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The Castlevania Dungeon Forums => General Castlevania Discussion => Topic started by: olrox2 on September 11, 2013, 02:06:42 AM
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Hello, so i know that many of us discover old Castlevanias through "emu"(not advocating it nor blaming it) but i have always hoped there would be a way to have all old Castlevanias legally on PC.
I saw on Amazon a Contra+Castlevania collection that has three Castlevania games, but there is only one copy of it at 25 dollars in import.
I know that on Steam, Sega has aleady broughta lot of old games available, like Golden Axe, Streets of Rage, etc.
Would you be a potential buyer if Konami released a compilation of, at least all old consoles games(except Gameboy games maybe)?
Do you think a petition could work? I dont know if Dungeons Admins have contacts with Konami Staff, like some official fansites do.
I know the odds are against me but i would really be interested in getting all those games legally on pc, for a reasonable price of course.
More recently, many players would happily buy Mirrors of Fate on PC, since LoS is now available.
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I would definitely be down for that. I'd love being able to boot up Rondo from Steam, or somesuch.
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I would buy a collection if it's retail and I can have the physical copy in my hands, with box, manual and everything. Even if it's expensive, because it is Castlevania, so I would save for it. I really don't see the point in paying for something in Steam when I can download it for free and when the experience is the same. The worst that can happen is that you have to install some fix or crack. But I like to get something that I can hold with my hands when I pay for something.
If it's for a retail collection, you can count with me. There was a petition some time ago, though, which didn't work.
http://www.change.org/petitions/castlevania-anthologies?utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=url_share&utm_campaign=url_share_before_sign (http://www.change.org/petitions/castlevania-anthologies?utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=url_share&utm_campaign=url_share_before_sign)
It reached 84 followers of 10.000 needed.
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We've been begging for a Castlevania compilation for years. It happened with Sonic, Megaman, Metal Slug, and how many other series - it should be able to happen for Castlevania too.
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I don't care about physical copies, really.
I'd like an anthology in Steam or just launching off the desktop so that I didn't have to dig through cartridges, disc cases and what not to play a legitimate copy (or to swap controller profiles in XPadder). I'd just like to have most of the series launchable from a single executable.
Physical copies are great until you have to move. Then they're just extra bulk and weight and wasted time spent remembering which box you put what in.
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Well, Konami is Developing more for the PC, MGR was supposed to be on PC eventually and there are MGS5 PC Dev applications, on top of that the LoS Saga will soon be on PC...
I bet they are looking into Sales before making a move...
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I hope you are right, but I wouldn't bet on it, since it's Konami we're talking about.
From another standpoint, it is sad that the first collection they had the dignity of releasing is a half-baked incomplete collection for a CV spin-off (LoS), when there were plenty of possibilities...
Collection of MetroidVanias, of ClassicVanias, of exploration games, of CV 1 remakes, of NES trilogy, of GB trilogy, of GBA trilogy, of NDS trilogy, of both N64 games, of both SNES games, of all 16-bits games, of Dracula X games, of Japan exclusives, of unreleased games, of non-canon games, of Sorrow games, of WW games, of IGA games, of Kojima games, of alternate stories, of other CV media (not games)... or the best one, that one including every game from 1986 to 2009.
But no, they keep neglecting and forgetting about CV.
We must be the most faithful fanbase, given how they don't care about us and how we stay there forever, waiting for anything.
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of unreleased games
Impossible to release a collection of something unreleased. Unless you mean unseen material, like concept art and music. That would be awesome but very difficult to happen. :)
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Impossible to release a collection of something unreleased. Unless you mean unseen material, like concept art and music. That would be awesome but very difficult to happen. :)
No, I meant unreleased in the west. The 3 Pachislot games, the Arcade game and the Medal game.
Of course I'd love to get my hands on some beta of Resurrection and Bloodletting.
But I even doubt we'll see ANY colection some day, so that's impossible, because it's the most distant of all the possibilities I've spoke of.
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Oh, these titles really need to be ported for a console.
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If not, I swear that when I go to Japan I will play them... if I ever go there.
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I would only need a bit of training though, to avoid using any quicksave feature for old Platform castlevanias. I remember some silly levels with water in Castlevania 3^^^
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I wouldn't hold your breath. Unless Konami remade them, I doubt they'd be worth the time and cost of putting them out (especially as a physical thing) for them. Just be glad you can play them all for free and without having to buy anything else besides a PC.
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Well Sega did so with a lot of their games and they didnt seem to spend much effort/money in it. Basically its as if they had added an emu to make the stuff work.
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Basically its as if they had added an emu to make the stuff work.
