Rebirth 1984: Starting from the development of Hanka

Chapter 123
Zhao Ye has played all six fighting games, which are not much different from those in his previous life.

Maybe there is a slight difference in the picture.

There is no way, after all, it is an 8-bit game console, and the color of the screen is limited. These fighting games in the previous life were first applied to the 16-bit arcade platform.However, it is still playable. In the previous life, Chinese counterfeit manufacturers moved some masterpieces of arcade games, such as "The King of Fighters 1997" and "Street Fighter 2" to FC. No less than the original.

The Qiongqi 1 game console itself is more powerful than FC, and the game cartridge has an MMC chip specially designed to enhance the game screen, which is much better than those counterfeit products in China.

Of course, playing fighting games on an arcade seems to be more enjoyable than playing them with a controller.

Zhao Ye also discovered this problem during the trial play.

But it doesn't matter, as long as Wujiang Group develops arcade machines.

The arcade market is still very large.

In the 90s, electronic game rooms sprung up in China and blossomed everywhere.It's just that with the rise of Internet cafes, the electronic game room is gradually aging.

From this point of view, the arcade market still has at least 14 years.

……

When the autumn comes, September 9th refers to the day before the Double Ninth Festival on September 9th in the lunar calendar. September [-]th is for rhyming.

1986年的农历9月8号，即：公历为10月11号。

More than a month is left for Wujiang Group to produce game cassettes.

From this day on, Shanghai Wujiang Factory began to work overtime to produce these six games.

At this time, Zhao Ye took the time to visit the Shanghai Animation Film Studio and chatted about the adaptation of six fighting games into comics and cartoons.

Zhao Ye said to the director of the studio, Xu Xiangming, in a firm tone: "These six games are sure to be popular. If they are adapted into comics and cartoons, they will definitely be very popular."

"Then I'll arrange people to start with manga production first, and then adapt cartoons based on manga!" Xu Xiangming thought for a while and replied.

"Well, this arrangement is the best. Among these six games, I am most optimistic about "Street Fighter" and "King of Fighters". Therefore, when adapting the two games, let the screenwriter spend more time and make the story better. Logic Be clear, if possible in the future, we will also shoot live-action movies! By the way, you can take a look at American DC Comics and Marvel Comics (Marvel) for reference. These two comics portray many superhero characters, such as Superman, Batman, Spiderman, Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk, Thor, Fantastic Four, X-Men, etc. A few years ago, "Superman" was put on the big screen by Warner Films! I hope one day , Our game characters can also be made into movies!"

Hearing this, Xu Xiangming immediately understood the important value of these game adaptations. He nodded solemnly to Zhao Ye: "Boss, don't worry, I will let the screenwriters work hard to write a good story and guarantee to satisfy you!"

"Hmm. By the way, how is the animation production of "Dragon Quest", "Legend of Zelda", and "Final Fantasy" going?"

"The first seasons of these three cartoons have all been produced, and there are not many episodes, all of which are only [-] episodes."

"Well, send it to Japanese TV stations now and let them play it quickly. This month, try to unleash the potential of "Dragon Quest", "The Legend of Zelda", and "Final Fantasy". The launch of the game may affect the sales of other games..."

"Okay, Boss, I'll follow your orders later!"

……

Japanese side.

The comics of "Dragon Quest", "Legend of Zelda", and "Final Fantasy" have become very popular in Japan since their release.

The sales of these three games surged for a while, and at the same time, it also drove the sales of "Qingqi Home Game Console".

So far, Wujiang Group has sold 520 million "Qongqi home game consoles", but weekly sales have dropped to about [-] units.

The main reason for such a "sluggish" sales volume is that there are too few games on the "Qongqi Home Game Console" platform.

At this time, third-party game developers have extended an olive branch to Wujiang Group.

At this time, Wujiang Group is embracing third-party game developers with an open attitude. As long as they develop games on the "Qongqi Home Game Console" platform, they must abide by these three rules:
1. The platform charges 80% of the game cassette revenue, including the production cost of the game cassette.

2. Game cassettes are uniformly produced, promoted and sold by Wujiang Group.

3. Exclusive possession, not allowed to release games on other game platforms.

This requirement does not seem to be too strict.

As long as the third-party game developers have developed the game, they don’t need to worry about anything after that, which greatly reduces the pressure on game developers.

Unlike Nintendo, the game developer has to pay for the production of the game cartridge. If the game cartridge cannot be sold, then the game developer will lose money.

By doing this, Nintendo is completely transferring the risk to the game developers. Regardless of whether your game cartridges can be sold or not, Nintendo will never lose money anyway, and instead can earn your game cartridge production fees.

Wujiang Group took the risk and pressure on its own, which is many times more conscientious than Nintendo.

Had it not been for Nintendo threatening those game developers that as long as they joined the "Qongqi Home Game Console" platform, their games would be taken down. I am afraid that hundreds of game companies have joined the "Qongqi Home Game Console" platform.

Some major game companies would never dare to cut off their cooperation with Nintendo now, because their interests are too deeply involved.Moreover, FC has tens of millions of users, and "Qingqi Home Game Console" is only listed in Japan.The size cannot be compared.

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Nintendo.

"President, the popularity of "Qongqi Home Game Console" is getting lower and lower. Although some game developers have joined the platform, there are few games and the quality is average. It is difficult to drive the sales of game consoles. "The assistant said with a smile.

Hiroshi Yamauchi's mood did not improve because of this, he said in a deep voice: "Really? But as far as I know, the Shanghai Wujiang factory is still working overtime to produce "Qongqi Home Game Console". What do you think Wujiang Group is doing? "

The assistant was stunned, and blurted out: "Wujiang Group is stocking up and preparing to enter the American home game console market!!!"

"That's right, it must be!" Yamauchi Hiroshi's eyes flashed with worry.

Once the "Qingqi Home Game Console" opens up the market in the United States, many powerful third-party game developers may leave!

By then, Nintendo is in danger!

……

Hiroshi Yamauchi was right, Wujiang Group is preparing goods to enter the US market.

However, before that, it is necessary to tap the potential of the Japanese game market and defeat Nintendo in Japan.

Starting from September 9th, animations of "Dragon Quest", "Legend of Zelda", and "Final Fantasy" have been broadcast on major Japanese TV stations one after another.

These three cartoons all have a large number of fans. When the cartoons came out, they immediately caused a sensation, and Nintendo couldn't sleep all night!
At this moment, game or manga fans all over Japan are excited and rushing to tell each other.

On campus, the students were discussing the plot in the cartoon.

As the saying goes, "Love a house and a bird".

If you like cartoons, then you will be interested in its games.

With the popularity of cartoons, the sales of these three games skyrocketed again.

In just one week, the sales volume of "Qongqi Home Game Console" has skyrocketed from 25 units before to [-] units, and the growth effect is obvious.

The sales of these three game cassettes are very hot, and "Final Fantasy" with the least sales volume also sold 55 copies this week.

Dragon Quest on Mondays and Tuesdays, The Legend of Zelda on Wednesdays and Thursdays, Final Fantasy on Fridays and Saturdays, and Pokemon on Sundays.

Each cartoon broadcasts two episodes a day, that is, four episodes a week.

16 episodes, just enough to play for a month.

This month will be a very uncomfortable month for Nintendo.

However, the more uncomfortable is yet to come.

After the broadcast of these cartoons, Wujiang Group's fighting game series will be launched, so that Nintendo can experience what it means to have a wave of unrest and a wave of resurgence...

(End of this chapter)