The Castlevania Thread [Archive] - Page 4

Arasoi

08-01-2006, 11:40 PM

The 32X could probably handle SOTN, Im not a huge expert on its hardware but the only limitation that comes to mind is the RAM. But.. it could probably be worked around. SOTN is a fairly port-able game, as evidenced by the rather shoddy KCET Saturn port, which still works decently despite no effort at Saturn hardware optimizations whatsoever.

kainemaxwell

08-02-2006, 10:46 AM

A collection update photo of recent/unphotoed items =)

http://manaexe.com/poopydoodles/CVCollection/postersandisplays.jpg
That's a sweet poster! What's in the DoS box anyway? I have the SotN ost and the LoI sound sampler, any value to the sampler?

jajaja

08-02-2006, 10:57 AM

The DoS box is promotional stuff, like a poster, but only in box form. I asked myself on the previous page :)

Captain Qb

08-02-2006, 11:50 AM

Hmmn, Cool boughts/finds.. ^.^

But, I have a question about your Castlevania collection:

How much money have you putted on your impressive Castlevania collection?
Like thousands and thousand of dollars? -.-

Love, Captain Qb.

Arasoi

08-02-2006, 03:02 PM

the LoI sound sampler, any value to the sampler?

The LOI sampler is fairly common.. 15-20 dollars at most.

How much money have you putted on your impressive Castlevania collection?
Like thousands and thousand of dollars? -.-

More than is reasonable Im sure, lol. Couple grand, perhaps even more.. I think I quoted my total games expenditures at somewhere around 4000 in another thread, at least half that is CV. Im glad Im not married in any case, or my head would have been on a pike long ago. LOL

Kitsune Sniper

08-02-2006, 03:43 PM

-Galamoth. I watched my friend beat him at level 30 with no equipment. I swear that's true.

Wait. Wait wait wait wait wait.

Are you telling me that Garamoth/Garamos from Kid Dracula is an ACTUAL ENEMY IN A CASTLEVANIA GAME?!

Arasoi

08-02-2006, 03:53 PM

http://castlevania.classicgaming.gamespy.com/Images/bosses/galfight.png

He's the toughest boss in the game to boot. Huge amount of HP, dont even go near him unless you're high level or know what you're doing. (IE, have the beryl circlet or Shield Rod + alucard shield combo)

MarioMania

08-02-2006, 10:35 PM

Arasoi: I'm getting a good deal here..I already piad & Im getting a Complete Castlevania: Bloodlines & a Complete Castlevania 3 from a guy here..& I traded away my Box Manual of Castlevania 2 for a Complete Castlevania on the NES

Jisho

08-02-2006, 10:57 PM

I really like Castlevania, and the size of some of your collections makes me very sad. ;_; All I've Got:

Castlevania (NES)
Castlevania II (NES)
Castlevania III (NES)
Super Castlevania IV (SNES)
Castlevania: Dracula X (SNES)
SOTN
Circle of the Moon (GBA)
Harmony of Dissonance (GBA)
Aria of Sorrow (GBA)
Castlevania Double Pack (GBA)
Dawn of Sorrow (GBA)
Lament of Innocence (PS2)

Also, all cart based games are non complete (with the exception of Dawn of Sorrow and the Double Pack)

Arasoi

08-03-2006, 01:12 PM

Your collection sounds pretty cool Jisho, post up a picture in here if you can. Some other collectors have shared as well, its always nice to see a CV collection =)

Ed Oscuro

08-03-2006, 08:32 PM

The 32X could probably handle SOTN, Im not a huge expert on its hardware but the only limitation that comes to mind is the RAM. But.. it could probably be worked around.
Actually, the 32x SotN could have been better in many respects - no need for loading rooms, for one. Of course the downside would've been the smaller cartridge and no CD-ROM quality audio (I'm sure they could've cooked up something nice though, Yamane had some experience on the Genesis and they would've had other sound programmers fresh out of the Genesis era to work on the project).

Arasoi

08-03-2006, 11:38 PM

kainemaxwell

08-03-2006, 11:48 PM

A US port of Rondo of Blood would make me happy, along with other people around here.

