143 < EP. 33: International Electronics Fair. (4) >

“$399.”

“ · · · · · ·. ”

At the same time, the atmosphere within the president became very subtle.

44800 yen, to be exact. It could not have been more expensive for the home console kids enjoy. In fact, the NEGA Saturn was not this expensive console at the beginning of the plan.

Given that Saturn's mother, the cause of the failure of the NEGA CD, was expensive and loaded, developers have created a sprite machine that can express extreme 2D functionality at a relatively reasonable price point.

Unfortunately, the ‘Real Fighter’ popularity, which demonstrated the possibility of 3D gaming using polygons, has changed the game industry.

Gamers who had enjoyed the Real Fighter were naturally thinking of the ‘Real Fighter’ being transplanted into Saturn, although it was not officially announced.

On expectations of rising users, Yamanaka leaves Saturn's launch for over a year, bringing together technology developers to drop an assignment, which is to ‘get the real fighter back from Saturn.' ’.

This was a more wicked command than "Rebuild the machine."

The remaining development period is less than a year.

Developers who did not have enough time to produce new chips in limited resources have increased Saturn's performance in a very simple and ignorant way.

The method they chose was to hit two identical CPUs to complement Saturn's added 3D performance.

This seemed like a very simple solution, but it made Saturn's production unit price pop and gave developers a very difficult development environment.

It was only in the future that I knew that dual CPUs were produced beyond dual CPUs to quad CPUs, but it didn't matter that the algorithm was already contained in the CPU chip, but the dual CPUs of this era were literally two of them.

In this regard, the NEGA only needs to distribute operations to third parties that are developing Saturn games to each CPU. I explained.

That's easy to say.

Aligning each CPU's sync was a challenge for senior programmers who had as much development experience as possible. Even if one CPU finishes an operation, the program will have to be delayed overall if there are still operations left on the other.

‘One of the worst is usually the greed of the chief executive. ’

I slowly shake my head, swallowing a bloody smile.

Meanwhile, Yamanaka quickly added that Real Fighters and Daytona 3D, which were shown earlier, would be released at the same time as Saturn's launch to boost the response of cooler users at the same time as Saturn's price disclosure.

Then the users started nodding their heads to see how positive they were going.

Obviously, $399 was higher than the price that users expected, but the fact that the real fighter could be enjoyed at home was creating an atmosphere that was somewhat tolerable.

So I raised my hand to Yamanaka. Then Suzuki's eyes opened wide as she recognized me. Then I whispered to the boss straight away.

Maybe he's talking to Yamanaka about me, can he ignore me in front of so many users?

At that moment, I heard the voice of a user who recognized me from somewhere.

“Huh!? I saw him in his magazine. ”

“Who is it?”

“He's an employee of Pentagon Soft, and before that, he started a super family in Mintendo, moved to the Pentagon and created Raon. ”

“Fantastic. So he's a console developer? ”

“I'm also a console developer and game designer. He even created a street without me at the main director of Dragon Emblem. ”

As expected of an event of this magnitude, there are a few people who recognize me...

However, a voice from somewhere was pierced into my chest like a screamer.

“I thought you looked like a pervert for making so many hard-core games, but surprisingly ordinary...? ”

... What does a pervert look like?

And then I remembered the guy in the churning with the yellow towel around his neck, but let's just forget about it.

“Hmmm... any questions? ”

Yamanaka's face shivered slightly.

“Are the real fighters' playback screens for arcades? Or is it actually Saturn? ”

At that moment, Yamanaka and Suzuki narrowed their eyes and showed discomfort.

Do you know how much I hate the look in their eyes right now?

But as I began to speak to the users around me, Suzuki couldn't help but answer the question.

“The real fighters' promotional footage I've just shown you is for arcades. RealFighters for Saturn are still under development. But the entire VM team that built the real fighter for the perfect transplant is working hard, so you can expect it. ”

Yeah, I bought Saturn believing that...

However, the real fighter for Saturn I had played was too far away from the word 'perfect transplant’.

Because of the lack of full polygons, the background was set up with a single 2D texture, and the character was also drawn to lacking 3D performance, so the graphics felt very messy during the manipulation or as opposed to the arcade version.

The betrayal I felt then...

Otherwise, Saturn was priced at a high price and when he first came to Korea, an enormous price of about 60 to 700,000 won was formed by the pouch sellers.

I tried to keep up and play somehow, but I couldn't help but remember that I eventually sold Saturn and traded it for a gear station a few months later.

