Remember back in the mid-2000s, Audition emerged as a phenomenon in the Vietnamese online gaming scene. The eye-catching, adorable graphics and the hip-hop style of the ‘dancers’ made the 90s generation fall head over heels. There was a time when 9 out of 10 90s gamers had played Audition at least once.
Even now, it is still regarded as a ‘veteran’ game with a significant influence on later casual mobile games. That’s a vitality that not every online game from that era could achieve, especially one that has lasted to this day.
At that time, Audition was also a pioneering game that organized contests like Miss Audition, from which many hot girls rose to stardom. Stars like Bảo Thy and Quỳnh Nga are just two of the prominent faces from that era who gained fame from Audition and have a solid place in Vietnam’s showbiz to this day.
Back then, gamers loved Audition and enjoyed watching Miss Audition, but internet cafe owners felt both happy and scared. Happy because the number of players visiting their cafes increased due to the game’s appeal, but worried because of the intense key-smashing that often resulted in broken spacebars, as gamers tried to achieve Finish Perfect.
Ultimately, these are the bittersweet memories of the 90s gamer generation, and looking back, everyone can see their own ‘childhood’ days reflected in them. That’s the value that not every game can offer to gamers like Audition does.