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Castlevania III - Dracula's Curse enhanced color

Original game : Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse

Platform : NES

Author : sebastianangel

Release date : 07 February 2022

Category : Improvement

Patch version : 1.2

Modifications : G

Downloads : 1356

ROM Information

Database match: Castlevania III - Dracula's Curse (USA)
Database: No-Intro: Nintendo Entertainment System (v. 20210216-231042)
File SHA-1: F91281D5D9CC26BCF6FB4DE2F5BE086BC633D49B
File CRC32: 7CC9C669
ROM SHA-1: 23C4DAFCC17FA75E8D682931702277659CD59735
ROM CRC32: ED2465BE

Hack description

Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse (improved colors) update and fix bugs
This 1.2 patch fixes bugs and many of the color palettes in this game to make it look better, removing bright colors in the backgrounds! This 1.2 update fixes color bugs in some stages, adding new tiles!
In IPS format, you can use LunarIPS or Floating IPS.
File used:
Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse(USA)

The IPS patch must be used on an NES ROM

Screenshots

Contributions

ContributorType of contributionDescription
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Reviews

It's Just Straight Up DullMorinis2020-12-20Version 1.1

As previous reviews before me, as I shall state the same, this is dull. Just a color palette swap that makes everything extremely dull. The atmosphere does not pop which brings no life to this rendition of the game at all.

I got no enjoyment out of this.

Can't recommendifightdragons2020-09-01Version 1.1

The user has done several of these "color improvements" lately, but they're unfortunately very hard to recommend. There seems to be little thought put into making colors naturally match or even look aesthetically pleasing. It seems almost like several colors were chosen at random, and that the palettes are going haywire in a glitched out emulator.

I commend the attempt, but it's just not up to snuff.

Another Sorry but NO!vlike2party2020-08-25Version 1.0

Sorry but NO.. talk about dull colors that's even more dull.. The main character is same color as zombies and Skelton and so do the back ground.. another thing.. buggy! People you can skip this!

?mercatfat2020-08-24Version 1.0

I don't mean to be rude, but how exactly is this an enhancement? What am I supposed to be looking at that's improved here? Why is Richter blue?

I have to be missing something obvious. The color choices here seem utterly random, or at best odd. Like how I'd expect the game to look on a particularly cheap Famiclone with mapper problems.