NEGA's new announcement has stopped at the point of implanting most of the games previously announced for arcades. Users who attended CES did not hide their somewhat disappointing expressions.

Seeing the next generation of mechanisms, he expected a new piece to be announced that would show the right performance for him. However, given the game and the time of rebuilding the device, a new announcement was not a big deal for the current country.

But the CES Conference was a real start.

It's because Mintendo, the current king of the game, is scheduled for 1: 00 p.m.

In addition, users were gathering for meals and mintendo conferences, thinking they would be able to see the truth about the project being made in collaboration with Sensoni.

“That's one hell of a name for mintendo. ”

Morita and Hayashi, make sure you're ready for the event. And a Kawaguchi representative approached me one day. I briefly conveyed my feelings to those who missed the presentation of the NEGA.

“I think the NEGA was a little unprepared. There was not even a live video of Saturn, the next generation of engineers, and the price seemed to have gone a little bit beyond user expectations. ”

When they heard my words, the Kawaguchi representative tilted his head and asked.

“Isn't there about three months left before the official launch? If that's what it takes to promote Saturn, it's a bit of a stretch. Is there something internally wrong? ”

“Well, I don't know about that. It could be an internal problem, it could be a deterrent to mintendo...”

The Kawaguchi leader looks at Mintendo Booth with his arms folded and mutters.

“I wonder what kind of cards Mintendo and Sensoni will take out in the coming generations of war. ”

“Let's just eat for a while, shall we? ”

In my opinion, they nodded and replied.

“I was hungry, but that's a good idea. ”

&

“I've been eating hot dogs for days now, so this one's bitten. I want to eat. Bob!!"

A hot dog with enough mustard sauce was cut and the water swallowed the cola while Hayashi grumbled. Then Morita, who was next to him, smiles and opens her mouth.

“Why?? I like it. ”

“You're a born instant. I've been eating flour for days, and I'm dying of indigestion. ”

It's been 10 days since I've been in the United States, and I'm starting to get these complaints.

Apart from Uchimura and Morita, who had been trained as instants for a long time, everyone missed their homemade hammock meal.

By the way, I kind of miss Yuki's food too...

After a brief meal, Rob came back to the Pentagon booth with a hot dog and welcomed me in a suit. The hot beard was also cleaned up, and he had a very different image than Rob I used to know.

“You're Rob, right? ”

“Yeah, man. By the way, do I have to do a presentation? ”

“Since you built it, of course you should explain the structure. ”

“I've never been out of this position before, so I'm trembling...”

“There's nothing to worry about. All you have to do is tell us about the VRAM chip we made.

We'll take care of the rest. You got your performance footage ready? ”

Rob nods, his thumb raised in my question.

&

1: 00 p.m.

Tiring!! Mintendo Booth finally shows up with the buzzing effect of Super Maridge eating coins.

“Ouch!! ”

When Yamashta, the president of the United States, and Shigei, joined the stage for Mintendo's presentation, the shouts of the people gathered around the booth began to warm up the president.

As disappointed as I was at the NEGA conference, the psychology of wanting to be rewarded in Mintendo seemed to have worked even more heavily. Super Marie's father, Kumamoto Shigeru, smiled and waved his hands at people until the shouts of the users grew louder.

After meeting Yamashta for a long time, I applauded him a little distance from the presidency.

“Welcome to the International Electronics Fair. Thank you very much. Ten years ago, I didn't expect the gaming market to be this big just to release a family to the United States. Our mintendo has been working to bring you more fun and fun games through generations from family to super family. ”

Yamashta said a small inhale after giving him a pre-written welcome.

“And now. The age is about to change again. with a new console created by our mintenso. Well, many would expect that the 16-bit game market would be next to the 32-bit market. And I don't think that's the wrong choice either. But…”

In Yamashta's speech, people gathered inside the president were increasingly drawn to his speech.

“But... someone has to think ahead, and 16 bits doesn't have to be 32-bit next. ”

From the mouth of the users with a smile as self-confident as Yamashta's. ’I started leaking elasticity.

“We've been thinking a lot about this project. Working with Sensoni to develop a new generation of machinery. We thought the real medium of the game you wanted was not the CD. Games should always be intuitive. And in order to do that, I realized that CDs are incredibly slow media. We had to choose, by giving up a project that we collaborated with Sensoni on with a huge amount of capital, until we gave up the game you wanted. I'm going to make more...”

“Ouch!!! ”

“I won't say a word. Our next console in Mintendo uses a 64-bit system.

And I'm going to show you a whole new kind of game. ”