giants of the era

Chapter 158: Success is also Xiao He, defeat is also Xiao He

The media were amazed that game development masters joined Flamingo.

The editor-in-chief of "Popular Electronics" said: "Chronos Li's wife sold a game empire and made more than 30 billion U.S. dollars. If Flamingo beats Sunbird, it means that Chronos Li just spent a little money and made more than $[-] billion. A multi-billion dollar game empire has been recreated! And those shareholders who acquired Sunbird may not be able to recover the cost because of this, and the losses will be huge..."

"American Electronic Game Magazine": "Because of the monopoly of the Atari 2600 home game console, American players can only play games on the game console platform. Players are generally very disappointed with Sunbird Company! On the contrary, they are full of expectations for Flamingo Company, and they almost agree that only Chronos·Li is the one who really understands games, and only he can design fun and durable classic games! "

"Wall Street Journal": "Sunbird's brain drain is serious, and the game's dominance is shaky!!!"

Li Zetian didn't expect his appeal to be so powerful. There were 65 people who jumped from Atari and Sunbird, and many of them were familiar faces.In addition, with the addition of other new employees who applied for joining, within a week, Flamingo was already strong, with the number of employees reaching 452.Nolan Bushnell serves as CEO of the company.

After the formation of Flamingo Company was completed, Li Zetian came to the company.

As soon as the crowd saw him, they immediately surrounded him.

"Mr. Li, hello, I am Duke Dicky who followed you from the very beginning, do you still remember me? Since you left Sunbird Company, Sunbird Company has never developed classic game works, we I want to follow you!"

"Yeah, Mr. Li, Sunbird Company is no longer the previous Sunbird Company. The commercial nature is too heavy. We only care about launching more games to make money, and don't care about the quality of the games! We people are like the walking dead, making garbage games , no enthusiasm for work at all!"

"Mr·Li, hello, although I have never worked in Sunbird, I grew up playing the games you developed!" A young designer excitedly said.

Li Zetian has a black line on his forehead, look at what he said, I am so old...

"First of all, welcome to Flamingo Company." Li Zetian looked around, paused, and said, "At the same time, I would also like to thank you for believing in me and being willing to join Flamingo Company. I know that many of you even gave up your original Come and join my company. Here, I can assure you that you will not be treated badly. Besides, Flamingo Company will never make any garbage games! If we don't make games, we will Be sure to make a classic game! Please remember the company's slogan: Flamingo produced must be a boutique!"

Everyone couldn't help being infected by Li Zetian's passionate and confident words, and they all shouted excitedly: "Flamingo is produced, it must be a boutique!!!"

"..."

Li Zetian nodded with a smile, then passed through the crowd and came to the meeting room.

Then, important executives of the company also followed in.

Li Zetian drank his saliva, organized his words in his mind, and then said: "Flamingo's main development direction is home games now, and it is divided into two departments. The first department is hardware and game console development; the second department is software. , the game development department.

In order to speed up the efficiency and perform their duties, the game development department is divided into five game development teams, each of which is responsible for the development of a game.These five games are "Super Mario", "Contra", "Tank War", "Double Dragon" and "Salaman Snake".I will send the relevant information to everyone in the future, but the employees must sign a non-disclosure agreement, and the information is not allowed to be leaked out!These materials are just a game framework, and the specific content needs to be filled in by game designers. "

"Mr. Li, you designed these games by yourself?"

Li Zetian nodded, and then said: "For more than a year, I have been in a coma on the surface, but my brain is awake. I have nothing to do, so I designed some games!"

Everyone showed surprise on their faces.

"As for the home game console," Li Zetian doesn't quite remember the configuration of FC, but he knows that it uses Mos6502, and the main frequency of CPU is 1.8MHz.The Mos2600 used by the Atari 6507 home game console has a CPU main frequency of 1.17HMz, and there is still a big difference between the two.

He thought for a while and said: "The CPU uses an 8-bit 6502 chip. Intel's 16-bit chip is too expensive, and home game consoles don't need such a good CPU now."

When everyone heard the words, they nodded.

"The CPU has been decided, and then I will hand it over to the game console development department for discussion. Be sure to come up with a design plan for me as quickly as possible." After Li Zetian finished speaking, he looked at Nolan Bushnell.

"Well, Mr. Li, don't worry, I will urge them to come up with the best design plan." Nolan Bushnell nodded.

Li Zetian smiled and nodded. With Nolan Bushnell around, he was quite relieved. After receiving the design plan, he analyzed the feasibility of the plan with his own perspective beyond this era. Naturally, there was no problem at all.

Afterwards, Li Zetian continued: "In addition to these, I also designed a small thing."

As soon as the words fell, Dongfang Yuqin, who was standing beside Li Zetian and acting as secretary, distributed the materials.

"This thing is called an electronic pet. It is a very simple game console. It is controlled by only three buttons A, B, and C. It introduces a novel breeding simulation system, hatches pet eggs, feeds pets, bathes them, treats diseases, entertains them, etc... ..."

Looking at the picture on the design drawing, everyone couldn't help but be attracted by its cute appearance.

"It is inconvenient for many families to keep a real pet. It is quite interesting to want to raise an electronic pet, and the fun of this game is that you can experience the fun of raising a pet. The electronic pet is easy to carry, cute, and It can also entertain the elderly. I believe that its great charm will create a cross-generational fan base for it, and it will be deeply loved by people. Of course, it will also bring huge profits to the Flamingo company! Flamingo’s A good start depends on it!" Li Zetian smiled confidently.

Back then, Tamagotchi, developed by RB Bandai, triggered a worldwide craze once it was launched and became a phenomenal product. Since then, the product has been continuously updated, and every time it is released, it will enter the TOP10 position in the RB game sales list and continue to sell well!And also launched many movies and animations!

Li Zetian remembered that when he was an orphan in his previous life, he picked up no less than 20 electronic pet game consoles from the school trash can.At that time, the animation "Four Wheels Boy" was introduced to mainland China, which set off a "four-wheel drive boom". Girls can often be seen playing with electronic pets, and boys are holding mini four-wheel drive vehicles.

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As soon as the meeting ended, everyone left the meeting room with smiles on their faces.At this moment, they already firmly believe that it is an inevitable result for Flamingo Company to replace Sunbird Company as the overlord of the game industry.

"Chronos Li alone is better than thousands of troops!"

"Success is Xiao He, failure is Xiao He! Sunbird Company has become the overlord of the game industry because of Chronos Li, and it will also become the stepping stone of Flamingo Company because of Chronos Li. His endless genius ideas will make everyone Competitors feel hopeless! Incomparably hopeless!!!”

Some Chinese employees couldn't help being proud of having such an outstanding Chinese compatriot. He is like a mountain that towers into the sky that will never be reached, which makes people look up!

(End of this chapter)