EP. 5: Super Maridge (2)
‘I’m here. I’m finally here!’ ’
In the name of Kawata Satoshi, I quickly unpacked my parcel. The name of the game written on the little floppy disk was‘ Balloon Fight. ’Yes, I’ve been waiting for this to come!!
“Strong troops? What’s the matter? ”
“Shigeru, can we do a mood swing and a checkup together? ”
“Is that so? I really don’t know… I’m moving from side to side as clearly as I’m manipulating. Why do I feel so foreign with a cross scroll?” ”
“Let’s just cool off for a second with this instead of thinking too deeply!”
“I think I’d feel a lot better if I played Cuzo in this mood. ”
“But you have to inspect it anyway. ”
I sat at the table with Mr. Shigeru and played a floppy disk from HEG Labs. When the title screen appeared with cheerful music, we basically moved the crosshairs upwards and downwards, dividing them into 1P and 2P shapes that could also be enjoyed.
“Well, the first feeling’s not so bad. Let’s get started.”
I started the game by pressing the start button in two-person mode. A moment later, there were blue and red characters hanging from three balloons on both ends of the screen.
“It looks normal to me. ”
I swiped the A button to float the character in the air. Then the character flew slightly as if it were really hanging on the balloon and landed, and pressed the button in succession, and then it leapt up into the sky. You begin to defeat the incoming enemy with a given arrow.
“Shooting game… why is this so hard to move? ”
I smiled and replied.
“Well, it’s not as easy to manipulate as hanging from a balloon. ”
“Why won’t you move properly even if you press the directional key!? Ahhhh!”
Bam!! Eventually, the character hit by the enemy lost a balloon.
“Losing one balloon makes it harder to control!! ”
Bam! But I’ve been dodging my foes with arrows. Operation was not too difficult because I had done it a lot as a child. The beauty of balloon fights was the point of using the balloon button to flick the button and flick the character high at the right time.
“Isn’t it hard to manipulate the Force!? How do you do it so well? ”
In Shigeru’s question, I was just manipulating the character with a smile. Then the arrow I shot missed and went through Shigeru’s last balloon. Bam!! Pieroro…
“What!? Did you get hit by one of your arrows? You can’t do this!! ”
“Well, in my case, it’s more fun. ”
“What!? No!! Strong!! Don’t come! Don’t come!!! ”
Bam!! Bam!! I dodged Shigeru’s arrows and hit my torso to pop the balloon. In the blink of an eye, Shigeru became a GAME OVER.
“Hey, one more game. How dare you kill an ally. ”
This is the beauty of balloon fights… The people of our development part that afternoon were busy enjoying balloon fights. It was fun to pop an ally’s balloon. In the end, the game became a matter of who survived the attack instead of defeating the enemy.
“Oh, this is so much fun! A little touch of control will make a great game!! ”
One of the development staff admired the balloon fight. But I thought differently.
“I feel like this manipulation will double the fun of the game. ”
Then Shigeru, who was watching the game next to him, opened his mouth as he stroked his chin.
“Obviously, the operation is inconvenient. It’s very natural. Do you really feel like you’re manipulating a balloon? Why are you doing this? ”
At that moment, I hit the button quickly, avoiding the flying arrow. Then the character suspended in the balloon quickly began to soar into the sky. At that moment, Shigeru’s eyes flashed.
“Accelerators?”
You finally figured it out… But the developers who were with you didn’t really understand the meaning of what Shigeru said.
“Yes? What do you mean? ”
“You’ve introduced acceleration to your character’s movements!! That’s right. When the speed peaks, if you type the key in the opposite direction, of course it will bounce off of you with inertia. That’s why we feel this natural manipulation is uncomfortable. I can’t believe you programmed inertia into this world. Where did you make this game!? ”
“This is Kawata Satoshi at HEG Institute. ”
“I have to go right now. Gang-gun, come with me. ”
I’m so lucky to have met Kawata Satoshi this time. I nodded at Shigeru and quickly put on my coat.
