Game Market 1983

January 1, 1992.

Normally, New Year's Eve is a Japanese culture where people stop by to worship their nearest shrine, but it is always the new year culture of ordinary people, and January 1 of 1992 was the trial day of Dragon Emblem 2, which they waited for.

And yesterday, December 31st.

For the first time in the country, the dedicated Arcade Center for Psychic Force was accessible early in the morning.

Filled with just the substrate of the Psychic Force, according to the phrase ‘for use only', this place quenched the thirst of gamers who had been thirsty for their time.

Jun Fei, who was well known in the game magazine, wrote a story in the review corner of his story that lost his life to the boss at the beginning, and it was very good for gamers.

"I never thought Jun Pyo would have such a knack..."

When I saw his writing, I felt heartfelt for a moment because of the expressiveness of the sentences that I felt so sorry for.

I told him to look at society, but then he got blinded by diorama figures.

In a way, it's more than causality. It's a goofy one. How dare you sneak up on me with Yuki and push me into a public profession? It's the same thing.

I stopped in the basement parking lot of the building and climbed the stairs with my briefcase as usual. Before I went to the store, I threw a cigarette on the floor and took the candle to my mouth.

"Oh my… there were so many people waiting for Dragon Emblem 2? ’

Even though it was only a trial release, the download queue wrapped around the building and stretched out to the square in front of the train station.

However, if there was one landscape that was slightly different from the old one, everyone was enjoying communication warfare with a Raon in each hand.

Some say Street Fire 2... some say Slam Dunk...

A single customer enjoyed a final frontier or dragon emblem with earphones in their ears.

Thanks to you, everyone was enjoying the game while keeping the line open.

“Sir!? Are you here already?”

As I turned my head to the voice calling me, Miyazaki, who was promoted to Tamago Shop Manager from today, was waving his hands at me.

Although young, there was no employee to challenge her assistant manager because she had always been number one in the 'Temple of the Month' votes.

“Hello, Miyazaki. Congratulations on your promotion!”

“Thank you. It's all thanks to your kindness.”

“What did I do? It's like they've chosen Miyazaki."

Then she blushed and avoided my gaze.

“You seem to be very busy today, by the way. Are you familiar with how to use the sharer for data downloads? ”

“Of course! As soon as the Pentagon staff upgraded the shareholders after closing last night, I won first place!”

Miyazaki took the flash memory cartridge out of his shirt pocket and waved it at me.

That's when we hear the whispering voices of those who were waiting to see us.

“Did that woman over there already download the trial? ”

“Yeah, I think he works for the Pentagon. I envy...”

She sneezes out of her tongue and disappears into the stadium, embarrassed by the voices of the people.

After a while, the shutter goes up with a ringtone indicating the opening after the inspection of the data-sharer on the other side of the Tamago-shop, and the Urs start to arrive without a chance to say hello.

“Ma'am, please line up in front of each sharer. ”

Employees who had already experienced several events began to skillfully re-organize the lines between guests.

With the help of the staff, the trial of Dragon Emblem 2 began to circulate smoothly.

Individually placed next to the data sharer, associates received a flash memory cartridge from a guest to help copy the Dragon Emblem 2 trial.

At that time, the dragon emblem's epic theme song flowed from the mouths of those who were waiting to download.

“Wow, I'm so excited to hear a real title song. ”

“I wonder what cruel story you're going to tell this time...”

My heart felt hot for the conversation of the two men standing in the queue. I stepped back for a moment and kept some distance from them.

Each person has approximately three to four minutes to download the Dragon Emblem trial.

For the first time, users who were distributed the trial were sitting on tables arranged inside the shop and rotating the trial.

Soon after, people started tilting their heads.

“What is this?" ”

“Looks like the genre has changed. ”

Users were having a curious reaction to the character creation window that appeared on the screen.

Then, to some extent, some players who were familiar with the game quickly finished creating characters and entered the script.

“This interface is like a foster simulation, right? ”

“Ugh!? Really?”

Then a few questions came to them in the queue waiting for the download.

“Breeding Simulation!? Are you serious??"

“Has the genre changed? A nurture simulation, Princess Maker?? ”

Simulation of breeding for gamers in this period was not an unfamiliar genre.

Last fall, we created a new genre called the Breeding Simulation for "Making Princesses" at Kainax.

