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[VGEsoterica]

The Castlevania franchise is older than many people on Gaf I would assume and it has a long and storied release history from the NES original through to the Metroidvania years with Symphony of the Night and the GBA/DS games...into the modern era with the shaky but still charming Mercury Steam titles. But what about Castlevania in arcades?

Haunted Castle exists and well...its an interesting game. It's not the worst arcade game I've ever played...but its hovering near to the bottom! But there is another Castlevania arcade game that exists...one that is so exceedingly rare there are only a few arcade cabinets left in the world and playing it is basically impossible unless you get on a plane and fly to Japan (or live there...that would be more convenient)

Until today that is. Hope people love them some Castlevania. Still some control issues to work out but otherwise the rarest of the rare is now extremely common.

But GAF...what is your fav Castlevania game? and your coveted rare game that is impossible to find?

 

[AlteredForms]

Bring it to Steam like the other Castlevania games:

 

[VGEsoterica]

Bring it to Steam like the other Castlevania games:

lol not really up to me

 

[AlteredForms]

lol not really up to me

 

[Northeastmonk]

Galloping Ghost has Castlevania. I played it and it was a lot of fun. There needed to be some troubleshooting with the aiming (think back to the Guncon and how your shots were off if it wasn’t calibrated). I enjoyed the game even if I was aiming off to the side. They also had a Silent Hill 2 Arcade machine, but it wasn’t working when I was there.


My personal favorite is SotN. Order of Ecclesia , Aria of Sorrow, and Portrait of Ruin are also top picks.

 

[Sorcerer]

A light gun rail shooter:

 

[Agent X]

I've never heard of this until now It's very interesting...a first-person Castlevania with motion-controlled whipping!

 

[VGEsoterica]

I've never heard of this until now It's very interesting...a first-person Castlevania with motion-controlled whipping!

its a ton of fun and its dummy rare. Like about as rare as it gets outside of games that never released and just exists as builds. Till today that is!

 

[kunonabi]

It has an amazing soundtrack:



Top Castlevania games for me:

1. Castlevania 64
2. Castlevania III
3. Castlevania (NES)

 

[John Bilbo]

Looks like a good time!

Personally I like the first Castlevania game best, then the third one.

 

[John Bilbo]

The resident evil light gun game on PS3 wasn't bad either

 

[VGEsoterica]

It has an amazing soundtrack:



Top Castlevania games for me:

1. Castlevania 64
2. Castlevania III
3. Castlevania (NES)

All the tracks are in wav format too in high quality which is great

 

[DeltaPolarBear]

I can actually imagine this game being converted to VR. If only because you need movement controllers.

 

[Luc2010]

Super Castlevania IV, Rhondo of Blood, SOTN, are among my tops. I love most of them.

 

[VGEsoterica]

I can actually imagine this game being converted to VR. If only because you need movement controllers.

That would be a very fitting use case

 

[VGEsoterica]

Super Castlevania IV, Rhondo of Blood, SOTN, are among my tops. I love most of them.

Rondo is GOAT

 

[Miyazaki’s Slave]

Totally awesome! I played this for a week on a cruise ship of all places. Never finished it but we sent a few hours at least flinging our arms around like fools.

 

[Neon Xenon]

I've played a lot of Castlevania over the years, but Castlevania: The Arcade is the one elusive game I've always wanted to play and experience in the arcades.
A PC experience won't be the same, but I'll take it.a

 

[PayoLoko]

Aaah here we hace one of the biggest arcade places witha lot of old school machines and they have this one but It doesnt worked when i visited them... Pity

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Never knew it exited and taking a skim of the video and seeing arms flailing, it sure makes sense. That was prime time Wii waggling.

From wiki:

The game was announced on July 23, 2008.[4] The game was released in Japan on October 2, 2009.[2] A European release was announced for 2009 but only appeared at test locations in 2008.[5]

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

When I go to Japan I want to play the MGS4 arcade and Silent hill

 

[ClanOfNone]

There was a pretty good SotN puzzle game WAY back on the app store, I think i had it on a 2nd generation iPod touch. It was kinda like puzzle fighter and hard as a motherfucker. I don't think I've ever run into anybody else that played it.

