Is it not a galgame?

Chapter 122 26. Cold Sweat Out
All eyes were on Sega's new handheld on the big screen.

Compared with the GG launched by Sega in 1990, this handheld has lost a lot of weight. It is generally the size of a palm, and the total length of the horizontal grip is similar to that of the future Huawei mate30.

On the sides are the arrow keys and buttons, and in the middle is the screen.

When you hold it horizontally, you can feel quite comfortable.

Tom Kolinski, with a smug smile on his face.

Today, it is destined to belong to Sega.

Kolinsky held the Sega GP in his hand, "Sega GP, with a total weight of 256g. The size of a hand."

The following people may not have much idea about this.

However, all the staff present at Rentiantang today frowned.

At this time last year, Sega's GG handheld had a total weight of more than 450 grams, which was almost 1 catty, about the same as a big brick.

The weight of GAME BOY is 300g.

And this time, Sega directly reduced the weight to 250.
Junhei Yokoi, who is sitting in the audience of Rentiantang today, is also the leader of the production team of GB. When he heard the weight, he showed an incredible expression on his face.

This feeling is like being hit in the back of the head with a sap.

In his field of knowledge and concept, it is almost impossible to make the game console so small and light.

This was beyond his comprehension, and Yokoi Junpei almost jumped out of his chair.

"It's impossible. How can the existing technology achieve this level of game consoles? Don't they use batteries?"

……

Kolinsky picked up the new handheld with one hand, "Before I officially explain this handheld, please allow me to demonstrate it for everyone, so that everyone here can have a more intuitive experience."

After finishing speaking, Kolinsky inserted a cassette into the game console, and the camera that was live broadcasting the live broadcast quickly pulled in the lens in order to show the demonstration effect.

In 1992, there was no technology that could be directly connected to electronic equipment to cast a screen, but the live broadcast technology was quite mature.

This process was broadcast live for the audience through several large color TVs and electronic screens.

The audience held their breath in anticipation of what to expect next.

Not far from Qingzhiyuan, the employees of Rentiantang couldn't help feeling a little nervous.

However, Yokoi Gunpei, the development director of Rentiantang, was sitting under the stage, looking extremely calm.

Junpei Yokoi is the second legendary figure of Renten Tendo, a leader in the field of hardware, who developed and designed Game & Watch, red and white computers, and Game Boy, and is known as the father of the game boy.

The cross key was invented by Gunhei Yokoi.

He opened his big eyes and silently watched the game console in Kolinski's hand on the stage. He was more concerned about the game console itself than worrying about what was there.

……

Kolinski turned on the power, and the screen immediately lit up.

What appears is the "Sonic the Hedgehog" start screen.

Sonic is a blue hedgehog with blue spines covering most of his body, peach skin covering his arms, mouth and chest and black pupils.

There are six feather-like thorns on his head, two thorns protruding from the back, and a short tail.

He wears a pair of lightweight, ultra-grip red sneakers with white laces, collar and gold buckles, and a pair of white gloves with sock-like cuffs.

Little Sonic wagged his finger in the middle of the screen.

Press the button and immediately enter the initial position of the game.

The little hedgehog stood on the left side of the grassland and started to run under Kolinsky's control.

This is a horizontal version of the game, similar to Super Mario, but it is much faster than Mario in terms of speed. When Sonic the Hedgehog jumps up, his whole body will curl up like a sharp edge. big gear.

The sense of speed of the rotation also makes the adrenaline soar.

Originally, according to the company's strategy, in order to make the game console sell better, it should directly integrate Sega's most popular games into it. The advantage of doing this is to bind games for Sega and accumulate word of mouth.

On the other hand, when players buy a game console, it is equivalent to sending a box of Sonic the Hedgehog cassette worth 4000 yen. There is nothing more exciting than this.

But on the GP handheld, in order to further save the space of the game console and make the size of the handheld smaller and thinner, this time Sega did not directly integrate the Sonic the Hedgehog game into the hardware.

When they saw Sonic the Hedgehog, there was another burst of warm applause from below.

There were even children screaming.

"Look, it's Sonic!"

"Colorful!"

"Oh my god, it's pretty amazing to have this effect on the handheld."

"Color screen game console! Sure enough, Sega is still Sega, and the color screen game console is obviously much better than the black and white screen."

"Well, there is nothing more gratifying than being able to play Sonic anytime, anywhere, right?"

……

English is all around, after all, this is Chicago in the United States, and the media and audience who come here are basically foreigners.

Fortunately, Qing Zhiyuan learned English well in his previous life, and he was a high-achieving student who graduated from 985. He had to read English literature frequently, so he could hear clearly.

When he heard [There is nothing more gratifying than Sonic], Qing Zhiyuan smiled contemptuously in his heart.

That's because Pokémon hasn't been born yet. When our Pokémon is finished, you will know what is the handheld overlord.

Next to him, Tsuda Nao was not very good at English. Seeing Qing Zhiyuan smirking, he laughed too.

