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Retro Game Club Discussion Thread - 05 - Castlevania X: Rondo of Blood [community]
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The Castlevania franchise has a rich history and is dear to the heart of many gamers. For this retro game club, we chose to play Rondo of Blood, a game which had previously been denied to the North American audience and came out on the PC Engine (the Japanese equivalent of the unsuccessful Turbo Graphx CD). The game fetches over $100 on Ebay, but thanks to the Virtual Console we can all get it for $9 in all its untranslated, imported glory. According to some, this game represents the pinnacle of the series. It does seem to take a few steps backward as it loses some moves from the SNES game that came before it, for instance the ability to swing the whip in other directions than right in front of you, but your character remains one of the more agile Belmonts, being able to jump on and off stairs and other feats like that. The most striking improvement, however, is the game's non-linearity. You may fall into pits in this game, but rather than fall to your death, you will simply fall to a lower level, an alternate course, often with its own boss waiting for you at the end. Some paths are easier than others, so choose wisely. You also have to, over the course of the game, save three damsels in distress, trapped inside Dracula's Castle. I have to assume this is in order to get a better ending, although... there might be more to it... The game offers beautiful 16 bit graphics and a fantastic soundtrack. We are in for a treat as apparently, the VC version of the game is one of the best ways to experience it (though PSP owners can also follow along). According to 1up: " The emulation errors that plagued VC's earliest TurboGrafx-16 releases are gone, so this version of the game is colorful, crisp, pixel-perfect, and sounds great. The PSP port was frankly lousy, with muddy color and off-kilter sound. Even the original PC Engine version looks crummy on an HDTV. But here on Virtual Console, it looks and sounds and plays perfectly. This is the definitive edition of the game, or as close to one as we'll ever see." Why not add Rondo of Blood to your collection, and indicate you are currently playing it? And don't forget to rate it when you're done! List of AwesomeA list paying tribute to all the brave warriors who play the game to completion as Richter@nate38@sirmastersephiroth@GameDadGrant@TriforceBun@Guillaume@ploot@roykoopa64@ludist210@Robknoxious1@anon_mastermind@CPA WeiList of AwesomerTo get on this list, finish the game with a 100% save file!@nate38@sirmastersephiroth@GameDadGrant@TriforceBun@Guillaume@roykoopa64@ludist210@Robknoxious1List of AwesomestAttempt a high score and post it!GameDadGrant - 113,220Guillaume - 110,640roykoopa64 - 104,000Memorable quotesBy the way, you can dodge the stage 3 boss's final attack with a well-timed backflip. I did it earlier today, and it was super manly.@TriforceBunURL to share (right click and copy)
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10/08/11, 09:48 Edited: 10/27/11, 05:06
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Woo-hoo! 100% baby. Using Richter on Wii VC.And I went ahead and did a high score run, and I'm frustrated because I went through the whole game, beat the final boss, and did not see my final score! So just a heads-up to anyone at the final boss! Make sure to note your score before delivering the final blow! It's too bad the high score isn't shown in the menu or something. EDIT: OK, man I'm such a fool, couldn't I have just captured my score before picking up the Orb of Win? Dammit...The last score I remember seeing is 104,000. I may have exceeded it a little, but not much. I even had my camera ready and everything...And on top of that, I was pressing buttons trying to skip the ending sequence, when I must have accidentally input the button sequence for a soft reset, because a strange screen popped up for a split second before the Konami logo appeared at the game boot-up screen. Not quite as good as @Guillaume, but hey, not bad! Eh, it's ok if this score doesn't count, since I'm not sure about it...I love this game! (But I think I still love SC IV better...) EDIT: Nice job @GameDadGrant! |
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