Rebirth of America, this is my era

Chapter 35 Get rich~
"If I asked people what video games were three years ago, many people might not know because most people had never seen such things. But now, three years later, I think everyone can answer this question. Those big things placed at the entrances of bars, dance halls, and billiard rooms, playing strange music, are video games."

"When it comes to video games, we have to talk about Nolan Bushnell. The founder of Atari used his engineering wisdom to bring video games that originally existed in laboratories of major universities to each of us, adding a lot of color to our daily lives. But at the same time, I believe most people have heard of the lawsuit filed by Nikola Milova against Atari. Although Nolan Bushnell changed the world, he did use despicable means to plagiarize Nikola Milova's game."

"We originally thought that the out-of-court settlement two months ago would put Atari in a difficult situation, because they would not be able to launch their own creative games in the next year. We even speculated that the settlement between Atari and MILOVA would be the beginning of their decline. But no one expected that within half a month after the lawsuit ended, Atari would distribute a new game - Snake Game."

"When we first heard the name of this game, our entire Los Angeles Times editorial team was confused because the name was so abstract that we couldn't guess the content of the game at all."

“So, after the game was released, we were curious and went to the game console to experience it.”

"To be honest, when we watched other people play it, we found it very boring. This is because it is not a fighting game. It is a single-player game in which the player plays a snake, a snake that can move on its own. All the player can do is manipulate the joystick to change the direction of the snake, let it eat things on the screen, and watch it grow longer and bigger as it eats."

"This kind of game where you can't interact with friends and there's no fierce competition feels meaningless to us."

“But after we tried it out, we found that it was a very charming game!”

"Although the snake in the game will move on its own, at the same time, it will die after touching the boundary and itself."

"Although the snake in the game can grow longer by eating, at the same time, after eating a certain amount of food, its movement speed will also become faster."

“We were shocked by this discovery!”

"After our continuous attempts, we even had an illusion in our minds that we were not playing a game, but were actually controlling a life!"

“The little snake we played seemed to have intelligence! After discovering that food could help it grow, it could not wait to speed up and look for more!”

"The little snake we played seemed to have a soul! Because it knew that no matter what it ate, it couldn't eat itself!"

“To be honest, we don’t know where the inspiration for this game came from! But we know that this may be the best video game of the year! Or, it may be the best video game since the birth of video games!”

"Because it depicts the greed in human nature extremely perfectly!"

"The game design that caters to human nature is full of fun! The increased difficulty that makes people want to succeed attracts people to challenge 'Win' again and again!"

"Perhaps it's because the design of Snake Game is so fascinating. Since the game was launched, it has occupied the entire West Coast in just one month! If we say that Pong previously occupied almost all the doorsteps of karaoke bars, dance halls, and billiard halls, then Snake Game has completely dominated them all!"

"We don't know how many copies of Snake Game Atari has sold in total! But we know that it may not be long before Snake Game breaks all records and becomes the best-selling video game in the United States!"

“Because it’s so fun!”

"We at the Los Angeles Times were so fascinated by the snake that we contacted Atari and wanted to interview Nolan Bushnell, but we were unable to get in touch with him because they were busy with sales."

"However, the staff of Atari did answer our questions. They told us that there were two inventors of Snake Game, and they lived next to Atari. One of them was Evelyn Johnson, a student at Stanford School of Engineering, and the other was her brother, Ethan Jones, a former employee of Milova."

“When we heard about Stanford and MILO, we were not surprised because they are both places where miracles are born.”

"Before publishing this article, we were unable to contact these two people, which is very regrettable for us."

“If there is a chance, we will do an exclusive interview with the inventor of Snake Game.”

"We wanted to understand how Snake Game, a game that has taken over the West Coast, came about."

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To be honest, when Ethan finished reading this article, his hands were shaking!
This is the Los Angeles Times, the largest daily newspaper in the western United States. Its influence in the country is second only to the New York Times and the Washington Post!
This media wrote a sub-headline for Snake Game?
Oh! Sxxt!! This special is also great!

Especially those extremely flattering words, which made him smile happily!

What does it mean that snakes are wise?

What does it mean that snakes have souls?

He doesn't know at all!

But these over-interpretations—

"Cough, cough, cough." Ethan coughed twice with a stern face.

He pretended to say, "Well... the editor of the Los Angeles Times has a good writing style. It's very good."

"Oh! --Fxxk!!! Ethan! If you want to laugh, just laugh!"

Steve Jobs pushed him and yelled, "I know you're excited! Because your face is so tight right now! If you don't believe me, you can look in the rearview mirror! Damn it! You look like you're constipated now!"

After saying this, Ethan couldn't hold it in any longer. "Hahahahaha——"

The empty gas station was filled with his laughter.

He is just a vulgar person!
He loves compliments like this!

"Oh~ I'm going to keep this newspaper carefully~ because they have discovered a good game~"

After laughing, Ethan folded the newspaper again and put it in his pocket.

Steve Jobs rolled his eyes at his cocky look.

"If I had known I wouldn't have bought this newspaper," he muttered.

Then, he directly opened the door of the cab and said, "Get out of the car!"

"What are you doing?" Ethan was very confused and shouted, "Oh! My dear Steve! Are you jealous of me? Are you jealous of my fame? So you want to leave me here and let me go back?"

Ethan's words almost made Steve Jobs faint.

His eyes went dark and he shouted, "Fxxk! Ethan! Are you crazy? I'm afraid of death!"

"You're so excited now, what if you weld your feet to the accelerator when you drive later to seek excitement?"

"It's not far from here to Los Gatos, and I don't want anything to go wrong!"

"Oh~ Is that so? Thank you~" Ethan got out of the car with a smile.

In his opinion, it is a good thing if someone takes the initiative to drive!

Because in the past month, he was really about to vomit!

After he got back on the passenger seat, he patted the window and shouted, "Let's go! Go home!"

With a roar, Ethan also returned to Atari.

According to his previous plan, the most important thing to do after returning was to count the sales of "Snake Game".

And Nolan Bushnell was more anxious about this matter than him.

He came back first and calculated the total sales volume immediately.

In its six weeks on the market, the arcade sold 1121 units, grossing $1.

2715 gaming boards were sold, generating revenue of $1.

The total of the two items is US$2.

Although this figure is not enough compared to the hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue from popular games in later generations, but in this day and age, nearly two and a half million dollars can already drive people crazy!
Among them, Ethan and Evelyn's share was 201% of the arcade machines, or $780.00, and 195% of the game circuit boards, or $480.00.

If we deduct the 7/732 share with Evelyn and the $5124 he could earn by replacing a motherboard, he and Jobs replaced a total of game motherboards, totaling $ in labor fees...

In just over a month, "Snake Game" brought Ethan a profit of $203!
You have to know that this was 1975 yuan in !

"It's been done!"

Ethan's mouth stretched from ear to ear!
"If we work harder and sell the game to the East Coast, then this year's share should be half a million dollars, right?"

Ethan's idea made Nolan Bushnell burst out laughing.

He coughed twice while smoking and said, “Ethan, I understand how you feel, but the time for robbing money has passed.”

"Next, we won't be able to continue selling like we did before."

Thanks to [防護点解点解] for the reward of 100 Qidian coins.

PS, when I was writing Chapter 33 yesterday, there was a wrong data. 100 circuit boards can bring back US dollars in funds, but I wrote . I have modified it. I am very sorry.

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