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Title: Castlevania: The Arcade in Houston
Post by: Reinhart77 on September 09, 2010, 07:45:52 PM
http://www.examiner.com/arcade-game-in-houston/castlevania-the-arcade-beatmania-iidx-17-sirius-arrive-houston (http://www.examiner.com/arcade-game-in-houston/castlevania-the-arcade-beatmania-iidx-17-sirius-arrive-houston)

Ha, I might just need to go on a road trip.
Title: Re: Castlevania: The Arcade in Houston
Post by: crisis on September 09, 2010, 07:48:33 PM
Man, I still wanna play this.

It makes sense for Konami to port it to ps3, with the Move peripheral just around the corner.
Title: Re: Castlevania: The Arcade in Houston
Post by: Oralox on September 09, 2010, 08:53:09 PM
Hey! I live just close by.
Perhaps I should go there this saturday!
Title: Re: Castlevania: The Arcade in Houston
Post by: Dremn on September 09, 2010, 08:58:04 PM
Damn, I don't live anywhere near Houston. ):
Title: Re: Castlevania: The Arcade in Houston
Post by: Koutei on September 12, 2010, 02:21:21 AM
it's American Castlevania: The Arcade port? or Japanese version Akumajo Dracula: The Arcade ship?
Title: Re: Castlevania: The Arcade in Houston
Post by: Nagumo on September 12, 2010, 07:54:51 AM
Japanese version.
Title: Re: Castlevania: The Arcade in Houston
Post by: Koutei on September 12, 2010, 08:03:58 AM
Thank you.
 :)
Title: Re: Castlevania: The Arcade in Houston
Post by: Abnormal Freak on September 15, 2010, 03:45:33 AM
Houston's too far. :o Argh!

I really hope this game gets a PlayStation Move port. I wouldn't even care if it didn't get released in the US, since I could just import it. (Thank goodness for region-free gaming.)
Title: Re: Castlevania: The Arcade in Houston
Post by: Oralox on September 15, 2010, 08:10:32 AM
Im going over there once I get paid again and will record a video of gameplay
Title: Re: Castlevania: The Arcade in Houston
Post by: Reinhart77 on September 16, 2010, 07:10:50 PM
it would be great to have more footage of this game.
Title: Re: Castlevania: The Arcade in Houston
Post by: Vatican29 on September 21, 2010, 08:31:40 PM
HA!

My Pizza Hut where I live has the Arcade version still...

Goin to play now, with a roll of quarters.
Title: Re: Castlevania: The Arcade in Houston
Post by: Reinhart77 on September 21, 2010, 09:01:19 PM
where do you live?  i haven't heard anything about the Arcade being available outside of Japan.  this Houston thing seems to be an import.  is this game now generally available now?
Title: Re: Castlevania: The Arcade in Houston
Post by: Abnormal Freak on September 21, 2010, 09:01:52 PM
How in the hell could any Pizza Hut have the space for Castlevania: The Arcade? Unless you're talking about Haunted Castle.
Title: Re: Castlevania: The Arcade in Houston
Post by: Vatican29 on September 21, 2010, 09:06:42 PM
How in the hell could any Pizza Hut have the space for Castlevania: The Arcade? Unless you're talking about Haunted Castle.

Nope....It's Ghosts n Goblins on one side, Castlevania on the other...

I know it's Castlevania as well...not to be ageist, but, I have been around long enough...

This is a scaled down version where you actually sit down to play it. 
Title: Re: Castlevania: The Arcade in Houston
Post by: Abnormal Freak on September 22, 2010, 12:14:54 PM
Are you talking about Vs. Castlevania then? It's basically just a port of the NES game but designed for competitive gaming. Or maybe you're playing a PlayChoice-10 unit.

The game being discussed in this thread is this:

Castlevania The Arcade Part 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEZuvzbK9K8#)
Title: Re: Castlevania: The Arcade in Houston
Post by: Vatican29 on September 22, 2010, 01:43:30 PM
Are you talking about Vs. Castlevania then? It's basically just a port of the NES game but designed for competitive gaming. Or maybe you're playing a PlayChoice-10 unit.

The game being discussed in this thread is this:

Castlevania The Arcade Part 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEZuvzbK9K8#)

This is straight up the NES version on a coin operated machine.  Nothing fancy, but the machine's physical layout is, like, a card table, like old-school pac-man.  You have to sit down at it, and are looking down at the screen, which essentially is a table top. 
It is not a competitive platform.  Just old school, bats flying up from the silhouette of the castle when Belmont goes trecking up to the gate with the huge bat as your first end boss where you really want to hit the candle that has the axe sub weapon in it Castlevania.
I apologize for missing the train, just got a hard on for the old school stuff.
Title: Re: Castlevania: The Arcade in Houston
Post by: Abnormal Freak on September 22, 2010, 04:10:55 PM
Oh yeah, those. I wonder what those arcade game tables are called.

Can't imagine it would be very comfortable playing Castlevania like that, ha.
Title: Re: Castlevania: The Arcade in Houston
Post by: Vatican29 on September 22, 2010, 04:38:51 PM
Oh yeah, those. I wonder what those arcade game tables are called.

Can't imagine it would be very comfortable playing Castlevania like that, ha.

LOL, yes, it's a little rough, but it can draw an audience when you have a decent run.
Title: Re: Castlevania: The Arcade in Houston
Post by: Punishment on September 24, 2010, 05:22:40 PM
I posted this on the Anti-chapel so here you guys go

"Haha just got back from Houston (this was September 12th btw)
And ye si played it, it was AWESOME lol there is NO WAY this cannot be put on Playstation Move
here are some pics

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/Punishment_of_Heaven/th_0911001848.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v221/Punishment_of_Heaven/?action=view&current=0911001848.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/Punishment_of_Heaven/th_0911001849b.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v221/Punishment_of_Heaven/?action=view&current=0911001849b.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/Punishment_of_Heaven/th_0911001849a.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v221/Punishment_of_Heaven/?action=view&current=0911001849a.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/Punishment_of_Heaven/th_0911001849.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v221/Punishment_of_Heaven/?action=view&current=0911001849.jpg)

ask me anything i took two vids trying to get them to upload to the comp i only made it to chapter 3 (level 3) the game is F'N hard!
Title: Re: Castlevania: The Arcade in Houston
Post by: crisis on September 24, 2010, 05:28:42 PM
How responsive is the 'whipcord'?

Also, how would you rate the stages? Are they similar to House of the Dead or something?

How long is each chapter, 5-10 minutes?

Are the boss battles fun?
Title: Re: Castlevania: The Arcade in Houston
Post by: Punishment on September 24, 2010, 07:28:22 PM
1. It was pretty responsive at first it wasn't but i realized there was a spot you had to stand in and from there it was perfect lol

2. Stages were gorgeous! from the 2 i survived to see the full thing in lol

3. 5-10 mins sounds about right

4. Bosses were fun, but hard as hell.
Title: Re: Castlevania: The Arcade in Houston
Post by: Munchy on September 24, 2010, 08:49:13 PM
is a table top. 

O_______O

DO WANT. Tabletops are awesome.
Title: Re: Castlevania: The Arcade in Houston
Post by: GummiCandyful on September 24, 2010, 09:00:42 PM
You know, it would be cool to have this game in every arcade across the US-Hell, all over the world. Even if it's not translated in English, I'd still play it regardless.