Rebirth of America, this is my time

The Chinese name of "Snake Game" is "Snake Game".

This is a video game that even New Bing cannot accurately measure sales, but it must be admitted that it is a best-seller.

Because this game was released with Nokia, if Nokia's factory production is calculated, then "Snake" can definitely punch "Wii Sports", step on "Minecraft", and topple "Northland Cube". Reach the top of the world.

There is no way, the Machine King is just such a hooligan.

But if we calculate it based on the amount of payment...

How much money did the game "Snake" make?

No one knows this.

But one thing is certain, even if Nokia's mobile phone empire collapsed, after losing the free environment it relied on for survival, the game "Snake" not only did not die, but instead sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, with countless games popping up like crazy. Variant version.

Games like "Ball Wars" and "Bug Wars" simply turned the Bluetooth battle version of "Snake" into an Internet online version, and changed the protagonist from a snake to something else.

The "Slither.io" later launched by America was even more outrageous. As soon as the game was launched, it topped the APP Store sales rankings in many regions such as America and the United States.

In addition, it became the most searched video game in Google America in 2016.

In just three months, more than 10 million U.S. dollars were taken away.

It is precisely because it has been popular for decades and has brought beautiful memories to generations of people, so when Ethan was about to play the game, the little snake who had spent countless nights in bed with him suddenly appeared. .

And after Evelin quickly read the idea of ​​"Snake", the girl who had been cursing at Ethan before suddenly raised her head, and her bright eyes shone with incredible light.

"Ethan - is this an idea you wrote?" The girl was very surprised.

"Hmm?" Ethan shrugged, admitting it.

"Oh! My! God! How did you come up with this idea? This is truly a genius idea!"

Evelin shook the paper in her hand and said loudly: "I can guarantee that this thing is definitely more interesting than "Spacewar!"!"

"Spacewar!" "Space War" was born at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1962. It later spread to all universities in America and became the introductory game for countless computer majors.

The gameplay of this game is to allow two players to control a spaceship and compete around a gravity star. Whoever is destroyed first loses.

Although this game is revolutionary because it is the first video game in the world that can be played by multiple people, at a time when the entire video game industry was in its ascendant, the game "Space War" was still relatively rough. .

Therefore, when "Snake" and "Space War" from mature industries are put together...

Everyone will choose the former.

"Then can you make this thing?"

Evelin's surprise made Ethan very happy, because it could at least prove that he had not chosen the wrong game so far.

"Of course!" Evelin nodded vigorously.

Perhaps because she was too excited, her words became a little incoherent.

"Arcade machines are not difficult to make at all. The "Snake Game" you are drawing now can completely copy the technology of "Pong". For example, the snake on the screen can use the photoelectric signal feedback of the light gun. To show..."

Speaking of this, Evelin suddenly noticed that Ethan looked confused.

Then she slapped her forehead.

"Oh God! I forgot you didn't know any of this stuff!"

Then, she stood up decisively.

"Come on, follow me to the garage and I'll show you how simple this thing is."

The resolute actions gave Ethan the smell of a strong woman.

However, as soon as Ethan and Evelin walked out of the bedroom together, Evelin turned around and went back to her room.

At the same time, he also said: "Wait for me, I will change my clothes."

A moment later, when Evelin reappeared, the jeans she was originally wearing had disappeared, replaced by a pair of denim overalls commonly found in factories.

The sweatshirt she was wearing was also missing. It was replaced by black clothes made of labor cloth that did not look dirty. Even her shawl hair was tied into a bun.

This behavior made Ethan raise his eyebrows.

'It seems that even decisive girls care about their own image. ’

After sighing, Ethan and Evelin went downstairs together.

The figures one behind the other surprised Thomas and Linda.

They did not expect that Ethan could solve the problems that had been accumulated for many years so quickly.

As they watched, the two got into the garage of their home. Like countless engineers who had secret bases, Evelin's garage was filled with mountains of electronic components.

As Ethan watched, Evelin took out a TV set from a mountain of what could be called electronic waste. She removed the casing and exposed the picture tube inside.

Then, a happy smile appeared on the girl's face.

"This display tube is called a CRT. It uses an electron gun to emit electron beams, which are deflected by a magnetic field and allow the electron beams to scan a glass plate coated with phosphor on the screen to produce an image."

