162. place I wanted to go
I moved to the next room and only 5 minutes passed.
Among them, the time he played the game was only 3 minutes, but the smile on Hoyoung’s lips did not stop.
“Nice. It’s really nice.”
“Isn’t it great? I want to release this game on PlayStation and PC at the same time. The PC, of course, goes to the Knorros exclusive.”
said John Carmack as if he were asking for a compliment.
The game he had been making was almost like Wolfenstein.
However, compared to Wolfenstein, the graphics are very advanced, and special items are planned to be included.
“What did you name this game?”
Hoyoung already knows the name of this game, but pretended not to know anything.
“reposal. This game is Doom. I will make the world view and game story really dark, and I will make a game worthy of the name of destruction by designing the monsters a little more grotesque and bizarre, which I saw while playing.”
Hoyoung nodded.
It was a new feeling to think that I was the first in the world to check the demo of Doom, the legendary game of id Software.
“Hyoyoung. How about this prototype?”
This time, Shigeru asked Hoyoung.
Just like John Carmack, he waited for Hoyoung’s answer with his eyes twinkling.
“good. What are the hardware specs?”
“Whoops. I would have been disappointed if you hadn’t asked that first.”
“Haha, is that so?”
“It uses a whopping 32-bit 40 MHz CPU and uses 2 mega memory. And the CD-ROM has the latest 4x CD-ROM.”
“That’s great.”
Hoyoung’s admiration was sincere.
This is because the specifications are rather better than the PlayStation in the previous life, despite the fact that the release date was pulled by more than a year.
“haha. Isn’t that great?”
“But can you match the price of a device with such great specs at $300?”
Shigeru smiled and nodded.
“sure. It’s important to remember that the release date is early next year, not right now. Until then, we will have a mass production system in place.”
“Which company are you using for CPU and GPU?”
“I didn’t tell you something important. Don’t be surprised. Both will be made in-house by Sony.”
Hoyoung made a slightly surprised expression.
“Is Sony’s technology that good?”
“yes. I was also surprised when I first saw it. However, it was more stable and performed better than expected.”
“good. If Sony made the two most expensive components directly, it would be possible to launch them at a price of $300.”
“That’s right.”
Hoyoung hardened her face a little and said.
“If we had broken the contract with Sony as Minoru said in this situation, we would have been in a very difficult situation.”
“you’re right. Obviously, if the contract had been broken, Sony might have released their own game console based on the technology that could make the hardware.”
“It must have been.”
Hoyoung nodded.
This is because in the previous life, after the contract with Nintendo and Sony was terminated, Sony took the lead in developing the PlayStation and later became the absolute powerhouse of home game consoles.
“But now, as I said, you need to connect the LAN line port and the hard disk to the PlayStation. So, I want you to prepare for that.”
“yes. Okay. I am in charge of coordinating and progressing the business with Sony, so I will have a good talk with the development team.”
“Please take care of me. As long as the ports are well made, I can do all the software-based Internet connection processes.”
“We are still carefully inspecting it. Sony may be under a lot of stress because of me.”
Ho-young knew very well that Shigeru was a perfectionist by nature, so Ho-young thought he could be like that.
“Anyway, my evaluation is very satisfactory. I think we can go on like this.”
“I’m glad you liked it.”
Hoyoung, Shigeru, and John Carmack laughed happily.
Intuitively, they felt that if PlayStation were to release just what they had said so far, they would surely dominate the global game market.
“Are there any games Nintendo is preparing for the PlayStation?”
“Huh, yes. We are preparing for great things.”
“Of course it’s a game using Zelda and Mario IP, right?”
“Some are and some are not.”
“Oh my. It seems that you are preparing one or two things.”
Shigeru smiled.
“haha. you’re right. Please wait patiently for the details later.”
Hoyoung was honestly looking forward to it.
‘Will The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time and Super Mario 64 be realized on PlayStation?’
If the PlayStation proceeds without difficulty as it is, the Nintendo 64 was a sufficiently possible idea because it could not be born in the world.
Even after that, they talked about PlayStation, Kronos, and Doom for a long time.
It was the same at the last meeting, but it was very enjoyable to talk with the three of them.
Suddenly, Hoyoung looked out the window and saw that the sun had already gone down.
“The time is already like this. How about everyone having dinner?”
“Good. By the way, didn’t Representative Minoru ask for him to be called as well?”
“It was. I will come and go You two, please wait here a little longer.”
“Please.”
Shigeru left the meeting room to call Minoru, and there were only the two of them, Oh Hyung and John Carmack.
“Have you had any difficulties lately due to development or other issues?”
“There are no particularly critical issues…”
John Carmack paused in the middle of his speech.
I felt that Hoyoung’s answer was not very satisfactory.
“okay? The way you talk sounds like there are no critical issues, but there are issues.”
“Well···. That’s true.”
“What issue?”
Hoyoung had a puzzled expression.
As far as he knows, there were no major problems with id software during this time.
“I don’t know if I can say this…”
“Tell me something, it might help.”
John Carmack sighed and said.
