bloom america

Chapter 257 Cube Master

In this Blizzard game, Burger King is the fast food supplier for the players.

Players can enjoy unlimited access to all the delicacies at Burger King without having to pay a penny for it, all of which is paid for by Blizzard itself.

Burger King has almost become the largest fast food chain in California, of course, thanks to venture capital from entrepreneurial funds.

Some time ago, Burger King sought to go public, but failed.

Unable to go public and short of funds, Burger King, which was in the expansion stage, was suddenly in crisis. They were preparing to negotiate a merger with Pillsbury Company.

It happened that at this time, they were spotted by Soros. This financial speculator immediately saw the business opportunity and began to invest in Burger King.

——Of course, because this investment is neither for new people nor new products, Soros specifically asked the major shareholder Catherine about this matter.

Of course Catherine agreed - wouldn't it be interesting to be able to cultivate a catering company that can beat McDonald's and kick KFC?

Although this is somewhat different from my original intention, it is a matter of great benefit and no harm anyway.

Because of their support, Burger King stopped its merger discussions with Pillsbury Company and began its own expansion. So far, they are ready to try again to see if they can go public.

"Bill, you are really amazing! Your tricks are so cool."

Woz praised Bill Gates, who is now in the top 32.

"Actually, I just performed a little beyond my level today."

Gates looked at Jobs, and then suddenly felt a little shy and embarrassed, but in fact, he was not such a person at all.

"Tomorrow is the top 32 competition and the final...oh, I'm really looking forward to it."

Woz is five years older than the two of them and looks a little more mature, but it seems that because of this, he has now become a character that drives the atmosphere.

Gates' performance was very outstanding. He defeated the opponent in almost every set in just over a minute. He can be said to be the fastest among all the players.

"Let's come over tomorrow morning and watch the finals of "Emma Cube"."

——The morning is the game time for "Emma Cube", and the afternoon is the game time for "Street Fighter".

"Well, tomorrow happens to be Sunday." Jobs agreed, but then he shrugged: "But I still want to take a look at my Xbox. What a pity."

"Steve, we always have time to play games." Woz reminded.

"But I think this competition is still missing something..." Gates felt a little strange.

"There are too few games. It would be great if we could add some games as competition items." Jobs looked out the window and saw that there were still many people gathered around the venue opposite, and they were all Xbox enthusiasts.

"I think it would be better if the game graphics were cooler - just like in the comics... Chun Li is a beautiful girl, why are there just a few pixels in the game?"

Woz seemed to be obsessed with Chun Li, but his words made Gates a little embarrassed - it was Chun Li that he used most often in competitions.

"I heard that the next generation of games will use 16-bit SFC CPUs, which may be good." Gates had to change the topic.

"Oh, yes, I heard that they are also preparing to launch a new architecture product. I heard that it can greatly improve the performance of the CPU. I am really looking forward to it." Woz also nodded.

After hearing what the other party said, Gates also became active: "The most important thing is that the Nimbus game console is said to provide network support, and everyone can compete on the network... Oh, there is nothing more bad than this.

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——Gates didn’t know that Catherine had ruthlessly castrated this function.

"I heard that they will also launch 3D games? Oh, I really want to see what such a game looks like." Jobs also sighed with emotion.

Although Blizzard paid more than 200 Xbox game consoles for this competition, as well as tens of thousands of dollars in bonuses and venue fees, it is actually not much money. This is due to the fact that the company's current product costs have increased significantly.

has declined, but with the increase in profit margins and the popularity of products, both Xbox and Xbox games developed by Blizzard have made a lot of money.

——The cost of z80 has dropped to 20 US dollars. If you just buy it, you can buy a core for only 50 US dollars, and the cost of the entire Xbox has also dropped to less than 80 US dollars. In other words, every 1

For Xbox, the company's profits are as high as more than 100 US dollars. After using various "reasonable and legal tax avoidance methods", the profits are still hundreds of US dollars.

