I still remember that time, grabbing the breakfast money I saved after school, I rushed to the arcade just to watch the familiar opening of The Three Kingdoms. Zhang Jue called for wind and rain, Guan Yu waved his sword, and the entire screen was filled with sword lights and shadows. At that time, it was not as convenient as it is now. You can only play for a few minutes with one coin. If you die, you have to watch other people's operations, which makes me feel itchy.
Nowadays, you can relive "Arcade Three Kingdoms" at your fingertips. To be honest, I was a little resistant at first. After all, when a mobile game is reprinted, the "arcade flavor" will be lost. But after I opened it and played with it for a while, I got a little excited! The highly restored arcade scene, the flames of the Yellow Turban Uprising level, the rhythm of the charging soldiers, and even the tone of the BGM are all the same, and you can instantly dream back to twenty years ago.
However, compared with the original version, there are still differences. At that time, arcade games were all about "hard core", with joysticks for operation and back-to-back combos, and the error tolerance rate was frighteningly low. Now the mobile game version is much more considerate. The skills of generals can be freely matched and they are no longer locked into a fixed lineup. Even a handicap like me can experience the thrill of "fighting together". What's even more surprising is that the epic battle re-enactment gameplay actually turns the three heroes' battle against Lu Bu into a multi-stage boss battle, which is more strategic than the simple blood bar in the arcade games back then.
The regret is that there are no people watching and cheering. In the past, playing "Invincible" in the game arcade would attract a lot of exclamations, but now I can only look at the screen of my mobile phone to get excited. But thinking about it from another perspective, the friends who played joystick together back then are probably like me now, secretly playing the same level on their mobile phones in their respective cities.
In any case, it feels very worthwhile to be able to ride horses and carry guns again, and fight in the familiar and fresh world of the Three Kingdoms. Brothers, I am really good anyway. If you are nostalgic, you might as well give it a try and see if you can regain the passion of the past in this new arcade era🔥