Original title: "Electric Soft Memoirs: False Cheats That Have Been Wronged for Thirty Years, Now Proven to Exist"
Have you personally tested the cheats recorded in "Video Game Software"?
In the age of information blockade, the only way we can get access to game cheats is through game magazines. In the early nineties, the players who owned the magazine were often high-players and played an important role in the game hall. They can always play a different effect, releasing a killer that no one knows, which directly affects the gameplay of the game and the player's insight.
Imagine a game that has been played for years, and suddenly one day a player plays a new killer skill, what a sensational scene. And this is the benefit that "Video Game Software" brings to players!
Of course, here we must complain that "video game software" provided us with some fake "cheats", so that many small partners were "deeply affected", until more than twenty years later to understand what is going on.
The cheats we're going to mention today are just the opposite, and after more than twenty years it turns out to really exist. From the most popular "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" from the arcade period.
In the early 1990s, the classification and designation of games were still very vague, so video game software at that time included Romance of the Three Kingdoms in the fighting games section. And compare it to the previous work "Devouring Heaven and Earth".
The original Game of Devouring Heaven and Earth was a horse warfare game, and although it was a classic, it was quickly buried in the history of arcade development. The emergence of "Devouring Heaven and Earth 2" changed the players' perception of the game and became a monument in the history of arcade.
Riding a horse has always been a game that novice players desperately want to know. However, this instruction is strange and can only be understood as ineffable. Take a look at the picking skills described by the electric soft at that time: pull ↓↑→ + punch.
If I hadn't known how to play, I would have been fooled, but there was nothing wrong with this instruction!
So what exactly is the key question?
In fact, the real skill of riding a horse is to slash the opponent with a weapon in the process of moving up or down, and then immediately press forward or backward (decide the direction of throwing).
This takes a long time to practice to be handy.
Zhao Yun's empty capture cheats, this brain hole is not big!
I don't know if you tried it with your friends back then? After all, many of the miscellaneous soldiers in the game cannot jump, and it takes more than two players to cooperate to complete.
Let's try it out the cheats! Zhang Fei grabbed people and jumped up, but did not shoot, and then Zhao Yun jumped up and grabbed the enemy soldiers in the air, completing the action of air capture.
Although the damage is not very high, this method is very interesting and requires the cooperation of two people. A certain degree of tacit understanding must be achieved.
Huang Zhong's magic method of killing the enemy is to use Huang Zhong's catch-up jump to achieve an infinite cycle, although it may not be useful for everyone, but it can also be used to clear the army after training.
The use of the Zhao family brothers is definitely effective, after all, this guy is a typical "mentally retarded"
I tried it at the Lü bu level, only to be killed by Lü Bu and blocked in the corner several times, it seems that this move may have some effect on the enemy soldiers who do not have a high desire to attack.
In Video Game Software, we also found another cheat, which is a relatively alternative operation, known as a "taboo bug".
This cheat was considered fake because no one had achieved it for years. So what exactly is this cheats about?
That is: when riding a horse, release the weapon without recycling it, so that you can continue to attack.
For us as children, nature is convinced. After all, the audience at that time was relatively simple, and they were convinced of the records in the books and the reports on television.
According to the "Video Game Software" record, the trigger condition for the "forbidden bug" is: after riding a horse to slash the enemy soldier, shake the stick twice + punch before the weapon is withdrawn.
This is obviously impossible to do! Some players have tried, but all have failed, even in the simulator era, there are still no players can do it, so this cheat has become the "evidence" of the lies of "Video Game Software".
Years later, when we tried again, we found that the real wrong electricity was soft, and there was really this trick. It's just beyond the reach of human beings. Either cheat to use horse code, or open a macro to define the rapid keys, to do it!
As shown in the following figure:
Doesn't it feel like it's blowing up?
How long can this state last? As long as you don't get beaten, you can continue to do so. Standing still doesn't need to move, the boss obediently sends to the door.
Finally, let's take a look at the other things about the game that are documented in the magazine:
"The "Three Kingdoms" series of games produced by Capcom mostly appears in the form of fighting and RPG, and its story content is written by Capcom on the basis of reference to the characters and important historical events in "Three Kingdoms", so it is far from the story content we are familiar with.
The character image is also the unique "Three Kingdoms" series of character images of Capcom, which runs counter to the traditional image of our country, its characters are strong in appearance and fierce in appearance, and the game fully reflects the cultural content of Japan that is currently suitable for commercial society. At the same time, there is also the Spirit of The Japanese Nation's Bushido, showing its strong desire to conquer and yamato soul. ”
There is actually a misunderstanding here, that is, the game of "Devouring Heaven and Earth" itself has nothing to do with the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" that we are familiar with. Although borrowed from the character names and battles of the Three Kingdoms, the game's prototype and characters are from Hiroshi Hongomiya's manga version of Heaven and Earth Devouring.
Even in the world version of Devouring Heaven and Earth, the names, stories and era backgrounds of all the characters are completely subverted and become the history of Mongolia's development.
Of course, this information is also known to us many years later. And the familiar fc "Devouring Heaven and Earth 1", fc "Devouring Heaven and Earth 2", fc "Devouring Heaven and Earth Autumn Wind Gojohara", and other "Devouring Heaven and Earth" related games, the prototype is from this manga.
The description of the ending in "Electric Soft" that year:
When we revisit these game magazines as people who have come over today, we always find something particularly interesting: the games that were exaggerated at that time were found to be mediocre after years of precipitation; and some games that really stood the test of time were considered shoddy at the time.
Today, when we revisit these magazines, there is always some special emotion in them. In addition to the excitement, there is a hint of aftertaste and a hint of nostalgia. It's like opening up a "God perspective" that allows us to look at the way people thought about games in the nineties with today's eyes. The collision of views and the convergence of spirits across several eras.
"How many things in ancient and modern times, all laugh and talk" This is the precious wealth left to us by game magazines! It's worth digging in little by little. Thank you to the major magazines that made outstanding contributions to the development of the game that year.