Topic: Serious issues running Rondo of blood on jpcsp

[pattamus]

I  just checked and Simon is indeed wearing red. The textfile says it is version 1.5.2, and it is called cv2_revamped_se.exe  The link is broken at the first page of that thread, and I don't even remember where I got this version. Which is the latest version with your changed simon, and is there a link to it on here as well?

EDIT: It says his sprites have been changed in 5.2, so maybe he was wearing a lot more red before? It looks good to me, compared to the original simon in part 2. Now that I remember, he did have a bit of red on as well as those big boots. Cool deal.

[DoctaMario]

Is Simon's Quest ReVamped the one where he changed the clues and the wording of some of the hints? Or am I thinking of something else? I love playing CV romhacks actually, but I don't think I've ever heard of this one.

EDIT: Nevermind. It's completely different. Downloading it now and hoping that what the article I read about it saying it was Mac compatible was true.

[Puwexil]

You did yourself a favour by going with the Wii Virtual Console release. It is essentially a perfect port, outside of those few minute differences Jorge brought up. I can't think of a better way to experience the game, taking into account general availability and price.

The Dracula X Chronicles is still worth it for the titular remake, as it is a very good alternate take on Rondo, so hopefully you'll get to play that as well.

[Jorge D. Fuentes]

http://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/index.php/topic,4118.15.html

Here's our very own thread.  MetroidQuest actually has posted here, and I keep up with him via AIM.
I'm linking to the 2nd page of that thread, with the latest download of the "True Simon Edition" version of the game.

[pattamus]

You did yourself a favour by going with the Wii Virtual Console release. It is essentially a perfect port, outside of those few minute differences Jorge brought up. I can't think of a better way to experience the game, taking into account general availability and price.

The Dracula X Chronicles is still worth it for the titular remake, as it is a very good alternate take on Rondo, so hopefully you'll get to play that as well.

Yes, I am hell-bent on playing DXC now. I don't even want to finish rondo for several reasons (other games in timeline to beat first, and the DXC version.) On another site, I saw a guy rate DXC as 3 1/2 out of 5. All his other ratings were on point. That would be Mr. P's. What do you guys think of that ranking?

[pattamus]

http://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/index.php/topic,4118.15.html

Here's our very own thread.  MetroidQuest actually has posted here, and I keep up with him via AIM.
I'm linking to the 2nd page of that thread, with the latest download of the "True Simon Edition" version of the game.

Please get him to let us have at least 5 lives      I know it's his choice, but a seperate version with 5 lives, or difficulty changing settings ( I know this would be harder). I tried and failed. But master Jorge may work his magic. Haha. If not, so be it.

I accept it for what it is, although I think it could be so much more. I'm not a programmer so I can't say shit really.

[pattamus]

You did yourself a favour by going with the Wii Virtual Console release. It is essentially a perfect port, outside of those few minute differences Jorge brought up. I can't think of a better way to experience the game, taking into account general availability and price.

The Dracula X Chronicles is still worth it for the titular remake, as it is a very good alternate take on Rondo, so hopefully you'll get to play that as well.

Yep, I tried the exe emulation, in german, and the PSP which failed me, but the wii VC works well for me. I'm rather conflicted to continue playing, or play earlier titles and play them in chronilogical order. I will probably have to skip the DS games, PS2 games I can emulate, but I didn't hear good things. Same with the 360 title (which I can't emulate, and will never own one again) The hardware is from 2005. Not to be elitist, I just want to get the most out of my system is all.

I'm going to list my specs just in case anyone else wants to that has successfully emulated certain games.

[i5 2500K@4.7ghz, Asus P8P67 pro, Gigabyte Windforce GTX 580 3gb OC. Corsair Vengance 8gb DDR3 1600, OCZ Vertex III SSD 180gb, 3 internal seagate barracuda 7200rpm. Corsair HW1000W PSU and more than i'd like to mention as far as external drives.]

NOT Trying to pose or brag, I just wanted to maybe see what specs would run what emulator. But the mods may be tired of this, if so, I apologize. Like I said, PM me and just have a dialogue and I'll change my ways without bringing out the ban hammer.

I've modded a few times, it's a thankless job, but I tried to be fair. And I can tell the mods and admins on this site are fair as well.

[Jorge D. Fuentes]

It's cool, dude.
I'm admin here and I'm talking about it.  So long as you don't post links to ROM sites, you're ok to talk about stuff.

The DS titles and the GBA titles are good in terms of gameplay.  Don't skip out on them due to other opinions.  The bottom line is, as far as gameplay and music, they are topnotch titles considering that they're handhelds.  Their only downside is that they copy the same "Metroidvania" formula that Symphony of the Night uses.  If you like Symphony, you will probably enjoy those titles as well.

Here are the titles according to a chronological (but loose, as some games are not canon) timeline, as well as my numerical review on them (1 to 10, 10 being best).
The numerical value is as a game, as a whole, not as a "Castlevania" game.

I'm not familiar with my years, but I'm sure people will correct me on this (as well as disagree with my general ratings of the titles).

