Castlevania: The Adventure (GB): Improved Controls

Original game : Castlevania: The Adventure

Platform : GB

Author : NaOH

Release date : 26 August 2022

Category : Improvement

Patch version : 1.1

Modifications : P

Downloads : 1112

ROM Information

US/EU ROM:
MD5: 0b4410c6b94d6359dba5609ae9a32909
SHA256: edb101e924f22149bdcbcfe6603801fdb4ec0139a40493d700fa0205f6dab30c
CRC32: 216e6aa1

JP ROM:
MD5: 94135fb63d77d48d2396c60ca8823b69
SHA256: 5d8ba1f7cd9ee6cd14dca5132b651cf248e08ff7d4274c1d883fbaa5597309e5
CRC32: a35b9ef5

Konami Gameboy Collection Vol. 1 (EU) ROM:
MD5: 70ccaf1c458dc09b7c703191ef9b8541
SHA256: 04101e6b6aa9ed4098cabc91e07e087fe03349bd18a82834f3e9987986120717
CRC32: 203f8727

Hack description

This hack modernizes the control scheme of Castlevania: The Adventure to make it less frustrating to people used to tighter controls by giving the player more control while jumping.

Complete list of changes:

- Belmont can now turn around and stop in mid-air.
- Belmont regains control during knockback.
- (optional) V-Cancel: when the jump button is released, Belmont immediately starts falling again; this allows the player to make smaller hops if desired.
- (optional) Inertia: when adjusting velocity in mid-air, Belmont only accelerates slowly (rather than changing direction instantaneously).
- Belmont blinks rapidly when struck, as in Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge.

Highly recommended to use in conjunction with the Speed and/or Whip hacks located here. You may also wish to apply this hack which removes the music from the game in exchange for a significant performance boost.

Similar to the Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge Improved Controls hack here.

You can use Lunar IPS or any other IPS patcher to apply the hack to your Castlevania: The Adventure ROM file.

Version 1.1 changes:

- Knockback control is now regained only at the crest of the arc.
- Blinking iframes.
- (JP) Fixed inertia.

Contributions

Contributor	Type of contribution	Description
NaOH	Hacking

Reviews

Makes the game worth checking out	brownjacket	2022-08-26	Version 1.0
In tandem with the speed and whip hack, the addition of this hack really improves the gameplay of what is often considered one of the weakest entries in the Castlevania series. I noticed a bit of slowdown on the Konami Collection version, but other than that, I didn't notice any game breaking bugs. Overall, this author has done a tremendous job once again of bringing modern controls into the original Castlevania titles. I would go so far as to say that this hack alone has made Castlevania The Adventure worth checking out. I highly recommend you check out NaOH's other Castlevania hacks as well, they're all amazing.

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