Rebirth of America, this is my era

Chapter 17 I can win!
Exsidy's men moved quickly. In less than five minutes, they had unloaded the game console from the Ford pickup truck.

After removing the tarpaulin, the brand new machine attracted their attention like a magnet.

"Wow! Is this a prototype? It even has a design? The candy-bar shape of this refrigerator looks so cool!"

"The dark green shell is so bright? It seems the spray paint job is pretty good!"

"Brother, did you draw this white snake? Snake Game? This game is about snakes?"

Samuel Hawes put his hands on his hips and looked at the arcade machine that Ethan brought with curiosity.

In response to his question, Ethan nodded and introduced: "Yeah~ As you can see, the game I brought is related to snakes. In other words, the player in the game plays the role of a snake."

"Oh~Cool~" Pete Kaufman said with a smile, "Let the player play the role of snake? This is a very creative idea!"

"And to be honest, Ethan, I can tell from your appearance that you have strong commercial ideas."

"The combination of appearance and content is the key point to grasp when selling a machine. Let the customer know the content of the machine at a glance. That's what a qualified designer should do! Brother, it seems that you have rich design experience!"

"Really? Thanks."

Ethan thanked him with a smile, and at the same time he disclosed his work experience without reservation, "Because I was still working at Mirohua two weeks ago."

"What?"

Before Ethan finished speaking, Samuel Hawes, who was watching the machine on the side, screamed.

"Brother! Can you tell me again? Where did you work before???"

"Milohua."

"Oh! My! God!"

Samuel Hawes's face immediately showed surprise. He stretched out his right hand and shook Ethan's hand tightly.

"Ethan? Ethan Jones, right? Oh! It's such a pleasure to meet you! You may not know! I am a fan of Professor Bell! The Odyssey he launched before is simply a miracle! The computer can be compressed into the size of a briefcase, and 13 games are built in it! My God! Professor Ralph Bell's genius idea is simply God's visit! It must be a very happy thing to be able to work with him, right? Hmm?"

Ralph Baer was actually the inventor of the world's first home game console, Odyssey. He made a prototype in 1966 and named it Brown Box, and MILO was just a company willing to invest in manufacturing and distributing the Brown Box. Therefore, in the industry, people respect Ralph Baer for his genius ideas and creativity and regard him as the father of video games.

As for Mirohua?
All capitalists are the same, right?

"I guess so." Ethan, who understood the key, tilted his head and lied.

At the same time, he signaled the other party to watch the game first, "Mr. Hawes, I am here today to discuss cooperation with you."

“Okay, okay, okay, cooperate, cooperate, cooperate.”

Perhaps because his identity as a former employee of Milova was very impressive, Samuel Hawes rubbed his hands and shouted to the employee next to him: "Pull a line for me."

As he shouted, the employees around him turned around immediately.

A moment later, a circuit extending from inside the warehouse was delivered to Samuel Hawes.

He connected the arcade machine to the power supply familiarly and pressed the power switch behind his butt. When the circuit was connected, the sound of "ding ding dong ding dong" was heard.

This sound made the guys at the scene stunned.

The next second, almost everyone laughed out loud.

"Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle bells?" Pete Kafman sang it straight out.

At the same time, his eyes were full of curiosity. "Ethan, if I heard correctly, this is Jingle Bells, right? This is a Christmas song. How come... it has become the background music of the game here?"

This question made Ethan pretend to be calm.

In fact, when he was choosing the background music, he didn't want to use this song, but what could he do...

"I have no choice because I don't have any music germs and I don't have any money. The former prevents me from composing music for the game, and the latter forces me to use the uncopyrighted Jingle Bells. After all, it's too expensive to hire a professional voice artist from Hollywood to compose music, and it's not something a machine that hasn't been released yet can afford. So, I can only use this uncopyrighted music for demonstration to show that the machine can have this function, but it doesn't matter, right, because it can be modified."

"Oh! This is really a genius decision."

Pete Kafman's mouth twitched and he said something against his will.

During their communication, Samuel Hawes also developed the Snake machine.

He skillfully took out a twenty-five-cent coin from his pocket and decisively put it into the coin slot. After a crisp ding sound, he stared at the screen with full concentration.

The sudden switch of the game interface meant the start of the game for a veteran like him, but when he moved the joystick, he found that the horizontal bar on the screen did not move.

"Is this bad?" Samuel Hawes turned his head in confusion.

"Of course not," Ethan replied.

"But it doesn't move..." Samuel Hawes continued to push the joystick.