Arasoi

08-04-2006, 12:28 AM

Its almost certain Rondo will end up on the Wii's virtual console feature. Kind of a letdown for those who want to collect it, but it will be translated and playable I imagine. The real fun will be seeing if the translated version could be put back into a real Rondo Bin/Cue and played on a real Duo/TG16. :D

MarkMan

08-04-2006, 12:55 AM

SOTN will reign again!

On the XBOX 360!

:)

Ed Oscuro

08-04-2006, 01:38 AM

Agreed, though to keep media costs budget back in those days I imagine the cart size would be puny, resulting in massive content cutting and standard Yamaha renditions of the songs (though that would be very interesting to hear, especially with the 12 total audio channels on 32X cart)
Yeah, 32x cartridges were 2-4 megabytes (16-32mbit). As for the audio, hey, the Genesis was very capable, I'd give it a chance especially with the extra 32x channels.

Arasoi

08-04-2006, 10:52 AM

JWKobayashi

08-04-2006, 11:00 AM

SOTN will reign again!

On the XBOX 360!

:)

An interesting development to be sure. I have to wonder if internal politics with Iga will keep the KCET Sega Saturn additions (playable Maria, Underground garden, Cursed Prison, etc) from being added in to this version.

Where did this come from?? Dammit, now I'm going to want a 360. I was hoping that it took longer for a game that I had to have. Crap.

mailman187666

08-04-2006, 04:28 PM

I'm hoping they do some upgrades to SOTN on the 360 also, but more importantly, I'm hoping they'll get it to look a little more like Dawn of Sorrow with updated graphics and whatnot. How sweet would that be if they put some kind of multiplayer option in the game, I don't know how they'd do that but anything is possible. SOTN is going to be the best XBLA game to come out definately, sure would beat frogger any my books.

Ed Oscuro

08-04-2006, 05:06 PM

I have to wonder if internal politics with Iga will keep the KCET Sega Saturn additions (playable Maria, Underground garden, Cursed Prison, etc) from being added in to this version.
Since Iga himself requested Maria be added to the Saturn version...why not?

Really the reason that the Saturn version sucks is because they didn't get enough time to work on it. It'd be cool if they included the Saturn soundtrack as an alternate, though.

Arasoi

08-04-2006, 07:39 PM

I didnt know he requested it, that gives us a good chance of getting her in there at least, if not the other goods as well =)

Ed Oscuro

08-04-2006, 07:59 PM

So the Dungeon tells me, should be in a recent thread.

MarkMan

08-04-2006, 09:22 PM

IIRC the article stated that the game will be the PS1 version. :(

MarioMania

08-04-2006, 10:55 PM

When is SOTN coming out

Arasoi

08-05-2006, 12:27 AM

Early 2007 on the Xbox Live service, I believe.

MarioMania

08-05-2006, 12:46 AM

3 Questions

1. I'm playing Drac X on the Saturn..in Sound test what track is the Castlevania 3 Remix

2. On the XBLA one will it have the CV3 Remix

3. What is Tranparant Effect

Arasoi

08-05-2006, 12:55 AM

3 Questions

1. I'm playing Drac X on the Saturn..in Sound test what track is the Castlevania 3 Remix

2. On the XBLA one will it have the CV3 Remix

3. What is Tranparant Effect

1. The Castlevania 3 remix tracks are of "The Beginning" they should be fairly easy to pick out because of their melody, I dont recall their specific track #s.

2. Unknown, the article seems to state that its the PS1 version so doubtful, we'll see.

3. Im not sure what you're asking. A transparency effect is when you can see through or partially see through a sprite or background layer. If this is in reference to the Saturn vs PSX versions of SOTN, then the Saturn has no such effects, it was all badly converted to 2d dithering effects, while the PSX version had actual transparency effects.

