Game Market 1983

Friday, December 13th.

The day before I met Yuki's parents...

I was on the phone with Yuki for tomorrow's appointment time again.

“So it's 1: 00 tomorrow afternoon, right? ”

“Yes, my mom is preparing lunch. Don't be too late. ”

“Ugh, ugh. ”

“Joon-Hyuk, are you nervous? ”

“Of course. But I'm seeing you for the first time...”

I sometimes greeted him when I dropped him off near Yuki's house, but I felt secretly burdened by this formal visit.

“It's okay. I've explained Joon-Hyuk to you so that your ears would be nailed. My mom really likes Joon-Hyuk because he's coming. ”

“Y-yeah? I should have said hello...”

“I also explained that Joon-Hyuk has been busy. He'll be fine. My parents aren't that tight. I'm worried that Joon-Hyuk will be surprised to see our family. ”

Um...? What's that supposed to mean? ’

I felt a little nervous about her words that reassured me with a bold voice.

The next day.

I came to the suit I had left at the laundromat this morning and quickly got dressed and got in my car.

It was December, but it wasn't that cold, so I threw my coat on the side and turned the handle towards Yuki's house after finishing my hairstyle check through a rear-view mirror.

A moment later, I entered Kyrgyzig, where Yuki lived, and I parked my car in a nearby public parking lot and headed to a nearby store.

‘But I'm going to formally say hello, and I can't go empty-handed. ’

While browsing the store, I ran to Yuki's house in a hurry to buy a beautiful bouquet of flowers and a gift sweets from a nearby bakery.

When I arrived at Yuki's door 10 minutes before the appointment time, I rang the doorbell with my heart pounding, and I heard a commotion in the house.

“I'm back!!! Hey!? What do I do? Oh no!!"

“Open the door first!! ”

“Honey, can you go instead? I'm nervous because I've never met a son-in-law before! ”

“I cook!! And I've never been a son-in-law before!? ”

“Ahhhh!! Yuko, this is all your fault. If you had married before Yuki, you wouldn't be so nervous!! ”

“Dad!! What kind of logic is that? ”

“ ……. ”

This isn't how I pictured it.

Why did you ring the doorbell again? I was hesitating with a bunch of flowers in my hand, and the door opened with a thud.

After all, it was Yuki who welcomed me first.

“Joon-Hyuk, welcome!"

“Oh, yeah. Thank you."

As I walked through the white front door into the living room, Yuki's parents and sister, who were waiting for me inside, bowed down and greeted me.

“Please take good care of my daughter. ”

Huff... Huff... Huff...

“Dad, that's the first greeting. ”

“Isn't this it? ”

Yuki's father, Ishikawa, looked much younger than I thought. Given Yuki's age, he was in his mid- to mid- to mid- to mid- to mid- '30s, a tremendous amount of ownership.

“Hahaha! My dad's nervous. ”

“Say hello. Joon-Hyuk, this is my dad and mom. This is my sister Yuko. ”

“Hi, I'm sorry I didn't say hello sooner. Why did you come empty-handed?

“Hahaha! You're a decent young man! I like that. You passed!! Get married, daughter number two!! ”

Daughter number two? ’

At this point, I feel a little dizzy.

Yuki's father was a very pleasant person. Just before I met him in person, as I've often seen on TV,

‘Give me your daughter. I love you, Yuki. ’

‘Hmmm... Do you play GO? ’

I've been thinking about conversations like this...

“You said you make your own games. So, you play a game? How about Spa 2!? ”

This kind of conversation was coming and going.

‘There's a reason Yuki liked games…'

After dinner. The sun went down after talking about the game all evening.

Didn't I come here to talk about marriage today?

That night. The road to the parking lot where the car is parked. Yuki, who was walking with me to escort me, opened his mouth.

“I'm sorry, are you busy? ”

“No. I imagined a stiff atmosphere, but it was too much fun. ”

“Last night, I couldn't sleep well because I was nervous. ”

“Really? You don't look so...”

“You pretended to be. Today was just an invitation to dinner. I don't want Joon-Hyuk to be too burdened. ”

“Yes... I'd like to see you often. ”

“Yes, that's the best way. ”

Yuki smiled at me with a bright smile.

&

A few days after I met Yuki's parents...

I was going through the game magazines published this month at the Tamago Shop.

The Dragon Emblem "remake - Edition was listed as the most sold game title of the week in the pammy communications aggregate at the time of issuance.

It was due to the role of download sharers installed in each professional game shop representing each city.

Gamers who first came across a flash memory cartridge were initially reluctant to purchase a flash cartridge.

Unlike paying a certain amount through the game shop and buying the desired cartridge, downloading it from a game sharer installed in front of the store felt like a vending machine would lower the collective value of the game.

That's why I've actually decided to take advantage of the special game castle of the deceased dragon emblem.

