noveltune Chapter 89 Do you like me? My hair grows back instantly.
Chapter 89 Do you like me? My hair grows back instantly.
Chapter 89 Do you like me? My hair grows back instantly.
"You're going to give up the joystick?"
Gerrard frowned slightly.
Such a decision is perhaps a bit of an overcorrection.
While joysticks have their flaws, they are also an important factor in the feel of fighting games.
It's no exaggeration to say that in today's era of Street Fighter's popularity, the joystick has become an important symbol of arcades.
It has become part of arcade culture.
As one of the earliest advocates of the joystick + function key input mode, GAMENOVA has indirectly accumulated its own influence in this process.
But now Lin Lixin is actually going to abandon it and go back to the era of all buttons.
"Isn't this a step backward in terms of technological advancement?"
"No, no."
Lin Lixin didn't explain much. He went straight to the workbench, picked up a joystick control panel, and started soldering.
The joysticks were removed and replaced with four large buttons the same size as those in arcade machines.
He then quickly sawed the corresponding holes in the wooden shell and fixed them in place.
However, both Gerald and Vivian twitched when they saw Lin Lixin's new layout design.
The three arrow keys (left, bottom, right) are arranged horizontally in a small curve, while the up key has been moved directly to the bottom right.
Gerald had seen this strange horizontal layout before, but that was usually used on PCs.
In Gerrard's own experience, the horizontal layout is far inferior to the cross-shaped layout.
In particular, intuitively, the cross shape perfectly matches human cognitive instincts.
This is also why he strongly advocated adding a separate D-pad to the NovaPocket.
Thinking of this, Gerald's eyes suddenly lit up.
He hurriedly went to the equipment room and rummaged through it, finding a rather delicate one among a pile of keyboards of various models.
"Lin, look at this, it's an IBM ModeIM mechanical keyboard."
Gerald placed it on the table, gesturing for Lin Lixin to look over.
The ModeIM, a product that was not officially put into production until mid-85, was, at least for that era, the best keyboard in the world.
But Gerrard wasn't trying to show off its superior industrial design; he was simply pointing to the arrow keys next to the numeric keypad.
The layout of the arrow keys is based on the inverted T-shaped layout of DEC-LK201.
"I think this layout is also excellent for gaming. We can use our index and ring fingers to control left and right, and our middle finger to control up and down. I've tried it, and the feel is really good."
"ModeIM?"
Lin Lixin raised an eyebrow, looking at the keyboard whose layout was almost identical to that of later keyboards.
Especially the standard layout of the directional keys. It can be said that the consistent control feel of later video games, and even the WASD input rules, are inseparable from this layout.
"This solution is indeed excellent, but it's not suitable for fighting games."
Lin Lixin placed both hands directly on the simple Hitbo he had just created, saying, "The inverted T-shaped directional pad layout can't handle pressing the up and down buttons simultaneously like this."
He demonstrated that whether using his left or right hand, he could easily press the up key with his thumb.
But his words did not dispel the doubts; instead, they made things even more abstract.
"Press both up and down at the same time? What's the point?"
Lin Lixin chuckled and said, "This is Gu Lie's signature weapon."
"ha?"
"Simply put, it's a mechanism designed specifically for fighting game players, and even for characters who rely on charge-up attacks; I call it SOCD technology."
He went to the whiteboard and wrote down a long string of words.
Press the opposite buttons simultaneously.
"We only need to input a specific rule into the control chip to handle how to handle simultaneous pressing of opposing buttons."
"For example, we can have both the top and bottom buttons pressed simultaneously be judged as returning to the center, or simply have the button pressed later take priority."
"Forget it, saying more will only make it harder to understand. I'll just write SOCD before Sam comes back."
How could we not let Sam be the first to experience something this fun?
When Sam pushed open the door with a jumble of documents, he saw several people welcoming him with an oddly enthusiastic demeanor.
Lin Lixin, in particular, was carrying a keyboard that was clearly just rushed out, smiling broadly as he pulled himself toward the television.
Go forward.
"Sam! Come on, let's have a Guile showdown!"
"Huh? Playing Street Fighter? I thought it was a new demo for The King of Fighters."
Sam and Lin Lixin are so close that you can tell what kind of nonsense he's going to say just by looking at him.
Just by looking at his smiling face, Sam knew that this guy was definitely up to no good again.
She's probably secretly practicing some underhanded tricks to bully him!
"Lin, if you think you can beat me by choosing Guile too, you're dreaming."
Now a regular at arcades, he's far from the newbie he once was.
Having sparred with the experts in the shop until now, I've mastered quite a bit of the techniques of matching and countering.
If Lin Lixin still thinks he's just a newbie who only knows how to throw balls and rising dragons, he's in for a tough time.
Shu Ting!
Almost the instant the match officially began, the two unleashed a sonic chop in perfect unison.
"Um?
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Sam was slightly taken aback as he watched the two waves cancel each other out in the air.
No wonder he suddenly challenged him; it turns out he had also joined the SHOOTING cult.
"Okay, you fire a shot, I'll fire a shot too."
With a "no rush, let's play along" attitude, Sam decided to throw another sonic chop.
But just as he pulled back to gather his strength, Lin Lixin's movements were a full round faster, and the second sound-speed hand chop had already been unleashed.
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He played Guile his whole life, only to be beaten by Guile in the end.
Why can't he keep up with Lin Lixin, who is used to playing high-speed characters, when he himself can fire projectiles?
Sam had no choice but to hastily push the joystick forward to fire a shot, then quickly pull it back to recharge.
But in those few short breaths, Lin Lixin had already thrown out two rapid-fire hand chops.
"Not a buddy? What's up?"
Sam had no choice but to rely on blocking to take down a few waves, glancing sideways at Lin Lixin.
Only then did he notice the peculiarity of the device in his hand.
Lin Lixin did not use a joystick, but instead used a bunch of buttons to input the direction of the joystick.
The most outrageous thing is that Lin Lixin did not operate at the high speed that was expected at all.
He simply pressed down firmly on the back arrow key with one finger, then mechanically tapped the forward arrow key and the fist key repeatedly.
Each time he taps, Guile, controlled by him, can unleash a rapid-fire hand chop.
There's absolutely no need to pull back and build up power like I do; the power buildup begins the instant you release it!
"F**k! I knew you were up to something, you actually cheated against me!"
Now I understand.
So Lin Lixin created a cheat code for himself that allows him to unleash attacks with a single click.
Isn't this a paradise for charge-up characters?
"If you're so tough, don't play a charge-up character, let's PK a flying dragon."
"OK, fine."
Lin Lixin didn't care at all and gently reached out and flipped a small switch on the upper left of the Hitbo.
The gear position was changed from "L" to "N".
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