Reborn Tokyo Golden Age

Akihabara, HAL office building.

"Is this the prototype of our ODS?" Bai Chuanfeng fiddled with the huge beige machine in his hand, with a curious expression on his face.

"Hay, to meet the original design function, it can only be so big at present." Iwata Satoshi looked at him a little nervously.

Although the current handheld ODS is much smaller than the bricks when Tanimura took over.

But it's still a lot bigger than the pocket-sized Game Boy of the previous generation.

With the current size, a child can only hold it with two hands, but it is very suitable for an adult.

Hearing the lack of confidence in Iwata Satoru's tone, Bai Chuanfeng waved his hand.

"It's no problem that it's so big. Compared with the previous generation of handhelds, it's no longer an order of magnitude product."

In the previous one-off game consoles, the display was a TN printing screen, and the internal CPU was a 4-bit machine.

As for the attached games, the total capacity is only 4KB, so you can imagine how stretched it is in terms of performance.

But the current ODS can be said to have completely exploded the previous generation of handhelds from hardware to software.

The most intuitive is the yellow-green STN LCD screen, and its cost is more than twice that of TN.

But the display effect has also improved by leaps and bounds, Bai Chuanfeng turned on the machine.

The opening animation of the handheld is played very smoothly, and it is no longer like switching frames one by one like GB.

Tsk, this effect is almost the same as watching cartoons.

Bai Chuanfeng tried it, and the effect was so good that for a moment he thought he was playing a mobile game.

The 7MHz main frequency of SIC8089A can control all complicated games, and its memory also uses a luxurious 64KB RAM.

These two core parameters can support ODS to use a maximum game cartridge capacity of 32MB. Yes, this generation of handhelds supports changing game cartridges just like FES.

But to be honest, the 32MB expansion game cartridge is not used now.

Large-capacity and complex games such as Tank Wars and Double Dragon have a maximum memory of less than 1MB.

32MB, it won't be used after a few years.

In addition to these, ODS also has a stereo headphone jack output. Shirakawa Electric's earphones are the best match for it.

In terms of battery life, this generation of handhelds also uses a chewing gum battery compartment design.

Four chewing gum batteries can support it to run continuously for 36 hours!

For a game console with such powerful performance, 36 hours of continuous operation is already a very impressive battery life.

Of course, if you are at home, ODS also supports external AC power supply, and you can play without batteries.

The reason why it can achieve such a long battery life is due to Iwata Satoshi's training.

As the person most familiar with the SIC8089A chip in the world, he made full use of every feature of the chip and minimized the power consumption of the game console.

Bai Chuanfeng played with the ODS in his hand, feeling very satisfied.

Look at this iconic cross key design, it looks like it came from Shirakawa Electric.

Similar to the handle of FES, ODS is also a cross key plus A and B buttons.

In addition, there are selection, start keys, and two auxiliary buttons below.

As for the side of the fuselage, there is a scroll wheel volume adjustment key, as well as backlit buttons.

In the beginning, Satoru Iwata did not plan to add a backlight button to the ODS in order to save energy.

But after Bai Chuanfeng experienced it once, he still persuaded him to add this function.

The yellow-green bottom screen hurts the eyes too much after looking at it for a long time.

Immediately after adding the backlight, it was much more comfortable.

However, the backlight is controlled by a switch. It can last for 36 hours without turning on the light, and 24 hours with the light on is not bad.

Of course, during the promotion, it must be vigorously advocating the 36-hour long battery life.

This is not ad fraud, but under certain conditions, this data can indeed be achieved.

However, ODS handhelds only have hardware, the most important thing is software, that is, the starting lineup of the game is the key.

No nonsense, Bai Chuanfeng directly took a game cassette and stuffed it into the ODS.

The handheld cassette is much smaller than the FES cassette, and the colorful square game stickers on it are also much smaller.

That's right, ODS's first bundled game is also a front-end game, and it is the well-known "Tetris".

Of course, at this time, the historical "Tetris" has not yet been born.

It may be brewing in the mind of a comrade Su Yi now, or it may be making it by hand.

But as long as it hasn't come out, Bai Chuanfeng will not be polite.

In fact, the story about the "Tetris" patent in history is very exciting, but with him as a free prostitute, all these may never make waves again.

"Tetris" is its name, and Bai Chuanfeng still retains the original English name of Tetris.

After much deliberation, the original name is still the most pleasing to the ear. As for the neon square, to be honest, his face is not that thick.

The word Tetris evolved from the Greek word tetra and the English tennis word for tennis.

It can be regarded as a coined word, which is used to represent the name of a trendy game, and it is also suitable.

After Bai Chuanfeng turned on the game console, he began to skillfully code the cubes.

biu~boom~! biu~boom~!

Listening to the familiar sound effects and the disappearing blocks, Bai Chuanfeng almost felt the urge to cry.

That’s right, that’s the taste~

After playing Tetris, which he is familiar with, he even felt as if he was in another world.

Touching the scene, some things are engraved into the memory, just like engraved into the DNA, which is unforgettable.

"Very good." Bai Chuanfeng put down the game console and nodded in satisfaction. This is the smoothest handheld console he has ever experienced.

