Meet new hero Richter, who walks with that purposeful Belmont shuffle and comes with the usual gaggle of sub-weapons (though the eight-way whipping technique of Castlevania IVhas sadly been lost to time).īut ‘more of the same’ isn’t so bad when it’s been polished this much. Initial reactions are that Castlevania: Rondo of Blood isn’t going to deliver that. By now it’s comfy and familiar, but maybe it’s time for something new. Limited Run Games are madmen of the highest degree, and it’s a madness I respect.I’ve spent countless hours in the grubby boots of the Belmont clan as they painstakingly stomp their way through the Transylvanian countryside on the way to take out Dracula. It may seem weird to go through all the trouble now, but I’m sure there are more than a few old-school Castlevania fans, TurboGrafx aficionados, hoarders of weird gaming memorabilia, and folks that lie somewhere in-between willing to shell out money for this kind of collectible. That’s all to say that while Rondo of Blood has been playable in English for quite some time now, it never released on the North American rendition of its original console. More versions were released before and after, but it was the PC Engine Duo, with its increased RAM and Super CD-ROM² compatibility, for which Castlevania: Rondo of Blood was released in 1993. Over its lifetime, the PC Engine would receive several important upgrades, starting with 1988’s (!) CD-ROM² add-on (known as the TurboGrafx-CD in North America and released three years before the Sega CD), a couple CD-ROM RAM upgrades, and most conveniently the all-in-one PC Engine Duo which launched in 1991 (America got its own TurboDuo in 1992).
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