It doesn’t get any better: Play Castlevania before you die.
The feel is just right: Whipping, jumping, freezing time, discovering secrets… This is a desert island game for me. The music rips: The baroque Bach organ jams that inspired 1980s heavy metal shredding guitars in turn inspired Castlevania’s composers to make some of the best electronic music ever committed to a chip. Giant boss sprites pop off the screen with lively animations that you are *just* fast enough to outmaneuver.
It demonstrates total mastery of NES hardware and game design: Backgrounds and settings don’t repeat but instead hint at the larger world, with late-game bridges and towers looming in the distance, painted in vivid blacklight poster colors. Here are mini-reviews for each of the Castlevania Anniversary Collection games: Castlevania The original Castlevania is the best game in this collection. Finally, there’s Kid Dracula, a fascinating spinoff that never came to the US… until now. At the other end of the spectrum are two poorly programmed Game Boy games that just don’t work. The 16-bit games are also great Super Castlevania IV and Castlevania Bloodlines show off now-outdated but once-impressive graphical effects that are fun to revisit. Castlevania and Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse are masterpieces: Gorgeous, goofy, twitch-fast platformers, as fun and accessible today as they were decades ago, matched only by the Super Mario and Mega Man series from the NES era. The Castlevania Anniversary Collection offers the perfect introduction to the world of Castlevania and the battle against Dracula waged by the Belmont clan and its many ancestors and allies! Contains: - Castlevania - Castlevania II Simon's Quest - Castlevania III Dracula's Curse - Super Castlevania IV - Castlevania The Adventure - Castlevania II Belmont's Revenge - Castlevania Bloodlines - Kid Dracula (not yet released in English) Features: - Code Free- runnable on European consoles! - Online play only possible with US-PSN-Account!.The GamesThe Castlevania Anniversary Collection is full of fun, interesting games spanning the 8-bit and 16-bit eras. In celebration of Konami's 50th anniversary, relive these timeless classics that are considered co-founders of the genre.
Included is a unique e-book with information from developers, designers, and others inspired by Castlevania, allowing you to see the world of Castlevania from a new perspective. Show more Konami's Castlevania Anniversary Collection presents the origins of the historic vampire series. Included is a unique e-book with information from developers, designers, and others inspired by Castlevania. Konami's Castlevania Anniversary Collection presents the origins of the historic vampire series.
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