Castlevania Appreciation Thread

[opa]

sorry to double post. ziggy, do you have a link to all those hacks/improvements?
I found an english patched rom however I'd like to check out the other options.

[Ziggy]

Sure thing!

The YZB 4MB RAM cart hack was reuploaded here (along with YZB's other 4MB hacks): https://segaxtreme.net/threads/yzbs-4mb-hacks.24601/

Knight0fDragon's translation is here: https://segaxtreme.net/resources/dracul ... -night.83/

And the thread for it is here: https://segaxtreme.net/threads/translat ... -02.24647/

And the newer improvement hack is here: https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/6184/



The YZB hack seems to be final. The other two hacks, neither has been updated recently but hopefully they aren't abandoned. I haven't been keeping up with either, to be honest, so I don't know if any news exists regarding future updates.

[opa]

Thanks!

[opa]

Just wanted to call attention to this rom hack of SotN.

https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/3606/

The major thing it does is remove the black bars at the top and bottom of the screen. Now the game is in full screen! There's also some bug fixes and a couple QoL improvements.

[opa]

I haven't had much time to dive into them but I've been playing the worst versions of Castlevania: the MS-DOS port and the Commodore 64 port. These are probably not what fans look fondly back on. I didn't know they even existed until a few years ago.

[opa]

Four posts in a row! Is that a record? lol

My local game store has a copy of Castlevania Requiem from Limited Run games. It's a compilation of SotN and Rondo of Blood for PS4. I kinda want it just for the awesome box and the coffin replica inside.

[Ziggy]

My local game store has a copy of Castlevania Requiem from Limited Run games. It's a compilation of SotN and Rondo of Blood for PS4. I kinda want it just for the awesome box and the coffin replica inside.

That's cool. That's actually one of the few Limited Run games I own, I grabbed a copy from them when it was available. I already owned a digital copy on PS4, but decided to get it anyway, so mine is currently sealed.

[opa]

Do the games run fine on PS4?

[Ziggy]

Yes. I played SOTN to completion and most of Rondo, I didn't notice anything wrong. If you're wondering whether or not you should pick it up, I say get it! To my knowledge, this is the only way to play the official English translation of Rondo on a home console. And although the original PS1 version will remain my favorite, I rather like the re-translation and new voice acting. I especially like that the voice acting matches both games, connecting them further.

[MrPopo]

I personally didn't like the major model change they did to Maria. And not having those delightful old anime cutscenes.