I still remember when I was a kid, I would grab my pocket money and secretly run to the canteen at the school gate to pick out a pirated GBA cassette with a gaudy cover. At that time, I didn't know anything about genuine and pirated games. I only knew that “64-in-1” and “128-in-1” were printed on the cartridges, which I thought was awesome. However, when I opened them, they were all reskinned games, and I couldn't even save the save file. But it was that kind of cassette that didn't even have a manual and the battery often ran out of power. It stayed with us throughout the summer.
Recently, I was browsing Tap and found a mobile game called "Heroes Please Respect Yourself". When I saw the introduction, it reminded me of the time when I played pirated RPG cartridges. Hang up and spawn monsters, collect equipment, and upgrade heroes. Isn't this the simplified version of "Zelda Shrinking Cap" or "Golden Sun" played on GBA back then? Although the picture quality of mobile games is much higher now, and the operation is simplified to idle, the "instant heartbeat feeling of dropping equipment" is exactly the same. And there is actually a manual BOSS battle, manual! Isn't this the same obsession that had "Ultimate BOSS" written on the cassette back then, but it could never be defeated because the save file was lost? 😤
This game is free with no in-app purchases, and the developer, Nanjing Moye Network, is quite honest. Playing mobile games now, I occasionally think of the garbled plots and misplaced sound effects in the pirated cassettes of the past, but the pure joy is even more precious. Brothers, you can give it a try when you have time, just make up the archive for youth.