In fact, in the Dragon Emblem cartridge, there was a void in the low capacity version that contained some data, so those who bought the Dragon Emblem began to curiously use the shared devices installed in the game shop.

Soon after, the circulation of Flash memory cartridges began to grow with rumors from users.

Why? Because I realized flash cartridges weren't just used to capture games.

The first time he pushed the flash cartridge into the sharer, he was able to read the data and enter his ID and password.

The information he had registered remained in the sharer and cartridge, so he could easily look at the list of game titles he had purchased by simply typing the password in the future.

And one important thing.

Pentagon Soft offered discounts on certain game softs every other week for users who purchased flash memory cartridges, or offered free mini-games, and distributed free promotional footage of Dragon Emblems II for a limited time in celebration of the launch of Dragon Emblems.

So the flash memory cartridge not only became inexpensive to buy game software, but also became an essential item for promoting the Pentagon Soft title and enjoying a ‘trial' of a particular game in advance.

Like right now...

“Wow!! The Dragon Emblem II Trial is on January 1st next year!! ”

“Really? Well, I guess I'll have to buy a flakka, too.”

Flickr is a fashionable phrase that has emerged among recent Raon users. Short for a flash memory cartridge?

“Just buy one. I didn't think it would be much use at first, but I didn't know it would be used for this. In the next two weeks, it's slam dunk season, so I'm selling a discount of 4,300 yen for downloading titles for 3,500 yen. ”

“Really? Almost half price? ”

“I'm just regretting spending more money on high capacity. Oh, you don't want to buy mine?

I'd like to sell it to you for a high dose, but I'll give you a discount. ”

“I'll think about it.”

I swallowed a cup of coffee in a paper cup, swallowing a bloody smile in the conversation between two high school students.

Recently, during the Psychic Force demonstration, there were several gamers who sometimes asked me to sign because their faces were quite well-known.

‘I want to hear the reaction of the gamers as pure as before, but I can't do that anymore.

His face is too well known. ’

But nevertheless, I liked going to the Tamago Shop.

It is because you can hear the latest game trends vividly here, and if you listen to the conversations of the users, you could try to figure out the direction of the Pentagon Soft going forward.

Next to the Tamago Shop was a professional gaming center that dealt only with the Psychic Force. As the next month's substrate was finished, many users were looking forward to the open arcade center.

It was expanding more and more around the Tamago Shop on the first floor of the building, right next to the 'Radio Route’, the symbol of Akihabara.

The Pentagon Goods Shop allows you to purchase Pentagon games' character offerings, alongside Tamago Shop, which is gaining popularity across all ages.

And now to the arcade center dedicated to the Psychic Force...

The building was undergoing a kind of ‘sacred' process for Pentagon fans.

‘Damn, I'd rather buy the whole building at the beginning of the Tamago Shop, but I didn't think...’

I sighed as I watched the monthly rent bills escaping.

At this rate, at least five employees will be paid.

But no matter how much money you give the building owner in the supercharter, I don't think he'll sell it to you. Shall we walk the deal and watch?

I've already done enough promoting the Pentagon image, so it's okay to move a little further...

Recently, Japan's economy has been in complete disarray.

Since the late '80s, the bubble economy that showed signs started collapsing in the late' 90s.

After college five years ago. Young people dreaming of a rosy future were struggling to get through a rapidly narrowed job.

In the news, it was only a short-term economic downturn and I was busy reassuring the people that they would soon recover, but this was the first year the Japanese commonly called "the lost decade."

Japan's economic growth rate was 0% compared to last year.

But the people believed in the government's announcement. This is just a temporary economic downturn...

However, when we looked closely at the situation, there were more than one or two strange places.

Large-scale civil engineering on very few streets.

The real estate price that starts to explode like crazy.

At the end of the '80s, the low interest rate loans from banks were so widespread that you could once pull loans from banks that you would ridicule people who don't take loans now.

I knew this company was going to happen when they started using the bank as an excuse to run the company.

The economic recession following the plaza agreement made it difficult for banks to recover their bonds, and it was last year that banks, along with large and small companies, went bankrupt.

Among them, the unpaid Pentagon Soft is now ranked 9th among Japan's top 10 companies and was also introduced to Japan's number one job that young people are most eager to go to.

Then I was the first boss I wanted to work with and the first boss I wanted to avoid.

Anyway, it's really nice to be recognized by prospective graduates as an aspiring employer, but I don't think interviewing that many people is going to be easy, and I think there will be more prospects for employment next year than next year...

Despite this extreme workplace and economic recession, the gaming industry was growing in pie.

Mintendo currently ranks 4th in Japan's top 10 companies, but with the foundation of the family in place, it was not easy to step down from the throne.

Lately, an interesting incident has popped up.

Since the issuance of the NEGA drive, the NEGA has not had a hit like this, so the users have turned their backs on Mintendo.

‘The NEGA has finally drawn its sword to capture the North American market. ’