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Title: Bill Murdron's Castlevania Maps
Post by: Reinhart77 on March 28, 2013, 10:10:12 AM
Saw that there's a neat Castlevania I through III map available for pre-order. 

http://kotaku.com/what-a-horrible-night-to-have-such-a-wonderful-castleva-461288042 (http://kotaku.com/what-a-horrible-night-to-have-such-a-wonderful-castleva-461288042)

Not sure if this should be in the fan forum or not, as I'm guessing this isn't a licensed product.
Title: Re: Bill Murdron's Castlevania Maps
Post by: crisis on March 28, 2013, 10:46:47 AM
Nice, I love fan-made material such as this. Another item to add to my massive grand ultimate record-breaking Castlevania collection.


I just wish there was a cloth-variant :/
Title: Re: Bill Murdron's Castlevania Maps
Post by: Chernabogue on March 28, 2013, 11:02:28 AM
I love it! :)
Title: Re: Bill Murdron's Castlevania Maps
Post by: Nagumo on March 28, 2013, 12:02:26 PM
If this is offical I would certainly buy it. Those demons or whatever look really neat.
Title: Re: Bill Murdron's Castlevania Maps
Post by: GuyStarwind on March 28, 2013, 12:15:30 PM
Looks pretty cool. Maybe I'll get one? I could always use more Castlevania.
Title: Re: Bill Murdron's Castlevania Maps
Post by: Inccubus on March 28, 2013, 12:24:04 PM
I'd just like a higher resolution image.
Title: Re: Bill Murdron's Castlevania Maps
Post by: Ratty on March 28, 2013, 12:36:06 PM
That's so cool, I'd buy it in a heartbeat if I had the dough to spare.

Quote from: Nagumo on March 28, 2013, 12:02:26 PM
If this is offical I would certainly buy it. Those demons or whatever look really neat.

They're based on work by Gustave Doré if I'm not mistaken http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gustave_Dor%C3%A9 (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gustave_Dor%C3%A9)

Quote from: Inccubus on March 28, 2013, 12:24:04 PM
I'd just like a higher resolution image.

You can see close ups on the pre-order page http://mudron.bigcartel.com/product/nes-castlevania-map-color (http://mudron.bigcartel.com/product/nes-castlevania-map-color)
Title: Re: Bill Murdron's Castlevania Maps
Post by: Jorge D. Fuentes on March 28, 2013, 03:30:29 PM
So awesome. :D
Title: Re: Bill Murdron's Castlevania Maps
Post by: Profbeanburrito on March 28, 2013, 03:31:10 PM
I love this! I'm going to have to buy one. Probably the best CV fan art I've seen
Title: Re: Bill Murdron's Castlevania Maps
Post by: X on March 28, 2013, 05:47:27 PM
Definitely an awesome map of CV 1 and 2. I also checked out his Zelda map as well. The only detail of that globe that bothers me is that he has also included Hyrule from the 'Wind Waker' game and it's right beside Zelda 2's Hyrule. Last time I checked Hyrule from the original Zelda series and Hyrule from wind waker were the same. Same Hyrule, just different stories and timelines.
Title: Re: Bill Murdron's Castlevania Maps
Post by: Dremn on March 28, 2013, 11:06:13 PM
Damn, this is really cool.
Title: Re: Bill Murdron's Castlevania Maps
Post by: Reinhart77 on March 29, 2013, 06:33:28 AM
Quote from: Inccubus on March 28, 2013, 12:24:04 PM
I'd just like a higher resolution image.
Yeah, me too.  I'd love to study how he blended the Simon's Quest and Dracula's Curse area maps together in more detail.  Guess I'm supposed to actually buy it if I want to do that.  Tempting.
Title: Re: Bill Murdron's Castlevania Maps
Post by: Lelygax on March 29, 2013, 07:09:29 AM
(click to show/hide)

These are the best zoomed images that I found.
Title: Re: Bill Murdron's Castlevania Maps
Post by: Dark Nemesis on March 29, 2013, 07:14:56 AM
I love it, but since i don't have money to spare, i'll just pass for now............
Title: Re: Bill Murdron's Castlevania Maps
Post by: X on March 29, 2013, 09:31:56 AM
I've just noticed something about the map that is off. Dracula's castle is kind of sitting in a lake whereas in CV 3 it's right on the cusp of the Black sea.
Title: Re: Bill Murdron's Castlevania Maps
Post by: Lelygax on March 29, 2013, 09:42:30 AM
(https://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.finalfantasykingdom.net%2Fc3%2Fc3map1.png&hash=8b29f1675d2a95b55fcbf8e85f47b9f7)
Title: Re: Bill Murdron's Castlevania Maps
Post by: X on March 29, 2013, 09:56:57 AM
The top of the CV3 maps is cut off so it can be interpreted in any number of ways but also think about this; Dracula's castle is located on in inlet part of the black sea like it was in SotN. So this is also correct apart from the lake. The map just doesn't show it so I guess that Bill Murdron had to take a guess in order to make things fit together.
Title: Re: Bill Murdron's Castlevania Maps
Post by: JR on March 29, 2013, 04:41:01 PM
Man, I'm probably gonna have to just buy this. I'm running out of wall space in my house, though.  :-\ This would be a perfect fit in the basement if I can fit it (it's where I keep virtually all of my gaming stuff). That's incredible.
Title: Re: Bill Murdron's Castlevania Maps
Post by: Lelygax on March 29, 2013, 07:25:56 PM
Quote from: X on March 29, 2013, 09:56:57 AM
The top of the CV3 maps is cut off so it can be interpreted in any number of ways but also think about this; Dracula's castle is located on in inlet part of the black sea like it was in SotN. So this is also correct apart from the lake. The map just doesn't show it so I guess that Bill Murdron had to take a guess in order to make things fit together.

Yeah, ! always have seen Dracula's castle this way too. But in SQ its is in a lake too right? I dont remember. Maybe we thought that its part of a black sea when its truly a very very large lake? I dont know what to think right now. >.>
Title: Re: Bill Murdron's Castlevania Maps
Post by: Inccubus on March 29, 2013, 10:46:56 PM
Quote from: Ratty on March 28, 2013, 12:36:06 PM
You can see close ups on the pre-order page http://mudron.bigcartel.com/product/nes-castlevania-map-color (http://mudron.bigcartel.com/product/nes-castlevania-map-color)


Sweet! +1

I love how the CV3 map is incorporated into CV2's.
Title: Re: Bill Murdron's Castlevania Maps
Post by: X on March 30, 2013, 10:50:30 AM
Quote
Yeah, ! always have seen Dracula's castle this way too. But in SQ its is in a lake too right? I dont remember. Maybe we thought that its part of a black sea when its truly a very very large lake? I dont know what to think right now. >.>

Honestly I'm not sure. But i do know that in CV 64/LoD, Castlevania is indeed situated in a large lake. I also believe that CV: Adventure ReBirth also had Castlevania in a lake as well. I can only guess that Castlevania just pops up in certain areas of Romania whenever it feel like a new change in scenery.
Title: Re: Bill Murdron's Castlevania Maps
Post by: Lelygax on March 31, 2013, 12:23:18 AM
Well, its true. This happened in SCIV and in Bloodlines after all.