No matter how good the hardware is, at least it must run smoothly, otherwise everything will be useless.

Next, he went online with Satoru Iwata and experienced a racing game.

Yes, ODS also supports multiplayer online, with a maximum of 4 players.

The connection between the two machines can be realized through the data line. If there are 4 people, a small transfer line is needed.

It can be said that on the ODS, Satoru Iwata tried to squeeze in all the functions that can be used.

The online function is a very cool advantage. With the addition of social interaction in the game, its power can be seen from the online games of later generations.

"Let's sell it at the original price of 12,000 yen. As for the Beimi version." Bai Chuanfeng paused, "Try to put it on the market before August."

"Understood, but can FES also consider Beimi?" Satoru Iwata asked the question that had been in his heart for a long time.

The sales of FES in Neon are in full swing, and it has sold a total of 3 million units for a whole year until April this year.

But the strange thing is that there is no sign of selling them in Beimi, not only at Shirakawa Electric, but also at Nintendo and Sega.

Iwata Satoru also knew the approximate reason, which was nothing more than the "Atari shock" mentioned in the newspaper last year.

But it's been a year, so it's time to think about Beimi.

After all, compared with Neon, Beimi's market is much larger than the former.

After thinking about it for two seconds, Bai Chuanfeng nodded, "You can try it, but don't ship too much at one time.

And in terms of sales, we accept returns and tell the channel dealers in the United States that if they can't sell them, Baichuan Electric can recycle them. "

In fact, despite the "Atari Shock", Shirakawa Electric did nothing.

In Beimi, Baichuan Electric also established a game business department.

In order to separate its own FES from home game consoles, Shirakawa Electric even changed FES to NES (New Entertenment System).

Great changes have also been made in the shape. The Beimi version of the game console looks more sci-fi, and most people don’t think of it at all when they see it.

The reason for doing this is because Atari committed too many crimes.

The people of Beimi are now pale when they hear the home game console. They are scared by Atari's "E.T".

So it is conceivable that at the peak of the wave of anti-family game consoles among the people of Beimi last year, it was really not a wise thing to promote FES.

However, Shirakawa Electric did not do nothing. The special edition NES is the product of the "Atari Shock".

And Shirakawa Electric did not start selling it, but chose to put a TV in the game hall, bar and other places, plug in the NES, and then make it free for people to play.

After confirming the good reputation, Shirakawa Electric will consider launching NES on a large scale.

Now, according to the feedback from Beimi, people seem to have accepted the game console NES, and it has been well received.

That being the case, it doesn't hurt to try the channel online.

All the products in the current era are bought by the channel merchants from the manufacturers and then sold by themselves.

Once something leaves the factory, it has nothing to do with the manufacturer. Transaction completed, no returns accepted.

But in order to dispel their concerns as much as possible, Bai Chuanfeng decided to accept the recycling of unsold products.

Only in this way, those merchants will buy goods with confidence, otherwise no one is willing to repeat the mistakes of "Atari Shock".

Moreover, Bai Chuanfeng has confidence in his own FES, no matter how bad it is, it will sell a little less at most, and there should be no resistance or disgust.

But the handheld is not the same as the home game console. It has not been affected by the "Atari Shock".

Therefore, ODS Bai Chuanfeng plans to start selling it in Beimi within three months of the launch of Neon.

After deciding on the launch strategy of the handheld, Bai Chuanfeng thought of another thing.

"Any news from Nintendo and Sega?"

Tanimura sold all the information on the early days of Shirakawa Electric's development of the handheld, and Shirakawa Feng didn't believe that Heaven and Sega would be indifferent to this.

"According to our information, both of them have already announced their plans for handheld devices.

However, due to progress issues, it may be two or three months later than us. "

To be honest, the information that Tanimura brought was not too confidential technology for Shirakawa Electric.

After all, the handheld was not yet formed at that time, and there were not many involved.

What's more, now ODS is almost pushed to a new start, and there is no shadow of Tanimura when he was in charge of the handheld.

But for Nintendo and Sega, the information on Shirakawa Electric's handheld points out the direction of development for them.

There are not many core secrets in this document, but the development requirements for the next generation of handheld devices are clearly written.

After getting them, Nintendo and Sega will of course know what Shirakawa Electric's next-generation handheld will look like.

Then according to it, it is a matter of course to design your own handheld accordingly.

"Two or three months?" Bai Chuanfeng paused, and then said firmly, "That's enough. As long as ODS takes the lead, it will lead every step of the way."

With the reputation of Baichuan Electric, one step ahead is enough.

Handheld is the key project of Baichuan Electric this year, and Baichuanfeng can only feel relieved if he has personally experienced it.

It's already May, and the handheld will be launched in June, and the next period of time will be spent on advertising.

But he didn't have to worry about these things anymore, but there was a piece of news that caught his attention.

"In May, Japan and the United States signed the "Report of the Yen and U.S. Dollar Committee", and the Ministry of Finance issued "The Current Situation and Prospects of Financial Liberalization and the Internationalization of the Yen."

The pace of financial liberalization was further accelerated, and the title of "the first year of financial freedom" fell to 1984.