Game Market 1983

- Kang Jun-hyuk is a very capable but dangerous person who doesn't know what he's doing. We shouldn't raise him too much. -

So... did this speech bubble comment on how the other person feels about me? Interesting.By the way, you smiled at me in the morning.I can't believe you kept this thought a secret from me. I'm a Japanese.

I put it in my Game&Watch bag and leaned deeply into the chair. No matter how much I flew and crawled for them, I was just one of the foreigners... I was not that surprised when I read Kamachi's comments because I always had them in my heart. But we can't reveal the claws yet. Let's just hold on a little longer...

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How long have we known about the media called CDs? In fact, in 1986, where I'm living now, there was a CD. It's just not universalized yet...

An electronics store in Osaka called Denden Town.

After visiting an open CD-quality listening session at a record store, Gunpei and I looked at the round disc shining in a rainbow light under a bright light.

“Ugh! This is what's called a compact disc. The color is so nice!”

Suddenly, Gunpei turned into a middle-aged man and looked at the CD with curious eyes. Compact disc... It's definitely compact compared to LP, but I was just sighing, familiar with micro SD cards and USB.

In fact, I was not interested in it, but I was standing here now because Gunpei was forced to bring it in the sooner it became a new medium.

“Oh, yeah, that's amazing. ”

“Are you not impressed by this miraculous object? It's because these young people are so emotionally drained. Hmm... I guess I'll have to fill you in. ”

Oh no! Gondol's product description has begun!! I felt that I was hurrying to get somewhere else, but it was too late.

“This CD stuff. Also known as an optical disc, it's a new medium that allows you to record your original sound digitally rather than using analog methods such as cassette tape or LP. Thanks to you, it's a new audio specification that allows you to listen to music in clear, noisy sound anytime, anywhere. Life expectancy is 100 years... Isn't it amazing? ”

‘A hundred years of frozen deaths will put you at risk for less than 20 years on the advent of portable storage, but as a music CD, you have a long life ahead of you.’

But Gunpei's explanation did not end there.

“This product was co-developed by Sensoni in Japan and Philips in the Netherlands. We're pushing out an existing analog product, and it's emerging as a new medium. You can record 74 minutes at a time. ”

“Well, that's a bit ambiguous. Why 74 minutes, less than 60 minutes? ”

Then Gunpei lifted his glasses and smiled in repentance. What...? I just asked you once, but I feel like I'm asking you for no reason.

“That's a very good question. The CD is currently 12 centimeters in diameter. But for the first time, Philips suggested the size of the CD was 11.5cm. It could have been more compact. It was also a little over 60 minutes. It was the right time. ”

“Then why did you increase the time? ”

“It's the Beethoven 9th Symphony Choir. ”

“The capacity of the CD is because of classical music? ”

“Of course, in the traditional 60-minute period, I was able to capture all the music from the LP, but the Vice President of Sensoni suggested that he wanted to put Beethoven's 9th symphony on one disc -- the longest Beethoven 9th symphony being recorded by the famous Karajan. ”

“So the CD's playback time is fixed based on Karajan's playing time? ”

“Yes!! ”

Hmm... I didn't know that either. Unfortunately, the information is irrelevant... But that's why all the music from Beethoven's ninth symphony... Gunpei had his earphones in his ears, and he seemed very happy to hear the music for a moment.

“The world is getting better. It's like going from an analog era to a digital age. It's an audio medium now, but it's also said to be able to be used as a device to recognize data by converting the way it's stored. 650MB, isn't it great? ”

“Haha, yes. 650mega capacity. That's incredible.”

“I thought a strong force would be surprised, but they don't react well. I'm disappointed.

That's the revolution for a puppet like you... I shook my head to the left and to the right to ask Gunpei to eat in 2015. At that time, Gunpei, who was looking carefully at the CD, muttered.

“How about replacing the game cartridge with this medium? ”

You may have said something thoughtlessly, but I was so heartbroken by Gunpei's words. Using a CD will only become universal after at least two generations, but as soon as I saw the disc for the first time... But Gunpei shakes his head.

“But that's a waste of capacity. Plus, the unit price will go up.”

“Yeah, I see. Haha.”

Family games were only 4 MB long... and the performance of the console was not enough to create a larger game. If... if Gunpei's idea had remained like this until the early '90s, Mintendo would have become a monstrous company that could never be defeated...

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Dragon Warrior 2 launches after a few hours of cartridge production. I found the speaker chairman with Seagee on behalf of Mintendo. There were already a lot of people camped at the Tokyo venue, and the view was quite similar to when Karin's legend was published.

“I feel new coming back to Tokyo like this. ”

He was recently taking a break from his development work and was wet to excellence looking at the long line of matrices. I think it reminds me of when Karin's legend was released. After a while, Yoo Ji, who was interviewing with Shigei, ran out with a happy face.

“Thank you for coming with Joon-Hyuk and Shigeru. ”

“From the long lines at the fair, you can see that the Dragon Warrior is a national RPG game. ”

“Not compared to Shigeru's Karin legend... haha."

Here it comes again!! His endless greetings!! If I didn't move, I had to listen to that greeting for another 10 minutes, so I hit the right line first and went in.

“How many candles have you caught? ”

“Well, we sold about 1.5 million pieces, so we picked about 500,000. I'm going to watch the reactions for a week and make more cartridges. The soft price was 5,500 yen, just like the original. ”

The Third Party's work, which required paying royalties to Mintendo, was often priced higher than the game from Mintendo. Kamauchi recently raised the royalty of the mintendo cartridge, slightly higher the soft price of other companies, and Phoenix has remained the same.

“I thought the Dragon Warrior would do 5,900 yen, but I was surprised it didn't raise the price. ”

“Honestly, I was told to raise the price a little inside the company, but I was also thankful to users who enjoyed my side and I had a hard time deciding. ”

“Hmm, I see. I think it's a good decision. ”

Shortly after the event, as the Dragon Warrior's majestic title music opens, the crowds of people outside begin to gather at the counter.

“Keep your order!!! Please line up at four counters!!! ”

Those who exchanged the waiting tables and game titles and finished the calculations did not look back and started running out of the venue even though they wanted to play fast.

"I understand that heart."

Behind the counter, I grinned and picked up a Dragon Warrior cartridge. A paper case with Toriyama's illustrations contained a simple manual and a soft black cartridge inside a plastic fixture.

“Count me one, too. ”

“Oh, are you buying Joon-Hyuk, too? ”

“I'm a big fan of this game. I can't afford to play games, but I want to buy them anyway. ”

“Thanks!! ”

While looking around the venue, I turned my head and saw a man outside the venue looking inside the store.

The thin man who was impressed with his moustache stared straight through the Dragon Warrior event and turned straight away as soon as his eyes met.

“Tsk.”

“Hmm..? ”

He looks a little familiar... No way!? Kawaguchi Hironobu, Director of Final Frontier!? I ran as fast as I could to catch a man away from the venue.

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