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

At eight o'clock, the store opened on time, and customers poured in.

The first thing they occupied was the thunder fighter sales area that had been erected high up.

These people came over to buy the game early in the morning after seeing the excellent graphics of Thunderbolt Fighter in advertisements or other places.

In addition to the people queuing up, there were also several televisions and Sega's latest game consoles placed inside the store.

And the picture played on the TV is also the picture of the Thunder Fighter.

A group of people first swarmed in to buy Thunder Fighter cassettes.

Naturally, there are some that cannot be grabbed, and among them there will be lucky ones who will successfully grab a few TVs that can be used for trial play.

People who haven't bought it can also experience the first level, and then leave their address and money. When the next batch of cassettes arrives again, they can get these games as soon as possible.

In Sega's headquarters, Takamura Yu is already a little busy.

The main reason for being busy is naturally the Thunderbolt fighter that has just been released.

"President, the video game stores in the Osaka area are out of stock, can we still restock it?"

"Make them wait!"

Just after hanging up the phone, another phone rang, and Komura picked it up again.

"Hello? Which area is it?"

"Hello Mr. Takamura, we are here in London, England. We have prepared to release the game according to your requirements, but what surprised us is that the game is selling very well. All the cassettes have been sold before we even opened the business. Sorry, when will you send the next batch of cassettes?"

"What? Why did you sell it short before it started selling? Could it be that you violated the contract?"

"Of course not Mr. Takamura, we keep our promises very much, but our players are already used to the pre-order system. This is our rule. In fact, we did not expect this game to be so popular."

"Wait a minute, I remember that there should be 100,000 cassettes sent to the UK, but they are all gone?"

"This... is indeed true, because many people seem to come from other European countries to make reservations. Don't you have quotas for other countries?"

"Of course there is. Europe is our main battlefield. I allocated 300,000 copies of cards to bring to Europe."

"What about the United States?"

"Four hundred thousand..."

"This is unfair Mr. Takamura. We are strongly dissatisfied. Now we want more Thunder Fighter cassettes."

"Damn it, is the publicity so effective?"

Gao Cunxiong cursed for a while.

He really didn't expect how lethal the excellent graphics would be to players.

Zuo Zhen has experienced the baptism of later generations, and he is the most familiar with this routine.

The impact of good pictures can make many people make impulse purchases.

Many games that looked good back then were selling like hotcakes at first, but when the players who bought them found out that they were a piece of garbage, it was too late to regret them and they could only curse the developers.

Later, even Zuo Zhen didn't dare to pre-order any game easily, but even so, he still couldn't control his own hands sometimes.

As for players in this world who have never experienced such a scene, it would be strange not to go crazy when they see the picture of the Thunder Fighter.

But this is just an appetizer.

Many games in the previous life were similar to fraud, but his game was not.

His games are the real deal.

What content is included in the trial? In the official game, such content will be doubled.

In Japan, several trial machines have been crowded with people.

They were a group of unlucky people who didn't buy the Thunderbolt Fighter cassette at the first time because they arrived late or for other reasons, and then they could only watch the trial TV content helplessly.

"Enlarge your moves! Why are you hesitating at this time? It's only one level anyway, so there's no point in saving it!"

At this moment, a young man was trying to play Thunder Fighter on one of the trial machines.

As soon as he entered the game, he was already shocked by the pictures in the game.

This special effect and this picture are already comparable to cartoon-level effects, right?

Can the graphics of video games still be so beautiful?

And the most important thing is that all of this is actually calculated, that is to say, what is the scene at the beginning and what is it like during the game?

Then, the young man entered the official game scene.

A small fighter plane is directly at the bottom of the screen, and flying enemies appear one after another in front of it.

And he only needs to keep pressing the launch button, and then shoot down all the enemies while dodging attacks left and right.

Boom! Boom!

The sounds of enemy planes exploding rang out on the TV, making everyone present feel as if they were actually there.

Even if they were just watching from the sidelines, they were staring straight at it, unwilling to move their eyes at all.

At this time, the inside of the Sega MD game console was running rapidly.

In this era when game consoles were still passively cooled, the Sega MD's central processor was already extremely hot.

But at least it's still within the affordable range, and there's definitely no problem with playing in a short period of time.

Boom!

After passing all levels and defeating enemies, the young man gradually became familiar with the gameplay of this fighter plane.

There are ordinary bullets fired, and special bullets fired.

In addition to special bullets, there is also a super move that can be accumulated all the time and can only be used two or three times in a level.

When this ultimate move is used, it can produce a screen-clearing explosion effect, and the TV screen will turn into a vast white patch, just like what was advertised at the time.

This really shocked everyone who saw it.

And this young man also used this ultimate move when facing the final BOSS under the urging of the people around him. Then he fired many rounds of special ammunition in succession, coupled with exquisite avoidance, the final giant mecha BOSS was successfully defeated. of elimination.

"Long live!"

Behind the young man, a crowd of people cheered excitedly.

Obviously this game is not played by them, but they feel that it is not much different from playing it themselves.

Anyway, it’s just fun.

"Okay, okay, it's my turn next!"

"Asshole! It's obviously me. I came earlier than you."

"What are you talking about? I was obviously earlier! Did you see that I have a numbered ticket in line!"

The man raised the numbered ticket in his hand.

The person who was yelling just turned off his fire immediately after seeing it. He was a little unhappy, but there was nothing he could do about it.

"Okay, okay, everyone will have a chance to play."

At this time, the store manager came out to smooth things over. He didn't want any bloodshed to happen here, which would affect his business.

"Store manager, why don't you just buy a few game consoles that can be played exclusively, and then we can pay for them!"

"That's right. Then one person will have one life. Whoever loses will go down and replace the next person. You, the store manager, will also make money, and we will be happy too."

"Huh? Why does this routine sound so familiar?"

"You idiot, isn't this just an arcade?"

"Oh yes."