The Castlevania Dungeon Forums => General Castlevania Discussion => Topic started by: Ratty on March 20, 2017, 06:18:09 AM
Title: Happy 20th Birthday Symphony of the Night!
Post by: Ratty on March 20, 2017, 06:18:09 AM
Originally released march 20th 1996 in Japan, and still as fun as the day it dropped!
Title: Re: Happy 20th Birthday Symphony of the Night!
Post by: suomynona on March 20, 2017, 06:35:39 AM
Can't believe SotN and PS1's 20+ years old now...
In 5 years time, we will be celebrating the last game with a Belmont as a main protagonist.
Title: Re: Happy 20th Birthday Symphony of the Night!
Post by: TatteredSeraph on March 20, 2017, 07:48:33 AM
Happy 20th birthday, Symphony of the Night! Long may you reign. I adore this game as much now as I ever have, the game which was my introduction to the series.
Title: Re: Happy 20th Birthday Symphony of the Night!
Post by: X on March 20, 2017, 09:39:42 AM
It's been a while, yet at the same time it doesn't feel all that long ago... *sigh* :-\
Title: Re: Happy 20th Birthday Symphony of the Night!
Post by: Dia on March 20, 2017, 10:54:09 AM
Damn, I feel old now. Happy birthday to one of the greatest games of all time.
Title: Re: Happy 20th Birthday Symphony of the Night!
Post by: Dracula9 on March 20, 2017, 12:20:35 PM
Title: Re: Happy 20th Birthday Symphony of the Night!
Post by: Chernabogue on March 20, 2017, 02:06:03 PM
Happy birthday Symphony of the Night!!
We humans wish to pay you tribute (with some dope music): https://projectumbra.bandcamp.com/album/musical-pile-of-secrets-a-symphony-of-the-night-20th-anniversary-tribute
Title: Re: Happy 20th Birthday Symphony of the Night!
Post by: Dracula9 on March 20, 2017, 02:24:15 PM
Title: Re: Happy 20th Birthday Symphony of the Night!
Post by: Lumi Kløvstad on March 20, 2017, 02:27:06 PM
Time to play it on my Xbox 360 (the one non-Sega system I've never beaten it on).
I just wanna say that high resolution filter the Xbox 360 version uses makes the game look as good to my modern graphical sensibilities today as it looked to us 20 years ago. It's really something.
Title: Re: Happy 20th Birthday Symphony of the Night!
Post by: theplottwist on March 20, 2017, 02:42:06 PM
Also wow, happy 20th Symphony. One more year and you'd be able to drink in most states. Although, you can already drink in the Canadian provinces and territories.
Title: Re: Happy 20th Birthday Symphony of the Night!
Post by: Shiroi Koumori on March 20, 2017, 10:50:55 PM
Whooohooo! Time to celebrate and remind ourselves that we're not getting any younger.
Title: Re: Happy 20th Birthday Symphony of the Night!
Post by: The Puritan on March 21, 2017, 01:05:43 AM
SOTN's aged so well. I've become quite the Metroidvania addict over the two decades it's been out, yet I always come back to this one. And always from a fresh save file. Maybe I'm nostalgic for my teenage years. Or I'm trying in vain to relive the magic of playing it for the first time.
Or maybe it's just that good.
Happy 20th, SOTN. Here's to 20 more.
Title: Re: Happy 20th Birthday Symphony of the Night!
Post by: Foffy on March 21, 2017, 07:16:02 AM
The fact that it still holds up to this day speaks for itself.
It does hold up indeed. I feel like I'm taking a tour through Castle Dracula at my own leisurely pace in this game. I should go again sometime soon. Maybe I'll send postcards :P
Also Alucard's animations are great. That walk cycle is so graceful and smooth.
Title: Re: Happy 20th Birthday Symphony of the Night!
Post by: Shiroi Koumori on March 21, 2017, 11:39:18 PM
Also Alucard's animations are great. That walk cycle is so graceful and smooth.
Ahhhh... those lovely sprites of yore... ♥
Title: Re: Happy 20th Birthday Symphony of the Night!
Post by: DarkPrinceAlucard on March 22, 2017, 03:35:38 PM
Wow this is a coincidence, I had no clue but I released my hack here on that same day.
The hack's new story serves as a fanmade sequel to SOTN with Richter,Shaft,Dracula,Alucard, and Maria returning, had I known this I would have given a Happy birthday shoutout to SOTN when I released it lol.