Arasoi

08-06-2006, 01:29 PM

Reccomended auctions for this week:

Yahoo Japan

Here we have a couple mint condition SFC Dracula games, and the current price is pretty decent. (http://page9.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/k36456173)

Akumajo Dracula (FDS) Legendary Axe, Twinbee Japanese guides for a currently low price. (http://page8.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/h42545641)

Got $1000 USD burning a hole in your pocket? Collect this Akumajo Dracula arcade board, complete with everything! (http://page4.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/d63168972)

Complete Akumajo Dracula MSX2, around 80 USD. (http://page10.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/m33079797)

An interesting looking doujin calender, if you prefer this "art style". (http://page5.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/e60439989)

Oretachi Game Center releases of Akumajo Dracula, Contra Arcade, and Pooyan for about 48 USD Buy it Now option (http://page6.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/f48318155)

A lovely Maria costume from SOTN. Would the girl happen to come with it? <3 (http://page13.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/r27015031)

Core Graphics, CDROM2 Dracula X: Chi No Rondo, Dracula X guidebook, and some other Hucards currently at around 50 bucks. (http://page5.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/e60450407)

Ebay

Boku Dracula-kun/Kid Dracula for Famicom, great price! (http://cgi.ebay.com/AKUMAJOU-DRACULA-KUN-NEAR-MINT-Boxed-famicom-jp-Kid_W0QQitemZ230014209362QQihZ013QQcategoryZ62053Q QssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

Awesome PAL Lament of Innocence promo poster. Seller says UK only, but Ive been able to talk them into US shipping most of the time =) (http://cgi.ebay.com/CASTLEVANIA-OVERSIZE-A2-CULT-POSTER-MINT-B-N_W0QQitemZ8191476167QQihZ020QQcategoryZ38588QQssP ageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

MarioMania

08-06-2006, 01:40 PM

How much is he selling the Complete SFC games for

Arasoi

08-06-2006, 01:50 PM

You just need a good currency converter:

http://www.xe.com/ucc/

I use this one, its pretty accurate. I guesstimate values on a lot of yen auctions.

Bidding on Yahoo Japan requires a middleman over there, or an auction service. I use these guys, as the fees are a bit less than others Ive dealt with:

http://www.shoppingmalljapan.com/

Just be sure to read up on their fees and shipping charges before bidding, so you know what to expect.

Arasoi

08-06-2006, 11:37 PM

Collection updates for August thus far:

Castlevania LOI Pal Poster (A2 sized)
Vampire Killer MSX2 (European)
Dream TV World Fighters (PS2)
Gokujou Parodius (Kid Drac playable)
Wai Wai World (Famicom)
Dracula Densetsu 2 (GB)
Castlevania Double Pack (GBA)
Akumajo Dracula Apocalypse: Legend of Cornell (N64)
"Castlevania Art Works" by Ayami Kojima (book)
Konami of Japan 1996 store preview/promo tape featuring Nocturne in the Moonlight/Symphony of the Night
2 old game players tapes from the 80s/90s with NES CV 1/2 on them.

Pictures soon!

MarioMania

08-08-2006, 02:06 PM

Yesterday I just got

Castlevania:Bloodlines - Genesis(Complete)
Castlevania III - NES(Complete)

I'm going to take pics soon

Rook_Jones

08-10-2006, 06:35 PM

Were you guys aware that a <a href=http://castlevania.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page>Castlevania Wiki</a> exists? It currently only seems to have a little over a hundred articles, but it's only a few months old.

Ed Oscuro

08-10-2006, 06:41 PM

I guess so. Hmm, should start a Contra one... :D

MarioMania

08-14-2006, 09:47 PM

I'm getting Akumajo Densetsu from Ed, But I have to do without a Famicom til I get one..

aaronpetrosky

08-14-2006, 11:41 PM

Will there ever be a Castlevania Collection? with 1-3, SNES's 4. Drac X, Bloodlines. Sorry if this has been discussed before.

MarkMan

08-15-2006, 12:48 AM

I remember there was a Castlevania collection for the PC. I think it included Contra as well.

MarkMan

08-15-2006, 12:50 AM

Yes there was.

Includes:

Castlevania
Castlevania II: Simon's Quest
Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse
Contra
Super C

aaronpetrosky

08-15-2006, 12:51 AM

I remember seeing that too. They never brought it to consoles. I could never figure that out.

MarioMania

08-15-2006, 01:05 AM

Konami is Dumb not bring out a Catlevania Collection on any System

B - Mark

08-15-2006, 10:35 AM

Nice collection.

My favorite Castlevania games are:

- Castlevania ( NES )
- Castlevania III: Dracula�s Curse ( NES )
- Castlevania Circle of the Moon ( Game Boy Advance )
- Castlevania Harmony of Dissonance ( Game Boy Advance )
- Castlevania Aria of Sorrow ( Game Boy Advance )
- Castlevania Bloodlines ( Mega Drive / Genesis )

I had a great expectative for play Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow for Nintendo DS.

