Brothers, when I saw this "Zodiac Kaleidoscope" on my phone today, I was completely stunned. I still remember the pirated GBA cassette I bought for 5 yuan at the canteen. The cover was printed crookedly, and even the word "zodiac" was printed as "zodiac flower tube" 😅 At that time, we didn't care about genuine and pirated copies. If you can play it, you are a treasure.
This game is actually a click-and-click decompression game, but it was amazing to play on the GBA back then. The icons of the twelve zodiac signs are made very Q, and they disappear when you click on the head of the zodiac sign. Together with the ink-and-wash style scene in the background, it is full of Chinese style. There were no mobile phones at that time, so I would secretly plug in the GBA when I got home from school, hide under the covers and pass level after level. My fingers would feel hot when I pressed it, my eyes would feel sore from staring at it, and I just couldn't stop.
Now the mobile game version has much more detailed graphics, the zodiac signs are more three-dimensional, and the special effects are cooler. But how can I put it, I always feel that it is missing a bit of "inductance". Although the original pixel style is rough, the "pop" sound effect when each zodiac sign disappears, combined with the flickering of the screen, is particularly pleasing to the touch. Moreover, pirated cassettes often have bugs. For example, the screen suddenly freezes in the middle of playing, and you have to pull out the card to blow air. Instead, it has become an exclusive memory of our generation.
The mobile game version does inherit the core gameplay: find the core among the intertwined zodiac signs and develop space talents. To me, it's not just a puzzle game, it's more like opening a time capsule. Clicking the mouse reminds me of what my deskmate said when he lent me a cassette, "Don't play too late." Clicking the dragon reminds me of the old man selling pirated cards at the school gate who always said, "This is fun, so pack it up."
Although the awareness of genuine products is now strong, the pirated cassettes of those years did accompany us through the era when game resources were most scarce. This game is free and has no in-app purchases. It is purely nostalgic and can be run on Android 5.0. I recommend it to everyone, click a few times and let youth discharge again at your fingertips. 🐭🐮🐯🐰🐲🐍🐴🐏🐵🐔🐶🐷