The girl introduced to Ethan: "All arcades on the market now use this most basic photoelectric feedback. In all electronic arcades, the objects on the screen do not really move, but light up and dim. The electron beam of the TV is used to create a visual illusion for players that there are objects moving on the screen.”

While talking, the girl also put the TV on the table.

Then, she removed the circuit board from the back of the TV. After searching in the hill for a while, she took out a box, took out a circuit board, and put it back into the TV.

Then she connected the excess wires on the circuit board to a thumb-sized joystick.

After plugging it in and adjusting it for a while, Ethan was pleasantly surprised to find that the TV screen turned into black and white.

A white dot appears in the center of the screen.

As Evelin pressed the joystick, the white dot kept moving on the screen.

The faster Evelin pulls the button, the faster the white dot moves. The slower Evelin pulls the button, the slower the white spot moves.

If the joystick is not pressed, the white dot will remain in place and flash continuously.

"Oh! Fxxk! Is this thing so simple?"

Ethan was shocked.

"Of course! How difficult do you think it is?"

Evelin smiled.

"I thought this thing needed a CPU! I didn't expect it to be just a TV?"

Ethan couldn't believe it.

"Oh!!!"

Evelin actually shouted.

"Ethan! Are you afraid that your brain is broken? CPU? Does something like an arcade machine have a CPU? Do you know how expensive the CPUs on the market are now? The cheapest CPU from Intel costs several hundred yuan! If every arcade machine If they all have a CPU, then the store where the arcade machines are placed cannot call 911 every day? Please use your brain!"

Yes, video games in this era are so simple and crude to make.

Before Ethan traveled through time, and in that era decades later, the birth of a game required the efforts of dozens or hundreds of people, with planning, development, art, soundtrack, testing and other links each performing their own duties. The game may use Unity, UE, or a self-developed engine, and then it needs to be adapted to the hardware.

But in this era...

One person is enough.

The C language has not been fully promoted when the price of CPU remains high.

The so-called electronic games are really the crystallization of the wisdom of engineers!

The technology used in all electronic games is the feedback of the most basic photoelectric signals. The world's first "Pong" was even more poor and only had a circuit board, which was controlled by some integrated circuits, transistors, resistors, and capacitors. Output of game logic and graphics!

In this era, the running game that game developers talk about is a running game in the true physical sense——

Check whether there is a problem with the photoelectric signal!

If Ethan wanted Evelin to write a game in BASIC, it might take her some time.

But using physics to create a game...

Sorry, this thing rubs up very quickly!

When this fact was placed in front of Ethan, he immediately rubbed his hands happily.

Because he has already seen countless money rushing towards him!

"Then can you make "Snake Game" tonight?" Ethan asked tentatively.

However, his inquiry was met with a blank stare.

"Ethan, I really don't know what's in your head."

Evelin patted the TV and said: "I'm just showing you how easy it is to control photoelectric signals. It's not just these things that can make an arcade machine. In addition to the monitor, I also need to make a Special circuit boards to better receive and transmit the circuit commands of the joystick. I can be responsible for drawing circuit diagrams and making circuit boards, but the materials..."

Speaking of this, Evelin lengthened her voice.

"I'll take care of it!"

Ethan agreed directly without thinking.

"very good."

Evelin was very happy with her brother's decisiveness, and she clapped her hands with a bright smile on her face.

"Then you go back first. I'll think about it and make a list of the required materials. When I'm done, I'll send them to your room."

To be honest, Ethan didn't know why Evelin suddenly became happy.

Because Evelin is helping him make games!

In this case, shouldn't he bear the cost of the materials himself?

But when Ethan got the list sent by Evelin, his expression suddenly darkened!

‘Fuck! Careless! No flash! ’

Looking at the densely packed two pages, Ethan almost couldn't hold back the curse!

"Does it take so many things to make an arcade machine?"

He shouted towards Evelin in surprise.

“Why is there a Barbra Streisand album on this?”

Evelin, who flashed back to the room after handing the list to Ethan, responded with a "bang dong" sound.

There is an annual ring on the closed wooden door.

The dark and dense pattern looked like a big mouth, laughing at Idiot Ethan.

It's so easy to be fooled.

Note: ① "Slither.io": It is the American version of the web version of Snake. You can play it directly by typing your name in the address bar of the browser. There is no wall.