jian deng (邓剑)
jian deng (邓剑)
He is a post-doctoral researcher at the Graduate School of Journalism and Communication at Peking University. It deals with digital game culture research as its main interest, and continues to publish columns on games in 闻湃澎.
This article looks to the 8 bit gaming history in China to illuminate the Chinese gaming industry of today, one that earned 2786.87 billion yuan in 2020 (GPC et al. ) . While becoming the world's largest game market, Chinese gaming industry has also attracted worldwide attention. However, despite our fascination with the great success of the Chinese gaming industry in the 21st century, we should not forget the road ahead. Looking back on the early challenges that China's 8 bit gaming industry ever faced is an essential prerequisite for us to understand the industry’s current success. Therefore, this paper will analyze the Chinese 8 bit game and its history.