 

[Krathoon]

There is also a Silent Hill rail shooter. There is a way to play it on PC. Just look around.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

This is really cool. Hope it gets to the point of being able to be played fully for preservation sake.

 

[MrA]

It has an amazing soundtrack:



Top Castlevania games for me:

1. Castlevania 64
2. Castlevania III
3. Castlevania (NES)

If ever asked which game has the best sound track of all time, we have a new game to beat

 

[deriks]

Fuck me, a Castlevania in first person... Don't know if it's great or just bad

 

[kunonabi]

If ever asked which game has the best sound track of all time, we have a new game to beat

It is indeed brilliant. I would love to hear it blaring it out of a big arcade sound system.

 

[64bitmodels]

Fuck me, a Castlevania in first person... Don't know if it's great or just bad

it can be done amazingly

 

[64bitmodels]

as for me SOTN, Bloodlines and SCIV are my favorites in that exact order. Rondo is great for the art direction, story, atmosphere and music but the gameplay is lacking in comparison to SCIV and Bloodlines. It's about as basic as Castlevania 1.

 

[Esca]

First one on the nes. I received it with my nes and other games for Christmas, my dad had specifically picked it out thinking I'd like fighting the Skeltons and other creatures to get Dracula.

Come to think of it my parents picked out tons of what we considered the classics for that gen, amazing to think of considering they weren't into video games outside of the arcade stuff, more so pinball (man I want a full size one someday).

 

[cartman414]

as for me SOTN, Bloodlines and SCIV are my favorites in that exact order. Rondo is great for the art direction, story, atmosphere and music but the gameplay is lacking in comparison to SCIV and Bloodlines. It's about as basic as Castlevania 1.

Rondo is the most evolved. Secret pathways, enemies with varied attack sets.

SCV4 was the most basic, and one of the easiest because the multidirectional whip was so busted.

As for favorites, Rondo, Akumajou Densetsu/CV3, and Aria of Sorrow.

 

[VGEsoterica]

Rondo is the most evolved. Secret pathways, enemies with varied attack sets.

SCV4 was the most basic, and one of the easiest because the multidirectional whip was so busted.

As for favorites, Rondo, Akumajou Densetsu/CV3, and Aria of Sorrow.

The entire Rondo formula was just perfect. Secrets, alt paths, Maria, etc.

I can find no fault with rondo outside of the fact it ends

 

[MrA]

Rondo is the most evolved. Secret pathways, enemies with varied attack sets.

SCV4 was the most basic, and one of the easiest because the multidirectional whip was so busted.

As for favorites, Rondo, Akumajou Densetsu/CV3, and Aria of Sorrow.

why everbody forgetting about Castlevania adventure rebirth, oh right its trapped on wiiware

 

[kunonabi]

The entire Rondo formula was just perfect. Secrets, alt paths, Maria, etc.

I can find no fault with rondo outside of the fact it ends

It's easy and the anime cutscenes are embarrassing. I love anime cutscenes as much as the next guy but they did not work for Rondo.

 

[Krathoon]

You also have the 3D Rondo on the PSP.

 

[Nightrunner]

A port of Adventure Rebirth, most of the other classicvanias are on one platform or another.

 

[VGEsoterica]

why everbody forgetting about Castlevania adventure rebirth, oh right its trapped on wiiware

A solid entry for sure

 

[AJUMP23]

I will make a controversial choice and choose castlevania 2. As my brother and i played a bunch of it and talked about it at the bowling alley for weeks after it’s release.

 

[cartman414]

It's easy and the anime cutscenes are embarrassing. I love anime cutscenes as much as the next guy but they did not work for Rondo.

At least it's "fun easy". SCV4 was kind of "boring easy".

 

[Captain Toad]

The Castlevania franchise is older than many people on Gaf

Did you see the poll? We are freaking old AF here.

 

[-Zelda-]

Really wish OoE and PoR could be played on Console. Those and SOTN are my top faves.

 

[kunonabi]

At least it's "fun easy". SCV4 was kind of "boring easy".

Very true.

 

[March Climber]

Bring it to Steam like the other Castlevania games:

Castlevania: Lost Collection

Including OP's Castlevania Arcade game, the PS2 games, the N64 game, and this Wiiware title: