About This Game Konami's Castlevania Anniversary Collection traces the origins of the historic vampire franchise. Included is a unique eBook with details provided by developers, artists and others inspired by the Castlevania legacy which sheds a fresh light into the world of Castlevania. Released as part of the Konami 50th Anniversary celebration, relive these timeless classics that helped define the platformer genre. From the Belmont clan to their extended bloodlines and allies, the Castlevania Anniversary Collection is the best first step for anyone to take into the world of Castlevania and the fight against Dracula! 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 (never released in English before) History of Castlevania - Book of the Crescent Moon 7aa9394dea Title: Castlevania Anniversary CollectionGenre: Action, Adventure, Racing, RPG, Simulation, SportsDeveloper:Konami Digital EntertainmentPublisher:Konami Digital EntertainmentFranchise:CastlevaniaRelease Date: 16 May, 2019 Castlevania Anniversary Collection Offline Activation Code And Serial just ran through cv1, cv2, cv3 and cv4 so this will be the first part of this.aside from the cv1 rom being the bugged PRG0 version that crashes when too many sprites are on screen sometimes and the weird chirping noises in the BGM i have no problems with it. could use a patch to fix those things or just swap it out for the PRG1 rom. cv2 was good and cv3 was also good. i've seen no problems with either of them.cv4 was good but during the end credits i was hearing some clipping in the BGM. little patch should fix that.and you can do this to swap your controls https:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/app\/1018010\/discussions\/0\/3264459260604060679\/still would be nice to have an in-game option to change them thoughPart 2just finished playing through the rest of the games in their entirety and aside from adventure being a poor choice to put on this collection, in my opinion, the games run and sound fine.cv1 is the major issue in this collection and the lack of an option to change your controls in the menu on the fly.while cv4 and bloodlines has in-game control swap. most of these games do not.i think it's worth the $20 still and hopefully they will fix the issues that are present so that everyone can enjoy this collection more adequately. in short, fix cv1 and put some button mapping option in the menu.. I'VE ONLY PLAYED CV1 SO FAR AND THE IDIOTS USED PRG0 LMAOFOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, THERE WAS TWO VERSIONS OF CASTLEVANIA (NES). THE FIRST (PRG0) WAS A PORT OF THE FDS GAME TO NES. THE GAME WILL EXPERIENCE AN NMI CRASH DUE TO SPRITE OVERLOAD.REVISION 1 (PRG1) WAS RELEASED SHORTLY AFTER TO FIX THIS ISSUE. THAT'S THE VERSION YOU SHOULD HAVE SHIPPED YOUR COLLECTION WITH, KONAMI LMAOUPDATE: ASIDE FROM CV1 HAVING THE WRONG ROM IT HAS AWFUL AUDIO ISSUESADDITIONALLY CV4 HAS SOME AUDIO ISSUES AS WELL. CV THE ADVENTURE IS \u2665\u2665\u2665\u2665ED SOMEHOW WITH AWFUL SCREEN TEARING. BELMONT'S REVENGE SORT OF SUFFERS THE SAME FATE BUT ITS AT LEAST PLAYABLE.BLOODLINES AND KID DRACULA ARE PERFECT, NO COMPLAINTS. CV2 AND CV3 NEED MORE TESTING BUT THEY SEEM OKAY AS WELLSTILL THAT'S HALF THE GAMES HAVING ISSUES, WITH TWO BEING NEARLY UNPLAYABLE. NICE SCAM.. .... Okay. I love Castlevania. It's one of my three favorite series of all time in fact and I strongly recommend everyone at least give it a try!This isn't it though. I love all of the games and by virtue of the fact that I have moral quandaries with emulation I'm going to put up with this collection, but... The experience you'll get from emulating the games is absolutely superior to what is offered here. There are no options to rebind the buttons and you don't have resolution options or anything other than manually adjusting the game window. You have to put up with windowed mode so if you're like me and prefer to play fullscreen or (more preferably) borderless windowed, you'll have to get over it. The game doesn't even tell you which button you need to bring up the in-game menu (It's left trigger if you're using a controller,) and as for the games, the display options are "Original", Pixel Perfect, Widescreen, 4:3 With scanlines, Pixel Perfect with scanlines, and stretch with scanlines. Why they don't have the display size and an option for scanlines is beyond me, especially because there's no option for 4:3 without the horrendous scanlines. If scanlines don't bother you, that's fine, but we should at the very least have an option for 4:3 without the scanlines. Features like that are standard in game collections: Case in point, the Mega Man X Legacy Collection doesn't have any of these issues. In addition, the controls cannot be changed in game; The only way to fix them is via Steam settings which should not be acceptable.The emulation of the games themselves is completely fine. The games run pretty smooth without too many issues that I've noticed in my time playing. I don't understand why sprite flickering is still present in the NES games which is particularly bad in the original Castlevania, especially