The next second, when he turned his gaze back to the screen, a sound like an electric shock suddenly appeared.

"Ding ding ding ding!"

The screen shook, the game disappeared, and the initial interface reappeared.

"WTF???" Samuel Hawes was shocked!
"I lost before I even started playing?" he couldn't believe it.

The people from Exidi who were standing nearby didn't understand what was going on, and confusion was written on everyone's face.

The confused expression on Yi's face made Ethan laugh and said, "Mr. Hawes, I can assure you that there is nothing wrong with my game. If you think it's wrong, you can try it again."

Before he finished speaking, Samuel Hawes inserted the coin again.

Then, he opened his eyes as big as copper bells and stared at the screen.

Then, he discovered that when the game interface appeared, the long bar in the center of the screen would pause for three seconds before moving naturally. Only then would his control be truly useful.

This discovery made him very happy, so he controlled the little snake to swim around randomly.

Just as he was figuring out how to play this game, the electric shock sound that represented failure appeared again.

"Ding ding ding ding!" "Oh! FXXk! It turns out you can't touch yourself!"

This discovery led Samuel Hawes to toss the coin again.

then……

"Ding ding ding ding!"

He's dead again!

"Damn!!! Can't you touch the boundary???"

After tossing coins three times in a row, he finally figured out how to control himself in order to stay alive in the game.

"But how do we complete the game in this case?" Samuel Hawes was puzzled.

"Why don't you try to hit the white dot on the screen with the snake's head?" Pete Kafman suggested.

"Hit the white spot? Isn't that an obstacle? You'll definitely die if you hit it!"

"But there's nothing to hit now! If you just keep wasting time like this, will it be able to pass the level?"

"Oh! Sxxt! It's your fault if I die!"

At a shout from Samuel Hawes, the little snake on the screen hit the white dot.

With a click, the little snake not only did not die, but grew a little bigger.

Not only that, the 0 in the upper right corner of the screen also turned into 1.

"Ohhhhhh!!! I got it!"

This fact surprised Samuel Hawes greatly.

"This game is about using a snake to eat white dots! The more you eat, the more points you get! You win when you reach a certain number!"

But unfortunately...

The idea is beautiful, but the reality is very ugly.

When Samuel Hawes began to eat frantically according to the ideas he had researched, the little snake on the screen grew longer and longer, and then its speed increased by ten points, twenty points, and thirty points.

The sudden surge in speed caused the little snakes under Samuel Hawes to die again and again.

As he held the joystick, his eyes were red!

"Oh! Samuel! You lost again! You are such a wimp! Let me do it!"

After watching for a while, Pete Kaufman found it interesting and wanted to try it out.

"No! I don't believe it! I won't be able to pass the level today?"

Samuel Hawes would not budge.

"Even if you can beat the game today, you still have to let me play first! You've already played several games in a row, bro!"

Pete Kaufman felt itchy and began to squeeze in front of the machine.

"Oh! Pete! Can you give me one more chance? One last time! I swear! Please!"

however--

When Game Over appeared on the screen again, Samuel Hawes had no intention of moving away. He angrily searched his pockets, wanting to try again.

Then, he came up empty-handed.

"Hua Q!" This fact made him curse loudly.

Then he protected the joystick with one hand and yelled, "Quick, quick, give me some coins!"

The subordinates who received the order turned around immediately.

And Pete Kaufman was furious.

"Samuel!!!" he yelled, "You should let me go!"

"I'm getting the feel of it! I can win!" Samuel Hawes held onto the joystick, not wanting to let go.

"But you just said it, for the last time!" Pete Kaufman shouted.

"Really? Why don't I remember?"

Samuel Hawes blinked as if he had lost his memory.

Looks innocent.

"Fxxxxxxx!" Pete Kaufman roared.

Ethan Jones saw the roars of the two men.

He was leaning against the car with his arms folded, a smile on his face.

He likes this kind of scene!

I prefer the magic of Snake that can fascinate people!

Because all this means -

Mane!

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Note: ① Ralph Baer: One of the most outstanding inventors in the United States. He has more than 5 invention patents in his lifetime, and most of them are practical, commercial and even world-changing. The surgical cutting machine, epilator, and muscle therapy device are all invented by him. In addition, he also invented electronic greeting cards, submarine radar systems used by the US military, Saturn 11 space cameras and Apollo moon cameras, as well as Simon Gaming, a toy that Hasbro has sold for forty years and is still selling today. The Chinese name is Rhythm Reaction Master. Electronic games are just one of the more famous of all his inventions, because his other inventions are more popular.

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