Game Development Giant

Then, they saw Jester controlling the character and moving around on the screen. The character inside was like an ape-man jumping through various jumps to dodge attacks, dodge levels, and then fall from the sky and kill several enemy soldiers. Kill into several pieces, red blood spurts out in all directions, coupled with the realistic cutting sound coming from the computer, coupled with the rich Arabic-style background music that sounds from time to time, it is like watching a movie.

And with Jester's control, the characters inside passed all the way, and the entire screen scrolled synchronously with the movement of the characters, just like what they had seen in the arcade.

Ordinary players still think it is normal. After all, they have seen this kind of scrolling special effects in arcade games such as Atari's "Defender" or Mars Entertainment's "Sergeant Balotelli" and are accustomed to it. , but people who have a deep understanding of computer games once again involuntarily opened their mouths. This time their mouths were even much larger than last time, big enough to fit a duck egg.

"This is impossible!" Some people even exclaimed in disbelief.

Yes, in the eyes of these players who are familiar with PC games, it is an almost impossible task to complete the smooth scrolling of the scroll on the PC. Since Atari designers first completed "Defender" on the arcade four years ago, "After that, I don't know how many PC game designers also wanted to transplant this scummy effect to PC, because the scrolling and non-scrolling picture effects are really bad when it comes to people's experience. Far. But neither the well-known PC game manufacturers such as Sierra, Vision, and EA, nor Activision, which was formed by the technical elites who separated from Atari not long ago, have never done this on the PC. All fell into disrepair.

And now, right in front of their eyes, they have been working on the development of arcade games. Mars Entertainment, which had just prepared to release its own home game console, was surprisingly silent. Have you accomplished these things that you want to accomplish but cannot accomplish with PC games as your main business direction? And I have never heard them say that they have overcome the difficulties of this technology before. Isn't this incredible?

These people are also itchy. Basically, those who like to play PC games now know a thing or two about computers. Otherwise, they would not even be able to enter the DOS system, not to mention that many of today's computer games are included in game magazines. Game code, if you want to play it, you need to program the code yourself. Things like producing floppy disks are not something that just any little designer can do if they want to. Therefore, these people are also extremely curious about this technology of Mars Entertainment.

Of course, Jester will definitely not talk about their scroll technology at the press conference. This is not the point. The point is to let the players at the scene take a look at the processing of this graphics card. How amazing could an extremely blurry mosaic image be? When he saw the reaction of the audience, he knew he had achieved his goal. After finishing the demonstration, he looked back at the surprised audience below the stage, and then clapped his hands vigorously. Letting his attention return to himself again, he cleared his throat and continued.

"It's almost time, and our press conference is coming to an end. After a while, there will be a question and answer session. We will randomly select a few media or viewers to ask us questions, as long as they are about anything about this press conference. , as long as I can answer, I will tell you everything. Now I just want to say. What you just saw is what I want to demonstrate to you. I can say without politeness that this is the picture of the next era. I Like all of you, when I first saw the picture effects displayed by this graphics card, I only had one thought in my mind, that is, I have the responsibility and obligation to bring this kind of game to the world. To all players.”…

Jester spoke impassionedly, and the audience under the stage was also excited. However, they had experienced the rough eight-bit computer screen, and when they saw the screen processed by the 16-bit graphics card, the excitement was indescribable. Yes, in this era, no player who loves video games will not cheer for such exquisite graphics, and no one will naturally like to play rough mosaics.

Looking at the excited players after hearing what he said, Jester smiled maliciously. He was not a philanthropist, and of course he could not do charity. Originally, he planned to design a game for this graphics card. Promote ATI graphics cards, but then he thought again, while promoting ATI graphics cards, why not make a high-end gaming computer brand?

Just like Apple.

Therefore, Jester continued to speak to the audience, his tone becoming a little regretful: "However, our attempts were not very successful. The employees in the hardware department told me that it would be difficult for them to convert this volume under the current conditions. Very large graphics cards are put into our home game consoles, and to complete such delicate picture calculations, it is not enough to just use this 16-bit graphics card. It must be matched with a 16-bit CPU, but To be honest, we don’t have any experience in how to build a 16-bit game console.”