……

Compared with other people, Yokoi Gunpei seemed much calmer. He looked at the Sega GP in Kolinsky's hand, and whispered to his colleague next to him, "This kind of game console must consume a lot of power. Not a threat."

Before the words were finished, the screen of the Sega game console demonstrated by Kolinsky suddenly flickered twice, and then went completely black.

The place was silent.

Then two seconds later, there was a burst of laughter.

"Hahaha……"

"Sega GP is too rubbish, isn't it? How long has it been running for a while, and it just won't work?"

"That's funny, wouldn't they check the machine in advance, at least get a handheld that can run through the game demo?"

"What happened, did it die suddenly, or did it burn?"

"There is something wrong with the screen, or is it because the battery is drained?"

"It's so funny, it's the first time I've seen such an interesting demonstration at the press conference."

"Sega has lost a lot of embarrassment this time."

……

Yokoi Junping was also amused by the accident at the scene.

"This is the new handheld developed by Sega and Sony? It hasn't even been released yet, and there were such a big problem during the demonstration. Are you ashamed to say that your handheld is excellent?"

"Yeah, the quality of this game console itself has problems, right? What do you think, did you take it out without passing the inspection?"

"It could have been a simple accident."

In short, as the deadly enemy, seeing such a situation at the Sega scene, the employees of Rentiantang laughed very happily.

……

shit.

Qing Zhiyuan couldn't help sighing in his heart——

Sega what kind of luck is this?
Probably similar to the blue screen of the Microsoft presentation system?

In history, Sega, the unlucky company, really had a lot of troubles.

Seems like luck wasn't on Sega's side from the start.

Seeing this, Qing Zhiyuan broke out in a cold sweat. If something like this happened to him on stage, he would have no idea how to deal with it.

Moreover, my heart was half cold.

Bad start, bad start.

……

Although Kolinski, who was closest, didn't throw away the game console instinctively, he could still smell the burnt smell emanating from it.

But this person's reaction ability is also quite fast, and he burst out laughing directly.

This smile directly put everyone on the scene in a mess.

After two seconds, everyone fell silent.

At this time, Kolinsky stuffed the GP game console into his trouser pocket, and asked calmly, "What is the most worrying problem about the color screen game console?"

"Is the screen not clear enough?"

"Is it because the operation of the game console is not good?"

While cruising around the edge of the stage, he smiled and looked at the crowd politely.

At this moment, everyone was a little confused.

How could he be so calm after such a big demonstration accident?

Could it be that we just laughed wrongly?

In fact, all this was premeditated?
The people in Rentiantang also had similar expressions, they looked at each other in blank dismay, and it was difficult to understand what was happening now.

How strong is this Kolinsky's psychological quality?

"Both." Kolinski smiled, raised a finger and waved it twice, "but it's not."

"The biggest problem with color-screen handhelds is battery consumption."

If at the beginning everyone was shocked, laughed, and remained skeptical about Sega's new handheld, then by now, everyone seemed to have calmed down, and was brought back to a rational state by Kolinsky.

"Just now, what I demonstrated to you is that if the battery technology of the old era is used, how long can a small battery last for a color-screen game console." Kolinsky concluded.

Then he took out a dry battery from his trouser pocket.

"This should also be a problem that players are worried about."

Kolinski smiled. By this moment, he had covered up the problem of screen burnout and turned it into battery power consumption.

Then, he threw the dry battery in his hand down heavily, and stepped on it again.

"In the new era, we no longer need dry batteries. Because we have newer technologies."

After finishing speaking, Kolinski took out a brand new Sega GP from another trouser pocket.

He turned the body over, opened the back cover, took out the lithium-ion battery, and lifted it up.

The camera zooms in quickly.

Countless spectators stood up curiously from their seats, including Gunpei Yokoi from Renten Tenten.

"This is our new lithium-ion battery technology provided by Sony." Kolinsky smiled and waved to the staff in the audience.

The staff looked dazed and didn't understand what he was going to do.

"The reason why the screen was black just now is because I used a dead battery. Next, I will replace a new battery to demonstrate for you."

Hearing this, the staff immediately came to their senses, and their brains were cleared up. They quickly found a lithium-ion battery from the backpack, ran to the stage quickly, and handed it to Kolinsky.

After reinserting the battery, start the game console, and the screen lights up.

"Next - Sega!
GAME POCKET!

Demonstration for you again. "

Hurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...

There was a burst of warm applause at the scene, and countless audiences stood up and applauded, only thinking that the bridge section designed by Sega just now was too wonderful.

"It really scared me to death. I thought it was really an accident."

"Isn't this way of acting too dramatic?"

"I thought the GP game console was really broken just now, but I didn't expect it to be just a part of Sega's design."

"Fuck, it made me think it was real."

"But I have to say that Sega's performance was quite successful, and I was immediately attracted."

"And impressive, isn't it?"

……

Qing Zhiyuan was stunned, but looking at the reactions of the people around him, they laughed exaggeratedly, their faces were flushed, and they seemed to have believed what Kolinsky said——

It was just a pre-rehearsed demonstration.

