45 EP. 11: Case by Case (5)

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“Have you ever been in a psychic battle? Director Kang's game is huge. It's a whole different scale."

“It's a shooting game, after all. I think it's the best Super Maridge 3 ever. This is gonna be a big hit again. ”

“Shooting games, then? You've never been in a psychic battle, have you? Immersion isn't a joke. ”

While I was drinking coffee in the break room, two male employees came in with a loud noise outside.

“Oh, Director...”

When they saw me, they were flabbergasted and bowed their heads.

“Hello, are you here for coffee? ”

“Oh, yeah. Break time."

“So am I. Sit down. I'll get you a cup of coffee. ”

“Oh, no. You don't have to do that. ”

“Well, employees can have a cup of coffee. It's no big deal. ”

The two men took a steady stance, repeating that I had sat and stood up when I pulled the coffee out of the vending machine. What are you so afraid of, a rookie?

“Are you two new? ”

“Yes? Oh, we joined two months ago. ”

“Two months...? Sorry. I have a lot of work to do, so I don't have time to get used to my face. Haha.”

“No problem. You're working on a new console, and this time you're very busy developing a game. ”

If I were here, I wouldn't be able to say anything. I would just waste my time resting... I left the rest room with a few short words and asked you to work hard.

Then I heard the man's voice behind the closed door.

“Kyah-ah, the Director is cool. That relaxation... I think you're about my age, but it feels totally elite. ”

“I heard they posted a big one when they were working in the US office. Seems like Shigeru and Gunpei are close, too, and we can't keep up at the same age...”

"Well, that's what I look like to new employees."

After the announcement of the new game, Minten was experiencing some strange movement inside.

Not long ago, there was a debate between me and Shigeru about which works were better. This is not a good idea for first games to be launched by the same company, but it feels more like a faction fight than a good competition.

Having determined that I was no longer able to develop both games in the same development room, I deployed them to the next generation of console development department with the minimum number of people. Thanks to this, the office I work in is a bit more chaotic than the other departments.

As soon as I sat down, Kimura, who was in charge of the controller of the new console, approached me and asked.

“Hey, boss, this is the new controller concept. Can you take a look? ”

“Yes, of course. ”

The draft of the new controller handed over from Kimura felt similar to the controller image on the NEGA side than the controller of the super family I had known.

“Not bad at the moment, but would you like to make a few more edits? There's still time, so let's wait for the design team to come up with some more concepts. ”

“Yes, sir. By the way, is there anything else you'd like to ask for? ”

“Can I stretch the buttons a little bit? ”

“Button? We discussed it with the developers, and we've already stretched it from two buttons to four.”

“The game will get more complicated in the future. Now it's a monotonous form of jumping or attacking, but as the genre of the game progresses, there can be a variety of requirements. ”

“So do you have a number of buttons in mind? ”

“What about the six-button system? Recently, I went to the Game Center, and there was a little game called Fighting. ”

“The goal fighting game? ”

In 1987, a problem was launched in Game Center that troubled the business owners.

Why is this a problem? It was because it broke the old rules set in the Game Center.

A game center is a place where ordinary people go to enjoy games, often referred to in my country as a ‘arcade’.

Compared to the pleasant and pleasant word "entertainment," the image in my country was branded as a bad place for flying teenagers to smoke and steal money buried in children's noses.

Nevertheless, I like the game. If only a few hundred won were in hand, that was the playroom where I'd given up chipping and running.

Anyway, by the end of 1987, the Japanese gaming center owners had a very uncomfortable game launch. It was because of the appearance of Street Fire, the first six-button battle game.

Why did they seem uncomfortable with the easy coin retrieval battle game? It was because of the number of buttons.

Existing arcade games were only available with a lot of buttons.

No, usually two or three were enough, so four were also quite reluctant to say the least.

However, because the boxing game suddenly appeared using six buttons, the operators had no choice but to reform the substrate or bring in a proprietary device by crying and eating mustard.

However, thanks to its lame command manipulation, Street Fire became popular soon after its release.

Obviously, the command indicated long bowing and uppercut skills, but no matter how much I turned the lever, the technology did not go out.

It was also due to the poor digestion of the arm and leg buttons set aside by the river, medium and medicine.

The game, which eventually turned out to be a nuisance, will undoubtedly gain enormous popularity by abandoning all existing styles in the subsequent 2.

“Sir, aren't you suggesting that you use the six buttons for a street fire? ”

“Why? Why not? Haha..”

“Sure, there's no need to add a control button, but if you put six buttons on the front, it's relatively large, so it might be a little uncomfortable for children to use.”

