Game Market 1983

“How much are you trying to make me spend today?”

With Inosita's announcement, the red-headed protagonist bounces off the ball and leaps high toward the goal.

Kwajic!! A thumping scene so intense that the goal breaks, elasticity pours out of their mouths.

From the late '80s to the early' 90s, anyone in the two mountain ranges who led the Japanese cartoon industry would be a Dragon Ball and a Slam Dunk.

However, unlike the dragon ball that has been actively gamified since the time of the family, the slam dunk has never been gamified.

In fact, if you think of it as a sports game at this time, it was because the 'Excited’ series was tightly held. If there is no brawl and horse gear, it is also true that something looks boring.

But is that so?

I thought it wouldn't be a bad idea to use the unique character castle that only Slammerdunk has.

In fact, the arcade "Slam Dunk Superslam", launched in the mid-90s, was hit by the popularity of characters.

Even those who don't know the basketball position will nod if they tell me something similar to the character...

Slamdungs, made for the Raon, SD-rated arcade-style games into trios to create unique cuteness.

- Peek! -

The event was full of anticipation and excitement as Shohoku (Buksan) and Ryonan (Qingnam) started with a whistle to announce the start of the match.

“Oh, that's cute. ”

“Look at the look on Mitsui's face!”

As Shohoku's ball, which had won the jumping ball, immediately flowed towards Miyagi (Song Tae-sup), he saw that the power hole was overlapping with a scene in a cartoon, and elasticity was flowing from place to place.

When Sendo (Yun Dae-hyup) blocked Miyagi (Song Tae-sup) from digging inward for a moment, the ball flowed to the outside angle and flowed to the Normandy (Jung Taiwan).

Mitzi's unhesitant three-point shot was drawn into the goal, drawing a beautiful parabolic line, and the face of Mitzi was closed up on the screen and a cut-in was displayed.

“Khh! What a flaming man!! ”

Slammerdunk's demo also continued to be broadcast in the heat of the crowd, and Laon's launch event began to flow into a festive atmosphere.

“Let's give a big round of applause to Inosita, the original author of Slammerdunk, who came to our venue on purpose. ”

“Thank you. Please enjoy the game!”

“Well, that's more than enough, let's begin the formal sale of Raon. ”

“Wooooo!!! ”

Gamers gathered at the event responded with a loud shout as if they were warriors headed for the battlefield.

Those who have not yet come inside the event are crazy to wonder what's going on inside.

Shortly thereafter, the sales event officially began, and a total of eight counters started selling out the new mobile device, Raon, at a rapid pace.

“Give me Laon and Spa 2!! ”

“Give me Raon, Final Frontier 4, and Slam Dunk!! ”

“Oh, what should I do? Suddenly, a slam dunk pops out of my head.”

“What are you thinking about? Just buy it all. You're going to live anyway!! ”

“Right? Rather than moaning later because I don't have anything. That's better.”

“RPG, battle action, sports games, fantastic lineup!! ”

“Don't even think about it. Buy it quickly. I'm so tired...”

As it reminds me of Thanksgiving in the United States, the venue was filled with Raon's customers. Customers who were outside and entered the cool room were staring at the late-known Psychic Force video and the video of Slammerdunk as if they had been hit in the back with a headache.

“The Pentagon is now making arcade games.”

“Did you take the battle of Psychic Battle and upgrade it? I'm a little frustrated because I don't have video games, but the opening movie is so awesome... It's like a movie theater. ”

“Winter!! Winter!!"

“Is that gonna bring back Takashi, the winner of the psychic battle? ”

“Oh, I saw the finals. It was awesome, but at the end of the bulletproof defense. Khh!"

“That still gives me the creeps.”

I was thankful for the enthusiasm of users who still remember the psychic battle by overhearing people's conversations.

‘This battle will be far more intense than Takashi's finals. ’

The ultimate battle speed psychic force was created purely by Morita.

The ‘Psychic Force’, which changed the genre that was targeted by the shooting into a duel, proceeded to build an arcade substrate based on the direction that saved the image of the character as much as possible.

No matter how brilliant the device was, it was not enough to handle Morita's illustration, but it was clearly better than a clumsy one.

In addition, in the early 90s it was the pinnacle of the Game Center, so it was a very profitable business based on the amount of coin collection.

Wouldn't we need a sparring game to announce the name of Pentagon Soft in the many battle games that will emerge? I proposed, and the conclusion was that everyone was welcome.

Since March, the current development progress of the rapid production of the Psychic Force is approximately 60%.

It was already picking up some form of a duel.

A few days ago, I tried it with Morita as a test character, and it was a very fast battle style that was completely insane.

