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 License Pros:- Castlevania 1 & 3 are 8-bit classics.- Super Castlevania 4 lets you waggle your whip.- The underrated Castlevania Bloodlines finally receives a long overdue rerelease.- Kid Dracula got localized solely for this collection.- All games will receive an option to play the Japanese ROMs post-launch (which tend to have notable improvements).- That eBook alone is worth the price of entry.Cons:- Controls not Rebindable (at launch)- No plain 4:3 aspect ratio option (at launch)- The Castlevania 1 ROM is buggy.- Castlevania 2 is still a bad Metroidvania.- Castlevania The Adventure is hot garbage.. No issues, every thing plays and sounds as i remember it.Thank you for bring this to stream!. 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.. 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). This is a great collection, and I can not understand the poor reviews on this. It's emulation, it's not going to be perfect. There are some very minor audio issues in CV1 ( specifically any level that uses the Stalker music), but not in the others that I have played so far. Sound in CV3, 4, Bloodlines, and Kid Dracula is great. There are some changes to Kid Dracula (I own the Famicom cartridge) that puzzle and disappoint me a bit(anyone who has played the original will spot the differences), but it's still enough of the same game that I can play it and have a good time. I WISH we had gotten the Japanese CV3, it's a bit easier and the music is better than the US version by far, so hopefully they patch it in. I've seen reviews complaining about sprite flicker and slowdown....seriously? They're trying to emulate the original experience here give me a break. (And FYI, your cutting edge video card isn't going to change that, so try to understand emulation before you give a bad review because of it....). The one thing I would like to see is the option to change the button layout, especially on the NES\/Famicom games. I found the default button assignment to be perfect for Bloodlines but a little awkward on the rest. I'm using an XBOX 1 controller. All in all, 20 bucks seems a touch high, but I don't regret buying it at all, and i hope Konami get enough sales from this to prompt them porting other CV games like this. TL;DR Buy the collection, it's fine IMO.. .... 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 $20 when you can have a better experience for free. You could argue you're supporting the developers but I don't think this complete ineptitude at best or, more likely greed SHOULD be supported. If this sells well it tells Konami that half\u2665\u2665\u2665\u2665\u2665\u2665\u2665ports will make money and will ensure that they won't put effort into future ports. In its current state, don't buy this game. Even on sale.. Go buy this collection or die trying!. Back when Konami sat in the Iron Throne. Back when they were better than Nintendo, SEGA, Square and Capcom. They released these amazing games with classic soundtracks. Their influence and difficulty still strong to this very day. The Souls games of the late 80s and early 90s. And you can get 8 of them for just 20 bucks. Each is like 3-4 hrs long. Also you can save scum so don't worry about difficulty.Best 20$ you can spend on Steam today. Bring on a 2nd collection with the rest of the titles pls Konami.. Yes, you CAN remap the controls via Steam. The games all play as they originally did, with some extra options. It's a good collection. Quick saves are nice for people with less time on their hands. They'll probably patch the minor issues. Controls and remapping the controller input is everyone's biggest problem, but Steam allows you to remap the buttons. See here: https:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/app\/1018010\/discussions\/0\/3264459260604060679\/With our support, hopefully Konami will release more collections, and new Castlevania games.
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Castlevania Anniversary Collection License
Updated: Mar 30, 2020
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