Game Market 1983

“Kawaguchi!! ”

As I recall, the man turned to me with a confused look on his face.

“You're Hironobu Kawaguchi from Triangle, right? ”

“Do you know me? ”

“Aren't you the director of the Kings Quest? ”

“No, I know, but... how can I...? ”

“I am Kang Jun-hyuk, a Mintendo employee. I saw a corner on Pammy Communications about the director. ”

“Oh, right.”

Then Kawaguchi nodded his head and opened his mouth to relax his guard against me.

“The Mintendo staff congratulates you in person for the launch of the hottest producers. ”

“Oh, well, the dragon warrior's power is so great. Haha!”

“By comparison, I've only made 6,000 Kings quests, but Mintendo posted a third-party royalty, and I saw a total shortage. ”

“Oh, really? ”

“Oh, really? What, is that offensive answer making fun of me? ”

“No, not at all. But I didn't put up that royalty, did I? Honestly, I don't think you should be mad at me. ”

“Ugh...”

Kawaguchi grimaced his teeth as he groaned that it was unfair not to find a word to argue with. In fact, Kamachi has recently become more and more violent.

Recently, gaming companies have had to film 10,000 seconds in case the game was released or not, because the cartridge production unit price has not increased enough.

In other words, if the Kings Quests created by Kawaguchi were sold about 6,000 times three months after the launch date, it would be difficult to sell any more.

Games that are not very popular in the new yards these days will soon be forgotten... so the Triangle must have been hit with a shortage of 4,000 left over stocks...

While it was good to provide quality software to forget Atari shock, Mintendo's proprietary market was a difficult structure for gaming companies to gain any other benefits.

“Things aren't going so well with Triangle? ”

“Originally, I tried to increase the number of Extras by 2,000, but Mintendo wouldn't accept them. Thanks to you, our company is on the verge of collapse. ”

“Is that it? Oh, my God. So, any of the games we're working on right now? ”

“I've got one thing in mind, but... the trend at headquarters is to completely shut down the gaming business...”

What!? No!! You have to create a Final Frontier for my plan to work!! Kawaguchi said with a bitter expression.

“Just once... there was a game I wanted to try one last time...”

“Last but not least, what genre are you thinking of? ”

“RPG for now. Actually, I was thinking about buying a Dragon Warrior today, but seeing the Dragon Warrior being sold at the same time as the opening of the event... I was frankly bored. Even if I create a new game, will I be able to defeat the Dragon Warrior that has already become a national game? I wondered.”

“I can't. No matter what kind of game Mr. Kawaguchi is playing right now, he can never beat Yuji's Dragon Warrior series. There's already three pieces in there. ”

“Ugh... It sounds like even the game I'm thinking about is going to be defeated by the Dragon Warrior." ”

“Yes, it is. because that's the biggest RPG game in Japan right now. But the second place is still empty. Why don't you start there? ”

I handed the shopping bag in my hand to Mr. Kawaguchi.

“What is this...? ”

“The Dragon Warrior 2 I just bought at the previous event. ”

“Why are you...? ”

“Mr. Kawaguchi must be mistaken, and I clearly said I can't beat the Dragon Warrior as' now ’. I didn't say I couldn't win. To do that, how great is the game the enemy has created. You have to learn something. ”

“Done. I'm not even going to approve the development of my next piece anyway.”

“I'll talk to Jules about that, too. So let's play while you take a break. Oh, and if you clear this, you should return it. I bought it today and haven't played it yet. ”

I forced Mr. Kawaguchi to show me his shopping bag and headed back to the event.

&

A few days later, I found Triangle Company in Tokyo. The triangle, barely reached a single address, was located on the second floor of a shabby four-story building. The old flyer on the first floor had a job opening, which was worth 1,500 yen an hour.

While Tokyo's average hourly rate of part-time is 480 yen to 500 yen, I was surprised to see the building again and muttered at a staggering hourly rate.

It doesn't look like a company worth 1500 yen to me.

I climb the stairs, tilting my head slightly. And after a while, when I entered the second floor, the first thing that welcomed me was cardboard boxes filled with corridors.

‘No way... these? ’

A slight opening of the box next to you in an ominous premonition filled with game titles.

"So many unsold and recovered titles... what in the world?" ’

I sighed, gazing at the small office door that was visible through the boxes. As I moved a few boxes, I squeezed the gap and stood in front of the office for a moment, and then I tried knocking.

“Come in.”

Queek... I started to freak out again with boxes filled with gruesome noises about the hinges and stepping into the office.

“Who are you?”

If that's what you're asking, why don't you put the boxes away at the entrance!? I look back at the direction of my voice as I walk through the boxes again.

“Oh, I'm here to see the boss. ”

Then, a man in his 40s, sitting inside, replied with a color on his face.

“Ah, the interviewer who was supposed to be here today. Come this way.”

Interviewer? What the hell is this? But I was stuck between the cracks of the box, and I missed the time to answer.

“Oh, no, that's...”

“The office is a bit complicated, isn't it? It'll be clear soon, so come here. ”

That's not it, man! And after a while. I was sitting in the unlikely Triangle office, interviewing Mr. Cudo, the boss. So, how about we pretend to be interviewers and find out what's going on with this company?

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