Sure enough, after hearing what Jester said, even though the players had been teased by Jester several times in the same way before, they still collectively let out a sigh, with disappointed expressions on their faces. on these people's faces.

However, Jester immediately changed his words as he had done several times before, and his tone also increased, as if he had made a very difficult decision.

"But I still had a long discussion with our hardware engineers and discussed countless methods. The conclusion we reached was that it was impossible for us to come up with a reliable method in a short time, but one of them seemed a bit ridiculous. The suggestion gave me an inspiration. Since there is no way to immediately make a home game console that can fully utilize this 16-bit graphics card, then why don't we just make a game console that can make full use of it like we did in the previous experiment? What about the computer that unleashes its capabilities?”

Then, Jester patted the slightly ugly computer next to him and continued with a smile: "That's it. This is the computer that can perfectly display the performance of this sixteen-bit graphics card. was born. After that, in order to reflect the powerful capabilities of this graphics card, I recreated this demo level. It is also the first one I plan to make that runs on a 16-bit CPU and a 16-bit image processor. game. As you can see, it’s a next-generation game, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.”

By the time Jester finished speaking, there were basically only cheers under the stage. They had already seen how powerful this game called "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time" was before.

"And I can assure you that although our first-generation eight-bit game console has not yet been officially released, and it is even launched in front of you for the first time today, our development plan for a 16-bit home game console The project has been approved. Because I can't wait for everyone to play the game that truly belongs to the next era. After all, the price of assembling a personal computer that can run "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time" is simply too expensive. I believe that this is not a price that everyone can afford. This is contrary to my game philosophy. My philosophy is to let all players who love us play our games! This has always been my creed. "

"Finally, this press conference is officially over. Thank you everyone!"…

Telling these lies with his eyes open, Jester also bowed to the audience for the third time in this press conference, and everyone present stood up and applauded him. Especially those fans of Mars Entertainment or Jester, they even kept whistling and shouting various words to express their excitement.

They were indeed very excited.

Just as Jester ended the press conference and was conducting Q\u0026A with the media and the audience, Minoru Arakawa, who had returned to the hotel, received the exact news of the Mars Entertainment press conference.

Especially after hearing reports from his employees that Jester actually took out an emulator to simulate FC games on their new game console, and at the same time conducted on-site comparisons with FC to prove that the performance of their game console was completely superior to FC. After making many sarcastic provocations, Minoru Arakawa almost blacked out. He fell directly to the ground, he really didn't expect it. He had just said that their game console was the best of its kind, only to be grabbed and slapped in the face just a few hours later.

And the more Arakawa thought about it, the more wrong he became. Especially since he had dealt with Jester before. Although the impression left on him was extremely bad, he was obviously very shrewd.

In the last meeting, because of the inaccurate information he collected, he was teased and left in a big circle. He was so humiliated that he felt a little shameless. How could a person like this be just 'accidental'? How come they just happened to come to Las Vegas with a simulator that was of no use to their press conference?

As he said, this was just a counterattack after hearing his disparaging words about their game consoles. It didn't make sense at all, and using the same eight-bit machine to decipher the encoding method of their machines was not only It can be done just by relying on interest. Although Arakawa Minoru is not a hardware developer, he still has some basic distinguishing abilities under the influence of hearing and seeing.

All of this, starting from the reporter who took the initiative to ask him questions, was a trap set by the other party!

A complete conspiracy.

Thinking of this, the expression on Arakawa Minoru's face became more and more angry. He thought of the humiliation caused by being played by the same person again using such despicable tricks. He also thought that the headlines of many media tomorrow would definitely be the news about himself making a fool of himself. He was so angry that he suddenly picked up a glass on the table and smashed it to the ground, breaking it into pieces.

Then he yelled a Japanese curse at the same time.

"idiot!"