In order to better develop arcade products, a total of 7 people from Xinzhan Electronics Company rented a warehouse on Yaliu Street and regarded it as a laboratory. The entire Yaliu Street became a warehouse for spare parts required for product research and development.

After a month of continuous research and development, the arcade finally came to light because the game "China Square" is relatively simple and does not require too complicated circuit diagram design.

In fact, Gao Tian doesn’t know much about arcade design, but because the game "Chinese Square" is too simple, don’t design it too seriously.

In order to rush work, Gaotian's circuit diagram borrowed from some Appleii, and the central processing unit is also Mos6502.

There is no peripheral keyboard for computers, but instead uses arcade rocker and buttons. But in the final analysis, it is still a microcomputer in arcade leather, and there is also a suspicion of plagiarizing appleii.

"How can you say it is plagiarism based on this matter?" Gao Tian blushed and defended, "You are innocent..."

Lin Qi couldn't help but feel funny. A few months ago, he looked serious with contempt and copycats, but now, Gao Tian is secretly "learning"!

Yes, reference is not plagiarism...just learning and tribute...

The reason why I pay tribute to Appleii is that this machine is currently the most mature, most popular and largest design solution in the world.

Appleii is the earliest computer produced by Apple in industrial mass production, and it is also the most successful computer since Apple started its business. It was originally planned to stop production in 1980. However, Apple later launched a number of more technologically advanced computers, but it still could not make up for the continuous losses. The Appleii, which was mainly sold with typewriters, has been popular for a long time, so this kind of master machine was not officially discontinued until 1993.

It seems that after Apple stopped production of Appleii, some people in China have improved the Appleii as a prototype and made it into a learning machine. Well, it can learn both computers and... The learning machine that plays games sells for hundreds of yuan each and sells hundreds of thousands of units a year. This popular sales are second only to Xiaobawang.

As for Xiaobawang, it is a copycat FC. Because the game console is beaten and killed by parents and education experts, it is also made into a learning machine.

The learning machines in the 1990s had some basic programming software and typing software on the cartridges. Unfortunately, they were basically sold dog meat with the help of sheep and bought them, and few of them used this thing to learn computers.

Appleii, which was launched in the 1970s, was active until the 1990s, and was a generation of magical machines!

Of course, appleii is not the most magical one. The real one is mos6502. This CPU, which was launched in 1975, was adopted by Apple because it was cheap, and it developed appleii as a basis!

It is precisely because of the amazing performance after Appleii's launch that this classic chip has begun to be favored by the computer industry and the gaming industry.

The FC red and white machine that Nintendo later launched also uses 6502!

Appleii was later transformed into a learning machine that could play games by Chinese counterfeit manufacturers, and the little bully who imitated FC could also be transformed into a gaming machine that could learn.

It can be seen that 6502 chip is very destined to be with the gaming industry.

I identified the 6502 chip, so that the arcade project of Xinxing Electronics was safe. Although it took a lot of R&D costs and scrapped a lot of parts. The progress of the project was still quite amazing!

...

March 1980.

After a month and a half, research and development day and night, I even had only one day off during the Chinese New Year and came back to continue working the next day.

The game console equipped with "Chinese Square" has finally been made!

"Success!" The R&D team of Xinzengwen Electronics gave a burst of cheers.

A simple prototype in front of me is similar to the enlarged version of GB, except that the direction is a rocker, not a cross key, and there is only a circular button next to the rocker, which is very simple in design.

The rocker operates the block to move or accelerates downward. As for the circular button, it deforms the block when it falls in mid-air.

The game screen uses a black and white TV camera.

In addition, there are simple speakers that allow players to make sounds when operating "Chinese Squares", increasing the sense of participation of the game.

Lin Qi tried to play for more than ten minutes, which was basically the same as the "Tetris" he had come into contact with before. If anything, it was - Lin Qi had never played "Tetris" on the arcade platform!

The entire team took turns to board the machine, and everyone was immersed in the game.

"Boss, this arcade must have a future. The game "China Square" is very interesting, and the creativity is unprecedented, so it will definitely make money!" Liu Zhendong said flatteringly.

Lin Qi nodded and said, "Everyone has worked hard, the project has been completed! I keep my word. From this month, Gao Tian's monthly salary is 20,000 yuan, the company's chief technical consultant, and the entire company's various R&D project teams are all led by you. You have the right to review the R&D project and small creative projects with R&D expenses of less than 50,000 yuan. If I don't need to agree, Gao Tian can approve the signature."

"Wait..." Gao Tian said shyly, "The third test has been passed! Then, it's time for me to resign!"

"What? Resign?" Lin Qi was surprised, "Why?"

"That... at the job fair, I swear to show your boss your face and let you not be so arrogant... So, I planned it at that time, so that the boss would see my skills, and to keep the wise and polite people. Then, I proudly refused to have a high salary and resigned. This script... is so beautiful, I woke up from laughing in my dreams at night..." Gao Tian said hesitantly.

"What now? The arcade project has achieved phased success. You are proud of yourself after making such a simple toy-like thing?" Lin Qi shook his head and said, "I saw you wrongly! I also think you will be a bit arrogant. At least, launching products that shock the world and then publishing a press conference on the shock the world after the entire industry is famous. Now, what's the point of leaving? Who in the world is paying attention to such an unknown person like you?"

"Stop talking, I want to stay all the things I say!" Gao Tian said hesitantly.

"Mr. Gao, stay! Technically, we all accept you!" Other employees persuaded them one after another.

"Stay!" Lin Qi tried to stay and said, "It's amazing to prove it, not for me to see it! But if it's for the whole world, at least, you can be on an equal footing with Jobs, that's really amazing!"

With Lin Qi's help, Gao Tian, ​​who had no intention of leaving, stayed in a hesitant manner.

Of course, he agreed that when the company develops better than Apple in the future, no matter how you try to keep it, he will leave...

Everyone present was amused by Gao Tian’s statement.

Of course, Lin Qi readily agreed: "If you still had to leave at that time, I would definitely approve it!"
Chapter completed!