“John is weird these days. So, John Romero.”
“okay?”
“Yeah, I’m trying not to be attached to the company, maybe I’ve been adding fun to my external activities these days. Besides, these days, the development side is not touched at all, and the main job, game designer, is not being properly done.”
“That must be really worrying.”
John Carmack nodded in affirmation.
Hoyeong looked at John and thought quietly.
‘History eventually repeats itself. However, it could be a good opportunity for me.’
Hoyoung told John Carmack.
“John, what are you going to do if John Romero gets worse?”
“I think we should discuss it with the people at our company and cut it.”
John Carmack’s voice was melancholy.
John Romero was the one who taught him programming and social life.
The thought of firing such a person made me depressed.
“Are you thinking of coming to Korea?”
“korea?”
John Carmack looked at Hoyeong.
“yes. If you come to Korea, I will set up a separate development team for you. That team can experiment and do whatever you want, and we will never interfere in your development with box office or sales.
“Well···. I never really thought about it.”
“I’m not asking you to come in such a hurry. You can take your time and think about it.”
“great. First of all, it means that you look good on me, so thank you very much for that.”
After that, while we were killing time by chatting for a while, Shigeru, who had gone to call Minoru, appeared.
“What conversation were you having so much fun with? I decided to meet with Minoru representative right now on the 1st floor. Let’s go together.”
“okay. thank you.”
Hoyoung left the meeting room with the two of them.
“Hoyoung, shouldn’t we have a drink today?”
“Today too?”
“You’re not going to just let it go, are you?”
Shigeru said with a wry smile.
“Oops, I actually tried not to drink today.”
“ha ha ha. Let’s have a simple drink. Simply.”
Seeing his smiling face, Hoyoung felt a little uneasy.
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next day.
Hoyeong was holding on to a sore stomach on the plane back to Korea.
“President. Are you okay?”
“sure. Take a nap and wake up and you’ll be fine.”
“All right. I will tell the stewardess.”
“thanks.”
Hoyoung pushed the first class seat back as far as he could and lay down.
Then I remembered the drinking party last night.
‘I never thought that even Minoru would run like that. It seems to be a lie to say that Japanese people are shy.’
It was the first day I met Minoru, but he didn’t let go of Hoyeong all night, as if he liked Hoyeong so much.
Ho-young was barely able to get away from them until dawn.
If it were Hoyoung, he would never take it out of a drinking party, but today was a little different.
‘Because I have an important appointment tomorrow.’
Hoyoung did not forget that he had an appointment on Sunday evening.
After getting off the plane, I had to take a break from the plane because I had to do something.
But he could already realize what he was expecting.
Swoop-
He pulled the blanket up to the top of his head so that no one would see his face with the corner of his mouth hanging from his ear.
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Sunday evening at 9pm.
Standing in the corner of the plaza at Yongsan Station, Ho-yeong felt awkward about the casual clothes she hadn’t worn in a long time.
He is wearing jeans, a white tee, and a jean jacket. It was called Cheongcheong Fashion.
“I don’t know how many years I haven’t worn jeans.”
Hoyoung smiled at his reflection in the show window.
“Have you really worn jeans in years?”
Then someone called Hoyoung.
She was wearing large dragonfly sunglasses that seemed to cover half of her face, but Hoyoung could recognize her at once.
“ah! Sumin, are you here?”
Her fashion was also similar to Hoyoung’s.
jacket over jeans. to the sunglasses.
Her face was full of questions.
“yes. If you don’t normally wear jeans, what do you wear?”
“I used to wear suits most of the time.”
Ha Su-min looked at Ho-young with round eyes.
“Then aren’t those jeans the ones you normally wear?”
“To be honest, I didn’t have any jeans, so I just bought them.”
“Because I said something useless… Every time I see you, I always wear a suit, so I told you to wear it comfortably.”
“no. Thanks to that, it’s been a long time since I’ve worn it, so it’s really comfortable.”
Hoyoung’s words were sincere.
When I usually wear a suit that fits my body, it feels like my body is tense, but I feel very comfortable when I wear jeans.
The reason Hoyoung appeared in this fashion after a few years was because he received a call from Sumin Ha from the United States.
Ha Su-min suggested to Ho-young that they match the dress code, and Ho-young accepted.
“I’m glad then. Shall we go for a drink now?”
“okay.”
“There is a place I have always wanted to visit.”
“I go anywhere. I’ll buy you something delicious.”
“okay. This way.”
Sumin Ha smiled and began to stride somewhere.
Since Hoyeong was unfamiliar with the place anyway, he followed her closely.
After walking for about 15 minutes, Ha Su-min pointed to Ho-young and said.
“Hoyoung, over there.”
“excuse me?”
“yes. That’s the reason I asked to meet you in Yongsan today. Of course, the shooting ended on a tripod, but I really wanted to go there.”
The place Ha Su-min pointed to was a place where numerous food stalls were lined up.
“Did you want to go to a food stall?”
Ha Su-min nodded and said, and quickly walked towards the food stall.
“Until now, no one had come with me. It seems to have happened now.”
