ROM Hack - Castlevania - Prince of Darkness

Castlevania - Prince of Darkness

Original game : Castlevania

Platform : NES

Author : Frédéric Bouix

Release date : 20 December 2020

Category : Complete

Patch version : 1.5

Modifications : G, L, T, P

Downloads : 3379

ROM Information

Castlevania (Europe) from NES No-Intro (20190907-044000)
CRC32: B15390D8
MD5: 37444eb9fe184a779446a231d35035b1

Castlevania (USA) from NES No-Intro (20130731-235630)
CRC32: 0AC1AA8F
ROM SHA-1: EE09B857C90916EDD92A20C463485A610B0A76FD

Hack description

V1.4b: the ZIP file now contains a patch for the USA version of the game
+ minor corrections, new (and better?) fight against Drac 2nd form.

V1.3: minor corrections, better fight against mummies!

"Prince of Darkness" is a big evolution of my previous hack "Horror of Dracula". The biggest change is the modification of enemies behaviors.

Here the list:
- Level 1: black panther, vampire bat boss
- Level 2: spear armor, medusa boss
- Level 3: mummy (you MUST fight my mummies!)
- Level 4: fishman, Frankenstein's créature
- Level 5: blue skeleton, axe armor (beware your legs!)
- Level 6: blue skeleton (different/L5), Dracula 2nd form

Thanks to:
- Stake (by Dan)
- Yychr
- Castlevania enemy data (by Optomon)
- HxD Hex Editor (by Maël Hörz)

... and my wife, Caroline, for her patience!

Contributions

Contributor	Type of contribution	Description
Frédéric Bouix	Hacking

Reviews

Very Good	VanDam	2020-03-30	Version 1.3
This is a good one. Recommended. Felt like a new Castlevania game. Harder than the original but not ridiculously hard like Metal The Night or Legendary Hero. Final boss 2nd form was changed to make it more difficult. This is a good one.

I can't believe ...	onepiecefan2007	2018-03-01	Version 1.2
I can't believe ... a hard CV hack without flying junk! This hack teaches how to make a hard hack you only need to increase the AI of the enemies, add a few crags and change the pattern of moves of the enemies! The fight against Dracula is definitely more difficult (I think it is impossible to win without holy water) my vote is 4.3 / 5

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