If nothing else happens, Xbox will bring at least hundreds of millions of profits to Catherine's company this year.

As for SFC, the current cost is still over 100 US dollars, and there is currently no retail plan. Even if it is ready for retail, the price will be around 300 US dollars.

As for the transitional version of fc's 16-bit CPU, Catherine's company has not yet started production. Although it is a transitional product, Catherine has no intention of giving up this product - it can be regarded as a low-end 16-bit CPU.

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Recovering costs step by step is conducive to your company's market development.

"The game console is really a magical thing, it is really fascinating..." Jobs said with emotion.

"Yes, if it is only used for computers, I think the current z80 is completely sufficient." Gates also agreed. Two precocious young people were talking about something that is difficult for adults to understand.

knowledge.

"Yes, if we can write a program for Xbox, we can use Xbox as an encoder or even a computer."

The three people chatted happily until sunset, and then they reluctantly separated.

On the morning of the next day, three young people who had hit it off gathered together and watched the "Emma Cube" game at the game site.

This kind of block game is much more difficult than "Street Fighter".

In "Street Fighter", the masters use moves against each other, and a combo of moves only deducts 50 to 70 HP at most, but in "Emma Cube", this is not the case.

A small misalignment of the building blocks is likely to bring fatal consequences.

There are far fewer people signing up for "Emma Cube" than for "Street Fighter", but the atmosphere here is even more tense.

At the beginning, the game was a bit boring. The soothing music and the slowly falling blocks made people feel a little tired. Originally, in "Emma Cube", you could quickly bypass the blocks by turning the joystick downward.

dropped, but in competition, this feature is limited.

But as time went by, the music began to become more and more intense, and in the game screen, the speed of the blocks falling became faster and faster.

At this time, people seemed to suddenly realize that the marathon just now had become a 100-meter race.

"oh"

As the scores of the players are getting higher and higher, the blocks are getting faster and faster. Now, the blocks simply appear and fall down.

But in such a short period of time, the players were able to react immediately. It can be said that their hands are faster than their hearts, and almost every block falls into the position where the players want it to appear.

The game of "Emma Cube" is different from that of "Street Fighter". This game selects the top 8 people, and then lets these 8 people compete directly. The one with the most points in the end wins.

There was almost no time for the cube to be in the air, but the players completed their tasks meticulously, and their hand speed was so fast that people were speechless.

Almost everyone felt like their heart was lifted into their throats.

Soon, one player made a mistake, and then the game was over, then two, then three...

In the end, only two players were left in the peak showdown.

But at this moment, the music suddenly turned, and the original colorful block interface suddenly disappeared, and then turned into black and white, and the blocks also disappeared at this time, but there was a prompt on the right side of the original what block is next.

The place has the appearance of an original block

"Oh my god"

Steve really didn't expect that "Emma Cube" would turn into this later.

The music became more and more intense, and the two people kept pressing the handles... but there was nothing on the screen.

"What's really going on? Is Cube invisible?"

Some people are surprised.

Finally, the words "game-over" appeared on a person's screen, and at the same time, the borders of "Emma Cube" that had disappeared began to appear on his screen.

Those blocks have indeed become invisible. At this time, the players can only rely on the block prompts on the right and their own superhuman memory and thinking ability to judge where the next block should appear and where their hands should appear.

How to operate

Many people - especially those who watched the live broadcast - were stunned by these two people.

It turns out that a simple block game can still be played like this

Now, there is only one person left in the venue, and at this moment, the music suddenly changes again, and the screen has completely disappeared.

At this moment, a graphic suddenly flashed on the screen for a very short time, and then disappeared, but the person still did not stop.

Everyone was surprised. People could only see his game progress through his soaring points on the big screen.

...Finally, the words "game-over" appeared on his screen. The man sighed, then rubbed the sun and stood up. Only then did people see the cube that had disappeared...