I still remember those days when I was lying in bed, using the weak backlight of PSP to schedule the pixel train over and over again. At that time, there were no complicated tutorials or automatic path finding. You just had to draw the track and calculate the time with a pen on the scratch paper. If you failed, you would scratch your head and start over. If you succeeded, you would be so excited that you would roll on the bed. 😭
Recently, I accidentally came across this "Happy Train Adventure" on a mobile phone simulator. When I saw that the developer is Beijing Gulu Marketing, it is free and has no in-app purchases. I instantly had the illusion of traveling back to 2008. Clicking on the first level, I saw the familiar picture and the familiar "track overlapping" mechanism. I took a deep breath and began to simulate the speed difference of two trains starting at the same time in my mind - but ended up crashing three seconds later. Haha, my youth is back! 🔥
To be honest, this game is more hardcore than many ultimate strategy games on GBA. The touch screen click feel of the original NDS is more precise when put on the touch screen of a mobile phone, and the sliding response is smoother than the buttons of the past. Moreover, there is no krypton gold card drawing, no daily check-in, and it is purely based on brain play. This is what a handheld game should be like in my memory. 🎮
If you also miss the fun feeling of "getting stuck all afternoon and clearing the level in an instant", I recommend trying this little train. The first level will burn out your CPU, but don't worry, plan slowly, and review the game a few times, and you will find that the passion and focus you had back then are actually still there. 🚂✨