(http://i.imgur.com/8ytrrvl.jpg?1)
Funny. I don't recall any emus.
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They had a collection.
It was for PC.
(http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/220931-konami-collector-s-series-castlevania-contra-windows-screenshot.png)
You can buy it here! (http://www.amazon.com/Konami-Collectors-Series-Castlevania-Contra-Pc/dp/B00006969T)
So if they REALLY WANTED TO, they could port that version for a service like Steam.
But they won't.
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4 new from $10.80 6 used from $10.86
That doesnt make sense!
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Incredible. I never realized the CV trilogy had a PC edition. And there's Contra along with it? I need to find it.
And LOL for the prices.
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Yes, it's only $11. For a smorgasboard of games. xD
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Yes, but the fun part is that a new copy is CHEAPER than a used one haha
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Wonder if it works on modern PCs without any finagling or jury-rigging. I think it was released during the Windows 2000 or XP era.
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I'm still in that era!
Get off my lawn! :P :P :P
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You too?! LOL
Im using Windows XP and I dont plan to use Windows 7 in a near future, unless really needed. I've started using XP only when a lot of programs werent supported by 98 anymore.
A funny thing is that I've noticed in the Mighty No. 9 trailer that they were using XP in one of their PCs too.
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I dual-boot between WinXP and Win7.
WinXP has most of my composing programs and has everything all nice and set up. Plus it has my programs for my work. Lots of legacy programs, too.
Win7 is 64bit so a lot of programs benefit from the extra RAM usage (I have 8GB). Minecraft runs better on Win7. Win7 is also the only way I can play Bioshock Infinite, as it won't run on XP.
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I mean I don't think it would be much of a loss not to see loads of Castlevania games come out specifically on PC beyond what's already there. I think moreso when it comes to the PC people can always be inspired by Castlevania and make loads of tribute games and games that hold the same spirit. For example you don't see any Megaman games on PC specifically made by Capcom. (Megaman 1 and Megaman 3 PC don't count) You do however have Megaman Unlimited which is a great game in its own right. So I mean I don't think its a matter of that anyone is missing out.
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Well, Konami is Developing more for the PC, MGR was supposed to be on PC eventually and there are MGS5 PC Dev applications, on top of that the LoS Saga will soon be on PC...
I bet they are looking into Sales before making a move...
This. Kojima is the last sane person on Konami Japan and he has been trying to embrace the PC for a while now; MGR will be their test game. Dave Cox and MercurySteam brought the LoS series to PC and I believe the first one did pretty well. Keep in mind that Konami Europe works very differently than the Japanese counterpart though, and since Castlevania is being overseen by Euro Konami is up to them now to call re-releases and all that stuff.
Since Dave Cox seems to dislike Iga's work but not the Classicvanias, we might be able to get that compilation of the first 3 games on GOG.com if we're extremely lucky. I guess it's time for a petition?
They had a collection.
It was for PC.
(http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/220931-konami-collector-s-series-castlevania-contra-windows-screenshot.png)
You can buy it here! (http://www.amazon.com/Konami-Collectors-Series-Castlevania-Contra-Pc/dp/B00006969T)
So if they REALLY WANTED TO, they could port that version for a service like Steam.
But they won't.
Konami Collector's Series: Castlevania & Contra (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhRZDsd-5Bo#)
From youtube impressions, the collection appears extremely rough: the UI looks out of a chinese rom hack. Steam wouldn't allow something like that on their system. However, GOG.com is more about preserving old games (like this one). I would definitely be in for releasing this there given that the store is also 100% DRM-free!
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Does that even count? Three games out of a plethora (basically, all the 2D games can be bundled with an emulator and work flawlessly on any PC) on an obscure collection nobody knows about? Now if they brought the Classicvanias and IGAvanias to Steam, that would be sweet.
Or just Classicvanias and SoTN. The rest I don't care about.
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Seriously guys? If Konami doesn't care enough to put out a decent collection, just download the roms already. What the actual fuck? Maybe it's just because I've owned hard copies of all these games, but it's a blessing to be able to have them all on one machine (a PC.)
Konami will NEVER, and I repeat, NEVER put out any of the older games that weren't hits. You can get CV1, CV4, Rondo, SoTN, Chronicles on VC or PSN or whatever, but outside of those 5, good luck. Bite the bullet and download them or waste your money hunting down the consoles they were originally released on and the cartridges to go with them. In which case, you're a sucker if you spend that money on all that. And this is from a guy who owned all that shit when it came out. You're lucky you can download all that stuff for free. Take advantage of it. Dayum... :P