game trailblazer

Chapter 358 The Otaku's Special Memories
"President, the situation is not good. Konami released "Heartbeat Memories 128" on the DreamBox3 platform today..." Aoyama Akihiro's panicked voice came from the phone.

Kutaragi Ken couldn't help being angry. In the past, he thought Aoyama Akihiro was a very stable person, but he didn't expect to become so careless now. What is "Heartbeat Memories"? Although Kutaragi Ken has never played it himself, he has some understanding, but it is just a boring activity of pressing buttons and choosing dialogues. In his opinion, it is not even a game, and if it is not related If the surrounding area is well developed, Konami may have given up on it long ago.

Now it’s just a new version released. No matter how powerful the DreamBox128 platform is, what can be done in “Heartbeat Memories”? Unexpectedly, Aoyama Akihiro became flustered. Kutaragi Ken couldn’t help but asked angrily: "What happened to "Heartbeat Memories 3"!"

Aoyama Minghong heard the dissatisfaction of the president, but now he can only bite the bullet and continue: "President, the situation is like this..."

When he first listened to Aoyama Akihiro’s explanation, Kutaragi Ken’s face was still slightly angry, but as the veil covering “Heartbeat Memories 3” was gradually lifted, his expression gradually became serious. "Heartbeat Memories 3" does not seem to be that simple.

"President, I think it is necessary to buy a set and come back to study it." Aoyama Minghong suggested on the phone.

"Hmm..." Ken Kutaragi pondered for a while, nodded and said, "Mr. Aoyama is right, I will leave this matter to you."

"Yes, President!" Aoyama Akihiro agreed very respectfully.

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In front of the Chiba video game store in Akihabara, Haneda was holding a number sheet in his hand, and was nervously staring at the numbers that were spinning rapidly in front of the gate, and more people beside him and behind him were pinching Similar pieces of paper are watching with the same nervous eyes, looking forward to the moment when the numbers stop.

Haneda used to be a fanatical Sega fan. At that time, he was not a very "nerd", but this year he accidentally obtained a rich inheritance from a relative, and he no longer needed to worry about his livelihood. He completely became an nerd Unfortunately, during this period of time, Sega's performance has gone from bad to worse. Not many serious games have been released, but the game development plan and the so-called Dreamcast network can often be heard.The otaku Haneda has a lot of free time every day, but he can’t find a few games on the Sega Dreamcast console that satisfy him. At the same time, the DreamBox128 game console is becoming more and more popular, and the games on the platform are also varied. , various tricks, and after another two or three months, he finally fell, defected from the Dreamcast host to the DreamBox128 platform, and lived a happy otaku life ever since, and even had a bad relationship with the guy next door named Hidaka Yuanye it has been improved.

Haneda Wuren will appear here today, mostly because of Hidaka Harano, after the relationship with this guy improved, he exchanged an otaku game called "Heartbeat Memories 2", and fell in love with this game deeply , so when he heard that "Heartbeat Memories 3" was going to be released, he rushed to the door of the specialty store in a hurry, hoping to get the game as soon as possible.When Haneda rushed to the door of the Chiba video game store, the news he heard made him very happy. It turned out that "Heartbeat Memories 3" will be released in addition to the normal version. A special edition for a special gaming experience.

According to the guy in the specialty store, the number of special game accessories such as the special edition of "Heartbeat Memories 3" is limited, so each specialty store can only get 10 sets of special editions.There are more wolves and less meat. Naturally, it is impossible for everyone in the queue to have a chance to buy them. In order to solve this problem, the store manager came up with a trick similar to a lottery. Each player first received a piece of paper with a number on it, and then drew the number. Players can buy a special edition of "Heartbeat Memories 3", while other players can only enjoy the regular edition.

"No. 128!" The manager of the Chiba video game store loudly announced the number of the lucky winner. A player next to Haneda immediately showed an excited smile on his face, and while waving the piece of paper in his hand, he squeezed forward. .Haneda glanced at that person with mixed emotions. That lucky guy had chatted with him before. He still remembered that this person seemed to be called Mito Heisuke. Now this is the ninth number drawn. If the next If the number is not the same, then he will not be able to see what the special edition of "Heartbeat Memories 3" looks like today. What's worse, if Gao Yuanye is lucky enough to buy it, he will lose face even more.

Mito Hirasuke inspected the piece of paper in his hand, walked into the Chiba video game store with a smile on his face, the numbers started to jump again, Haneda couldn't help feeling nervous, this is the last chance, his eyes couldn't help He fixed his eyes on the beating numbers.

