Is it not a galgame?

1994 can be said to be a year of masterpieces, and it is also a pinnacle of 2D console game development.

Glory launched their famous game "The Age of Discovery 2".

The Great Voyage 2 is a sailing game that created a new game type module.

It is based on the intersection of the main lines of multiple protagonists + an open plot experience, and it completely restores the magnificence of the medieval era of great navigation.The commercial trading gameplay and adventure gameplay in the game, as well as the combat gameplay of lining up bombardments with large fleets and wearing a rare magic soldier for hand-to-hand combat, have all been perfectly unified.

This great voyage will also be talked about by many players in the future, and it has laid the foundation for the pinnacle of the great voyage 4.

Capcom's Breath of Fire 2: Children of Duty has been called the most underrated RPG of all time.

And Square Enix also launched "Final Fantasy 6" during this year, which represents "Final Fantasy VI", which represents the peak of profound script writing and game design creativity. The latecomers of role-playing games have not been able to surpass them until today. influence and achievements.

SNK also appeared "The King of Fighters 94", which represents one of the future development directions of fighting games

The epic real-time strategy game "Warcraft" appeared on the PC, creating the RTS era.

However, what is different from the historical process is that the "Diablo" series will be missing from the future Blizzard map, which is also a very large piece.

It is a pity that Qing Zhiyuan does not have manpower to develop PC real-time strategy games, otherwise Warcraft would be a big IP.

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In short, 1994 was a very delicate time point. In this year, 2D games achieved unprecedented development, and it can even be said that the development reached its peak and shined brilliantly.

But at the same time, we can see that some new things are also in the bud.

Not only is Sony's new game console just around the corner, waiting to be released in the second half of the year, but it will also bring about a 3D revolution in console games.

At the same time, the performance of PC game consoles is also gradually improving. CPU, graphics card, sound card... have all made great progress, and new platform games developed on this basis are gradually emerging.

Whenever a thing develops to the extreme, it is very likely that other new kings are already sprouting, and 1994 is just such a subtle turning point.

The current 2D games are towering trees, and the horizontal version of the game has been iterated for many generations.

There are Family Carnival's "Super Mario" and Kirby series, as well as Sega's Parkour Sonic, there are also horizontal combat shooting games like Rockman, and there are also high-difficulty horizontal action games like "Ninja Gaiden" ...

Just when everyone thought that it was difficult to play new tricks in the 2D horizontal version of the game, pokeni's new work "Upside-down Patma" couldn't help but make people's eyes shine.

The part of the game content shown in the PV alone has already whetted the appetite of the players.

"Nene, have you watched the PV of Pokeni's new game?"

"After watching it, it feels like watching a cartoon, and the image of the hero and heroine is so funny, they actually hug each other in the game."

"As always, the painting style is exquisite. It is worthy of pokeni."

"Well, the PV of this game looks really different, compared with other games. With a strong pokeni color, you can tell that it is a work of Paradox just by looking at it."

"Hahaha, I've seen games that run on the ground, but I haven't seen games that run in the sky. What's wrong with pokeni this time? Why did you suddenly think of developing such a side-scrolling game? It's not pokeni's strong point at all, okay?"

"Yes, watching the PV is quite interesting, but I don't know how it will be in actual experience."

"The works of Shinji Mikami, at least the playability is guaranteed, right?"

"Well...it's hard to say the specifics, mainly because pokeni has never done this type of game before. Shinji Mikami's real-time game is pretty good, and the 2D side-scrolling version should still have a difference from the previous top-down perspective battle. Is there a difference?"

"Well, but in terms of difficulty, it should be more difficult for plane real-time battles from an overhead perspective."

"Anyway, the idea of ​​gravity reversal alone is worth experiencing once?"

"Yeah, I want to get one too."

……

Tokyo.

Pokeni Co., Ltd.

It rained heavily in May, and the sky outside was gloomy, but Qing Zhiyuan was in a very happy mood.

Heavy rain.

Good sign.

This is the Dragon King...

Ah no, it's a fortune from heaven. The so-called water is money.

The release of "Upside-down Patma" is imminent, which is the harbinger of big sales.

Qing Zhiyuan's thinking is not the same as other people's. He can always think of things in a positive way. If other people see such weather, their mood will be a little lower.

In the morning, the members sat at their workstations one after another, busy with the tasks at hand.

Even though the release date is approaching, the members of the "Upside Down Patma" project team are still not idle.

"How is it? The game will be released soon, are you happy?"

The art and programming students raised their heads and stared at the two big dark circles under their eyes, each of them looked like a zombie, staring at Qing Zhiyuan with miserable eyes.

President, do you think we can be happy here? What has been the rush to work in the past few months, especially He Tian, ​​who has added a lot of demand, which has made everyone very uncomfortable.

However, to investigate the culprit is still because of Qing Zhiyuan.

So everyone looked at Qing Zhiyuan with a trace of resentment in their eyes.

"Happy~" everyone said perfunctorily.

Good guy, Qing Zhiyuan's heart skipped a beat for no reason.

If you are happy, you are happy. Why do you make it look like a ghost movie?

