Rebirth of America, this is my time

What did you say?

problem occurs?

Oh Julis - don't scare me -

Ethan pursed his lips and looked at his company's administrative director with a fearful expression.

It was just that he would be like this, mainly because the previous actions of these people had frightened him.

Previously, at the factory, the fired workers had already caused trouble, but my subordinates said there was no problem. In this case, when they felt there was a problem...

Wouldn't that mean the sky is falling?

Julis Noble, on the other hand, did not mean to be joking. She directly pressed the door of the office and said to Ethan: Boss! Come and take a look! Something really happened!

The urgent words made Ethan stand up quickly and followed the other party to the company's lounge. At this moment, the place was already crowded with people. Different from the usual three-two nap, now they all set their sights on the Sharp TV in the center of the rest room. At the same time, an advertisement was flashing on the black and white screen.

Since the commercial was already airing when Ethan came, he didn't see the summary, but it didn't matter, because the content shown now alone allowed him to understand the whole story.

I am very happy to be able to introduce our new products of Mi Luohua to you here...

A young man in a suit held up a boxy machine and said to the camera:

The home game console we are about to launch at Milova is called Milova Apollo. The reason for this name is because this product is more powerful than the previous Odyssey...

The previous Odyssey was just the simplest circuit board home machine. A single machine could only carry eight video games at most. When switching games, players also needed to manually replace the game motherboard in the machine, and the playing process was also very troublesome. Because the signal source and the TV cannot automatically match, many players need to manually find the Odyssey signal source on the TV...

but……

“All these inconveniences are a thing of the past!”

“Because Apollo uses Intel 8080, it can now connect to TVs of all sizes!”

“When switching games, you can use the joystick to operate it directly!”

“On top of that, this Apollo comes with a total of twelve video games!”

And none of these twelve games are simple ball games in the Odyssey machine!

In addition to the most classic video game Ping Pong that we are all familiar with, the Apollo game console also has the well-known space adventure game Space Race...

“The popular maze game Tank…”

The shooting game Gunfight that can imitate the western cowboys' revolver duel...

The submarine simulation game Sea Wolf...

The racing game Wheels...

And our newly developed racing battle game...Death Race!

As the young man narrated, the pictures on the TV kept flashing.

Trial screens of games carried by Apollo appeared on the screen one after another.

First, playing with the ping pong ball on the joystick;

Then there’s the speedster that shakes the joystick;

Then it showed the maze battle under the twin joysticks;

Finally, violent speeding with a single joystick is presented!

When the dazzling practical effects appear...

The staff at Destiny Game immediately exclaimed!

Because they have never seen what they see before them!

And that sudden shout was more like a heavy hammer, which made Ethan's eyes flash with stars and his head became dizzy!

That's right!

Ethan was shocked!

Although he and Mi Luohua were enemies, and he was a time traveler who had seen the development of technology, at this moment, the new machine released by Mi Luohua still shocked him.

There is no other reason than the effect of Apollo, which can be described as transcending the times!

Before Apollo, the game consoles on the market were crude and rudimentary. Not to mention compared with the PS and XBox of later generations, people in this era just find it troublesome.

As for the reason, it is that the television industry has developed too fast, resulting in inconsistent standards.

In 1941, the FCC had already formulated the standard for analog television, using an interlaced scanning system, 30 frames per second, and 525 lines per frame, to form black and white images. This was RCA's technology.

In 1953, the FCC approved the standard for color television, which used the NTSC format, using a combination of chrominance signals and luminance signals to transmit color images.

Although this is also RCA technology, in actual use, it is also compatible with black and white TV signals, but for game consoles, it is very unfriendly, because they do not have a CPU to manually set the compatibility, and this kind of thing is not suitable for game consoles. Ordinary people who don't understand signal science have a hard time, but if they are a little more stupid...many people can't understand it even if they hold a manual.

When these troublesome problems appeared, it was normal that the original version of Odyssey, which was a circuit board game console, could not sell in quantity, but what about now?

Under the demonstration of young people, the Apollo product only needs to be plugged in to play normally! Turn on the power and you will see the game homepage! Just flip the joystick to choose a game! Press OK to switch at will!

Even if Ethan is a human being in two lifetimes!

Even if Ethan and Mi Luohua have a grudge!

He also had to applaud this product!

Because Apollo’s product is really great.

