January 1, 1986.

For Chinese people, this day is New Year's Day, but for Japanese people, this day is New Year's Day.

After the Meiji Restoration, Japan abolished the lunar calendar and changed to the Gregorian calendar, and almost all festivals were directly moved to the Gregorian calendar. This is the case with the New Year.

A program similar to the nature of the Chinese Spring Festival Gala is the Red and White Song Festival in Japan.

However, unlike the Spring Festival Gala with various performances, the Red and White Song Festival, as its name suggests, is a singing program that uses the Red and White teams as the joy of confrontation. For Japanese singers, it is like a Chinese actor on the Spring Festival Gala.

Before the old year ended, the Red and White Songs ended.

Takahashi has no time to enjoy this Japanese song party. He still has many things to do, but for hundreds of millions of Japanese people, this is a program that must be watched.

The night is quiet, with only the rustling sounds coming from writing.

Most of the people who work in Wanhu go home and sleep after get off work. Apart from Takahashi, there are only the guards and three bodyguards around Takahashi.

A bodyguard sat on a chair not far from Takahashi, and the remaining bodyguard also went to bed.

"Click."

Listen, it's the sound of the door opening.

Takahashi raised his head and turned off the lights to save electricity bills. The corridor where the lights were turned off was dark, and only the green light prompted by the safety passage seemed a bit cunning.

A figure walked in the fluorescent green light, opened the door and entered Takahashi's office.

"Who are you!" The bodyguard beside Takahashi looked at the person he didn't know and immediately stood up. Although he didn't know much martial arts and had no inheritance, he was still strong after staying in the army for a few years, and his skills were not bad for hurting people.

The visitor listened to the bodyguard's questioning with a clear Chinese flavor, and looked at his actions as if he was facing a great enemy, without any panic. He walked to Takahashi step by step, sat down carelessly and said, "Takahashi, I'm here to find you."

Takahashi waved his hand and asked the bodyguard to stop moving, and looked at the young man in front of him and said, "Shibata, what's the matter with me?"

"Congratulations on finally starting your own business. Your claw machine is very popular, and "Magic Tower" is very popular. Do you remember our agreement? You can win me when playing games, but I don't think you can win me when playing games. Although there are many people you have played in "Magic Tower", I will not give in.

I'm here to find you. The reason for finding you is very simple. The game I made is about to be launched. I don't think your "Magic Tower" can win me. Hurry up and make a new game to meet my challenge!"

If Shimada whistled to the sky at this moment, then he would be the whole villain style.

Takahashi looked at Shimada who spoke like a villain and asked, "What's the name of the game you made?"

"Hot-blooded Hardcore". A game that is far more fun than your claw machine and "Magic Tower". You wait and admit defeat. I came here today and declared war like you! Hahahaha!" Shimada walked away with a confident smile with his head raised and his hips.

Takahashi looked at Shimada's leaving figure and fell into thinking. He knew Shimada had talent, which could be seen from the time he played games, but he didn't expect that the Hot Blood Series would be made from him.

The first game in the hot-blooded series "Hot-Blooded Hardcore" may also be a bit unpopular, but not many people have heard of this name.

However, afterwards, a series of hot-blooded games such as "The New Record of Hot-blooded", "The Story of Hot-blooded", "The March of Hot-blooded", "The Basketball", "The Basketball of Hot-blooded", etc., are well-known series on the Red and White Machine.

Although in the future, the gameplay of the Hot Blood Series began to lag behind the times and was eliminated because it could not reflect the superiority of 3d. However, this series is indeed a evergreen series that lasted from the 1980s to the late 1990s.

If the game made by Shimada is really the first work of the Hot Blood Series, "Hot Blood Hardcore", rather than a pure coincidence in name.

Then it would be a bit difficult for him to win.

Although Takahashi dared not say that his game was original, it was not completely copied.

In fact, even if he wants to copy it all, he doesn't have the ability. Even if he copy it all, this game may not be popular.

The fate of a game depends not only on the quality of the game itself, but also on the course of history.

To give a simple example, Blizzard's game "Starcraft" cannot be said to be not a good game. But can a good game create a miracle of sales of over one million in a single country like South Korea? Obviously not.

To analyze why StarCraft can sell more than one million in South Korea, it depends on the historical process.

"Starcraft" was released in 1998 after several delays.

What year was the year before 1998, and 1997.

What big happened in Asia in 1997?

In addition to Hong Kong's return to mainland China, there is also the Asian financial crisis in 1997.

A country like South Korea has a small land area and a large population. It is also near the sea and has accepted an economic system dominated by the United States, which is a link in the US economic structure. Of course, they have also been impacted by the financial crisis.

The most direct consequence of the financial crisis in South Korea is that the employment rate is low and young people cannot find jobs.

Young people who cannot find a job will cause trouble. How can they not cause trouble? Of course, they will focus on other things.

At least let their energy be spent on an entertainment activity that can be done without much money.

At this time, "Starcraft" launched by the American company Blizzard entered their eyes.

In order to maintain stability, South Korea purchased more than one million sets of machines in the name of semi-officiality.

Whether it is an Internet cafe or a personal computer, almost all computers that can play games are equipped with an authentic "Starcraft".

South Korea is also a country that is good at learning. Japan is in full swing every year with arcade games and fighting games as the core. So why can't "StarCraft" hold competitions?

As a result, various "StarCraft" events were played. Due to the large number of people playing, the number of people watching was also large. In addition, the number of people watching was advocated by the South Korean government, major consortiums in South Korea entered the event. Samsung, skt, sk, and many well-known teams were established.

After that, even StarCraft II did not cause any previous sensation in South Korea. Is it because the game quality is much worse? No.

It's just because the South Korean government no longer needs video games to maintain stability.

There will almost never be a game that takes on such a huge responsibility in Japan, but in Japan, it still depends on the historical process.

It wasn't possible to do "Space Invaders" in the 1980s, and it wasn't possible to do "Warfield" in the 1980s.

The former is too boring for today's players, while the latter is too complicated for players.
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