The point of the battle was to keep a gap in the ESP gauge because it was possible to remove or return a fairly large radius of ammo from a surrounding building due to the shell spilled out by two characters in a large city centre, or to evade it with an ESP gauge.

Especially since the establishment of super-specific skills was not yet established, the 'one-way station’ was very popular among employees only when their health was reduced below 30%. (Maybe he was excited about the bart morphing that the character used to close up when he was using the magic wand...)

Unlike Spa 2, which fights closely and with a fierce fist, the Psychic Force felt much different even in the same battle because it avoided the projectiles on the screen or put points on each other's necessities.

‘But the coin turnover will be faster this way. Game speed is also fast, and if you get it wrong because of a lot more connectors than a spa, you will win or lose in the blink of an eye. ’

As I took a step back to the counter, Morita and Hayashi were waiting for me.

“Awesome. The low-cost soft policy that you designed worked. ”

“This is all because of the refusal of Mintendo. It was God's work to transplant Spa 2 from Capco…”

“Clearly, the number two spa is dropping first. ”

“It's probably the most popular game center right now. It's also portable, so you can fight anywhere, so it's a natural choice…”

As Hayashi said, nearly nine out of ten people were buying Spa 2.

Immediately after buying the game, some people were playing directly at the table in the store.

The data cables were included by default, so users who came with friends immediately connected their devices and enjoyed Spa 2.

“Wow, that's just like the arcade.”

“Yeah, I didn't think it was gonna be like this...”

“I feel like I'm going to cry because I'm touched. I can't believe you can do Street Fires 2 with a portable device in the world. I won't get bored on the train. ”

Approximately three hours after the event began, Raon sold almost 2,000. The 5,000 units prepared on the first day were reduced by half in three hours.

While the cashier was turning the register as he switched employees, there was little chance of declining the queue to the outside.

Jun Fei, who had been out since morning to shoot the atmosphere of the launch event, asked me with a tired face.

“Looks like you're faster than you were in the super family. ”

“I'm a little ahead of you. ”

“I was curious about the user's reaction because the device itself is a fairly advanced booklet, but it's huge.

I didn't know it was going to be like this. ”

“You only need to buy the device once anyway, the cartridge price is important. ”

“From what I hear, the Dragon Warrior of Phoenix was also meant to make Raon Soft. What do you know? ”

“Did you come all the way here for a cover story? ”

“There's already a rumor going around in the industry. In fact, we've already announced that we're moving to some third party in Raon. ”

“It's a myth. The Dragon Warrior of Phoenix Soft has announced that only the most prevalent consoles in the world are built. The fifth series is probably already being made into a superfamily. ”

“Too bad.”

“As desperate as Mintendo to keep the Dragon Warrior safe, it won't be easy. ”

As Jun Fei said, after Capco, a large soft company, secretly changed development routes towards Raon, there were a number of third-parties.

Fox Soft is a leading company known for its' Devil Castle ’series. Recently, it was Wink Soft that was planning SRPG games using Gundam or Margingga.

“Well, I'm sorry, but it's no longer a trade secret. I can't tell you the details. ”

“Tsk. That's disgusting. ”

“Lethal...? How much information have I given you so far? ”

Then Jun Fei roughly slapped him with a smile and turned to talk.

“Hey, I'm hungry. Aren't you going to eat? ”

“My staff hasn't eaten yet, but how can I just run and eat? ”

At that time, an announcement came out from the speakers inside the venue. It was Miyazaki from the tone of his voice.

“We would like to remind our customers who have visited the launch event to purchase Raon. We are pleased to inform you that the Street Fire2 cartridge currently launched by Capco has sold out.

We're very sorry, but we wanted to remind you again. ”

“What? Already!? ”

“No!! I came to buy that.”

As expected, the amount of spa 2 ran out first. However, Slammer Dunk and Final Frontier still had a lot of spare space, so users began to buy other software as a pity.

In fact, all three titles were great, so there was no big complaint for the users.

If it was just Final Frontier and Spa 2, it might have been a little dangerous.

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5: 00 p.m. that day.

Laon's launch, which was hot as the weather in the summer, finally achieved the full capacity of the last seller.

"Raon. A toast to the end!!"

Pentagon employees celebrated the completion of their first console device and drank a can of beer. I worked hard all day, but everyone looked very good.

Jun Fei sneaked out and joined the Pentagon's celebration with a string of friends.

He's got a knack for it too...

I heard Miyazaki calling out to me as she was sipping canned beer with a bleeding smile.

"Sir, we have a call from Mantra Soft in Korea."

Oh, looks like the launch ceremony in Korea is over...

I nodded at Miyazaki's words and picked up the phone that was in the staff office.

Then, beyond the handset, I heard the voice of the excited representative Kim Han-seok.

"As Joon-Hyuk planned, the Liberation Day launch in Korea worked!!"