Game Market 1983

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First, I stopped in the parking lot of my house, called a taxi and leaned against the chair installed in front of the convenience store when I arrived near the Pentagon Soft's house. Even the summer weather was so hot that now I feel very good about the autumn atmosphere.

While I was thinking about drinking the can beer on the table, I noticed Morita and Hayashi coming out of the room together.

“Sir, have you been waiting long? ”

“No. Rather, I'm sorry. I called him out of the blue on a break. ”

Keeping his smile as sweet as possible, he handed Morita and Hayashi a can of beer, and Hayashi quickly opened his mouth with a aesthetic expression.

“Sir, are you being so kind as to do something so extraordinary again? ”

“Oh, did you notice? As expected, Hayashi is quick to see...”

“Where are you and us for a day or two? You suddenly summoned me to a street without me, and suddenly you tripled your workload by creating a hero scenario. ”

In Hayashi's sleep, I felt hot for no reason.

Morita opened her mouth with a big smile about what's so fun.

“But I'm excited that you have a fun idea when you call me that. ”

Then Hayashi, who was next to him, stares at Maurita.

“That idea kills me every time. ”

“Whimpering, grumbling and everything...”

“What? I've been a little less rough on you lately, and you're pretty cool? ”

After three years of eating a pot of rice, do I have to say that they both look a little alike?

“So what's the plan this time? ”

Hayashi asked me, taking the lid off the can of beer in her hand. I swallowed another sip of beer and opened my mouth to Morita and Hayashi looking at me with excited eyes.

“I told you about that last meeting, didn't I? Psychic Force's battle system is almost flawless, but you said it felt empty. ”

“Yes, I've tried raising my speed, lowering my speed, modifying my shell trajectory, and I can't get an angle. Obviously, the fighting element is not like Spa 2, so it's like a game of wind blowing from afar, and I don't know what to tell you, but there's something missing. ”

“You don't have enough variables for melee combat. ”

“That's right. That's it. ”

“So I was thinking, why don't we make it like this? ”

In my words, Hayashi swallowed up her drowsiness with the look of finally coming.

“Uh, how? ”

“The Dream Eight Battle. ”

“Heeheeheeheehee!!! ”

“Wow!"

As expected, the illustrator who painted the character and the programmer who made the dream come true were dramatically divided.

“That's a really great idea. One-on-One War alone is a mess, but an eight-man battle is going to be huge. ”

“W-wait a minute. Sir, I'd say three to four battles. No, to be honest, that's hard, too. What's eight? Do we really need to use eight devices? I don't think the Game Center would be happy to use too many devices.”

“Hmm. Hayashi. Do you see the WWF? ”

“You mean professional American wrestling with Hulkhogans and Warriors? ”

“Yes. Since the last 88 years, there has been an event called Royal Rumble where 30 wrestlers ascend into the ring in order to win the final victory in the ring. ”

“Isn't that what you're doing, knitting it anyway? I don't understand if the Hulk and the Warrior are getting stronger. ”

Then Morita, who was listening to Hayashi quietly, opens her mouth with an excited voice.

“N-no choreography!! It's a real fight!! ”

“Shit. Why tear your clothes to the audience with a real fighter in front of you? And the guy who's dying, all he has to do is scream the count, and his hands flash? How is that even possible? ”

“Fighter's performance and duel!! ”

“ ……. ”

I stopped them about that, as the story flowed in a strange direction.

“Are you a go-to for Royal Rumble? I'm not talking about that. Psychic Force, like Royal Rumble, is going to be a never-ending challenge for gamers on eight devices. There is a small chance that one winner will be able to protect the device for a long time, and the coin rotation rate will be amazing because anyone can join the battle immediately. In conclusion, if you're the head of the Game Center, it's a two-handed welcome substrate. ”

Morita opens her mouth with a joyful look in her imagination.

“Players join the battle directly from eight devices. That's amazing. ”

“To do that, the map needs to be more organized than it is now. ”

“W-wait a minute. Sir, what about the angle of the camera when eight characters are fighting? We also need to correct the trajectory of the shell...”

“Once you've got more characters, you'll have to adjust your ammo count again. ”

When Hayashi's face turned white with the terrifying workload that grows when I open my mouth. I threw the finished can beer in the trash.

Looking at the watch, I was pointing at 11 o'clock one night. Yuki wants us to watch the broadcast at midnight, so we should probably get going.

“Well, I'm late for work today, so let's work tomorrow. ”

“Yes. I need to get in there and figure out what to fix first. ”

“Sir, can I call you a cab? ”

“Yes, do me a favor. Morita.”

“Yes, I understand. ”

Maybe 10 minutes after Morita and Hayashi went back to the lodge? I stopped in front of the convenience store and got into a taxi.

The way home.

I was hesitant to think too improvisationally, but then I came up with the concept of the Eight Man War. In my head, all the theories about the 'Psychic Force’ began to fit exactly like a puzzle.

Unlike the home console market, arcade substrates made for only one game were extremely expensive, as they were imported and profitable.

‘Is the battle style really going to work at this time? ’

I had my doubts, but I didn't have a feeling it would fail.

We don't know how many game centers buy all eight at the same time, but once we have built a framework for eight players, we can let the owners buy 2 or 4 sets freely.

