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Castlevania - Prelude Of Darkness (Collection)

Original game : Castlevania

Platform : NES

Author : Zappsoft LLC

Release date : 26 July 2012

Category : Complete

Patch version : 2.0

Modifications : G, L, T

Downloads : 4929

ROM Information

Castlevania (U) (PRG1) [!].nes - GOODNES 3.14
CRC32: 856114C8
MD5: 52EB3F7E2C5FC765AA71F21C85F0770E
SHA-1: 7A20C44F302FB2F1B7ADFFA6B619E3E1CAE7B546
SHA-256: C71BE6AC16E8EEA7F867CD5437AFD1449BEF7C4834EC4CA273CAFE2882EBFC46

Hack description

Castlevania - Prelude Of Darkness (Collection)

This package contains 3 Versions of the latest release Of
Castlevania - Prelude Of Darkness.
For about 3 years now we have been working on an idea for a hack for the first Castlevania on the NES, using new character sprites as well as boss modification.
All of the Levels have been re-edited to fit the environment of the new story line.

(Regular Version)
This version is a re-vamped version of Castlevania - Prelude Of Darkness 1.0
We have updated major and minor mistakes that caused the game to either glitch or have too many references to the original game.

(Easy Type)
This is a watered down version of the game for players that felt the game was way too hard for them or players that are just starting out in the hacking field and wanted something that was more like what they were used to.

(Hard Type)
This is a version of the game that has been edited for Pros only. If you felt the Original Version was too easy or if you just wanted to have a new challenge to face, this is it.
As said from my fellow creators this is very much like a Second Quest through the game.

All in all we are happy with the final product,
Though there were still some minor things we felt could have been worked on for better game play, we tested this game over and over either using Save States or attempting 100% Walkthroughs. We felt that this is quite a good game considering it is our first public release.
And in the future who knows, we might work on a Sequel or try something new. Only time will tell.

!!ENJOY!!

Zappsoft LLC

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Contributions

ContributorType of contributionDescription
Zappsoft LLCHacking

Reviews

awfulonepiecefan20072018-07-26Version 2.0

The hack is interesting but that does not detract that it's horrible! I tried first the "hard" version that would be better to call "impossible" since there is a ravine impossible to overcome at the beginning of the game !!! Then I tried the regular version that would be better to call the bug version as there are stairs that you can not climb, stairs that you can climb but you stay stuck in half, and stairs that emerge between the enemies !! In the hack's description the creators told that they have tested all of three version but probably they were all blind since one version is unplayable and another version has more glitch than an Assassin's Creed game's! My vote for this hack is 1/5

Fun and hardresq2017-10-13Version 2.0

This is a pretty good one - it's funner than most of the other Castlevania hacks and it's hard as heck!

This hack comes with three versions - Easy, Hard and Regular. I wouldn't want to try the hard type because I played regular about three times and it's pretty hard. Took me three tries to get past level 1 and I never passed level 2.

Level 1 has zombies and bats everywhere and the puma - it forces you to walk over the stairs. Level 1 was passable but level 2 was a little ridiculous. It increased the frequency of the flying skulls in level 2 - every time you kill them they just keep coming.

I tried level 2 about twice. Never passed it.

The graphics are great but for some reason my intro screen doesn't look like the one in the screenshot on this page.

It's worth a try - if you're looking for a challenge try this one.