Before that, of course, there was a character-building game similar to Princess Maker, but in raising one character to the user's preference, Princess Maker of Kainax called the cornerstone a monumental work of chopping in a genre called the Breeding Simulation.

However, the drastic RPG game, Dragon Emblem, which had been extremely difficult, suddenly transformed into a cultivation simulation, was related to the defeat of 'Saint Croel’, which I showed at my Pentagon production presentation last year.

The era of the two dragon emblems, when the Holy King was defeated and resurrected, once again ruled the human world, was creating a very dark atmosphere from the Prologue.

When the game started, players were able to obtain initial figures within the parameters defined for their age, occupation and specialization, starting with the character's gender.

It was very similar to the dungeons & dragons, which were TRPGs, which were the beginning of RPGs.

Once the character is created, users will be shocked again in a simple prologue.

Because the world that was thrown in front of them was already 200 years after the defeat of King Croel.

The players who were burned in revenge by the loss of the main character rushed again, shouting for the Demon King, but the situation for them was worse than they thought.

In such situations the player's story begins in a small mountain village.

If you choose your profession as a warrior or wizard, as a mercenary who protects the town from monsters...

If you choose a priest, you can take care of the town's sick or produce potions as a pharmacist...

If you choose a bard, you are a musician who brings peace to the people of the village.

Whenever I chose a job, I was able to become a member of a town and raise a character.

Gamers of this age have a lot of fun.

It is because I do not need to create a tutorial at the beginning of the game as in the future, but I understand the system of the game on my own.

And that is the stubbornness of the old gamers.

Users who play games in this era will later be referred to as the "Old Gamer," but even in the increasingly complex game play, the habit of skipping tutorials was also in the distant future.

‘Hasa... I only woke up five times with a sword to kill a boss who could easily wake up with a flaming bottle... And now Old Gamers really care about game items? We don't have to pack it up when we're dead.We 'll use it for emergencies someday. I should have used it in an emergency, but I didn't have to carry the end with me once or twice…’

I watched the growing number of Dragon Emblem 2 players as I swallowed a cup of coffee and swallowed a bloody smile.

“You've only got one character... What kind of job do you want? ”

At that time, a curiously quick player came up with a strange hypothesis.

“Warriors, wizards, priests, archers, bard. This is the beginning of a heroic career, isn't it? So it's possible to change classes later? ”

“Oops!! Really?”

“I think there's something more to the plot than this...”

“Then I should be an archer. Noctis from the palace... I honestly preferred Noctis to Croel. ”

“Then I am the Wizard of Woman. Will I ever be a flamethrower like Mirea...? ”

Those who were confused because their genres had changed without any notice immediately began to enjoy Dragon Emblem 2 with excited eyes.

In fact, the reason you can only create one character is also one of the systems from the masterpiece. Have you noticed that yet...?

At that time, a player asked to kill monsters outside the village opened his mouth.

“Huh? This isn't a combat system. ”

“What? Why?? ”

“When attacking, you can attack by pressing on it, and when attacking, you can defend yourself by timing it well. ”

“What is it? An RPG, then? ”

“No, the initial screen is clearly a breeding simulation, but if you get a quest, you can go outside like an RPG."

“I was asked by a pharmacist to make an item out of ingredients. ”

“Ugh?? What the hell...”

“I don't think so. I'm gonna go home and play it slow. ”

The confused users rushed out of the venue with their bags.

‘No, why is there a director who has created a game in front of his eyes, and no one asks him how to play it!! ’

I played videos that people had prepared before they left the venue.

The people who suddenly stepped into the video stopped there and looked at the screen on the ceiling.

“Huh…? What is it?”

Inside the screen was a dragon emblem with a theme song explaining how to play a simple game.

And after a while...

Chan's mouth became louder and louder as he noticed the character's prowess and consequent scenario changes. It was just the tip of the iceberg that made the character in the beginning and raised it.

Of all the fun games I used to have when I was a kid...

There was a game called War Crasher made in Blizzard. Strategic simulations of massive battles between humans and Orcs created massive online RPGs based on a complete and detailed worldview.

That's what I wanted to accomplish with Dragon Emblem 2.

The perfect, dense world view. First things first.

The video that was playing on the screen ended with a single line of sentences at the end.

- The last player to win the Great War... will be the main character in Dragon Emblem 2. -

"... Whoa... Whoa!!!!!"