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General Castlevania Discussion / Re: Worried about the site/these forums.

« Last post by Darth Cariss on December 07, 2025, 05:50:08 AM »

This forum is nostalgic for me, yeah. It's the only forum from the old days I still visit every once in a while, even if I rarely ever post. Lack of Castlevania games is a major contributing factor, I'm sure.

General Castlevania Discussion / Re: Castlevania Confessions

« Last post by JR on December 07, 2025, 03:23:12 AM »

I hear you on limited continues. That's the worst thing about a lot of retro games.

(Speaking of Bloodlines, I just played that last night, lol. I'm surprised I remembered the boss patterns as well as I did)

General Castlevania Discussion / Re: Castlevania Confessions

« Last post by PFG9000 on December 07, 2025, 01:22:17 AM »

I don't really like Vampire Killer MSX. I know years ago Morgoth Galaxius raved about how good it is, and I don't doubt him. But I just find it boring, and the constant searching for items unengaging.

I've never beaten Dracula X SNES. I've played up to Dracula but never beat him. I know people say it's not as bad as it looks, but I've never given it many tries.

I feel strongly that Bloodlines suffers from having limited continues. It's harder to learn the game with limited continues, so I've never tried. I did beat it once, and never went back.

General Castlevania Discussion / Re: Castlevania Confessions

« Last post by JR on December 03, 2025, 11:37:03 PM »

I've never legitimately beaten Dracula X and very likely never will. I'd rather play Haunted Castle over that one.

General Castlevania Discussion / Castlevania Confessions

« Last post by crisis on December 02, 2025, 04:36:12 PM »

I’ll start:

I’ve never played Legacy of Darkness, I have a massive collection but this game is not in it.
and,

I’ve never finished Circle of the Moon

General Castlevania Discussion / Re: Worried about the site/these forums.

« Last post by jestercolony on November 28, 2025, 01:16:42 PM »

Well, the other reason why I'm worried is because the concept of "Fan sites" aren't really a thing anymore in today's internet. This website is a relic to that from the old internet. It's really the last of the true Fan pages that were created back then and still maintained as much as possible.

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

« Last post by JR on November 28, 2025, 03:22:16 AM »

Lots of ninja stuff lately.

Played Shinobi: Art of Vengeance. That had some really fun levels. Found all items and beat the secret boss, but I didn't mess around with the boss rush. Great game.

Ninja Gaiden Ragebound was next. I was kinda hoping it had more exploration like Shinobi, but the bosses were a lot better. Beat it on Hard to get the secret ending. That last part was tough, but fun. Both this one and Shinobi seemed to complement each other playing them back-to-back.

Then I played The Messenger. Liked that one a lot, too. Found all items on that, then played through the DLC. The music is AMAZING.

Just played Revenge of Shinobi tonight, mostly to see what version I had. There's the Rambos and the Terminator in mine, so it's 1.00, I guess. Maybe I'm old, but I don't remember it being nearly as tough as it is. Didn't get past the Terminator boss.

General Castlevania Discussion / Re: Worried about the site/these forums.

« Last post by piscesdreams on November 16, 2025, 03:04:56 PM »

After a change of my password and email I couldn't login because the site wanted me to activate via email that I never received. It randomly started working again out of nowhere.
But, yeah, it's nice to see the forum is still alive. I'm not the biggest fan of Discord, personally...

Fan Stuff / Re: ANATHEMA - Classicvania Coming to Steam

« Last post by piscesdreams on November 16, 2025, 02:54:04 PM »

My login is finally working again after who knows how long (I never got any activation emails after changing my password and email), so figured I'd share the latest news.

First and foremost, the game is 99% done. There are some music-related items, text-related items (hidden tomes in each level, a journal "recap" of each level completed) and final mixing of voice-over remaining. Beyond that, it's mostly boring stuff like developing a marketing plan (including an updated demo), forming the LLC and handling other business arrangements. Pace has been extremely slow due to life-events and day-job obligations that have taken priority and most of the energy, but the finish line is in sight.

Most of my updates are made on Steam. If you care to wishlist it can be found here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/375390/Anathema/

LOTS OF IMAGES HERE AND MAY TAKE A MOMENT TO LOAD.

SCREENSHOTS