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Chapter 178: Make an online game?

Since the start of school, Gregory can no longer spend time in the computer room day and night. Although chatting is enjoyable, his studies are also very important.

Sometimes, Gregory himself felt that he was boring.

Because the classmates in their class were either discussing girls or the Vietnam War, but Gregory was not interested in these so-called discussions at all.

In fact, most of the people who often stay with him online are the same as Gregory.

Now, the first thing Gregory does after class every day is to come to the computer room and chat with everyone.

However, after I came to the chat room after class, there were not many people here. It seemed a little deserted today.

Out of boredom, Gregory came to the forum, but there were not many people here yet.

After all, the total number of people surfing the Internet does not exceed 300, so it is surprising that it is so popular.

Entering the forum, many people are still wondering what is the difference between this place and a chat room.

Gregory summed up the difference between the two.

The content of the forum can be viewed at any time and will not disappear. Every post has a title.

In the chat room, everything is real-time, and everyone has the same contact as if they were chatting in real life.

"School has started, is anyone bored?"

At this time, Gregory saw a post. He was a little curious, and then he entered the post.

"Hello everyone, my name is Lawrence, I am from San Francisco, and I am currently studying at the University of California..."

First there was a self-introduction, and then he stated his topic.

"Although I don't know what this forum is about, it seems that the messages we posted can be found here at any time. Maybe we can play a game of Solitaire?"

Gregory thought this idea was good.

However, solitaire words like word-solitaire and solitaire-wards don’t seem interesting.

"Maybe we can use the Internet to make a game of our own?"

Gregory replied so carelessly.

Then, he went to class.

When he went online again the next day, he found that there were many more replies under his post.

Posted by: Strong Mars.

"This is a good idea. In fact, I have one here. It would be great if it could realize online games. However, although the core of the game is the same as that of Microsoft II, the other devices inside the two are different. It seems that our

The home version of the PPU is not as good.”

Posted by: Mr. Fengyue.

"Maybe we can make a game similar to the Magic Battle chess series? In fact, I like the Magic Battle chess series more. Every time I play this game, I like to choose a female magician and then conquer another beautiful woman. It's really cool to do this

interesting."

Gregory felt like he wanted to complain. What exactly was this person thinking?

Indeed, what this man named "Mr. Fengyue" said is no different from non-mainstream now... But most people who are surfing the Internet now should actually be considered non-mainstream...

Posted by: Twelve Dragon Riders.

"Our equipment doesn't seem to be that good? Simple, text-based games may be okay. After all, a Phoenix system will occupy a large part of the CPU resources, unless it is a flagship Microsoft computer with dual CPUs

, I’m afraid this thing will be able to support a game that requires the use of the Internet in the future. But unfortunately, I may not be able to access the Internet recently. My brother said that they are under investigation by the CIA, and they actually found me."

What the Twelve Dragon Riders said makes sense.

If we want to make a game that everyone can play together through the Internet, it can only be a text-based game.

But it was a pity that after that, Gregory never saw this man named Twelve Dragon Riders again...

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"What, customized Pip-Boy 1008?"

Catherine didn't expect the order to come in so quickly.

The military hopes to install the Pip-Boy 1008 on the M48A3, one of the current main battle tanks.

This system has not been put on the more advanced m60e1 for the time being. Catherine knows that this may be because her products have not been tested in actual combat.

Thinking about it carefully, Catherine felt that she seemed a little too cruel.

It directly allows the tank's fire control system to skip the electromechanical analog and electronic analog types and directly enter the digital stage...

"Forget it, as long as I can make money..."

Catherine is now considered a member of the glorious Pentagon money fraud party... Oh, she should be a member of the supplier. Thinking about how to make money from the government department is what she needs to do now.

Pip Boy 1008 is currently just a sample. If it is to be installed on a main battle tank, it will require a lot of modifications, mainly the appearance design. This is to facilitate installation inside the tank.

At the same time, the program also needs to meet the needs of the tank.

Such control equipment only requires one person to complete.

During combat, soldiers only need to hold a similar handle controller and then control it.

Of course, this controller is fixed and cannot be placed around like a game controller... Otherwise, if it falls to the ground... that would be worse than pressing the wrong key.

At this time, Catherine was finally able to get out.

But before she could take a break, Sanders came over.

"Ms. Edson, the preliminary testing of the VCD has been completed. It has nothing to do with the actual mass production."

Sanders seemed excited.

"Hmm...huh? Hmm"

Catherine didn't react for a moment.

"Sanders...say it again?"

"Our VCD is complete." Sanders repeated

“Oh great”

Catherine jumped up immediately.

"Take me to see it, quickly"

Catherine couldn't help but urge.

Soon, he and Sanders arrived at the laboratory where the team was located.

As soon as she entered, Catherine saw a TV playing the first episode of "Harry Potter".

Using DazzleTV and color-difference interfaces, the TV playback effect is very good, even surpassing broadcast TV in terms of vision.

"That's great." Catherine almost jumped with excitement.

“When can we start mass production?”

Catherine asked again.

"The factory in Taiwan is ready. As long as the mold is finalized, we can start sales at any time."

Catherine nodded.

"Production can start immediately, but other aspects have to wait first. We still have to negotiate with Hollywood about the film."

As long as this aspect can be negotiated, everything will be settled.

Back in the office, Catherine was so excited that she couldn't even continue her work. She simply stopped working and turned on the computer.

Catherine has actually always wanted to design a graphical browser to facilitate reading, but this idea probably needs to be left to the next generation of computers.

Catherine has already thought of a name for the next generation of computers.

It's called a Pentium computer.

This name is very good, and it also has a lot of meaning. After Catherine thought of this name, she felt very satisfied.

"Game?" While browsing the forum, Catherine suddenly found a very strange post.

The poster was a man named "Gregory the Immortal".

This man actually wrote a word game called "Magic World".

Below the post is a large string of source code, about 2 to 3kb. You only need to program according to this source code to create a "client" and then enter the game.

Although Catherine calls it a "client", it is actually just a simple access program.

Catherine also tried to do this, and then she quickly entered a text interface, first an introduction, and then creating a user, where she could choose between a warrior and a magician.

Catherine created a character at random and entered the game, but Catherine was embarrassed.

Gregory the Immortal: What next?

Aikul: Maybe we need to find a good enough server.

There are only two people in the game for now.

Only then did Catherine realize that this so-called "magic world" was just a framework, not a game at all...

In Catherine's original world, there were also online games that were entirely text-based.

That was probably the first generation of online games.

That kind of pure online game is called a "mud game".

This game, referred to as MUD, mainly relies on text to play the game, with graphics as an aid.

Originally, it appeared in 1978.

How about playing online games?

very good, very powerful.

But now, this is completely impossible.

It's as funny as if someone went back to the time when airplanes first appeared and recommended their jet engine to the Wright brothers.

——In this case, even if the Wright brothers really installed an engine, the only possibility is that their plane would fall apart in the air due to too fast speed.

It’s not impossible to play online games, but not now.

Although Catherine thought these students were commendable for their courage, the most likely scenario of this plan was stillbirth.

Although she knows that online games are unrealistic, Catherine actually hopes to play an online game.

It's just that this game called Magic World is just an access program with nothing in it, it's completely an empty shell, so Catherine is still a little disappointed.

It would probably be okay to sponsor them a little bit, right?

Catherine suddenly felt good.

Angela: I can provide some help if you need it...

Both Gregory and Aikul who were discussing suddenly stopped.

Angela: I am very interested in your plan. If necessary, I can provide you with a 5MB IBM hard drive. By the way, there is also a computer that can install 8 CPUs to serve as a server for you...

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