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Chapter 256 Arcade Game Grand Prix

Kane was driving slowly on the road, but Aniya, who was sitting behind the car, was quietly looking at Kane.

Kane is not very handsome. In terms of appearance, he can only be said to be a more masculine type, and the scars on his face also add some evil aura to him. Although Kane's physique is not very strong, at first glance

Looking at it, it gives people a very "tough" feeling, and ordinary gangsters seem to be afraid to get close to it.

"Um...Mr. Kane...can I call you that?"

"Okay, any questions?"

Kane asked.

"No...it's nothing."

Aniya scratched her head, but didn't know what to say.

As the car was driving on the road, people in strange clothes could be seen wandering on the street from time to time.

"arrive."

At this moment, Kane's car stopped. The car had now arrived in Manhattan.

"Um."

Aniya quickly opened the door and walked out.

After saying hello to her father, she got the antidote back and sat back in the car.

"You can go back."

"Um."

Then, the car started moving again.

"Really...what happened today?"

In the small hour that Aniya left, Catherine and the others also struggled for a small hour.

The entanglement between several people didn't stop until Aniya came back. After washing off the paint on her body, because she spent too much strength, she finally had to climb into the bed and go to sleep.

Then... October finally passed, and Halloween, November 1, 1967, finally arrived.

"Steve, come on, we're going to be late."

Woz pulled Steve towards the arcade.

——They finally came to Los Angeles, but it was just for this competition.

This is the "Arcade Game Grand Prix" hosted by Blizzard Entertainment.

This game will be fully broadcast on Angel Entertainment TV. So far, this is already the second time.

There are currently two events in the competition, namely "Emma Cube" and "Street Fighter".

Because there is no real-time strategy game like what Catherine is thinking about in this era, so when there are no games like StarCraft, only these two projects are relatively competitive now.

This competition was not Catherine's idea, but an event organized by people from Blizzard Games and Entertainment. After Catherine learned about this proposal, she felt it was very good, so she also agreed with this event and promised to be shortlisted for the championship.

The first 100 people in the finals will receive a game console donated by the company for free, and Catherine also asked Angel Entertainment TV to broadcast the entire event live, which is considered a hype.

Woz and Steve finally caught up before the competition registration ended.

But just after registering, they were informed that some changes had been made to the rules.

For the organizer, Blizzard Games and Entertainment, this rule change was a helpless matter. They originally thought that only a few thousand people would participate in this event, but in the end, the number of applicants was as high as more than 10,000.

——Of course, this is also related to the US$10,000 promised by Blizzard to the champion.

As a result, Blizzard immediately came up with a backup plan and modified the rules.

The original 1-on-1 multi-round elimination system has been modified and many restrictions have been imposed.

First of all, during the duel, you need to choose a character, and then it will not be changed. In the next competition, players can only use this game character to fight. Everyone can choose to change the hero once.

Opportunity.

The programs installed in these machines have been modified and debugged to enable automatic sorting and promotion.

And when the number of people drops to 128, that is, after the prizes are sold, you can freely choose the characters.

"Oh my gosh, there are so many people"

Woz couldn't help but sigh when he saw the crowded competition scene. The two of them had just been busy signing up and hadn't noticed the situation at the scene, but now, they were really shocked.

It’s not just people, there are also various reporters reporting on it.

After all, this is such a grand overview, it is definitely big news.

Not only that, Blizzard even applied for umbrella bodyguards from the headquarters. Because there are too many people, if something goes wrong, it will be difficult to deal with - you know, in addition to various players, there are many people on site.

Where is the audience?

Not only Umbrella's bodyguards, but also the Los Angeles police sent people to maintain law and order - they also didn't want any sluts to appear here.

The character Woz chose was named "Ken", while the character Steve chose was "Jami".

Because the number of arcade machines was limited, the game that was originally scheduled to end within two days was extended to five days, and Blizzard even chose to pay "missed work fees" for those who were stranded here to continue the game.