“Do I really need to put six buttons on the front? ”

“Yes? Where are the rest of the buttons? ”

I finally had a family controller on my desk, so I handed it over to Kimura.

“Take a hold of it. ”

“Yes..? Oh, yeah."

Then both fingers of Kimura, who received the controller from me, naturally pointed towards the top of the controller. I smiled and spoke behind my back.

“Stop! Right there. Kimura makes a button on the part where he's touching his finger. ”

“Ahhhh!!!! There you are.”

Without any answer, Kimura nods back.

So we're done with one, and the next is the Psychic Battle?

I got up from my seat and found Mauritata focusing on shooting elongated dots.

“What about the Mauritania Illustration? ”

“It's smooth. It's fun to work. I'm amazed at your courage to have all of the protagonist characters in the Psychic Battle as women!! ”

“Y-yeah? ”

“I believe you. The day will come when beautiful girls and sexy concept characters dominate the gaming world!! ”

The illustrator Maurita, who strangely always held on to high tension, was obsessed with the female character to some extent that she thought she was a true pioneer ahead of her time. (He never draws male characters.)

Even within a small dot, emphasizing the character's features helped greatly to eliminate the camouflage of characters and illustrations in the game.

“Hey, Morita, can you be quiet? ”

“Sorry Hayashi. I'm interrupting coding.”

The Hayashi who was obsessed with his work again without hesitation at the apology of Morita was skilled enough that no one would follow him in his coding work.

But because of his nervous personality, there's a problem with interpersonal relationships.

Seegee's development environment, which enjoys joking in a little family atmosphere, was not suitable for him.

Hayashi did not see the other employees struggling, wanting everything to fit exactly like a cog, so there was frequent disagreement with the development team.

So I brought these two merchandise Otaku under me.

One is a dot machine that shoots dots like crazy without stopping when it comes to beautiful girls. And the coding machine that takes over the object and squeezes out the code without a scratch.

“But, sir, Can I really implement this according to the script you gave me? This is way over capacity. Never return to the current family. ”

“It doesn't matter. Leave the rest to me and just do the coding right. ”

Then Morita asked me.

“Sir, are you really going to do what you said before? ”

“Why? Don't you feel confident? ”

“Oh no! You can do it. But it's a bit of a headache when you run out of responsibility.”

“It's now or never, so you can do it. If you are later legally sanctioned there will be no answer, so go ahead. I'll take full responsibility. ”

“Got it!! ”

“Maurita, you're so loud.”

“Oh, sorry. Hayashi...”

I'm looking forward to those two great shooters from Otaku.

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Afterwards, Shigere and I would sometimes run into each other in the hallway, but there was not much talk.

It used to be the Dragon Warrior, but he used to get very nervous when it came to games.

On the day of the presentation, the way everyone was cheering and leaning against the chair all by themselves, did I feel like I was looking at the rival rather than my coworker?

In fact, I wasn't particularly offended by the reaction of Mr. Shigere. In a way, the current minten top developer recognized me as a rival.

But how much did Super Maridge 3 sell?

After work, I was alone at home and I was curious about the game & watch. Then a cheerful sound sounded like it was waiting.

- Bam! Hidden challenges. You have completed the secret game developer mission. The next time you reveal your identity, your awareness among gamers will increase by 200%. -

-Pabam ~ The creation of the first game title psychic battle has begun. You can now see the status of your development team members. -

Yamaguchi of the Pentagon has joined the production of Final Frontier 2. -

- Pam ~ Kumamoto Shigeru of Mintendosa is raising a competitive consciousness about you. -

In the meantime, all the small incidents that occurred in the gaming industry were alerted. After checking some important alarms, I searched the search box for information about Super Maridge 3.

< Super Maridge 3: An arcade game built for the mintendo family has raised 40 million sales worldwide. This is purely the number of genuine cartridges sold in Mintendo. >

40 million genuine items... I'm going to be stunned...

I sighed a little at the massive sales volume of Super Maridge 3 and then turned the dial with the handset. After a short beep, you hear a man's voice.

“Hello?”

Hello... What presumptuous phone etiquette? I cleared my voice for a moment and opened my mouth.

“Pumala, is Chendra there? ”

“I work for Chendra. Do you want me to change it?”

“Yes.”

A few moments later, an incomprehensible Indian language is heard in Chendra's voice.

“Joon-Hyuk? I'm too busy these days by making all the expansion cartridges I promised. If we want to send money home, we have to work. Don't you have work to do? ”

“That's why I called. Chendra, do me a favor. ”

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