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

Zuo Zhen caught up with the Shinkansen at the fastest speed. Japan's Shinkansen is still very good in this era.

Vaguely, Zuo Zhen felt as if he had returned to his previous life.

However, the costumes of pedestrians and the equipment they carry still reveal a sense of the times.

The most common ones are pagers, walkman devices that can play tapes, and CD players. These were considered antiques in Zuo Zhen's memory in his previous life, but in this era they are still considered fashionable and novel gadgets.

From the perspective of future generations, Zuo Zhen has a kind of indifference towards all the technological products of the current era.

After using smartphones and extremely convenient network communications, it’s hard to get used to using a classic phone again.

But when he returned to China, Zuo Zhen felt that he should also get a pager, at least to have a means of communication.

When will Big Brother be launched? Then we will get another Big Brother.

I have heard about this thing since I was a child, and I have only seen it in videos, but now I can actually experience it.

Zuo Zhen finally returned to the designated reception area before two o'clock in the afternoon.

This is an office arranged by the Chinese government in Japan. It seems to be specially used for domestic factories and companies to negotiate machinery and equipment in Japan.

Zuo Zhen is the full-time translator for this trip to Japan, but this job is not a big problem for Zuo Zhen and can be easily handled.

The rest he just needs to wait for the game to be released and collect the money earned from the game.

According to the agreement, NGS will promote Contra through TV magazines and other media within one month.

These promotions include Japan and the United States, which are key areas for video game consumption.

After a month of warm-up, the cassette production was just about to be completed. The production department decided to produce 100,000 boxes in the early stage to try out the effect of this game.

It will be officially sold in two months.

If sales are good, we can continue to increase production later.

Anyway, NGS has overall control over the entire production process of cassettes, so there is no need to worry about the chain being lost.

After Zuozhen left, Nakamura Akira and Takemoto Kiyoshi tried the game called Contra again.

"Director Nakamura, where did this young man named Zuozhen come from? The game he makes is quite mature, he doesn't look like a novice."

Kiyoshi Takemoto controlled the second character with the handle and went through the first level with Akira Nakamura.

Nakamura replied: "It's a young man from China. In fact, his teacher had a good relationship with me before, so he was recommended here. I didn't have any high hopes, but I was a little surprised to find this young man. Why? He died again, Takemoto lend me his life."

Nakamura skillfully clicked on the rebirth option, and then borrowed a life from Akira Nakamura's life slot to continue the challenge.

Takemoto Qing was a little unhappy, but since he was his boss, he didn't dare to say anything.

But obviously Akira Nakamura’s talent in gaming is not high.

He had just borrowed his life for less than thirty seconds when he died again.

"Hi~ Why did he die again? I must have been careless just now. Come on, come on, Takemoto, lend me another life."

Nakamura said as he hit the revive button again, this time determined to survive at least a minute.

Takemoto Kiyoshi:…

But as expected, Akira Nakamura was killed again thirty seconds later.

"You borrow..."

Akira Nakamura originally wanted to say "please lend me your life" again, but at the same time he pressed the resurrection button again without hesitation.

But there was no response from this resurrection.

"My life has been stolen by you."

Takemoto Qing said quietly, with resentment in her eyes.

Akira Nakamura ignored it decisively, stood up from the sofa and looked in another direction and said, "Well, it's a bit hot here. I'll go out for a walk first. Do you want to continue playing?"

"I still want to have some fun."

Takemoto Kiyoshi really wants to tell you to leave quickly. I can probably get through at least three or four levels without you.

With you here, I had a hard time fighting the first level!

Nakamura Koya felt guilty, then nodded and said: "Okay, I'll ask a few more people to come in and play this game and see what other people think of it."

Let's go, let's go!

Takemoto Kiyoshi roared inwardly, then pressed the handle button to start again.

This time he had to go through it alone.

Sure enough, Kiyoshi Takemoto felt that everything went much smoother after breaking through the level alone. Akira Nakamura is really a cheat!

Not only did he borrow his own life, but the screen was often stuck, making it difficult for him to run fast.

Takemoto Kiyoshi, who is familiar with various game operations, quickly passed the first level, much more smoothly than before.

The final BOSS, which looked like a war fortress, was easily defeated.

It seems that I am still very talented.

Then the second level... huh? The perspective of the second level is different.

The second level is no longer a conventional side-scrolling adventure, but becomes a 3D-like scene.

Of course, it just seems.

This is not a real 3D scene, but it is just a way of making people think that the scene is 3D through the rules of large near and far small.

Just like people draw three-dimensional patterns on paper.

Very good idea!

This young man does have some skills. He has really fantastic ideas that make the gameplay of the game not so boring.

This is talent!

At this time, several people also entered the game testing room one after another.

Akira Nakamura had just reached the end of the second level and saw the second BOSS of the game.

Akira Nakamura also came in, but after entering, he suddenly felt a little confused because this was different from the game perspective he had seen before.

Is this a game you played before?

The employees who had just come in all showed interest after seeing the pictures on the TV, and then asked: "Director, what kind of game is this? It looks interesting."

The games previously developed by NGS tended to be cartoon- and cute-style.

Mario, Donkey Kong, and the Legend of Zelda that is being developed.

By the way, it is said that an independent team is developing a new adventure game for adults, called Metroid. Is this the game?

"Oh, this is Contra. I just got the finished game. What do you think?"

"This picture is very good!"

"That's right, it's the best-looking game I've seen recently. Which big company made this?"

"It should be Kangda Company. Their game graphics are always very good."

"But I feel more like Yi Dian."

Akira Nakamura coughed twice and said, "In fact, this is a game made by a family from China."

China?

These employees were discussing, but when they suddenly heard Akira Nakamura's words, their brains short-circuited.

China?

Is it the Huaxia next door?

When did China have such excellent game production capabilities?

Never heard of it before.

Nakamura Akira knew what they were thinking at the moment by looking at their expressions.

And he thought exactly as they did.

Even he didn't know how someone in China suddenly emerged who was good at developing games.

And he’s still alone!