Remove Ad, Sign Up
Register to Remove Ad
Register to Remove Ad
Remove Ad, Sign Up
Register to Remove Ad
Register to Remove Ad
Register
Signup for Free!
-More Features-
-Far Less Ads-
☷ Vizzed.com Play Retro Games Vizzed Board Video Games Game Music Market Minecraft Radio Widgets Virtual Bible
☷ Register   Login  
All Threads New Posts Contribution Points Your Threads News and Updates Active Users User Ranks
About   Users   Help
Users & Guests Online
On Page: 1
Directory: 134
Entire Site: 5 & 1013
Page Staff: pokemon x, pennylessz, Barathemos, tgags123, alexanyways, supercool22, RavusRat,
04-19-24 08:00 PM

Forum Links

Related Threads
Coming Soon

Thread Information

Views
578
Replies
4
Rating
0
Status
CLOSED
Thread
Creator
pollution_skunk
08-16-13 08:37 PM
Last
Post
Dragoon26
08-19-13 08:21 PM
Additional Thread Details
Views: 198
Today: 0
Users: 0 unique

Thread Actions

Thread Closed
New Thread
New Poll
Order
 

The apex of old-school Castlevania

 
Wich one of those is the best classic Castlevania for you? Castlevania IV, Dracula's Curse or Rondo Of Blood/Dracula X?
Super Castlevania IV
 
100.0%, 2 votes
Castlevania IV: Dracula's Curse
 
0.0%, 0 vote
Castlevania: Dracula X/Rondo Of Blood
 
0.0%, 0 vote
Multi-voting is disabled

08-16-13 08:37 PM
pollution_skunk is Offline
Link
| ID: 868116 | 209 Words

Level: 26

POSTS: 15/130
POST EXP: 41665
LVL EXP: 94275
CP: 2575.4
VIZ: 23321

Likes: 0  Dislikes: 0
In the Castlevania fandom, there are three games in the series that constantly compete for the title of best "old-school" entry in the Belmonts' saga - Super Castlevania IV, Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse and Castlevania: Dracula X/Vampire's Kiss/Rondo Of Blood. Each one has it's own differences and advantages:

  • Castlevania III (1989/1990/1992): Branching paths after the stages. Partners that assist you in the stages and affect the ending slightly. Old-school gameplay, 45º jumps and limited whipping abilities. Pushes the NES to it's limits, especially in the Japanese version.

  • Super Castlevania IV (1991): Drastically reworked remake of the first CV. Darker and bleaker tone. Impressive Mode-7 effects. Multi-directional whipping at any moment, with whip spinning. Extensive stages, and lots of 'em. 

  • Dracula X/Rondo Of Blood/Vampire's Kiss (1993/1994): Branching paths in the stages, leading to multiple secret stages, endings and a secret character. Diagonal whipping only when jumping. Special attacks with sub-weapons (Item Crash). Fantastic soundtrack (Bloodlines is my favorite Castlevania song ever). Impressive animation and detail. Released on the PC Engine SUPER CD-ROM/TurboDuo in 1993, got an inferior SNES port in 1994 (which was the only one released outside of Japan). 

So, which game of these three are the apex of old-school Castlevania for you? In my opinion, it's Dracula X.
In the Castlevania fandom, there are three games in the series that constantly compete for the title of best "old-school" entry in the Belmonts' saga - Super Castlevania IV, Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse and Castlevania: Dracula X/Vampire's Kiss/Rondo Of Blood. Each one has it's own differences and advantages:

  • Castlevania III (1989/1990/1992): Branching paths after the stages. Partners that assist you in the stages and affect the ending slightly. Old-school gameplay, 45º jumps and limited whipping abilities. Pushes the NES to it's limits, especially in the Japanese version.

  • Super Castlevania IV (1991): Drastically reworked remake of the first CV. Darker and bleaker tone. Impressive Mode-7 effects. Multi-directional whipping at any moment, with whip spinning. Extensive stages, and lots of 'em. 

  • Dracula X/Rondo Of Blood/Vampire's Kiss (1993/1994): Branching paths in the stages, leading to multiple secret stages, endings and a secret character. Diagonal whipping only when jumping. Special attacks with sub-weapons (Item Crash). Fantastic soundtrack (Bloodlines is my favorite Castlevania song ever). Impressive animation and detail. Released on the PC Engine SUPER CD-ROM/TurboDuo in 1993, got an inferior SNES port in 1994 (which was the only one released outside of Japan). 

