Game Market 1983

A few days after the family launch, I was preparing to board Shinkansen on my way to Kyoto. There were several kinds of games & watches in my heavy bag.

“You've still got about half an hour.”

Glug... I skipped breakfast to catch up on the train time.I was starving because of work in 2015. Is it a habit for me to eat breakfast at a hotel since I came here? It may seem like a luxury to stay in a hotel for over a month, but it's 1983 now. All prices were significantly lower, and the 4-star hotel I was staying in compared to 2015 was cheaper than the cost of a motel.

“Still, if we're going to Kyoto, we're going to have to find a house. It's annoying to leave the hotel.”

I had already booked a hotel in Kyoto, so I was walking around Tokyo station feeling busy. At that time, I smelled a delicious smell that irritated my nose. Turning your head, you see a row of restaurants selling lunch boxes on one side of the street.

‘By the way, Shinkansen can eat a lunch inside. All right, well, I guess I'll just have to buy a lunch while I have time. ’

When I finished my thought, I slowly walked to the restaurant. Through the economic revitalization of the 6-70s, Japan was full of energy for everyone passing by, towards the end of the bubble economy. I felt proud to be ranked second in the world economy, but I only had a strong impression that I was a global leader in water. Especially after World War II, every time I put on the news, I hated the whining and complaining about the damage caused by Hiroshima exposure. In 2011, we avoided Fukushima's radicals... By the way, Japan has a deep connection to radiation... It's just a pity.

“Welcome! What kind of lunch can I get you? ”

“What's the most popular thing here? ”

“We have the most shrimp and chicken lunches!”

Shrimp and chicken... Still popular in the 1980s. I ordered a chicken lunch box with 300 yen for an impressive lady. Later, a middle-aged man told her.

“I'd like a chicken lunch, too, please. ”

“Oh, I'm sorry, sir, but the chicken lunchbox he just bought is the last one, and I'll make it back in no time. ”

“Oh, how long will it take? ”

“It's been about 10 minutes. Are you okay? ”

Then the man tapped his watch, making an embarrassing face. Oh, this guy...

“Oh, well, then we're running out of time for the train.”

Is this place famous for its chicken lunchbox? But I was more interested in the man in front of me than that. I thought I'd meet you in Shinkansen, but here I am. This is an unexpected coincidence.

“If you don't mind, I'll give you mine. ”

“Yes? Oh, no. You don't have to do that. ”

“It's okay, it's actually shrimp or chicken or I was hesitant. Give him the chicken lunch and I'll have the shrimp. ”

“Oh, thank you for your patience. Our shrimp lunchbox is really good, too. I'll add another shrimp as a service.”

“Thank you."

Eventually, we paid for the lunch box in the direction of WIN WIN with each other.

“Oh, thank you for your kindness. ”

The man lowers his head slightly to me and hurries to the Shinkansen Riding Ground. By the way, I don't have all the time in the world. I should get going too!! After a while. I arrived at the platform on Shinkansen.

“A-17, A-17. Here.”

After checking the car, I got on the train with a slight tremor. In Kyoto, the business seats were neatly organized to go to 3 and a half hours. As I approached my seat there, a man familiar with the window seat sat down.

“Hey. I'll sit next to you. ”

“Oh, yeah? ”

“Oh, hello. Hello again."

“This is an interesting coincidence. Come on, sit down. ”

The man who offered me a seat was Nisekoi Gunpei... father of portable gaming & watch, and the creator of Gameboy, who led the mintendo mobile device to the throne until 2015. I sat next to her with a little gratitude.

In fact, all of this was one of my plans to locate Gunpei with games & watches from the future and ask him to sit next to him in the ticket window. It was a real coincidence that I met him at the lunchbox house, but his first meeting wasn't so bad.

“I was really thankful back at the lunchbox. ”

It is also Japanese to say thank you a few times for one favor. Shortly after the train departed, we were getting along and forgot our lunch boxes.

When my eyes met after one bite, I almost got a case of eating in the barrel with a slight nod. After entering with the green tea purchased from the vending machine, I decided to proceed with the operation.

It was to get the game & watch out of the bag. The first game machine I pulled out was BALL. Then, like the founder of the game & watch, Gunpei glanced at the game machine in my hands with satisfied eyes. The whole country is enjoying their own little game machine.

+49073;. +49073;. A small ball in the screen went back and forth and a small beat rang in the room.

“I'm sorry, are you loud? ”

I quickly lowered the volume key and apologized to Gunpei.

“No, thank you. It's okay to keep going.”

He was looking at me with a pleasant smile because he was playing his own game machine. But I rather complained to him about the game & watch.

“If I was going to make it portable, I'd want you to put in an earphone jack, wouldn't I? ”

“Yes? Oh, I see. Obviously, you need an earphone jack to enjoy sound in public. ”

“Right? No matter how much games you play on the screen, sound is important. ”

Gunpei nodded at my complaint and after a while he took out a small notebook and started writing something down.

“Hey, is there any other inconvenience with the machine? ”

“A lot of them. ”

“Well, is that a lot? ”

“First of all, the machine itself is inefficient and unconscious. ”

“Yes?”

The face of Gunpei who was looking at me was dull and crumpled.

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