Chapter 158 Xiao He succeeds and Xiao He fails

Game development experts have joined Flamingo Company, which surprised the media.

The editor-in-chief of Popular Electronics said: "Chronos Li's wife sold a gaming empire and made more than three billion US dollars. If Flamingo beats Sunbird, it means that Chronos Li only spent a little money. A multi-billion-dollar gaming empire has been re-created! And the shareholders who acquired Sunbird may not be able to recover their costs and suffer huge losses..."

"American Electronic Game Magazine": "Due to the monopoly of the Atari 2600 home game console, American players can only play games on this game console platform. However, the shoddy game works make players very disgusted. According to statistics interviewed by this newspaper, the United States Players are generally very disappointed with Sunbird! On the contrary, they are full of expectations for Flamingo. They almost unanimously believe that only Chronos Li is the one who truly understands games, and only he can design fun and playable classic games! "

"Wall Street Journal": "Sunbird has suffered a serious loss of talent and its gaming dominance is on the verge of collapse!!!"

Li Zetian also didn't expect that his appeal would be so strong. There were actually 65 people who had switched jobs from Atari and Sunbird, including many familiar faces. In addition, coupled with other new employees who applied to join, Flamingo Company was already strong and strong, with the number of employees reaching 452 in just one week. Nolan Bushnell serves as the company's CEO.

After the establishment of Flamingo Company, Li Zetian came to the company.

As soon as everyone saw him, they immediately gathered around him.

"Hello Mr. Li, I am Duke Dickey who has been following you since the beginning. Do you still remember me? Since you left Sunbird Company, Sunbird Company has never developed a classic game again. We I want to follow you!"

"Yes, Mr. Li, Sunbird Company is no longer the Sunbird Company it was before. It is too commercial in nature. It only cares about launching more games to make money, and does not care about the quality of the games! We people are like The Walking Dead, making rubbish games. , no passion for work at all!”

"Hello Mr. Li, although I don't work at Sunbird Company, I grew up playing the games you developed!" a young designer said excitedly.

A black line appeared on Li Zetian's forehead. Look at what he said, I am so young...

"First of all, welcome everyone to Flamingo Company," Li Zetian looked around, paused, and said, "At the same time, I would like to thank you for trusting me and being willing to join Flamingo Company. I know that many of you have even given up on your original plans. Come and join my company for a high-paying job. Here, I can promise you that I will not treat you badly. In addition, Flamingo Company will never make any garbage games! If we don’t make games, we will. We must produce classic games! Please remember the company’s slogan: Products produced by Flamingo must be high-quality!”

Everyone couldn't help but be infected by Li Zetian's passionate and confident words, and they all shouted excitedly: "The products produced by Flamingo must be top quality!!!"

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Li Zetian smiled and nodded, then crossed the crowd and came to the conference room.

Then, important executives of the company also followed.

Li Zetian took a sip of water, organized his words in his mind, and then said: "The main development direction of Flamingo Company now is family games, which is divided into two departments. The first department is the hardware and game console development department; the second department is the software , game development department.

In order to speed up efficiency and perform their own duties, the game development department is divided into five game development groups, each group is responsible for the development of a game. These five games are "Super Mario", "Contra", "Tank Battle", "Double Dragon" and "Saraman Snake". I will have people send the relevant information to everyone later, but employees must sign a confidentiality agreement and the information is not allowed to be leaked! These materials are just a game framework, and the specific content still needs to be filled in by game designers. "

"Mr. Li, you designed these games alone?"

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

Everyone looked surprised.

"As for the home game console," Li Zetian doesn't quite remember what the configuration of the FC is, but he knows that it uses Mos6502 and the CPU is clocked at 1.8MHz. The Mos6507 used in the Atari 2600 home game console has a CPU clocked at 1.17HMz. There is still a big difference between the two.

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

Everyone nodded after hearing this.

"The CPU has been decided, and then it will be handed over to the game console development department for discussion. They must come up with a design plan 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 here, he was quite relieved. After getting the design plan, he analyzed the feasibility of the plan with his own perspective beyond this era. Naturally, there was no problem at all.

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

As soon as he finished speaking, Dongfang Yuqin, who was standing next to Li Zetian and acted as secretary, distributed the information.

"This thing is called an electronic pet. It is a very simple game console that only uses three buttons A, B, and C to control it. It introduces a novel simulated breeding system, hatches pet eggs, feeds, bathes, treats diseases, entertains pets, etc... …”

Everyone looked at the picture on the design drawing and couldn't help but be attracted by its cute appearance.

"Many families are inconvenient to raise a real pet, so it would be quite fun to raise an electronic pet. The fun part of this game is precisely that you can experience the fun of raising a pet. Electronic pets are easy to carry around, cute, and It can also accompany the elderly to relieve their boredom. I believe that its huge charm will definitely create a cross-generational fan base for it and 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.

At that time, Tamagotchi developed by RB Bandai caused a worldwide craze and became a phenomenal product. Since then, the product has been continuously updated, and every time it is released, it ranks in the top 10 of the RB game sales list and continues to sell well! And also launched many movies and animations!

Li Zetian remembers 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 anime "4WD Boys" was introduced to mainland China, setting off the "4WD craze". You can often see girls playing with electronic pets and boys holding mini 4WDs.

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As soon as the meeting ended, everyone left the meeting room with smiles on their faces. At this moment, they have firmly believed that it is inevitable that Flamingo Company will replace Sunbird Company as the dominant player in the gaming industry.

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

"Success is as bad as failure! Sunbird Company has become the dominant player in the gaming industry because of Chronos·Li, and it will also become a stepping stone for Flamingo Company because of Chronos·Li. His endless stream of genius ideas will make everyone Competitors are desperate! Extremely desperate!!!”

Some Chinese employees can't help but feel proud to have such an outstanding Chinese compatriot. He is like a mountain that can never be reached and towering into the sky, making people look up to him!