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Fan Stuff / Re: Spritework Request & Showcase Thread

« Last post by BLOOD MONKEY on February 06, 2026, 03:38:16 PM »

Ripped Simon's sprites from Chronicles since none of the rips online had correct colors or all of the poses.
Some notes; On the "Original" side, the bottom-most sprite is exclusive to the X68000 release. For the downward attack animation, the Original has 3 unique frames from the diagonal animation while the Arranged version has only 2. The whip sprites used during the wind-up of downward and diagonal attacks display incorrectly in-game but stored correctly in the tilemap; I kept the version in the tilemap.

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General Castlevania Discussion / Re: Alucard the 500+ year old virgin

« Last post by The Puritan on February 05, 2026, 05:28:21 PM »

Alucard having a son will be on the same level as Wesker having Jake in RE and Vergil having Nero in DMC. "This guy had sex? This guy?!"

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Off Topic / Re: Music you've been digging lately

« Last post by Abnormal Freak on February 04, 2026, 06:43:15 PM »

Continuing my Swans journey.

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Off Topic / Re: OH NO, WHERE'S MY MEAT?

« Last post by Abnormal Freak on February 04, 2026, 06:42:19 PM »

I touch my "sig" all the time.

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Off Topic / Re: OH NO, WHERE'S MY MEAT?

« Last post by Lumi Kløvstad on February 04, 2026, 04:59:03 AM »

I don't think I've so much as TOUCHED my sig since 2017.

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General Castlevania Discussion / Re: Alucard the 500+ year old virgin

« Last post by Lumi Kløvstad on February 04, 2026, 12:57:18 AM »

I mean, we know he was relentless in making sure his father's line ended with him, so...

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General Castlevania Discussion / Re: Castlevania Confessions

« Last post by Lumi Kløvstad on February 04, 2026, 12:54:40 AM »

Hah! I’ve had my own grievances about that game. Care to explain?

It feels very compromised to me. It's harder than the other Castleroids, but in a way I cannot describe using any other word besides "rushed", like enemy aggression and behavior does not match how much damage they do, and Shanoa's dodge is very finicky, enough that I just resolved to learn the game such that I never needed to use it. While they all look GREAT, I'm not the biggest fan of many of the new enemy types. For most of the story, Shanoa is just kind of THERE, only really blooming in the game's second half, and there's little to the game in general that feels like it meaningfully adds to the overall story Iga was already telling for Castlevania.

I think it's compromised between Konami's DESIRES for a Castlevania game versus Iga's genuine need to advance and improve things.

But after playing Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, it all really clicked for me. Ecclesia feels MUCH less like Castlevania and MUCH MORE like a prototype for the game that would eventually become Bloodstained. Ritual of the Night reuses much of the artistic and design choices that Ecclesia used, adapts a bunch of the core plot elements, and reuses and improves several of the major gameplay concepts, and it generally has the overall feel of being the game Iga WANTED Ecclesia to be. I wish it had Ecclesia's more fluid and rapid movement and traversal, but who knows, maybe ROTN2 will have that.

So I like Ecclesia more on that basis than as a "Castlevania" game, now that I have a different frame of reference to appreciate it.

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Fan Stuff / Castlevania Simon's Legacy Fangame/Hack

« Last post by DarkPrinceAlucard on February 01, 2026, 04:14:49 AM »

VIDEO
https://youtu.be/IF3ORXFypyQ?si=GvYr3mM-RnGjewpF

This is a complete overhaul hack for Portait of Ruin that will serve as a fanmade Simon's Quest sequel complete with new story, stage layouts, music, and enemy palettes/sprites. Fans will be able to choose from 3 different versions of Simon Belmont from SCIV, and his two outfits from Chronicles. More info available in the video description.

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Fan Stuff / Re: Castlevania COTM Hugh Baldwin Hack!!! [RELEASED]

« Last post by DarkPrinceAlucard on January 31, 2026, 01:12:43 PM »

UPDATE 2026

Version 5.0 of this hack now features new menu portrait, new death animation, various sprite edits to the the card weapons, and new sprites for double jump and whip swing animation. Everyone be sure to download the new download link on the front page.

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Hardcore Gaming 101 / Re: What game(s) have you been playing lately?

« Last post by JR on January 30, 2026, 10:21:42 PM »

I can't find much that I can be bothered to finish lately, lol.

I got pretty far on Hollow Knight and then kinda stopped playing after I realized the last mask shard is that flower quest I've been dreading. Just never went back to it. And I know I really don't want to do the boss gauntlets, either. I know that's optional, but whatever.

Played Revenge of Shinobi some more and got to the last level, but just haven't picked it up again.

I've been playing more stuff in the basement arcade than anything else. Still trying to beat Street Fighter II Hyper on the hardest difficulty without losing a match; so far I can get through with one loss. Also getting back to more shmups, particularly Battle Bakraid and Battle Garegga. Both are incredibly hard, but so friggin' fun. Especially Bakraid, even though Garegga gets all the love. I know about the ranking system, but I'm not good enough to take advantage of it, lol. I'm doing great if it takes less than 10 credits to beat Bakraid.