1047 - Castlevania: Lords of Shadow (PS3/X360) - 8.0
1094 - Castlevania: Lament of Innocence (PS2) - 7.5
1450 - Castlevania Legends (GBC) - 6.0
1476 - Castlevania: Dracula's Curse (NES) - 9.0
1479 - Castlevania: Curse of Darkness - 7.5

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14?? - Castlevania Pachislot 1 and 2 (currently unplayable)
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1576 - Castlevania: The Adventure (GB) 6.5
1591 - Castlevania Adventure II: Belmonts' Revenge (GB/GBC) - 8.0
16?? - Castlevania: Order of Shadows (Mobile) - 5.0

-----1691 (all)
Castlevania (NES) - 8.0
Haunted Castle (Arcade/PS2) - 6.0
Vampire Killer (MSX) - 6.5
Castlevania Chronicles (X68000/PS1)- 8.0
Super Castlevania IV (SNES) - 9.0
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1698 - Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (NES) - 7.5
1748 - Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (GBA) - 7.5

-----1792 (both)
DraculaX: Rondo of Blood (PC-Engine) - 8.0
Castlevania: DraculaX (SNES) - 7.0
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1797 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PS1)- 8.5
18?? - Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (NDS) - 8.5
1830 - Castlevania: Circle of the Moon (GBA) - 8.0

-----If you play Legacy of Darkness, it includes Castlevania 64, plus improved gameplay.
1844 - Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness  (N64) - 7.5
1852 - Castlevania 64 (N64) - 6.5
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1917 - Castlevania Bloodlines (Genesis) - 7.5
1944 - Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (NDS) - 8.0
2035 - Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (GBA) - 8.5
2036 - Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (NDS) - 8.0

-----Games not set in a specific Time, but presumably in the future
10000 (LOL) - Kid Dracula (NES, GB) - 7.5
?? - Castlevania: The Arcade (Arcade) - Unplayable (unless you can find a cabinet in the USA)
?? - Castlevania Judgment (Wii) - 7.5
?? - Castlevania: Harmony of Despair (X360/PS3) - 7.5

[pattamus]

Thanks very much for the chronological order Jorge    I'm still deciding how to continue my quest; what games will I play next?  I had a good idea in a post above, but i'm damn tempted to play rondo on wii VC.

I have beaten CV1 and CV IV at this point (with save states, but i beat some hard bosses with my sub weapons). I would go in order and and do simon's quest, but another better and much harder one was made. So now I feel like I need to play that edition. Then CVIII.

After that, anyone got ideas of which games I should tackle? I want to play rondo and SOTN together and before the GBA games.

I have been busy with work, but I plan to beat more titles, and I have most of them but DS at my disposal.  I heard DS was hard to emulate due to the dynamics of the system. Anyone know any better?

I'm going to attach a text file since it isn't against the rules, shows what I have available to play. If someone could offer me an order to play, I would be very grateful.

[knightmere]

Thanks very much for the chronological order Jorge    I'm still deciding how to continue my quest; what games will I play next?  I had a good idea in a post above, but i'm damn tempted to play rondo on wii VC.

I have beaten CV1 and CV IV at this point (with save states, but i beat some hard bosses with my sub weapons). I would go in order and and do simon's quest, but another better and much harder one was made. So now I feel like I need to play that edition. Then CVIII.

After that, anyone got ideas of which games I should tackle? I want to play rondo and SOTN together and before the GBA games.

I have been busy with work, but I plan to beat more titles, and I have most of them but DS at my disposal.  I heard DS was hard to emulate due to the dynamics of the system. Anyone know any better?

I'm going to attach a text file since it isn't against the rules, shows what I have available to play. If someone could offer me an order to play, I would be very grateful.

DS emulation is rather crappy mostly due to the whole issue of playing two sceens on one computer monitor.  That said, the DS games are worth playing for sure.

[pattamus]

Yeah, I figured. Thanks for clarifiying that for me. I don't see myself buying a Nintendo DS anytime soon, but maybe for the kid? Then I can steal it from him and continue my quest. 

[Maedhros]

Buy the hardware to play the game you want. Emulating the DS fucking sucks, seriously, the actual experience is much better than using the mouse for the stylus.

If you want to use piracy (and I don't really care), you can buy a cheap flashcard.

[pattamus]

No, I do not want to use "piracy" I hate that term to begin with. I've said before I emulate games I've owned and paid for in the past. But I do like to "try before I buy" which was why I asked about the DS being emulated. Gone are the days where you are stuck with a game that is glitchy or sucks just cause the box art looks cool.

If I want to play the DS games, I will buy the system and games.

[Maedhros]

Well, you can try to make yourself better, but it's still piracy. Even If you own the game. If you don't dump it by yourself (aka, your own game) and download it from the internet.

It's the law in most of the countries.

[pattamus]

Well, you can try to make yourself better, but it's still piracy. Even If you own the game. If you don't dump it by yourself (aka, your own game) and download it from the internet.

It's the law in most of the countries.

Do you really want to get into copyright law semantics? Cmon man. Lets get real here. Most of these games are as old as you (unless you are older, I guess that would explain it)   Piracy is theft on the high seas. Not File sharing. That industry term designed to make ordinary citizens look like taliban living in fishing villages carrying RPGs Hijacking boats. Not Exactly the same thing there bud.

Law doesn't mean right, lots of laws are crooked. I said i'd buy the DS and games. Also as far as I'm aware in the US you are simply not allowed to UPLOAD. Never heard of someone busted for downloading.

Now you have a great afternoon.