XYXZYZ

08-15-2006, 10:42 AM

I own Castlevania 1,2 and 3 for the NES. And I don't have those things like "boxes" and "Manuals" to get in the way. 8-)

And I also have CV4 for the SNES and an imported Dracula X NitM for the PSX. And pH33r my turboleet CD-R version of Dracula X for the PC Engine.

Arasoi

08-15-2006, 04:07 PM

The Castlevania/Contra collection is a decent buy, the main issue I have with it is that its 20 dollars for an NES emulator and ROMs on a CD. No bonus materials at all. At least Konami updated the ROMs a bit with new copyrights and fixed CV2 up a little.

Ed Oscuro

08-15-2006, 04:09 PM

KENTAR has given me some scans of...things. They're untranslated, I'll have to see if he'll translate them for us. Looks neat though.

XYXZYZ

08-16-2006, 11:54 PM

No Castlevania collection is complete without this-

http://www.solidsharkey.com/sq1.jpg

I used to have that when I was a kid, I'll be damned if I know where it is now. :(

Arasoi

08-16-2006, 11:59 PM

Indeed, I got mine in the mail not a few days ago =)

Hard to argue with nostalgic cheese.

MarioMania

08-17-2006, 12:16 AM

Arasoi: Have you played Akumajo Densetsu on the Famicom or it's just for Collecting

XYXZYZ

08-17-2006, 09:26 AM

Indeed, I got mine in the mail not a few days ago =)

Hard to argue with nostalgic cheese.

Have you read it? If I remember correctly it was about a kid who got sucked into Castlevania II and acted as Simon's sidekick or something. And didn't they mess up the real story, about Simon's curse?

Arasoi

08-17-2006, 08:14 PM

Arasoi: Have you played Akumajo Densetsu on the Famicom or it's just for Collecting

Yeah Ive played and beaten it a few times, I like it a lot better than CV3 due to its music chip, though there are other differences like some enemies.

Have you read it? If I remember correctly it was about a kid who got sucked into Castlevania II and acted as Simon's sidekick or something. And didn't they mess up the real story, about Simon's curse?

Quite frankly after what Ive heard about that book Im afraid to read it lol.

I read the Blaster Master and Mega Man 2 ones when I was a kid, I thought they were cool then. Id like to preserve my naive view on these old er.. gems :)

Neo Rasa

08-17-2006, 08:37 PM

Yes there was.

Includes:

Castlevania
Castlevania II: Simon's Quest
Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse
Contra
Super C

Jackal is on there too. :D

Not at all worth getting though.

MarioMania

08-17-2006, 11:22 PM

I played Akumajo Densetsu on the NES today..The Music Sound's funny.......

Arasoi

08-17-2006, 11:50 PM

The NES cant handle all the VRC6 chip properly, you need a real Famicom for it (or an emu)

MarioMania

08-18-2006, 12:13 AM

I know that, I have to do playing the Game on a NES, I need to get stuff for my room & a new Computer Table before getting a AV Famicom

Arasoi

08-20-2006, 03:07 PM

http://castlevania.classicgaming.gamespy.com/images/moregames.jpg

A small update for the collection, more to come.

MarioMania

08-21-2006, 12:37 AM

What game is that for the saturn & what games is above the Castlevania double pack

MegaDrive20XX

08-21-2006, 01:49 AM

What game is that for the saturn & what games is above the Castlevania double pack

Looks like Jikkyou Oshaberi Parodius "Forever with Me" and the other is the Konami Collection Vol. ? for GameBoy

Arasoi

08-21-2006, 08:55 AM

Exactamundo. Its possible to play as Kid Dracula in the Forever With Me titles, as well as Gokujou Parodius on SNES. The Gameboy Collection is the Japanese #3, with Dracula Densetsu 2 on it.

The VHS tapes are some old game players tapes licensed by konami way back when, with Castlevania on them.

Ed Oscuro

08-21-2006, 07:37 PM

Oh yeah, Arasoi told me 16-bit had another copy of Konami GB Collection Vol.3 on eBay so I was like "ohhh!" and immediately bought the boxed one.