In order to make the performance more dramatic and more eye-catching.

The logic in everyone's heart is-

If there is a problem with the game console, why do you just insert a new battery?
Then it must be a dead battery, not a faulty console.

So after the series of operations just now, Kolinsky successfully dispelled the doubts of the audience.

But only Qing Zhiyuan and Kolinsky who were standing on the stage knew very clearly that the stage just now was definitely not a pre-designed performance.

There is a real problem.

Kolinsky first put the burnt-out game console into one pocket, and then took out the good one from the other side.

It's not the same console at all.

Problems like this are very common in reality. After all, products have a good product rate. Even if two qualified game consoles have been prepared before, it is not impossible for something to happen.

……

At this point, Qing Zhiyuan broke into a cold sweat, but he had to applaud Kolinsky in admiration.

The ability to get things back together today mainly depends on Kolinsky's strong psychological quality, extraordinary response ability, and——

A little bit of planning ahead.

If you didn't put a game console in the pocket on the other side in advance, then there was no way to go around just now.

But it also shows one thing -

That is, Sega's new handheld is really small enough, as small as a future mobile phone, so that it can really be put in your pocket.

At the same time, the suit Kolinsky is wearing today is also very suitable. When it is just opened, it can cover the trouser pockets on both sides, otherwise the bulging part will let the audience know that he actually has two game consoles hidden on his body.

As long as it is covered up today, it doesn't matter even if someone will discover the real [magic technique] based on media images later.

At most, it can be proved that Kolinsky used two game consoles to demonstrate, but who can prove that the first game console is indeed malfunctioning?

……

When he saw the lithium-ion battery, Yokoi Gunpei finally understood——

No wonder this console can be made so small and so light.

After a long time, it turned out to be the battery.

"Unexpectedly, there is such a powerful technology in the world."

Junhei Yokoi's eyes were dim, and he sat on the chair like a deflated ball.

……

Successfully demonstrated Sonic the Hedgehog.

Tom Kolinski introduced various parameters of Sega GP:
"The screen size is 3.2 inches."

(The screen size of the iPhone 12 is 6.1 inches, 1 inch is equal to 2.54cm, and 3.2 inches is about 8cm. The screen calculation is based on the diagonal length, that is, the size of a square, the side length is 5.6cm)

In fact, it is already a very small screen, which is only about half the size of an ordinary smartphone screen in 2023.

It is precisely because of the small screen that Sony's lithium-ion battery can drive it.

The current Sega GP is probably equivalent to the future color screen mobile phone.But the screen is bigger than those phones.

"8-bit machine, can display 4096 colors. The resolution is 160x146."

"The battery life can reach 3 to 5 hours."

Having said that, Kolinsky showed off the charger and charging cable technology again.

"The lithium battery technology developed by Sony can be charged directly without the need to purchase additional dry batteries."

The battery life of 3 to 5 hours is actually nothing, after all, the battery life of the gameboy is 8 to 15 hours.

This shows that the power consumption of the color screen game console is indeed still too large.

But it is expensive to be able to charge.

In the future, as long as the smartphone can be charged, what does it matter if the battery life is only 3 hours when playing games all the time?

……

There is such a terrible technology?
Ren Tiantang Yokoi Junping said it was hard to believe, but when he witnessed it with his own eyes, his heart was shaken.

If it is true, then battery technology will bring about earth-shaking changes in the entire handheld.

……

After introducing Sega's GP handheld, everyone at the scene stared with big eyes, waiting for Kolinsky's final news.

That is the price issue that everyone is most concerned about.

The current market price of GameBoy is 12500 yen, and the price in Europe and America is 99 US dollars.

And it's black and white.

Then GP has such a powerful performance advantage, and the short board of battery life has also been made up for. It will not be cheaper than gameboy, right?
Everyone evaluates the price in their hearts.

Probably around 2 yen, or around $5000.

As a result, Kolinsky picked up the microphone, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and said directly, "99!"

"Wow!"

There was a roar of mountains and tsunami below.

The audience couldn't help but rejoice.

"Waterfake? Did I hear you right? Is this really the price of Sega GP?"

"Color screen phone, new battery, and thin and light, the price is actually the same as GB?!"

"Is Sega crazy? Can this be paid back?"

"Whether he is crazy or not, I must be crazy!"

"It's terrible Sega."

"Alright, isn't Sega too conscientious?"

……

Kolinski was about to leave, but he turned back halfway and said into the microphone, "August!"

At this point, Sega's press conference has come to an end.

Kolinsky finished introducing Sega's new handheld.

All the audience at the scene stood up from their seats and applauded.

There was thunder.

Qing Zhiyuan clapped his hands vigorously, not only because of the success of the press conference, but also because he was happy that Kolinsky was able to turn the tide.

Until now, he still has lingering fears.

However, these are all in the past.

What awaits Sega and pokeni in the future will be a bright future.

As for Ren Tiantang, Junpei Yokoi and Randy both looked unhappy.

Just trying to squeeze out a smile when facing the camera.

……

(End of this chapter)