It rains in Tokyo, but it is still sunny in Kyoto.

Compared with the depression brought by rainy days, except for the most irritating midsummer, it seems that sunny days will make people feel refreshed and have clear eyes.

Shigeru Miyamoto, who is in the Nintendo headquarters building of JD.com, seems to be in this state.

Since the market for "Radar" that Nintendo imitated "Space Invaders" two years ago was cold, in order to save the substrates that had been produced, the company publicly recruited game ideas. After the "Donkey Kong" creativity he provided was activated, his life trajectory has undergone tremendous changes.

Because Donkey Kong stood out in the arcades full of shooting games at that time and made a big hit, he, the man in charge of industrial design, changed his career to make games.

Since then, although the work content has been boring, the good reactions in the market have given him a heart-warming agent again and again.

Although "Super Mario Bros." was just launched, he was greeted with the success of his confidence that he had successfully created.

The sales of "Super Mario Bros." have been rising steadily, and the 500,000 mark has exceeded the 500,000 mark in just three weeks.

"The Gold Digger", which Hudson was the first to be arguably, gradually weakened and was stolen by "Super Mario Bros.".

Shigeru Miyamoto leaned against the railing and looked at the sun hanging high in the sky.

The sun was dazzling, making him unable to open his eyes. However, he just likes to watch.

"The real strong man should be as hot as the sun."

When Miyamoto Shigeru looked at the sun, he thought about what was missing in his mind.

"Dingling!"

He heard the phone ringing, and he turned around and saw that it was from the front desk. According to Nintendo's rules, the phone must be connected within three sounds. However, the front desk lady who was responsible for wiring had no idea where she went.

Really!

Shigeru Miyamoto walked to the phone and answered the phone, "Hello, this is Nintendo."

"I know it's Nintendo. There is a mistake in your "Super Mario Bros.", the turtle shell can get unlimited life!" Although the sound in the receiver was full of electric current and a little distorted, you can still hear the sound on the other end of the phone. You can tell that it was a young child at first.

"What? How can it be? The turtle shell can be stuck in infinite life?" Miyamoto Shigeru repeated impatiently, "How is this possible?"

At this time, Kato Shuhei, who happened to be walking past him, was frightened to the ground when he heard Miyamoto's words.

Only listen to his voice, "Impossible! The program of "Super Mario Bros" is perfect..."

The two of them gathered in front of the receiver together, listening to the child's description, their heads were shaking like rattles.

The child on the other end of the phone listened to the constant denial and hung up the phone angrily.

Silence was as if the phone was hung up there, and the vocal cords of two people were also hung up.

"Or... let's try it." Kato Shuhei tentatively.

"Try it...it's not! The program is obviously perfect!" Miyamoto Shigeru muttered.

While the two of them were walking towards the game room, let me introduce Kaga Shuping.

Although this member who joined the club in April 1983 was very young, he was a good news from the sky for Nintendo at that time.

Since I heard Ricoh's words, I used the unfamiliar processor, 6502, and the development work of the red and white machine, I have fallen into a quagmire.

Because it is very different from the processor instruction set used by arcades, I want to port arcade games such as Donkey Kong. I can only rebuild the program while calculating the time every second to the game screen.

The arrival of Kato Shuhei immediately solved the problems in software development.

Because, when he joined the microcomputer club when he was a student, he was extremely familiar with 6502. He accidentally bought a game board in a thrift store that specializes in selling antique arcade base versions in front of the school and transformed it into a computer.

The processor on this substrate is MOS6502. He relies on articles in magazines to memorize all the programming methods of this processor.

How could there be an error bug in "Super Mario Bros" where he participated in programming?

You know, everyone in Nintendo was afraid of the wrong bug. When the red and white machines were released, the wrong bug was found on the graphics processor, which caused the shipment to stop and all were recalled, and the Christmas business war that year was missed.

If "Super Mario Bros" is recalled due to a bug...

According to Yamauchi's personality...

When the two of them thought of this, they shivered despite the sunshine outside and the warmth inside.

"Ding, thing, thing!"

Turn on the machine and the music started. The two of them surrounded the machine and started the test.

Level 3-2.

Two turtles walked down the slope where the flag was raised before passing the pass.

As the child said, Miyamoto looked for the right opportunity and used the small jump to step on the turtle shell.

“100!”

“200!”

“400!”

“800!”

“1600!”

“3200!”

“6400!”

“128000!”

“…”

“1UP!”

“1UP!”

“1UP!”

Miyamoto Shigeru didn't touch the button, and the turtle shell bounced back when it hit the wall. Mario jumped down just now and stepped on the turtle shell, repeating back and forth.

Shigeru Miyamoto and Shuhei Kato looked at each other and saw despair in each other's eyes.

This is indeed a bug...

The colleagues around were also curious about what these two people were doing and surrounded them.

“K9!”

“MX!”

As everyone watched, Miyamoto Shigeru had no operation, the number of lives automatically obtained had already overflowed...

"Is this a bug bug?"

"Is Super Mario Bros. going to be recalled?"

...

Various discussions were heard and panic spread among these people who created virtual happiness for the children.

At this time, Masayuki Uemura, who was responsible for the development of red and white machine hardware, also came here.

He looked at the scared people and laughed, "Why don't you guys read more about game magazines? Hudson's Takahashi knows? He said the invincible bug of "Gold Digger" as a hidden easter egg, and the crisis was resolved all of a sudden, and the children also liked it very much. Why don't we also say that this is an easter egg?"

"Yes! Why didn't I expect it!" Miyamoto Shigeru was suddenly enlightened, but now there was a special effect of a light bulb on his head.

He rushed back to the front desk at the speed of Mario's sprint, trying to comfort the child who had just been angry and hung up the phone.

Maybe, give him the honor of discovering the easter egg?
Chapter completed!