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

July is the hottest season of the year.

At the same time, this time is also the favorite day for video game manufacturers.

Because children will have more time to play games, buying games is naturally unambiguous.

Some parents will also be more tolerant at this time.

Far across the ocean in North America, a parent was hesitating in a department store.

"Sir, is there anything you want to buy?"

A shopping guide walked up to the parents and asked proactively.

"Oh, that's it. I want to buy a birthday gift for my child. He has always said that he wants an NGS game console. Do you have one here?"

"Of course sir, it's only $180. If you have a shopping card from our department store, you can get another $5 off."

The shopping guide took out a box of NGS game consoles from the shelf.

"Sir, this is a hot commodity right now. Almost every child's most coveted gift is this game console. Your child is really lucky."

The parent showed a smile: "A child's birthday gift must always satisfy him."

"Indeed, sir, why don't you buy this one?"

"good."

"By the way, sir, when buying a game console, you also need to buy the corresponding cassettes. If you are interested, you can buy a few boxes of cassettes to play and experience it."

"Cassettes, I understand this, but I don't know what's more fun."

"Then let me recommend it to you. For example... well, this game is called Squirrel Wars. This is the latest game and is very suitable for family play."

"Family-friendly? Not kid-friendly?"

"Of course not. Adults also have the right to play games. It's not just children who can only play games. You can also play if you want to. This game is very suitable for adults and children to play together. It is very easy to enhance the relationship with children. feelings between each other.”

Parents were a little excited when they heard it.

In fact, the shopping guide didn't know much about video games. He simply recited the promotional lines for the game and then tricked people into buying them one by one.

This cartridge was a game that had just been released in the United States. It did not have any company logo on it, and only had two very conspicuous names of the game developers. It looked very out of place with other game cartridges.

Many people in the store said that this game is actually a small game produced by a third-rate company. Hurry up and sell these cartridges, even sell them at a discount. Don't lose your hands.

“The console, because you have the shopping card, it’s $175, and you have three boxes of game cartridges, and a box of Squirrel Wars is discounted for $30, a box of Super Mario is $59, and a box of Planes is $40. The total is 304 US dollars, please keep the receipt."

Hiss, this game is really expensive, but the more expensive the game, the more fun it should be.

The parent regretted it a bit because he found out that the cheapest one was Squirrel Fight.

If the game you buy is not fun, wouldn’t you lose thirty dollars?

"Well, can I get a refund from Squirrel Wars?"

"Of course sir, but this game is really interesting. It's just because of the special discounts in our department store that this game is currently on discount, but you don't have to worry about the quality of this game at all!"

The shopping guide turned on the chatter mode and kept bragging about the fun of the squirrel fight in front of the parent.

"Is that so... Okay then."

Faced with the shopping guide's rich talk, the parents obviously couldn't resist, and were finally deceived into buying Squirrel War.

But when he got home, he still felt a little worried. He didn't know if this game was the right thing to buy.

He still remembers that three years ago, he bought an Atari game console, a game called ET, and more than ten games in a package for fifty dollars as a birthday gift for his children.

At that time, he felt that spending so much money on so many games was a huge profit.

However, after buying him, his child stopped talking to him for a long time because of this reason, which made him very depressed.

Forget it, if it's really not fun, there's a Super Mario that will never go wrong.

That plane battle looks good too.

When he got home, the parent's son tore open his birthday gift with great anticipation.

There were several large English letters written clearly on the gift.

NGS Home Entertainment Computers.

Along with this home entertainment computer are several boxes of cassette tapes.

"How about it son? Do you like this gift?"

"I love it so much!"

The child happily hugged his game console.

He had been begging his parents for this game console for a long time, and now he finally got what he wanted, and he couldn't be happier.

That night he immediately rushed back to his room to start playing games.

The parent suddenly felt that he had made the right purchase this time.

He walked to the door of his child's room, leaned against the door and watched as his child began to play with the game console, and finally successfully connected the game console to the TV.

"Son, why are you so skilled?"

"Hey dad, I actually spent a lot of time playing at my friend's house."

"That's it. I'm really sorry, kid, I just got you this game console now."

"It's okay, Dad, no matter what, I like this game console very much!"

The parent was very pleased. He felt that his child had grown up.

"Super Mario...well, it's a good game, but let's play it last."

"Airplane battle... I've played this game before..."

The child watched the first two game cartridges first.

I found that the above were all games I had played at a friend's house, and I was suddenly disappointed.

It's still fun to play a game you've already played, but it's definitely not as fun as a new game.

But he is also a very sensible child now, and he did not show it on his face, but picked up the third box of game cartridges.

"Squirrel Wars? This name is so weird, and the cover also looks like two squirrels."

If the child discovers that this is a game he has never played before, he should simply play it.

"Hey..." The parents were smiling just now, but when they saw their children playing squirrel war, they couldn't hold back.

"What's wrong, Dad?" |

"No...it's nothing. Just have some fun first."

The parent originally wanted to say something, but seeing his child's happy appearance, he did not dare to say more.

I am afraid that my few words will make my child unhappy again.

Damn it, if I had known better, I wouldn't have bought this cassette, it would have been over if it wasn't fun.

However, he had an idea and remembered the recommendations given to him by the shopping guide.

"By the way, son, I heard that two people can play this game together. How about we two play together?"

"Okay, okay." The child was very happy. Being able to play games with his father was also his dream.

In fact, if his father is willing to play with him, then it doesn't matter whether the game is good or bad.