No clue, that was my original question in that thread, since you said it wasn't working. :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by TheEdge
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No clue, that was my original question in that thread, since you said it wasn't working. :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by TheEdge
I think the game is the same but the Mexican boards they used are very different compared to other ones. They are white circuit boards and the contacts are in all different places.Quote:
Originally Posted by Knuckle Duster
I just decided to hook up a Genesis & play this again. I played around with the codes & stuff. I figured I would repeat what I said before step by step in a clearer & needless detail :D
Go to options first, Play BGM 05, then SFX 073. Start to exit.
Wait for the intro-demo to run again with the logo, music & blinking "Press Start" at the bottom. Press start to get back to the menu with the "Candle stick" & different options. Now press Up Up Down Down left right left right B A. You will hear a noise.
Go back into options.
You can now choose: 9 Lives & Expert Difficulty. :nod:
Whenever you fully power up your Weapon in the game, the BGM will change to classic Castlevania music & will revert back to normal stage music if you get hit.
(BGM 14 "Beginning", 15 "Bloody Tears", or 16 "Vampire Killer" in the sound menu are the tracks, they all start with the 'Power Up' sound effect.)
You have 2 Continues, which all total will bump your lives up to a minimum 27.
This entry survives a RESET.
Should you die often early on, you won't need to re-enter tedious steps to set it up.
This should give anybody with moderate skill a more than fair chance at beating the game.
(Note that when picking up 1up's you can't hold more than 9 lives.)
I have played this game so much back in the day, that it's still almost like a "permanent memory" with reaction. I just made it to the top of the tower of Pisa & got my ass handed to me by the Boss. Not dying at all in stages 1 or 2 on expert mode using John. :lol:
This game & Rondo Of Blood are franchise bests, and equal in my opinion regarding fun and gameplay. This game gets bonus "WIN" for the Bram Stoker thematic tie-in.
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You guys remember the Red zombies that look like they are doing the Thriller dance to the BGM in the first level? That always makes me laugh when i play the game.
I got bored with Bloodlines about halfway through the last time I played it, but you're making me want to give it another go. It does have great flow when you're fully powered up, and the difficulty is better balanced than Rondo of Blood or CVIII.Quote:
Originally Posted by Knuckle Duster
I got just the cartridge for this game and not the manual, can anyone explain how to leap with the spear guy? I'm jumping forward and then pressing down+A, and Eric points his spear down but it's quite useless for attacking or leaping sofar... what am I doing wrong?
You have to press down until Eric starts twitching and blinking (also accompanied by a sound), THEN press jump to leap up in the air.
Man, I never knew you could use the Konami Code in this game before earlier this evening! I set my lives to 9 (9 lives per continue so 27 altogether) and ended up besting Death, but losing to Elizabeth Bathory's (sp?) Second Form. Damn this game is tough, I must have lost 7 lives to the damned upside-down room.
This game really is great, though. Between this, Rocket Knight Adventures & Contra: Hard Corps, Konami made some very sweet Genesis games.
e: Doh! Hadn't noticed that KD posted the Code on this very page.
Just beat this! Great game. Can anyone tell me if you get a "proper ending" if you beat it on Expert difficulty?
Expert gives you the full ending. It's not very long, but it's everything there is to see.
The first time I played this I remembered thinking, "Was this just ported directly from the NES?".
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Originally Posted by PHANTOM2040
Anyway... I got this game in the mail today. I didn't play any Castlevania games growing up and it wasn't until about two years ago that I started on the NES ones. They've been fun. I picked up Castlevania 4 for the SNES last year and played it a bit throughout the year. I like it. It's colorful and sounds really cool. But that's about it. It feels like an upgrade of the NES games. I don't like all the slow down and I feel the pace of the game moves too slowly. I also dislike the mode 7 level.
I tried Bloodlines today. So I really have no nostalgic vision for any of these games. First impressions of Bloodlines: Damn the characters are small! The sound is pretty good though. I've always thought the Genesis sounded better than the SNES and this one for me is better than the SNES version. An example, when you finish a level the organ sound is pretty cool on the Genesis. The SNES is always to synth sounding for me
Playability? The players move quicker in Bloodlines which makes them not feel so clunky. So the quicker paced playability is better in Bloodlines. But as someone who grew up with a Genesis I may be biased in this. That crazy whip movement from Castlevania 4 is gone, but this now has the choice to use two different characters which I like better. Also there's blood in it! I think that really was something that was lacking in al the other NES and SNES Castlevanias. I'm only up to level 4 but so far I think the levels have more action than those in Castlevania 4. I'm giving Bloodlines the edge here.
Play Symphony of the Night last, playing it first will make the other ones seem crappy.Quote:
Originally Posted by genesisguy
Bloodlines is probably the best 16 generation cart Castlevania, I like it better the Super Castlevania
1.Super Castlevania
2.Dracula X (PCE)
3.Castlevania Bloodlines
4.sharp x86000 Castlevania
5.Dracula X (Snes)
nuff said!
True Dat! I second this Motion!Quote:
Originally Posted by Curryman123