It was another copy of 4. Amazed I fell for it, considering that I keep telling people the only really good game on it is Parodius (and maybe Frogger or Track and Field if you like those...Quarth?)

MarioMania

08-22-2006, 06:58 PM

Arasoi - Did you ever get a hold of that guy that had the Bloodlines Beta on the Genesis

Ed Oscuro

08-22-2006, 07:20 PM

He posted at these forums once as "Simon Belmondo" (I think). Then he disappeared into the ether. The community really could use that beta...

Edit: Nevermind, I just remembered that Arasoi mentioned he talked with him a few months ago.

MegaDrive20XX

08-22-2006, 07:23 PM

The NES cant handle all the VRC6 chip properly, you need a real Famicom for it (or an emu)

Amen to that :)

MarioMania

08-22-2006, 08:18 PM

The NES cant handle all the VRC6 chip properly, you need a real Famicom for it (or an emu)

Amen to that :)

I know that..I need to get a new bed & stuff for my room, then I get the AV Famicom

Arasoi

08-22-2006, 09:41 PM

Arasoi - Did you ever get a hold of that guy that had the Bloodlines Beta on the Genesis

I did get a hold of him. He's quite an accomplished CV collector, and actually owns 2 Bloodlines betas. He is unwilling to dump them, but said he would take some photos of the new stuff, and of his large collection. Unfortunetely he never followed through on it.

Ah well.

MarioMania

08-22-2006, 11:40 PM

What's the diffents between the Beta & the Normal one, and how much does the beta one go for

Ed Oscuro

08-23-2006, 01:38 AM

Two betas? I hope they're different, at least?

Cripes.

Arasoi

08-23-2006, 09:08 AM

Apparently one wasnt functioning, my guess would be one was a copied one from the original that surfaced onto a Megadrive flash cart.

jajaja

09-09-2006, 05:21 AM

MarkMan

09-09-2006, 05:54 AM

Just a heads up.

Played through Portrait of Ruin a bit. AWESOME. I'd go as far to say best handheld Castlevania. It's a bit different too. You'll see what I mean. :)

Arasoi

09-09-2006, 01:28 PM

Markman, have you been playing the demo carts of PoR at shows? Or did you get your hands on one =)

MarkMan

09-09-2006, 03:40 PM

I have played the demo of PoR at E3 and SDCC.

The one I'm referring to is the full game. :)

Arasoi

09-09-2006, 03:58 PM

I didnt know it was out. Magazine copy? Fun fun..

Collection update:

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n310/Protogem/cameos.jpg

Castlevania PC (3.5, Extra copy)
December Japanese 1996 Konami Store Promo tape (unaired SOTN/NITM commercial on it)
Legend of Cornell (N64)
Konami Krazy Racers (Dracula playable)
Jikkyou Oshaberi Parodius PSX (Kid Drac playable)
SOTN US preorder music sampler
LOI music sampler
COD music sampler
Gokujou Parodius (Kid Drac playable)
Wai Wai World
Wai Wai World 2

Kitsune Sniper

09-09-2006, 04:00 PM

Kitsune Sniper

09-09-2006, 04:01 PM

Wai Wai World
Wai Wai World 2

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH&)@#$(

jajaja

09-09-2006, 05:02 PM

I recived Castlevania - Aria of Sorrow for GBA not long ago :) I bought it from France and the box got a small sticker on it saying something like: "integrated french version". The game is only in french it seems. Is it possible to change the language? The box and manual is multi 5, as most european GBA games are + the code on the cart is EUR, which is also normal for european GBA games. Therefor i think its strange that i only can play with french text. I find no place where you can change it :(

Leave it to the French to ruin a good game like that. And so you know, there's other US GBA games with multi-region text such as ZOE: The Fist of Mars, but the selection menu is dummied out. You may be able to change the language with a Gameshark, but I don't know how, exactly.

lol ye, it sux hehe :( I wonder why they dummy out the other languages, doesnt really make much sense to me. Its wierd that it uses the EUR code if its pure french. Im pretty sure the multi 5 (or atleast the english) europe release also uses the EUR code. I have the double pack so i can play it in english if i want, but i still want the standalone with english text for collection purpose :)