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Chapter 258 Bill Gates?

"This person is really amazing..." Catherine in front of the TV also sighed with emotion.

The last few levels of the arcade version of "Emma Cube" were all created by Catherine.

Such a block already existed in the future where Catherine was... Of course, it refers to the penultimate level played by this person just now, and the last level was completely original to Catherine herself.

But after the game just now, she felt that she still needed to add two more levels to the game - what's the point of being passed by someone so easily?

"Elsa, let's get ready and go to Los Angeles in the afternoon."

Catherine decided to go to the scene to have a look. After all, there was another game in the afternoon. Since it was so exciting in the morning, "Street Fighter", which was far more intense than "Emma Cube", should not be inferior to anything else.

Bar?

In the past few days after returning from New York, Catherine has been paying attention to the research and development work of qq, and has not learned about other things.

As for this arcade Grand Prix, Catherine knew about it, but Catherine did not expect that this event would be so popular.

In Catherine's opinion, people nowadays should be casual players. To the extent that they should find "ting fun", Catherine had no idea that Americans were so keen on playing soy sauce...

This competition from Blizzard Game Entertainment was very successful, and Catherine was very satisfied.

She didn't even have lunch and ran directly to the competition site.

Probably because it was noon, there were not many people in the arena, but the Burger King's takeout cart next to it was crowded with people. Kane bought two burgers, and Catherine and Elsa started to eat them.

“To be honest, if you want to eat burgers, you should come to Burger King.”

After taking a big bite of the burger, Catherine sighed.

"Really? I didn't notice much difference... Well, there are some differences from McDonald's in terms of delivery."

Elsa obviously does not regard burgers as a "delicacy" like Catherine, but just an ordinary fast food.

Because of her previous life, in Catherine's mind, foods such as hamburgers and jirou rolls are her favorites.

"Burger King is really good." Catherine tilted her head.

There are two layers of delicious and juicy beef roux in the middle, and between the beef roux and the beef roux, before the beef roux and the bread, there is a layer of lettuce, and then there are two layers of sesame sauce on it. Take a bite, and you will have endless aftertaste.

ah……

“Yes, Burger King’s burgers are the best, large and delicious”

At this time, a kid next to him who was about twelve or thirteen years old also agreed.

“Hamburgers and Coke, nothing tastes better than this”

Catherine gave him a thumbs up.

"Bill's side"

At this moment, two people suddenly called him, and then the boy looked at Catherine sheepishly, and then ran away.

"What a funny kid."

Catherine smiled.

She was not worried about being recognized. When she arrived, she had already tied up her hair and put on a ball cap and sunglasses.

The game officially started at two o'clock in the afternoon. The top 32 games were played one after another, instead of everyone competing together as it had just begun.

It was now one o'clock in the afternoon, and there was still an hour before the game started. Catherine came to the game hall. It was empty now, but you can imagine how lively it would be after an hour.

"I didn't expect this competition to be so successful..."

Catherine sighed sincerely again.

She realized that this could be a business opportunity and a way to promote video games.

Just an "arcade" competition doesn't seem to be enough?

Realizing this, Catherine immediately thought of a brand new competition-the "National Electronic Sports Competition" (eri-cyber-games, acg).

This idea originated from the "World E-Sports Competition" rld-cyber-games, www.piaotian.com that Catherine had before she came to this world, after it entered the Japanese market, and then she launched it to Japan.

In addition, although Catherine's production capacity is sufficient, it can only guarantee the North American market. At most, Canada can be added. If you want to expand to Europe and fully enter there, you will need to increase some investment.

So for now, if you want to create a large-scale program, acg is more reliable than wcg.

"Well, the annual acg competition...well, it seems good."

Catherine thinks her creativity is very thoughtful.

...Huh? acg? Why does this name feel familiar?

Moreover, what kind of competitive games should be used?

Catherine estimated that such a national e-sports competition would need at least five or more competition events, and Catherine herself preferred eight.

But even if he now has Street Fighter and Emma Cube, he still needs to choose 6 items to appear.

What is the best choice?

Catherine had a headache. This was indeed a problem.

By the way, your own "Pro Evolution Soccer" is totally fine.

The game of live football is intense and exciting.

But the only fly in the ointment is that, excluding the commentary, it seems difficult to compare this game with other games on the market - unless a 3D version is developed.

Maybe rugby would be more suitable than soccer?

Although rugby is also "soccer" (American football), there are some differences between the two. If you can develop a rugby yourself, would it seem more appropriate?

Or should we wait until there is an opportunity to develop this program in the future?

But rugby can become popular in the United States...but what if it spreads to Europe or even the world in the future?

I'm afraid football is better at that time, right?

In any case, such a sports competition is essential.

Catherine suddenly thought of another game that could be said to be brilliant - "StarCraft".

Yes, why can't I develop a game similar to StarCraft?

However, Catherine soon realized that her idea seemed a little unrealistic. The requirements for system hardware for such a game were too high.

Historically, StarCraft required a 100mhz CPU to run smoothly. Even the n64 version of "StarCraft 64" ran on a 90mhz CPU.

——This frequency is more than ten times that of the current SFC.

If you want to develop such a game, your computer's CPU will probably have to undergo two or three generations of development before it can be developed. Even if the GPU is developed by Thunder Labs, it won't be possible to release such a game until the 1970s.

Very difficult.

In Catherine's view, if you use a game console, games like StarCraft should be easier to develop. But the problem is that "StarCraft 64" is not a success. Catherine thinks games like StarCraft are easier to develop.

The game can only be successful on the PC platform - the mouse is the key.

Can you imagine a real-time strategy game without a mouse?

That might be difficult.

Is it necessary to install a mouse on the game console?

...Isn’t this a pain in the ass?

The architecture of PC is difficult to unify, so it is really difficult to develop a fully hardware-compatible game for PC.

In addition to real-time strategy games, there are other types of games, such as first-person shooter games... By the way, maybe this is feasible?

Catherine thought of first-person shooter games, and her eyes lit up.

Wouldn’t it be enough to use the first person to make it “pseudo 3D”?

As long as it looks "3D", it's totally fine.

2D multi-level space plane map, when viewed from the screen, is a picture rather than a 3D interface. Select the picture according to the angle of different characters. Simply put, it is the left half of the face and the right half of the face. Then see if you are on the left or the right

.Height space is a 2d plane stacking mode. The plane of the data selection coordinates.

But a game like this... also requires a mouse, right?

If you use a handle, wouldn't it be too easy to cause tragedy?

It seems so.

Catherine decided to invite a third party to discuss what kind of game should be developed after she returns.

In Catherine's wild thoughts, the game finally started.

At this time, Catherine suddenly noticed that the child named "Bill" she saw at the beginning was actually among the top 32.

"It's really interesting..."

Catherine looked at the child. The character he chose was "Chun Li", and then he won two games in a row and entered the top 16.

Catherine could not have imagined that this child could be so powerful.

From the top 16 to the top 8 and then to the top 4, it can be said that she has passed all the way without any pressure.

"Okay, after a series of games, our top four players are finally born."

The host started to speak.

"William Gates?"

Catherine was stunned for a moment when she heard the name.

Bill is often used as a nickname for William...in other words...Bill Gates?

The legendary Bill cover children's shoes?

Catherine was stunned for a moment, then turned her head and stared at the child who seemed to be in junior high school.

No way...could he be Bill Gates?

The future richest man in the world?

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