearing up.

Iwata Satoru was purely excited, while Tanimura thought of the release of another game console, so wouldn't Prince Shotoku have a big deal?

It's a pity that he still doesn't know that the professional team of Baichuan Electric is staring at the few remaining shares in his hand with green eyes.

The matter of the handheld is temporarily settled.

Bai Chuanfeng, who had been running around for more than half a month without a moment's rest, finally showed signs of fatigue.

It's time to take a good rest, and leave the rest of the work to the people below.

(End of this chapter)