when emulators don't have this problem, but I can live with it given that I still play my NES copies of these games. I'm a bit sad that they don't at the very least have an option for the improved sound of the famicom version of III, given how far and away superior the sound quality is in that version, but once again this is an omission I can live with.Now you may wonder why I'm comparing this to emulators so much. Simply put: This package is competing with emulators. For $20 you can get a package that contains several of the Classic Castlevania games without features standard in most emulators, or for $0 but a little headache figuring it out you can have every single one of these games running of emulators without as many technical issues and far more features that SHOULD be present in this collection. It's absurd that they decided this is acceptable for $20 when you can have a better experience for free. You could argue you're supporting the developers but I don't think this complete ineptitude at best or, more likely greed SHOULD be supported. If this sells well it tells Konami that half\u2665\u2665\u2665\u2665\u2665\u2665\u2665ports will make money and will ensure that they won't put effort into future ports. In its current state, don't buy this game. Even on sale.. Back when Konami sat in the Iron Throne. Back when they were better than Nintendo, SEGA, Square and Capcom. They released these amazing games with classic soundtracks. Their influence and difficulty still strong to this very day. The Souls games of the late 80s and early 90s. And you can get 8 of them for just 20 bucks. Each is like 3-4 hrs long. Also you can save scum so don't worry about difficulty.Best 20$ you can spend on Steam today. Bring on a 2nd collection with the rest of the titles pls Konami.. Wanted to give this a recommendation but there's a few MAJOR issues that should not be present in a collection of games that are easily emulated and run better on just about every other platform than this collection. Also, this version cost me in a race for a marathon, so, if you are thinking of speedrunning find an emulator\/rom or buy a cart 2nd hand for 30 ish dollars (and any NES playing console you can find) instead.Kid Dracula is good, but translation is terrible.Castlevania 1 has the worst possible version and many known audio\/lag\/freezing issuesApparently now I know that the collection also has major lag issues on other games as well when it's not the only thing open on your computer. Konami, get your stuff together, put it in a backpack, and fix your collection. I'm about ready to ask for a refund.. A few problems aside, it's worth picking up if you're a fan of the classic Castlevania games (which I happen to be). I really like the presentation after the title splash where you can scroll through all 8 games presented in their classic title art, each include a plot synopsis when selected. The bonus book is also immediately accessible which includes nice touches like the box art for each game in their North American and Japanese renditions, timelines, lore, artwork and interviews. I think it's a really great bonus if you're a fan of the series. I haven't experienced any performance issues or crashes on either of the games but my playtime hasn't been very long yet... so tbd. Some problems: There isn't an option to remap your keyboard or controller in game (none that I could find anyways). Oddly enough there isn't a "Quit to windows" function on the title screen, so you have to alt-F4 to exit. No in game set full screen option, so you have to alt- enter to full screen it. Both of which really only result in a minor inconvenience if you're playing with a controller away from your keyboard. Tip: Left Trigger on a Xbox 360 or Xbox One controller will bring up a menu where you can access display options, save, exit etc... (It's "1" on the keyboard)I personally think it's ok that the game boy games and Kid Dracula were included but I think it's a real shame that titles like: Rondo of Blood, Castlevania Chronicles or even Dracula X weren't... I'm a little disappointed by that. Otherwise it's great to play these games again and in one convenient package on steam without having to dust off my old consoles.. Go buy this collection or die trying!. The poor controls in every game but CV4 and Bloodlines is a non-starter, and there's no button remapping at launch. I'd be glad to buy it again and revise this if Konami fixes it. Bottom line: on a controller with four face buttons, the bottom button should ALWAYS be jump and the left button should ALWAYS be whip in Castlevania. It's inverted in CV 1-3, the Game Boy games, and Kid Dracula.. The good: Lots of filter options, plenty of games included, no crashes so farThe bad: Main menu music is pretty bad, no way to close the game besides alt+f4 or alt-tab, cant remap controls (besides castlevania 4), The questionable: Sprite flickering on the nes titles; no idea if this is intentional to emulate the older games ( i personally like it but im not sure if this was on purpose)
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