At the same time, he was also very confused——

Although he had always known that even if Milohua was beaten up by him, they would still continue to work hard in the field of electronic games. They purchased hundreds of thousands of 8080s from Intel and continued to acquire some game production companies. , that is the best proof.

But he never imagined how Mi Luohua's new machine could be produced so quickly!

Ah, no—

How could they produce it so quickly and so well?

If the Odyssey product is a primary school math question about how much one plus one equals, then the Mirova Apollo product is definitely an essay question proving why one plus one equals two!

‘What the hell is this special code? ’

Ethan was confused.

‘If I remember correctly, Mi Luohua only bought the chip in July and August last year, right? ’

‘It’s only been half a year, how could they come up with such a machine? ’

Ethan couldn't figure it out.

‘No, this machine is aimed at me, right? ’

‘A home console is equipped with twelve games, five or six of which are original popular arcade games. It seems that it is intended to attract arcade players to buy it! ’

Thinking of this, Ethan's pupils shrank suddenly.

‘MFxxk! ’

At this moment, he could already feel that Mi Luohua was punching him fiercely!

But in front of many employees, he did not show his panic.

After looking at it with a smile for a while, he said pretending to be relaxed: The machine did a good job.

But the game is still far behind Pac-Man.

Mi Luohua still hasn't realized that content is the key to the game industry.

No matter how good the machine is, if the game is not fun, it is still useless.

More importantly, they brought a lot of arcade games to home consoles.

Players have already played it once, so how can they spend money again because of them?

When these words appeared, the company employees who were watching the advertisement breathed a sigh of relief.

Yes.

After discovering that Mi Luohua's game console had a strange appearance, the employees in the company were very nervous.

There is no way, who makes the treatment of Destiny Game good?

The year-end bonus is half a normal person's salary. Where can I find a company like this?

But even though Ethan showed complete calmness in front of his employees, when he returned to the office, he still didn't hold back and shouted to Julis Noble:

Quick, quick! Go and collect information about Apollo Milova for me!

I want all the information on it! All the information!

At the same time, he did not let Damio Dean go. Looking at the young man running around with him, he also shouted: What are you still doing standing here? Help her!

He knew that the young man wanted to make a game, but in this situation, why not make a Der game?

My home is going to be stolen!

And perhaps because the product had been officially released, news related to Milohua Apollo was quite easy to find. After a while, the two came back with a pile of newspapers.

‘…’

Although it is strange to learn the enemy's information by reading newspapers, Ethan couldn't bear it now. He picked up the newspaper and opened it directly, regardless of whether the news was right or wrong.

If TV advertising is to sell one's products to the general public as much as possible in the shortest time, then newspaper publishing is to introduce one's own things to the public who are willing to read through detailed descriptions.

After Ethan's reading, he discovered that Milova Apollo was not as simple as advertised on TV.

Those twelve games are just selling points that the public can see.

There is much more to the deeper content.

For example——

Although Milova integrates twelve electronic games into one product, this machine can actually play more electronic games because Milova Apollo has a ROM tape interface.

As long as users purchase Milohua's external box and then purchase Milohua's game cartridges, they can freely switch between more electronic games.

Although this function was very common in later generations, now...

Mi Luohua used to sell on-board games.

For another example——

The shooting games that Mi Luohua mentioned are not simulated operations with joysticks like electronic arcades, but realize the free combination of light guns and screens.

If nothing else, the special code used is patented by Nintendo.

What Ethan couldn't understand the most was that the Milohua Apollo also had a CD interface.

In the words of media reports, the true vision of the company Mi Luohua is to bring happiness to more people. Video games are only one of the means of entertainment, and home video and television are also difficulties they want to overcome. To this end, they We are actively communicating with Hollywood companies to strive to produce more optical disc content before the optical disc equipment is launched...

When this description appeared, Ethan only felt that his teeth hurt!

Now he doesn't understand at all what Mi Luohua is doing!

‘Can you play games and watch videos? ’

‘With peripherals, can I still take over? ’

‘Isn’t this the XBox? ’

That's right!

At this moment, he just felt that the guy he was breaking up with was not a consumer electronics company at all, but a giant company! Because this new game console called Apollo looks too special like an XBox!

Or...

Perhaps the difference between it and XBox is that there is no Internet?

At this moment, Ethan almost licked the hair from his forehead!