"Number 76!" As the number stopped, the manager of Chiba Video Game Store announced loudly again.

Haneda felt that the numbers he heard seemed familiar. He moved the piece of paper in his hand closer and looked at it carefully. On the white paper was printed "76", his heartbeat suddenly accelerated a lot, and he felt a sense of joy. Swelling up from the bottom of his heart, he held the piece of paper and shouted "It's me~ It's me", while rushing forward excitedly.At this moment, there is only one thought in Haneda's mind, "The last special edition of "Heartbeat Memories 3" is mine!"

After checking the slips of paper in his hand for the store manager, Haneda rushed into the Chiba video game store, piled up the last special edition of "Heartbeat Memories 3" with one finger, and shouted: "I am 76", while taking the credit card out of his wallet, he went straight to the cashier.

Swiping the card and taking the receipt, Haneda took the special edition of "Heartbeat Memories 3" handed over by the staff next to him, and walked out of the Chiba game store with a happy smirk on his face. Although the price of the game is 29999 yen, it is very expensive. It's nothing to him, and in his opinion, the special edition of "Heartbeat Memories 3" doesn't say 29999 yen, even if it is doubled, he thinks it's worth it.

The packaging of the special edition of "Heartbeat Memories 3" is very special. The pink background sets off the most important stage in the game, the gate of Guanghui High School. The president of the student union, Satsuki Yu, stood there with a cute look and looked back with a smile.When Haneda walked out of the Chiba video game store with the special edition of "Heartbeat Memories 3", the special packaging and the conspicuous words "Limited Edition" immediately attracted the envious eyes of many people and made him feel refreshed endlessly.

Haneda, who was not short of money, directly got into a taxi at the roadside hailing station, and went straight to the place where he lived. Although otaku's time is a lot, otaku's time is also very precious, and he doesn't want to waste it all. On the road, so the occasional luxury is acceptable.

Hurrying home, Haneda didn’t even bother to show off his gains to the neighbors, closed the door and went directly to his entertainment room, threw the special edition of "Heartbeat Memories 3" on the long table beside him, turned on the monitor and the DreamBox128 After powering on, I went back to the long table and unpacked the special edition of "Heartbeat Memories 3".

After all, it is a high-priced product of 29999 yen. The special edition of "Heartbeat Memories 3" has a lot of content. In addition to the game CD, user manual, game guide, character original paintings and dolls, there is also a well-made Haneda knows that what is contained in this black box is the core thing of the special edition - the smell generator.

Following the prompts in the quick installation guide inside the package, Haneda took out the black box containing the scent generator, then carefully tore off the seal, and took out the contents, a strange looking device appeared in the in front of him.

Haneda held it up with his hands and looked carefully. There was something similar to a fish fin inserted into a metal disc inlaid with ring-shaped dark plastic. The combination looked a bit like the shark fin he had seen before, except that it was It is used for eating, and the sci-fi looking guy in his hand should be used for it.

Putting down the "shark fin" in his hand, Haneda picked up the quick installation guide again and looked at it, "Well... Open the package and take out the dedicated data connection".Muttering in his mouth, he casually took out a flat black cable with two ends from the opened box. According to the instructions in the quick installation guide, this is the so-called "special data connection".

Putting the black cable next to the smell generator, Haneda spread out the quick installation guide and looked again, "Well... use a dedicated data cable to connect the DreamBox128 game console and the USB port on the smell generator", he picked up The black cable gestured at the back of the DreamBox128 game console, and found that the flat interface could be inserted into a similarly flat port marked "USB". After connecting this end, he turned his attention to the scent generator , and soon he found a port similar to the DreamBox128 game console, and he connected one end of the black cable to it. A clear "beep" sounded, and a "new device found" prompt appeared on the TV screen.

Haneda glanced at the quick installation guide again, and then followed the above instructions, took out a mini-CD from the smell generator box and put it into the CD-ROM drive of the DreamBox128 game console, and soon the "device driver Installing, please wait" prompt, and at the same time, a progress bar that is moving rapidly appears below.After about 1 minute, the progress bar reached the "100%" position, and the prompt on the TV screen also changed to "device installation complete". Haneda knew that the environment for the game to run had been prepared, and all that was needed was the game The disc is gone.

Perhaps it was the first time he had experienced such a special game, Haneda suddenly became nervous, and the hand reaching for the game disc trembled slightly. Pick up the translucent disc case containing the game disc...

(End of this chapter)