The purpose of the competition in the first two days is to reduce the more than 10,000 people to a thousand people, and the day after tomorrow, among these thousand people, they will be eliminated until only the fourth day is left. On the fourth day,

The top 32 will be decided, and Angel Entertainment TV will start live broadcast and interview of the game. As for the last day, there will be a battle for the top 32 and the finale of the semi-finals and the championship showdown.

There are more players signing up for "Street Fighter" than for "Emma Cube", but the technical content of the latter is higher than that of the former. There is no "Emma Cube" competition on the first day of the competition. This competition will only be held tomorrow.

Just started. But Steve is not very interested in it.

"If you win, you will get it..."

Steve secretly clenched his fists.

Although Steve's interest in computers is far less than that of Microsoft computers, getting one is enough for Steve.

Steve lives near Silicon Valley, and the game is in the afternoon. For Steve, who is in junior high school, this is nothing.

The character Steve chose, "Gami", is a British agent in the game. Although Catherine's version of Street Fighter is somewhat different from the original world version - Catherine's terrible discovery is that she only remembers a few important characters in Street Fighter

——But this does not affect the popularity of this game.

The arcade version of Street Fighter is very smooth, thanks to the enhanced version of the z80+ inside. This CPU makes the speed of "Street Fighter" very smooth.

Because there were so many people, numbers were assigned during the primary election. Because both of them came late, their numbers were relatively low.

Soon, the game officially started, with two out of three games.

From time to time during the game, someone would regretfully get down from their seats, and then new players would come to add. After a long wait of nearly an hour, it was finally Steve's turn.

At the beginning, Steve was a little uncomfortable with it, because when he usually played "Street Fighter", he always played it with Woz on the Internet, and the version above was obviously not as smooth as the arcade version.

So in the first round of the first game, he was defeated.

But Steve is a smart kid, and he quickly adjusted his condition. Although he still made some mistakes in the second round, he won in the end.

By the third round, Steve's "Jiamie" began to turn defeat into victory.

Steve's "Jiamie" passed all the tests. In the first two days, Steve could almost be said to be a "complete victory".

On the third day, although he encountered some small obstacles, Steve finally broke into the top 128 - and he finally won.

On the fourth day, Steve did not change the character, and the character he chose was still "Jiamie".

And his opponent is a man named "William".

After entering the 128th place, you can basically understand who the opponent is during the game, instead of being assigned opponents by a machine as before.

The other party is a child about the same age as himself, and the character he chose is "Chunli".

"Come on Steve"

Woz cheered for him from the sidelines.

Woz was eliminated on the first day, so he could only watch from the sidelines.

Soon, the game started.

But I don’t know if it’s because his goal has been achieved - he has obtained what belongs to him - so although Steve suppressed the other party’s Chunli at the beginning, later on, he felt powerless.

On the opposite side, William played more and more skillfully. After winning the first set, Steve was defeated by the opponent in two consecutive sets and finally lost the game.

"it's a pity."

After Steve came down, Woz couldn't help but shook his head.

"That Gates is really awesome." Woz sighed.

"I made a mistake..."

Steve was a little annoyed, he shouldn't have been so lax.

You know, in addition to that, there is also a bonus of 10,000 US dollars. That is 10,000 US dollars.

Although the game between the two was over, they still did not leave. Instead, they stayed to continue watching the game. William's skills were obviously very good. Except for losing to Steve Jobs once, he never lost again, and he made great progress all the way.

Entered the top 32.

"so cool……"

Woz admired from the side.

After the game was over, William got down from his seat, and at this time, Steve walked up.

"Hello, my name is Steve, Steve Jobs. Your technology is really outstanding."

The other party didn't seem to expect that Steve Jobs would greet him, so he was stunned for a moment, but he quickly responded and then greeted Jobs well.

"My name is William Gates, but you can call me Bill."

——"Bill" is the nickname of "William".

"Your beauty is really amazing." Steve Jobs admired sincerely.

The other party seemed to become a little shy: "Actually, it's not that good. I just performed at a very high level today..."

"Why don't we go eat some burgers together?"

Woz suddenly suggested, and then both of them followed.

…

I actually fell asleep...I didn’t say anything, I will compensate everyone with 1.50 thousand today~

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