Because he couldn't understand why they could become as enlightened as Sun Wukong overnight and come up with such perverted products after he just slapped Mi Luohua twice -

Isn't this too unscientific?

Ethan only felt that he had traveled through time again.

Because in his memory, such a thing should not exist in this world!

At the same time, he also had a sense of crisis.

If the home machines made by Milohua were still electronic waste like the Odyssey, Ethan Jones would have 10,000 ways to make those junks die violently.

But now, when people start making machines seriously...

Is this a product that should not be underestimated?

But unfortunately, the sense of crisis in Ethan's heart only existed for a few hours.

Because that afternoon, an even more explosive piece of news shocked him.

“The latest news our reporter has received is that Nolan Bushnell, a subsidiary of the Hollywood studio Warner Bros. and the founder of the former video game industry giant Atari, publicly announced that Atari’s home console product has been developed. Completed, now in testing phase...

If all goes well, the product will be officially released at the Summer Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago on April 1 this year and will be officially sold on June 1 this year...

This product uses the Intel 8080 micro CPU as the core and is equipped with 2KB of built-in storage. It is expected to be able to carry up to nine games at the same time...

According to Nolan Bushnell, in addition to the most famous Pong in the history of video games, this unnamed product will be equipped with the remaining eight games, which will all be brand-new products, including their Yahoo games. Dali completed the research and development last year, but canceled Arkanoid for arcade sales due to company strategic planning reasons...

In the words of Nolan Bushnell, he has deeply realized the harm that electronic arcade products do to consumers. Although the price of 25 cents allows countless people to try the beauty of electronic games, the continuous In fact, putting coins in the ground will bring huge economic pressure to people...

He said that in the early days of video game promotion, there was no problem in using electronic arcades to make people aware of the product. But now, when people have accepted this form of entertainment, as a responsible person, As a responsible entrepreneur, he must take the lead and bring more benefits to the people...

Starting today, Atari will officially withdraw from the electronic arcade market and focus on the research and development of home game consoles. He is eager to bring cheaper and more fun video games to fans who support Atari and people who love video games. And in an interview, he even claimed that Atari is not the kind of unscrupulous company that only cares about its own interests and gives up user experience...

When Ethan finished listening to the ABC news report, he almost flipped the table in front of him!

He is not a fool, of course he can clearly hear that Nolan Bushnell is scolding him!

Why does a 25-cent electronic arcade bring huge economic pressure to the people?

What does it mean for a responsible entrepreneur to bring more benefits to the people?

'I bother--'

‘Didn’t you run away because you couldn’t beat me because of your special code? ’

Ethan was so angry!

At the same time, he also felt something was wrong.

If he remembered correctly, didn't Atari purchase several thousand MOS 6502 from Chuck Paido last year? Didn’t they just purchase ten APPLE 1s from Apple?

Why did it become Intel 8080 in the blink of an eye?

more importantly……

When did they start developing home consoles?

Although Atari did make a home console in Ethan's previous life, that was all after Atari took over the world. In this time and space, Atari has been beaten to the point where he has not been able to do anything for two years. Bajing was profitable, but they also developed a home console?

What the hell is this?

Ethan can’t figure it out!

But there was one thing he could confirm.

That means Atari also punched him!

If this was not a premeditated production, how could Atari suddenly come up with a home game console product?

If this was not a premeditated operation, how could Atari choose to launch its new console at this year's Summer Consumer Electronics Show?

Fuck!

You guys are specially designed to act for me, right?

The more Ethan thinks about it, the more something is wrong!

Since his Pac-Man launched last year and swept across North America with overwhelming force, the North American video game market has been silent.

At that time, he thought that all those people were scared of him.

Because many companies are ordering MOS 6502 and APPLE 1 like crazy.

This situation made Ethan think that these companies were engaged in an arms race.

As a result, when he heard about the acquisition of other game companies by Milowa and Atari during the bicentennial celebration, he just thought they were taking advantage of the situation.

And the orders they placed later with Apple and Chuck Paddo Company made Ethan realize this idea.

But now...

What does it mean to be afraid of being beaten?

These two guys are obviously smart!

I know that I can’t expose it at will before the matter is accomplished!

Damn it! I was actually shown off by two natives?

Thinking of this, Ethan became even more angry.

For no other reason than to feel a little embarrassed.

Fortunately no one knows about these things. He muttered to himself.

At the same time, he was also thinking about how to get the place back.

No more tonight