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Chapter 629 magic wand handheld

"won!"

On the game console in front of Elt, these words appeared.

"This game is really cool."

It's more than cool, it's just reached a new level.

After pulling out the pocket connected to the cassette, Elt focused his attention on the "brick" in his hand again.

This "brick" is the second-generation handheld game console.

This game console, which doesn’t even have a name yet, is just a trial product.

It uses a sed screen - this screen is also larger than the previous LED light screen.

But in terms of display effect, this screen can completely beat the LED light screen. On this screen, the picture looks like a black and white TV. This is already a very advanced technology.

"Electronic Pets" is one of the games that Elt is currently trying out.

This game is also a semi-finished product. Because it needs to be synchronized with the game console, there is a slight difficulty in development.

But in terms of settings, this game is indeed very powerful.

This is the first game that can be interconnected between different platforms, and it is also the first game console that can be played between two machines.

On this game console, an infrared sensor and transmitter are installed. The two machines are connected through this and then compete.

At the same time, the game may be playable through the socket above.

And the purpose of these plugs is not just for this. These plugs can also be connected to game consoles to play games as they are now.

At this time, the game console will call the character information in the handheld console, and then add the character to the home game console. At this time, the game console will start playing the game, and the screen will change from a black and white screen to a TV screen.

Colorful.

But speaking of electronic pets, it seems inappropriate to call the game console "electronic pet" that Elt got. Because Elt raised a baby dragon.

Erte is a game tester at Blizzard. Before all games are produced, it can be said that they have to go through the hands of him and the group of people under him before they can be released on the market.

Once any flaws or major problems are discovered in the game, the game will even have to be redone.

This game console with the humble name of "Electronic Pet" is just the initial version. But just like that, Erte has summarized the highlights and shortcomings of this game.

After the battle was over, Elt continued to focus on the small screen in his hand.

The resolution of this 3.5-inch SED screen is 160·140, which can be said to be very small. Although the screen is large, the resolution is not high, so the screen effect looks a bit poor.

But there is no way to be afraid of things. This is already the top SED screen now.

"Mr. Erte, what do you think?" the staff next to him was asking.

"Well, I think the idea of this game is very good. It uses handheld consoles and game consoles to link up. This is the first game like this that I have seen. I think it is wonderful." He said: "But the display effect of the screen

It’s not that good, it’s very grainy.”

He thought about it, and added one sentence: "I personally think that this game can strengthen the communication of the game's interactive platform. This should be the highlight and selling point of the game. If you have more products, I can let other other products can let other products

People also experience it, and then make a specific report. ""

Game experience, this is already a very popular career.

In this experience, Errt is the top one.

This is like a furniture factory even buy insurance for the buttocks of the sofa test staff. This game experiencer is also a valuable wealth for a game company.

Especially Ett, he is the team leader of Blizzard's game experience group. He has outstanding ability and strong ability to grasp the market.

Everyone nodded.

"What should we do next?"

"Another is that this handheld seems to be a bit heavy. It is very inconvenient when holding it and I think this product may not be the same as the previous generation.

If you put the keys on both sides of the screen, it seems good. In this way, it may make people feel more uniform. Although it is heavier, it should be better. "

Everyone nodded.

Strictly speaking, this handheld is a bit similar to the GB game console in history.

This game console uses the Z80 as its own CPU, which is the same as GB "the same model"

Although the connotation is not the same.

Game-Boy is the design concept of Nintendo's officially released on April 12, 1989. The design concept of GB can be traced back to the use of a custom Z-80 produced by Nintendo in the late 1970s.

The LCD of LCD, which shows 4 gray -level gray -level gray, distinguishes the flat 160 · 144, and the vast Catherine Song Yao Er has a three -dimensional sound. Since Nim M is as required to ask this handheld as much as possible, it is necessary

Light, low consumption and cheap, so its hardware functions can be said to be inferior to other handhelds that are the same as it, such as Sega-Game-Gean, Atanilynx, but with countless excellent software, it is still far more than other palms than other palms.

The success of many second -party software for the success of the machine is an important factor in the development of the handheld.

The previous generation's handheld, and the historically "GG and Expand Xing, are the most important.

Although Catherine was just the idea of wanting to develop electronic pets at the beginning, Catherine's idea was not limited to this.

Now that the electronic pets have been developed, the development of the second -generation handheld is imperative.

With the example of the GB handheld, how should Catherine naturally develop the next generation of handheld.

Because there are already SED screens, as far as the screen is concerned, it is no longer a problem.

This electronic pet game is also a card belt inserted into the handheld.

However, Catherine's so -called expansion Xing has given more in -depth research by the people of Blizzard.

At least in many ways, they are different from Catherine's opinions, such as this "expansion Xing".

The current infrared battle system and the technology for connecting to game consoles are all defined as selling points.

Of course, people at Blizzard also plan to develop this second-generation handheld console into a game platform, so after the game console is finalized, it is imperative to develop third-party games.

Today's third parties are all third-party merchants that exist closely around Catherine. There are not many careerists among them.

But as far as 8-bit game consoles are concerned, Xbox has reached its limit, and 16-bit game consoles... well, let alone 16-bit game consoles, even those that have mastered the 16-bit microprocessor manufacturing process

There are only a handful of companies, and they are definitely not like bsp; They can only choose to develop games for Xbox or Nimbuo. To be more relaxed, they can only develop games for Pentium computers or ceoud-syotem.

However, this is Catherine's own platform. In terms of the richness of third parties, as long as a game console is developed, the launch speed of games will continue to accelerate. This is already Blizzard's experience, so this is

Don't worry.

So far, z80 is already a very mature chip, and it is widely used in various CNC and microcomputer equipment. The z80 microcontroller is even more famous, so the output of this chip is also very large, and the cost is also very low.

, although it has an infrared system, but speaking specifically, it is not necessarily more expensive than the gb handheld console.

After getting Ert's advice, these people immediately started designing the appearance.

The sed screen is heavy and thick. This is a contradiction that cannot be changed so far, but excessive weight reduction will only lead to the decline of the gaming experience. If it can be held with two hands, as Elt said, it is indeed better than holding it with two hands.

Squeezing underneath makes people feel more comfortable.

In the newly designed handheld console, the screen is placed in the center, with the cross keys on the left, function buttons on the right, and two speakers on both sides of the screen.

"That's it.

Everyone is satisfied with the design.

"Maybe we should give our handheld a name? It's just a code name. How can that work?"

Someone suggested this.

"That's a good idea."

"But what should I call it?"

"whirlwind?"

"gamepeay?"

"…………, magic wand?"

"Wand?"

"Hey, that's a good name! Do you remember what Miss Edson was called? Her Majesty the Magical Princess..., maybe this is a good name for us?"

"Magic-handheld console will be a far-reaching game console, and in a sense, this game console has also changed the habits of many Americans...