Looking back, I found that Mikami Shinji and Urobuchi Gen were happily discussing something.

Qing Zhiyuan walked over silently, listened, and found that the two were actually talking about the latest blind date.

"Ahem." Qing Zhiyuan coughed twice.

The two turned their heads and saw that it was the president, they hurriedly bowed slightly, "President."

"Well, the game is about to be released, so you must be very nervous, right?"

"Well, I'm still a little nervous." Shinji Mikami thought seriously and responded, "However, compared to the previous "The Witcher", it seems that he is not so nervous."

"That's right, Mikami, you were the new producer of "The Witcher", and you must have been under a lot of pressure." Urobuchi said with a smile, "But, I found that this kind of thing is like this, once you experience more After a few times, after I got used to it, I didn’t have the feeling of jumping with fear and not being able to sleep well at night.”

Xu Yuanxuan narrowed his eyes slightly, as if he still misses the days when he was a newcomer.

"That's right. I've seen a lot of big storms, but it's just like that." Shinji Mikami nodded.

Qing Zhiyuan was slightly taken aback.

Dude, these two are pretending to be here.

You haven't considered the feelings of those brothers outside at all.

"Well, it's a good thing to have confidence, but don't get carried away too much." Qing Zhiyuan reminded, "The results haven't come out yet."

"Yes! President."

……

This is to have a successful game in hand, not to panic at all, but to panic a lot of newcomers.

Asahi Jun, who is currently participating in the production of CL and LL, is trained by Mr. Hayao Miyazaki every day like something. Sometimes he always wants to find a bed to hide in and really be a bed man.

After seeing Lao Xu and Sanshang two big game masters looking calm and composed, Ma Zhizhun couldn't help feeling envious.

I don't know when I will be able to have such confidence.

……

After a period of fermentation, the popularity of "Upside-down Patma" has gradually risen.

However, it seems that everyone is looking forward to Gu Yuan Chunqiu's return, but the popularity of this game is not as high as that of "The Bed Man".

And because it is the first horizontal version of the level-passing game of P Club, everyone is more curious than expecting. I don't know if pokeni can control such a game.

According to the cognition of many players, it is a good thing that P agency has an idea, and Mikami is also a good producer, but it is difficult to say what the specific situation is.

After all, Club P overturned the car on an unfamiliar track.

Until now, many people in the famous academy have been brought out, which can be regarded as the black history of Qing Zhiyuan's life.

However, although some have questioned the game experience, they have never questioned the quality of the game or the graphics. Even if you don’t know the specific experience of the current "Upside-Down Patma", the posters and PV are very eye-catching when they come out.

Time passed day by day, and in a blink of an eye, it came to May 1994, 5.

On this day, "Upside-Down Patma" was released on time.

……

After work in the evening, Gu Chuan Haoze was walking home, glanced in the direction of the familiar game store, and found that there was actually a queue.

He raised his watch and took a look. It was already past 6 o'clock.

I didn't expect the business of the game store to be so hot at this point in time.

But after thinking about it carefully, he suddenly realized——

Oh, yes, today is the day when the new pokeni game is released.

It's been more than half a year since I heard about pokeni, and the last release was "Bedding Man".

To be honest, as soon as he thinks of the words "quilt man", the image of the quilt man wearing a quilt and hugging a hedgehog girl covered in white spikes will automatically appear in Gu Chuan Haoze's brain.

"Ah~ time flies so fast."

Looking back now, it seems like I played this game just yesterday.

However, compared to "Upside-Down Patma", Furukawa Haoze is looking forward to the galgame game that P Club will release in the future.

Especially with the blessing of Hayao Miyazaki, it is even more exciting.

But well...

As a loyal player of P Club, Furukawa Hiroshi decided to take a look.

Maybe this "Upside-Down Patma" will be more interesting than expected?

……

Before entering the store, Furukawa Haoze stopped in his tracks, and his eyes were involuntarily attracted by the large posters pasted on the glass windows.

It is the game poster of "Upside-Down Patma".

First reaction: so beautiful.

The sea of ​​clouds and the horizon above are intertwined, giving people the illusion of floating.

Wait, is this poster upside down?
But upon closer inspection, it turned out that was not the case.

Paradox deliberately designed it this way, the purpose is to highlight their anti-gravity highlights.

How about the game itself, Furukawa Haoze is not easy to comment on, but he has a strong premonition when he sees the screen——

If this game is made into an animation, it must have a strong story.

Even if he just glanced at it, Gu Chuan Haoze's brain could not help filling out many pictures and plots.

……

"welcome."

Gu Chuanhaoze opened the door and walked in. The store manager looked up and greeted him warmly.

"The Inverted Patma is on the shelf over there."

Seemingly seeing through him, the manager had a smile on his face.

"Thank you."

Furukawa Haoze touched it, found the corresponding game box from the shelf, took it out and wiped it in the palm of his hand.

The exquisite cover, the male and female protagonists are separated up and down, as if they are in two different worlds.

On the cover it reads 【Upside-Down Patma】

Gu Chuanhaoze tried to turn the box upside down, and found the following line of small words:
【The truth of the world is up to you to uncover. 】

This line of words is reversed from the title of the cover.

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