I still remember that after elementary school, I rushed to the video game store with the breakfast money I had saved for a month, spent a long time in front of the glass counter, and finally bought the pirated yellow card of "Saint Seiya - The Golden Zodiac". The boss patted his chest and said, "It will never be blocked." But when he got home, he plugged in the Overlord, and the "Saint Seiya" LOGO on the title screen had "SUPER" printed crookedly underneath it. GAME", the music was quite blazing after entering the game, but as soon as I entered the Taurus Palace, the frame dropped like crazy, and the background of Hades City turned into a mosaic... But I didn't care about that at that time. Just watching the animation of Pegasus Meteor Fist over and over again was enough to get me excited for a long time, and I even scratched the controller out of sparks🔥
Now when I play "Saint Seiya: Rebirth" on my mobile phone, my first feeling is - holy shit, all those "imaginary" scenes in the cartridge back then have been filled in for me in this mobile game! The luster of the golden holy clothes, the special effects of Aiolos's archery, and the background details of each of the twelve palaces are more than a hundred times better than the blurry textures on the Overlord back then. But to be honest, what struck me the most was that it restored the plot of the original work. In those days, the Chinese translations of pirated cassettes were all "Pegasus Meteor Fist!!!" This kind of brain-made lines, the plot was all guessed by oneself, but now the mobile game actually has all the passages such as Galaxy Contest and Breaking through the Wall of Sighs, and while scrolling through the pictures, it is like reading the comics all over again. Especially the part where Saga is beaten, when the dubbing came on, I got goosebumps - back then, there were only a few lines of pixel characters and a BGM on the cassette 😭
However, feelings are feelings, and when I use my hands, I still think of the days when I "borrowed cassettes from classmates". At that time, everyone played with a cassette, and whoever got stuck would draw a "strategy map" on the homework book. Now in mobile games, you don't need to ask for help, but the sense of anticipation that I felt squatting in front of the TV, waiting for my friends to come over and study "how to break through the Pisces Palace" seems to have come back with this game. Brothers and sisters, do you still remember the year when you bought the first pirated "Saint Seiya" cassette? Recognize each other in the comment section, let's form a team and challenge the Golden Zodiac again - this time the phone is placed on the table, and it will be the pink little bully from back then☺️