Rebirth 86: I use games to kick open the door to the world

"Zuo Zhensang... This is really a story of twists and turns. Then the flash memory factories I am helping you contact..."

"They are no longer needed. Will the research of the scientific research centers in the two countries be worse than those of small factories?"

"Of course not."

Zuo Zhen briefly explained to Gao Cun Xiong what he had done during this period, which surprised Gao Cun Xiong.

You said earlier that you still have the Mao Ziguo line, so I was anxious and furious to find various resources for you, but I didn't expect you to solve the problem yourself.

Mao Ziguo was short of funds and China was short of talents. They hit it off immediately and formed an unbreakable cooperative relationship, which was beneficial to both parties.

Anyway, both parties have not had a say in this industry before. The common progress of both parties is equivalent to a community of interests.

Komura Yu said slightly excitedly: "So, Zuo Ma-san, can we arrange to promote the Thunder Fighter? Are you sure that we can mass-produce low-cost and high-capacity flash memory chips before the game is released?"

"Don't worry, even if it's too late, I can still find a way."

Of course, there is no alternative, that is, to bear the loss yourself.

But there should be no problem. After all, talents from two countries are working together. If the research is slow, it would be a bit contemptuous.

Komura felt relieved now and started arranging publicity and promotion matters as soon as he hung up the phone.

He already knew the gameplay and general types of Thunder Fighter. Zuo Zhen had introduced this game to him before.

At that time, he felt that there was basically no problem with such a game.

High image quality and strong special effects.

Takamura Yu has already begun to think about how to achieve maximum effect in promotion.

By the way, since it is promotion, it is also necessary to take a look at NGS.

Didn't you, this guy, pursue and block the development of real games before? He even used clumsy tricks to hinder flash memory research in real games.

So let me start with the promotion of flash memory.

"By the way, Zuo Zhen-san, if the high-capacity and low-cost flash memory chip you mentioned is developed, will some of your previous games also be optimized?"

"You mean you want me to release another high-definition remastered version of the game?"

"Hehe, I suddenly discovered that this method of making money is really convenient."

Takamura Yu has already tasted the benefits of high-definition remakes of games several times.

There is no need to arrange too much manpower. You only need to replace the original game foundation with a higher quality picture. The difficulty is much simpler than the original game, and you can also make a lot of money.

Zuo Zhen shook his head: "This kind of thing won't last long. High-definition remakes can only be used in some special circumstances. Players will be disgusted if they are used too much."

"That's it." Gao Cunxiong felt a little regretful.

He still believes in Zuo Zhen's judgment. After all, he is the one who led Sega back to life.

"However, the next-generation gameplay and graphics of our works will definitely usher in a qualitative leap. As for how high this leap will be, it depends on the research progress of the China Computer Research Institute."

Zuo Zhen was slightly conservative and gave Komura a big cake.

But in fact, Zuo Zhen knew that once serious research on flash memory technology began, this thing would soar like a rocket.

In the beginning, the capacity of the cassette may be tens of KB, which is already quite impressive.

Then it was hundreds of KB, then MB capacity, and then tens or hundreds of MB capacity.

By the 1990s, computer technology was changing almost every day.

This is still the R\u0026D trajectory in the previous world.

In this world, with Zuo Zhen's vision from later generations, even if he takes the lead, he will definitely be able to develop these technologies faster.

Sometimes some good ideas just lack a little creativity.

After hanging up the phone, Komura immediately held a new mobilization meeting within Sega.

It's time to fight back!

…

Within the NGS headquarters, everyone performs their duties and is either developing games or researching new game consoles.

Among them, the handheld business has become a new cash flow for NGS.

In this world, without the help of Zuo Zhen's previous life Tetris, the popularity of GAMEBOY in this world has obviously dropped by several levels.

But the concept of a handheld console is still quite amazing. At least in the gamer circle, it has become a product that almost everyone has one.

As a result, NGS once again made a lot of money, and the entire company was in a very proud state.

Of course, they didn’t let go of home machines either.

Sega first occupied the dividends of the 16-bit era and is now plundering NGS's territory. NGS must find a way to take it back.

Therefore, the research and development of the new super NGS game console is also in the production plan, and we are ready for publicity at any time.

"Dear shareholders, according to the latest progress of our game console development department, the graphics of our super NGS game console can achieve the same effect as the Sega MD, and even surpass it."

In the conference room, the person in charge of game console hardware research and development was reporting his latest work progress to shareholders.

President Yamauchi was also present to listen to reports from his subordinates.

The person in charge continued to promise: "As long as we can have excellent games, I believe we will regain our home console market!"

Yamauchi poured cold water on it at this time: "But Sega has a real game, and they also have excellent games. So what advantages do you think the new game console you are studying has compared to the current Sega?"

"Real game? Isn't that the company we shut down a month ago? All the new technologies they are researching have been blocked by us, and it is said that game development has stalled because of this."

"Haha, yes, all of this is thanks to the wise leadership of President Yamauchi. Without his order to immediately stop the development of real game technology, I am afraid it would not have ended well."

A group of people began to belittle the real game while praising the wise leadership of their president.

Yamauchi was unmoved and said: "After removing this blockage, what I want to know now is whether our game console has any more advantages."

The person in charge of game console R\u0026D immediately responded: "Of course, in fact, this time we built a richer sound effect chip into the game console during the research, and also built in more expansion space in the future. We surpassed the Sega MD everywhere. And the price is comparable to it, so we can say we beat Sega completely!”

Yamauchi nodded slightly, barely satisfied with his answer, and then looked at Akira Nakamura, who was in charge of game development: "Nakamura, what about you? You are the core."

Nakamura raised his head: "There is no problem with game development. New Super Mario games have been under development and will adapt to the characteristics of new game consoles. There is no problem with this. The only biggest problem is that the capacity of the current game cartridge is a bit small."

"Is it small? It's already quite big, right? The most economical game cartridge has reached about 1MB. What game can be as big as 1MB?"

Akira Nakamura pondered: "As far as I know, Real Games has been developing large-capacity games. The purpose is to make the games fun and have better graphics. This is more competitive than us."

"Haha, Nakamura-san, you don't have to worry about this. Regarding their storage problem, hasn't our President Yamauchi already stepped forward to solve it? They can't afford to make trouble. As for the gameplay, we should not lose to the real game."

"Then I have nothing to say." Seeing someone blocking what he wanted to say, Nakamura Akira simply didn't bother to continue.

At this moment, he seemed to have gradually become accustomed to this kind of boring conversation among senior officials.

Wouldn't it be better if he had that time to properly manage his own game development team?

"That's right, wouldn't it be better if the game capacity of real game development is larger? This will require them to invest more in cartridge costs, but players will not buy it. If the game is too expensive, it will directly exclude most consumers."