Reborn Tokyo Golden Age

After watching the two games brought by Enix, Bai Chuanfeng was deeply stimulated.

A little-known computer game company that was just established last year. Just because a game creation contest was held, more than 300 entries were received.

It can be seen that computer games in this period are far more prosperous than imagined. No, it should be said that game lovers are far more active than imagined.

Most of the creators of these works are young people who are fascinated by computers and have strong hands-on skills.

However, because the computer ecosystem has not yet been perfected, several major computer manufacturers are fighting each other and have not formed a unified platform.

Therefore, although these enthusiasts are full of talents, they have no place to display their talents.

Therefore, a company with no reputation like Enix, with a total prize pool of only 3 million yen, can attract so many fans to actively contribute.

To put it bluntly, the neon at this time lacks a stage for programming masters to display their talents.

Think about it too, the computer system is not unified, how can the various development software that revolves around the computer alone be valued.

But now that Bai Chuanfeng is aware of this problem, it makes no sense not to do it himself.

With the reputation of Shirakawa Electric and the gimmick of 10 million yen, he believes that the number of works received by HAL will be much higher than that of Enix.

After all, Shirakawa Electric and HAL already have their own appeal in the game industry, and HAL has released a lot of handheld and computer games in the past two years.

Even compared with Enix, the HAL Research Institute is a well-known and well-known manufacturer.

At this time, holding a game creation competition under the name of "Golden Cross Game Competition" will definitely attract a large number of game lovers to join this cause.

The implication of "Golden Cross" comes from the home game console that Baichuan Electric will release soon, and the cross keys on the matching handle.

In the eyes of many people, this is almost the iconic symbol of Shirakawa Electric's video games.

Because this button design has been used in handhelds for a long time, the FES game console will further deepen people's impression of it.

"It's only February, so there's still time. Let's hold our Golden Cross Game Competition in May or June.

In the past few months, I started to advertise in major media, especially paper media and periodicals.

Such as "Video Game Daily", "Weekly Shonen Jump", "Monthly Microcomputer", "Shounen Magazine" and so on.

Be sure to spread the name of our golden cross to every corner of the neon computer industry.

As for the second game competition next year, we can still." Suddenly Bai Chuanfeng paused, "Forget it, we will talk about next year's affairs later, let's focus on doing the things in front of us well first. "

Satoru Iwata, who was writing non-stop with a brush next to "Hay", couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

To be honest, Bai Chuanfeng's appearance of continuous flashes of inspiration is very charming, but it is also a exhausting thing to remember one by one.

"FES will be listed on April 1st, is there any problem?"

Shirakawa Electric's home game consoles are scheduled to go on the market in the first half of the year, with CD players and Walkmans in the middle of the year, and desktops and speakers at the end of the year.

For the release of new products throughout the year, detailed planning has been made internally.

This is conducive to the rational use of resources, and also avoids new products getting together, and internal competition for attention.

Shirakawa Electric has not yet grown into an electronic empire. It gathered all its products and held a grand press conference like later generations. Now it can't support such a stage.

As for the game consoles in the first half of the year, it is completely for the next summer vacation.

After all, most of its consumer groups are students, so it is an excellent time to make FES famous two months before the summer vacation.

"The machine has been debugged many times, and it can run smoothly. We have also done a lot of screening on the starting game lineup."

Satoru Iwata was in charge of the home game consoles. During the period, Bai Chuanfeng only asked a few words, and didn't pay much attention.

Judging from the current results, he did not disappoint Bai Chuanfeng. Iwata-san really has an extraordinary talent in the field of programming.

Calculate the entire development cycle is about a year and a half, which is already very good.

"Since there is no problem, let's do the publicity that should be done."

Everything is ready, so take it out and shine it.

After making further adjustments to HAL's home game consoles and future development plans, Shirakawa Kaede also took the time to meet Kenzo Tsujimoto who was introduced by Satoshi Iwata.

He's older than Hudson's Yuji Kudo and Enix's Yasuhiro Fukushima, and he looks a lot like the Yakuza boss in the movie.

If it weren't for his pair of gold-rimmed glasses and his polite appearance, Bai Chuanfeng would almost have thought he was meeting a club member.

Kenzo Tsujimoto, who is in his early 40s this year, was originally doing well in the arcade field, but since last year, the arcade competition has become fierce.

While several mainstream manufacturers such as Taito, Nintendo, Sega, and Namco were enjoying themselves, Kenzo Tsujimoto's Sanbi Co., Ltd. couldn't hold on and fell down.

No, Sanbi Co., Ltd. is not down. Kenzo Tsujimoto, who owed a lot of debt, resigned and became a member of the unemployed army.

"Tsujimoto-san, I heard from Iwata-san that you still want to continue the game business?"