‘The arcade market will have the best peak for 10 years from now. It would be a lot of money if you just sat down properly. ’

Plus, if you're good, you could build an axis in the Feud Action...

After a while, I came home, showered with hot water, and came out of the living room dressed in light clothes.

“Oh, it's already midnight...”

The TV screen gradually lit up as I pressed the power button with the remote control toward the latest Brown Tube TV.

“How many Fuji TVs...”

Watching the broadcast as I go around the channel. After checking the logo on Fuji TV in the upper right, I put the remote and leaned against the living room couch.

Before entering the mansion, I bought a few more cans from the convenience store underneath the building, and I looked at the TV and rubbed the cans in my mouth.

- Where are you going today? -

“Phew!! Knng!! Keluc, Keluc...”

A middle-aged man in a suit picked up his phone in a hurry and called Yuki, who was having a beer while he was holding his stomach hungry.

Then I heard Yuki's voice as if he was waiting behind the phone.

“Did you see Joon-Hyuk's TV? Kick Kick”

“Oh, I'm so surprised. Did you just take the name I gave you? ”

“Yes. It was so funny for an alias, I pushed it. The broadcast station likes you, too. I was complimented for having a good sense. ”

“Is... is that right? ”

There are people at the station who don't like their taste either.

“It's a total of 12 dramas, and you'll see a few restaurants that Joon-Hyuk and I have been to. ”

“Really? How many? ”

“It's a secret! It's going to be broadcast once a week, so stay tuned!”

Yuki's sweet voice, which sounded a little sleepy, tickled my ears.

She usually goes to bed at 10 o'clock, but she seems to be exaggerating because it was her first night show.

“Congratulations, but when did the shoot start? I'll tell you in advance. I would have fed the staff.”

“Hey, do you have something to show publicly that my boyfriend is rich? ”

“What can I do to make it anonymous? ”

“There you go! We started filming last summer, but Joon-Hyuk was also busy with Laon's launch. I didn't mean to tell you. ”

Yuki is really deep in this regard.

How excited would it be when the drama that I did with you was officially filmed?

I'm sure you're eager to tell me first.

However, she felt very peculiar to endure until today when the silent broadcasting started while I was busy.

Then Yuki asked me.

“Joon-Hyuk, don't you feel lonely when you sleep alone? ”

“Well, should I just say it's a little empty, rather than lonely? I knew the house was too big to live alone. ”

“What did I tell you? Joon-Hyuk's house is too big to live alone...”

I hesitated for a moment without answering, then opened my mouth with courage.

“Well, do you want to come in and live with us? ”

“ ……. ”

Is it because I drank too much beer? Suddenly my face is too hot. You were too bad to propose, weren't you?

Yuki didn't say anything about how ridiculous it was.

“Listen, anything...”

“ ……. ”

“No, I'm kidding. Are you angry?”

“Kuu... Kuu...”

“Huh?"

Now, are you sleeping?

Was it too late to pass midnight to Yuki, who lives a routine life every day?

I carefully placed the handset on the table so she wouldn't wake up, smiling in pity.

The middle-aged Onaka Seita-san was gripping her belly on TV, making a sad expression.

“I'm... hungry. I've got to find a store. ”

I leaned on the couch and watched a food drama for a long time with beer.

"I'm hungry for no reason... Did I leave anything for the cups?" ’

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The next day.

When I go to work, my office says, "Where are you today?" Onaka-Shita-san '.

“Wow, I really wanted to eat a yakitori (chicken skewers) yesterday. When I endured it, I finally came out at dawn and went to the nearby Hop House, and all the remaining yakitori in the world was sold out.

Lots of people come to see the show? ”

“Me, too. I ran out last night after the show, and the Yakitori house was full of people. I ended up packing and drinking canned beer at home!”

“Oh, that was so much fun. It's a demonic show when people are starving. ”

I swallowed a ceremonial smile as I listened to the conversation and opened the door of the second development team.

“Good morning everyone...? ”

Is it because of the feeling of living a little on the faces of the members of the development team who always smiled brightly and greeted me?

Hayashi, standing in front of the white board, said to me.

“I've briefed you on what you heard yesterday. ”

“Well done. Less explaining to do. ”

“Sir, I went into the house yesterday and I thought about it, and the Psychic Force is now more than 80 percent of its development. But do we really need to add an eight-person battle rule here?

Why don't we add eight feud elements to the next one... ”

Hayashi's answer was not a bad idea either. But, um...

“Of course. That's a good idea, too, but then I'd have an eight-way psychic force in my second year. Arcade games also have a higher moral code, do you think you'll like it in the game center in a few months when you put on two Feud Psychic Force and put on eight Feud Modes? ”

“Yes, but there are too many to add when you enter a battle mode of eight in this state. This is going to be a huge bug. It's going to take a year just to fix it. ”

“Yes, that's right. ”

Hayashi looked embarrassed as I listened to him so softly.

“Are you suggesting we postpone the launch? ”

“No, you can't. ”

“Well, what's the best way to...? ”

I briefly started explaining to the staff sitting in the second development room, clearing my throat for a moment.

“As Hayashi said, if you put in eight Feud modes in the current situation, the bug fixes will increase your development period indefinitely. But.”

I took a break for a moment, looked at the faces of the staff and laughed.

“If you create a new one from scratch, you can do it within 3 months. ”

“Hiya!!! ”