So, which game of these three are the apex of old-school Castlevania for you? In my opinion, it's Dracula X.
Member
Vizzed's #1 Treasure and shmup fan. Reviewer of obscure games. Furry writer. EDM/LapFox Trax fanatic.


Affected by 'Laziness Syndrome'

Registered: 03-23-13
Location: Rio Das Ostras, Brazil
Last Post: 2811 days
Last Active: 2113 days

08-18-13 05:30 PM
Tails the Fox is Offline
Link
| ID: 869137 | 29 Words

Tails the Fox
Level: 97


POSTS: 2046/2501
POST EXP: 108718
LVL EXP: 9254325
CP: 8686.1
VIZ: 86206

Likes: 0  Dislikes: 0
You're missing quite a lot of games there. Such as the GameBoy games, Castlevania Chronicles, the original Castlevania. For the old school ones, my favourite is Rondo of Blood.
You're missing quite a lot of games there. Such as the GameBoy games, Castlevania Chronicles, the original Castlevania. For the old school ones, my favourite is Rondo of Blood.
Vizzed Elite

Vizzed #1 Castlevania Fan.
Vizzed #1 British Furry


Affected by 'Laziness Syndrome'

Registered: 04-24-09
Location: England
Last Post: 3419 days
Last Active: 3380 days

08-18-13 05:30 PM
Tails the Fox is Offline
Link
| ID: 869138 | 4 Words

Tails the Fox
Level: 97


POSTS: 2047/2501
POST EXP: 108718
LVL EXP: 9254325
CP: 8686.1
VIZ: 86206

Likes: 0  Dislikes: 0
EDIT: Accidental Double Post
EDIT: Accidental Double Post
Vizzed Elite

Vizzed #1 Castlevania Fan.
Vizzed #1 British Furry


Affected by 'Laziness Syndrome'

Registered: 04-24-09
Location: England
Last Post: 3419 days
Last Active: 3380 days

(edited by Tails the Fox on 08-18-13 05:30 PM)    

08-19-13 07:12 PM
plantkingman is Offline
Link
| ID: 869862 | 81 Words

plantkingman
Level: 30


POSTS: 54/189
POST EXP: 6195
LVL EXP: 162265
CP: 1864.9
VIZ: 144641

Likes: 0  Dislikes: 0
I like the Castlevania series, but I missed out on a lot of the games. I'm familiar with Castlevania II, the N64 versions (both of them), and now since the original game was ported to the gameboy Advance I got to play that game. Since this site has a lot of the old school Castlevania games I can catch up on what I've been missing. To bad it doesn't have Symphony of the Night I heard that game was awesome.
I like the Castlevania series, but I missed out on a lot of the games. I'm familiar with Castlevania II, the N64 versions (both of them), and now since the original game was ported to the gameboy Advance I got to play that game. Since this site has a lot of the old school Castlevania games I can catch up on what I've been missing. To bad it doesn't have Symphony of the Night I heard that game was awesome.
Member

Affected by 'Laziness Syndrome'

Registered: 08-15-13
Location: America
Last Post: 3726 days
Last Active: 2412 days

08-19-13 08:21 PM
Dragoon26 is Offline
Link
| ID: 869888 | 46 Words

Dragoon26
Level: 33


POSTS: 179/223
POST EXP: 22961
LVL EXP: 213003
CP: 5944.2
VIZ: 43378

Likes: 0  Dislikes: 0
     I'm going to have to go with Super Castlevania IV. For how early it came out in the SNES' lifespan, it is very impressive. It's just a step above 3 in my eyes. I do think 3 is clearly the best of the NES games though.

     I'm going to have to go with Super Castlevania IV. For how early it came out in the SNES' lifespan, it is very impressive. It's just a step above 3 in my eyes. I do think 3 is clearly the best of the NES games though.

Member
Light Dragoon


Affected by 'Laziness Syndrome'

Registered: 02-05-13
Location: Ohio
Last Post: 3190 days
Last Active: 100 days

Links

Page Comments


This page has no comments

Adblocker detected!

Vizzed.com is very expensive to keep alive! The Ads pay for the servers.

Vizzed has 3 TB worth of games and 1 TB worth of music.  This site is free to use but the ads barely pay for the monthly server fees.  If too many more people use ad block, the site cannot survive.

We prioritize the community over the site profits.  This is why we avoid using annoying (but high paying) ads like most other sites which include popups, obnoxious sounds and animations, malware, and other forms of intrusiveness.  We'll do our part to never resort to these types of ads, please do your part by helping support this site by adding Vizzed.com to your ad blocking whitelist.

×