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Kawata Satoshi, this particular man, whom I was not aware of until recently when I returned to 1983, has been the fourth president of Mintendo since 2002. As the CEO and developer of Mintendo, he was the hero who saved Mintendo from being arrogant in the 2000s, and was also the hero who put Mintendo at the helm of a permanent mobile device.
His work, Balloon Fight, Cavi of the Moon, and Fader, was on the cutting edge of his masterpiece during the mintendo game, and he and Shigeru would later create a number of games.
“By the way, Shigeru. According to this address, there’s an office in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo! ”
“I don’t care! Let’s head to Shinkansen tonight!! ”
Shigeru seems to have figured out the answer to the problem he’s been working on while manipulating Maridge. I followed him enthusiastically to Kyoto Station.
Approximately 6 hours later at 11: 00 p.m., we were standing in front of Shinjuku Station, where the cold wind was rising.
“Why didn’t you just come early tomorrow? ”
“I see.”
Sometimes someone’s enthusiasm makes people suffer like this…
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The next day, overnight at the hotel, we found a software development office called HEG Labs early in the morning. This was a very hard atmosphere for balloon Fight’s construction office that captured Khumamoto Shigeru, where it was primarily a place to make simple programs into electronics calculators or copiers.
“Who are you looking for? ”
“This is Kawata Satoshi. Isn’t she here? ”
“Kawata? Kawata… Hey, is there someone in our office named Kawata Satoshi? ”
A large man who appeared to be an office employee asked the man next to him. Then the employee who was looking at the office replied as if he was annoyed.
“Oh, you know that part-time part-time student. ”
Then, the big man nodded, clapping his hands. Part-time life? So you’re not even a full-time employee here. Turning his head, Shigeru couldn’t hide his embarrassment either.
“Part-time part-time? ”
“Yes, I’ll be at work around 2: 00 p.m. ”
“Oh, we’ll see you again this afternoon. ”
If it’s going to be like this, I don’t know why I came here last night to leave this morning. We left the office and stared at each other dazed. Where do you think you’re going until 2: 00? Then a young man in his mid-20s passed us by to the HEG Labs office. Huh? He looks so familiar just now…?
5: 5 His appearance, which is a divisive point, was no different from the one I remember from 2015.
“Hey, Kawata!? ”
“Yes? ”
“Are you Kawata Satoshi? ”
“Yes, but? Who are you?”
I found it!! Shigeru turned to Kawata for a moment and asked Kawata with a puzzled look.
“Are you the Kawata Satoshi who sent the balloon fights to Mintendo? ”
“Oh, is it already there? Haha! How was it? Was it fun?”
Kawata Satoshi will serve as Mintendo’s first family and foreigner thanks to its very polite image but outstanding management sense. So I met another 24-year-old genius who would lead Mintendo.
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“Ah, so the more you type in the button, the faster the character moves and the player moves in the reverse direction. The point is to force it to slow down and overload. ”
Programming is like converting the movement of reality into a number. If Maridge starts running at the speed of 1, speed up to the speed of 2, 3 after 2 seconds. When you jump from that state, the current Speed stat and Jump stats are combined to create the distance between jumps. However, when a player moves in the reverse direction to the middle, it is not directed directly from the number 3 to -1, but furthermore from the number 4 in turn, 3, 2, 1, 0 –1. This was the basic description of Satoshi for inertia.
“I feel like my head’s finally clearing up. Kawata, you’ve been very helpful. And speaking of balloon fights you made, why don’t you come in and make one with us? This is gonna be good. ”
“I appreciate the offer, but I have some work to do at HEG Labs for now. ”
“Really? That’s a shame. But if you have any ideas, give us a call. ”
Shigeru gave his business card to Kawata. On the return train, Shigeru was restless, anxious to go back and complete Maridge’s move. This has satisfied all the elements that will create a Supermaridge. The production will be completed shortly, but since there is a cartridge production period, the Super Maridge will probably be launched around early 1984, right? It’s supposed to be from ’85, but it’s a year ahead.
Gunpei’s portable gamble will also be released sooner than I expected, and I felt that things were going faster than I had ever known since I arrived here. It’s only a matter of time before we figure out if this is right.
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