"Hay, I feel that people's pursuit of entertainment will never disappear, and the prospect of this industry is far more optimistic than what we see now."

"Can you tell me what you think?"

"I am planning to establish a new Capcom (Capcom) Corporation, and the first business is still arcade games. Because I am the most familiar with it and the most confident.

After that, Capcom also plans to enter the computer game industry. Judging from the market conditions in the past two years, it may be another big game platform in the future. "

Arcade first and then computer games? It seems that more and more people are aware of the future potential of computer games.

"Shirakawa Electric can help you establish Capcom with 30 million yen and 40% of the shares. What do you think?"

Baichuan Electric has never set foot in the field of arcade machines, since there is an opportunity right now, it doesn't hurt to give it a try.

And the investment of arcade machines is relatively large, and the start-up capital is far from a few million yen.

But facing Shirakawa Kaede's generous asking price, Tsujimoto Kenzo shook his head seriously.

"Shirakawa-san, I only need 10 million yen, and 30% of Capcom's shares can be sold."

Bai Chuanfeng unexpectedly raised his head and took a deep look at him, "Okay, just as Tsujimoto said. 10 million, 30% of the shares."

Another ambitious person, facing the olive branch of Baichuan Electric, he only took the part he wanted.

Such a person, I hope to have a pleasant cooperation experience in the future.

Because Capcom is still in its infancy, it will not be a third-party game developer for FES for the time being.

But don't worry, Taito and Namco have already joined the developers of Shirakawa Electric's home game consoles.

These two are giants in the arcade field, and they have a large number of arcade game IPs under their names.

Just transplanting a few models to the FES platform is enough to sell them for a whole year.

But also because it is a giant, the contract between Baichuan Electric and them is much looser than that of Hudson and other clubs.

For example, only about 26% of the commission is left, and Taito and Namco are also responsible for the production of game cassettes.

After all, FES has not yet proved its potential, and Taidong and Namco are not objects that Shirakawa Electric can handle at will.

So in the end, after many consultations between the two parties, such an agreement was reached.

Including its own HAL, there are as many as 6 game developers of Shirakawa Electric.

In a short time, there is no need to worry about the lineup of the game.

Moreover, Bai Chuanfeng believes that after FES makes its name, more and more game manufacturers will sign agreements with Bai Chuan Electric.

Kyoto, Nintendo.

Hiroshi Yamauchi looked at the newspaper in front of him, frowning.

"Baichuan Electric's home game console will be released in April. How is the progress of our products?"

"Uh" Uemura Masayuki wiped the sweat from his forehead, "The design has been completed, but the final debugging work is still being done."

Because the selection of the chip is relatively late, Nintendo's game console has just completed the adaptation of the whole machine so far.

Some details work, still doing final fine-tuning.

"Advance the release time of our home game console, and set it on April 1st, which will be launched on the same day as Baichuan Electric's game console."

Nintendo originally planned to release its own home game console in July, but Shirakawa Electric's actions made him decide to abandon the original plan.

"But Yamauchi-san, although the design work has been completed. But the debugging work of the game is not over yet, isn't two months too rushed?"

Uemura Masashi can't tell the hardships, but the debugging work of new products is equally important.

It is equivalent to the last hurdle of product quality inspection. Only after the internal confirmation of the operation is no problem can it be released to the market with confidence.

If there is no such action, or it is relatively sloppy. Once an unknown BUG is encountered in the future, it must be a fatal blow to the product's reputation.

"The time is April 1st, so there is no need to talk about this! As for the debugging problem, if you can't make it, then you will have to work overtime.

In short, I want Nintendo's home console to not be later than the release date of Shirakawa Electric, this is the bottom line! "

Hiroshi Yamauchi gave the order decisively, and the undeniable tone in his tone made Uemura Masashi's scalp tingle.

"Hay!" Although he felt extremely helpless, he could only grit his teeth and agree.

"Go, this is a crucial battle for Nintendo, there must be no mistakes!"

"Hay!"

Seeing Masayuki Uemura leaving with a distressed face, Hiroshi Yamauchi also sighed deeply.

The release of Shirakawa Electric's home game consoles put him under great pressure, and he had been wrestling with each other for so long.

Hiroshi Yamauchi knew very well that he must never give the other party any chance to take the lead, otherwise Nintendo may never catch up again.

Therefore, even though he knew that the progress of his own products was very fast, he still ordered the people below to catch up with Baichuan Electric at all costs.

It’s just that Hiroshi Yamauchi doesn’t know yet that there are far more manufacturers than Shirakawa Electric and Nintendo who want to release home game consoles on April 1st.

The third entrant was already gearing up, secretly waiting for the opportunity.