Video Game Empire

"Oh, this game is so difficult!" Zhong Chuhong failed again and couldn't help sticking out her tongue.

"Your hands are too stiff, don't hold the joystick all the time, in fact, you only need to gently control the direction when turning!" Li Xuan patiently explained the game skills to his girlfriend, "Fourth Do you see the four bright spots in the corner? These are called Potential Pills. After the pixie you control takes it, the movement speed of these pixies will become very slow in the next few seconds, and They have no attack power until they return to normal. So you don't have to dodge at all, you must take advantage of this time to eat beans!"

Li Xuan and Zhong Chuhong are currently at the booth of Nanmeng Palace, trying out an arcade game called Pac-man. It's a pity that the popularity of this arcade machine does not seem to be high, far less than the popularity of the other shooting games "Little Bee" on the side.

Li Xuan was very surprised. Pac-man's Chinese name is Pac-Man, which is Namco's most classic masterpiece. The yellow Pac-Man has been used as the company's corporate image by Namco. This puzzle game that came out in 1980 quickly swept the world, directly ending the shooting game boom caused by "Space Invaders", and also left a strong mark in the entire history of game development.

In 2010, on the 30th anniversary of the game's launch, Google specially designed the logo of "Google" on the homepage as a Pac-Man game screen to commemorate. This shows how much influence this game has in the world.

Li Xuan also thought about stealing the game beforehand, but he remembered that Namco Palace seemed to have started research and development as early as 1979, so he didn't dare to start. He never expected that such a classic game would meet such a cold reception at the electronics show.

Li Xuan and Zhong Chuhong walked around several other booths in the game exhibition area, and finally returned to the booth of Dongfang Electronics. The GameBoy handheld game console promoted by Dongfang Electronics this time, the entire booth is covered with large posters of GameBoy, as well as the promotional posters of Hong Kong cube, tank war, snake, backgammon, highway, which are listed at the same time.

The entire booth was already full of people, and there were enthusiastic audiences everywhere. Seeing Ye Chengkang standing aside with a smile on his face, Li Xuan stepped forward and whispered a few words. Li Xuan asked the other party to immediately collect the relevant information about the Pac-Man in the new arcade of Nanmeng Palace and hand it over to him. Ye Chengkang nodded to show that he knew.

Zhong Chuhong and Li Xuan did not stop at the booth of Dongfang Electronics. The colleagues in charge of the exhibition work have already planned all the work in an orderly manner. In name, he came to Japan to work on the listing of GameBoy in person, but he actually took the opportunity to take his girlfriend to Tokyo to play.

This is the advantage after the company is on the right track. As a big boss, he only needs to be a hands-off shopkeeper, and the following younger brothers will be responsible for the implementation of specific matters. Seeing that he couldn't get involved, Li Xuan took his girlfriend and continued to shop elsewhere. The two decided to find out if there were any interesting new things to buy and take back to Hong Kong as gifts.

That night, Ye Chengkang sent the information that Li Xuan wanted to his desk. The Japanese branch has collected data on every new arcade game that has appeared on the market recently. Especially for major competitors such as Sega, Taidong, and Namco, all kinds of data are very detailed.

The "Pac-Man" arcade newly launched by Namco Co., Ltd. was officially launched for sale two weeks ago, but the market performance in the past two weeks has been very mediocre. According to the data obtained by Dongfang Electronics, the total sales volume so far is less than 1,000 units.

Logically speaking, this period of time should be the stage of explosive growth in the sales of new game consoles, but the orders for "Pac-Man" are still tepid, which is very different from "Little Bee" released by Namco Palace last year. . It is said that even Nanmeng Palace itself has admitted that the "Pac-Man" project has failed, and is trying to sell overseas copyrights, hoping to recover some of the costs as much as possible.

Li Xuan put down the information and shook his head somewhat incomprehensibly. Pac-Man in its previous life was a mess around the world, when players in the United States were getting tired of Space Invaders and the series of shooters that followed it.

"Pac-Man" was suddenly like a cool and comfortable breeze, and quickly won the love of players of all levels, including women and children. Since then, this puzzle arcade game has been out of control, and its sales have continued to rise. In the US market alone, it has sold more than 100,000 units, and has been developed into various peripheral products and games in the following decades.

Is this "Pac-Man" a typical example of the fragrance inside the wall? Li Xuan was suddenly a little excited, could he take advantage of the chance that Nanmeng Palace was wrong and buy this game directly.

The arcade market has indeed undergone some minor changes due to the appearance of the butterfly Li Xuan. Tank Wars and Hong Kong Cube, these two games that have never appeared on arcades in their previous lives, have been killing all over the world in the last six months. In particular, the hot sale of tank battles further ignited the shooting game boom brought by "Space Invaders" before, causing other companies to launch their own shooting games in a rush.

In recent months, several arcade games imitating tank battles have appeared in the US market. Two of the games are even more naked and directly plagiarize the idea of ​​tank wars, with only a slight makeover of the background. The legal department of Dongfang Electronics has sent a lawyer's letter to them righteously, asking the other party to stop the infringement immediately.

Under such a big environment, small and fresh puzzle arcade games like "Pac-Man" are just right for players to change their tastes. In fact, this has also been reflected in the orders of Dongfang Electronics Company. The number of new orders for Tank Wars began to slow down, but the orders for Hong Kong cubes have been stable, but there has been a slight increase.

Actually, Li Xuan didn't know that there were several famous arcade machines in his previous life, all of which failed in the Japanese market and then completed counterattacks in the American market. These include Pac-Man, which Namco released this year, and Donkey Kong, which Nintendo will release next year.

It was in the "Donkey Kong" arcade that UU read www.uukanshu. For the first time in com, the most famous plumber in the history of the game, Mario. But in this life, Li Xuan has already let Dongfang Electronics develop "Mario Brothers" first. If there is a plumber in Nintendo's "Donkey Kong" next year, he doesn't mind sending a lawyer's letter to the other party. Of course, it is best before next year, when Nintendo is acquired by Dongfang Electronics because of debt problems.

"Brother Kang, I'm Li Xuan!" Li Xuan picked up the phone and called Ye Chengkang, "I have something to deal with tomorrow! In the morning, I asked you to find me some information about Nanmeng Palace Company, yes, they I'm very interested in the company's latest arcade machine called "Pac-man". Nangong Meng is selling the overseas copyright of this arcade machine, you can help me find out if you can buy it directly!"

Li Xuan hung up the phone and couldn't help revealing a wicked smile. Nanmeng Palace, the bitter master, was really ashamed to think about it. His first pot of gold was made by pirating Taidong Company's "Space Invaders" and Namco's "Little Bee". After that, he shamelessly made "Tank Battle", which should have been released by Namco Palace in 1985, "original" ahead of time, and now he has stretched his claws to Namco's most classic masterpiece, "Pac-Man". .

Of course, Li Xuan's shame lasted only a few seconds before he was thrown into the trash.

A beauty in a thin silk pajamas was leaning against the bedroom door, smiling and discharging electricity towards him. Her delicate body was looming and hidden by the translucent pajamas, which was indescribably charming.

Li Xuan couldn't bear it anymore, he immediately stood up from the sofa, walked forward in three steps, picked up Zhong Chuhong by the waist, and strode towards the big bed in the bedroom.