PC Engine Super CD-ROM - Dracula X: Rondo of Blood

[supermariosunshine64]

How good is this game compared to Symphony or Castlevania 4?

[bulletproof2353]

@moriyamug ok i found it and it works fine on my pc with music but i want to emulate this on my ds with music ,i got it working on my ds with nitrografx but without music,so has anyone got this to work on a ds with music at a decent ,playable speed?if so how do you do it?do you need to convert the music files to some specific format and or bit rate?wav or mp3?

[bulletproof2353]

where do i get a rom for this ?or what i mean is is it a rom or an iso file and do i need to use something like daemon tools to mount the image?im guessing no since i heard someone say they got it working on ds with nitrografx,which is what i want to do

[Brandon5l9]

I wish there was subtitles. Just got this for the Wii VC

[pets131]

Big breasts are very attractive.

[TheNewEmphinix]

Translation 2:

After one hundred years, evil is made flesh again. An immortal creature of the night, it can take the shape of a wolf, a bat, and fog. Feasting on the blood of young humans, Dracula, lord of darkness, master of the Devil's castle, walks among us.

[TheNewEmphinix]

Translation 1:

A long time ago, people lived in peace and harmony. No one noticed the looming shadow among them. The darkness had clouded their senses, and evil ate their souls. Driven by madness they made a pact, with the devil. In the late hour they gathered, to call forth the forces of darkness, with their sinful blood, in their minds expecting the dawn of a new world in chaos.

[heerogunkenobi]

imo best intro in a castlevania game ever

[Arrowdance]

I wonder why the intro is in german.

Anyway, this intro is so epic, and the music, too.

[VicenteIbanez2620]

@Arrowdance

Because it sounds badass :P

[SonicTheHedgehog17]

@Arrowdance Because German sounds sinister ;)

[Miyapoop]

Strange... Anyone knows why the narrative is different in the Virtual Console re-release? Both the speech and the narrator, that is. I found this one more fitting, although there's a certain something with storytellers come of age.

[doujindance]

The Castlevania games, best version this.

[TheNewEmphinix]

1:09. Nooo! She was hot! Shaft, you WILL pay for this!

[Segacamp]

I'll be surprised if this can actually play on North American Turbografx-16 although I dunno if anyway has ever tried it let me know

[hanola7]

Love this and it's even presented in the two languages that I happen to know better than English (German w. Japanese subs).

[beatcher1]

Konmai shouldve put this game on the segacd or the PS1 and Saturn in the U.S

[xxxInforcerxxx]

uuhh, The PC-Engine was only released in Japan right? And this Game to, than why is the Intro in German??? Its actually not a Problem because im German^^

[KonsolN]

In der Region wo das Spielt (dem heutigen Rumänien) wurde vielleich auch früher etwas deutsch gesprochen.

[TheF1PinkVoltaDream]

@xxxInforcerxxx because the intro cutscene happens in germany

[Ryusennin]

No, the PC Engine was largely available as grey import in Europe, Germany included.

[3ponfat]

IS never release on the virtual console

[SuperEvilduck]

its already on the virtual console in japan but i dont care cause i have the psp version :D

[KonsolN]

A few days ago the ESRB gave a rating for Fondo of Blood on the VC.

[guillx]

hey i downloaded a pc version of this game its really slow/laggy , is there anything I can do ? plz help

[DaJaeff]

of course i meant "native speaker" not "natice"

[DaJaeff]

holy crap i am german but wasnt paying attention to the sound, but when i turned the volume up i was like "WTF??" it truly is german, its a natice speaker talking in kind of an lyric way.

didnt expect that, i bet WE didnt have that version in germany...

[sjakds]

what´s all about with the obsession of japanies over the german language. I´m seariosly japanies give their games german titles or at least have one german related thing in it. Why?

[bigolebadassbob]

I'd say the graphics of this game is near NEOGEO quality, which is pretty impressive coming from one of the three low-end consoles (e.g. SNES, PCE, GENESIS)

[salutcalliage]

pc engin > snes

[jlenoconel]

This looks better than the psp version where they changed everything to 3d.

[aryinc]

and to say technical stuff has always been a clue of its own many consoles could have passed with trickery in colours like a genesis and sega cd but some consoles could have done all that stuff but never utilized it.the strange thing bout pc engine is and is a fact some games look hidous for 16 bit and some smoke it on a level a neo geo quality.but believe me tehcnical the sega cd can do 256 the saturn could handle 3d easely etc,many where lazy and programmed with a while some did with a to z .

[aryinc]

castelvania 4 loked better.i agree with the slow and stiff lookign games on snes.but castelvania 4 looked way smoother with transparancies thrown over then palce and the limp whiping and pc engine had no damn contra so what are you refering at that vertical shoothers and bullet curtains are the best?.the conduit looks great on wii does that make the system good?.or does killzone make a ps3?.does king of fighters make a consoel?.variation makes a console and it depends on you're taste.

[n64roo]

oh please, castlevania 4 looks like ass compared to this and even street fighter II looks washed out compared to the PC Engine version... the snes simply CAN'T display the sheer amount of on screen colours the PC Engine can and that is FACT... 256 compared to 512, do the math, end of story

[bigolebadassbob]

While the PCE can display higher resolution and more colors on screen, the SNES has more colors to choose from plus the transparency effect, so I'd say they are pretty much on par in terms of graphics. The PCE's graphics is a bit bright and garish and the SNES a bit hazy and dim IMO.

P.S. I love both consoles, and I'm not trying to insult either of them.

[carryonnew]

what badass game music

[HongKongKanto]

lol this is sure weird for americans to hear it in german and read it in japanese, but no eng at all :D

[macrossbeta]

Ricther Belmont looks like Ryu at 2:54 or maybe is Ryu !!!

[aryinc]

castlevania 4 looked better.this has a 8 bit look to in the intro.while many may its such an awesome system offcourse it is,but if this among the best of that system then i rest my case,the game has not extreme lighninh and trasparencies like CV has nor the amount of colours,pce 512 colours in screen yeah right.

[n64roo]

your truly ignorant indeed, pc engine walks all over the snes with way more colors on screen and it's much faster processor, go cry somewhere else fanboy

[aryinc]

first show then talk riot zone?the duane brother devil cruch? did it have turtless mario zelda metriod contra and many more.the best lloking gam on pc engine sapphire doesn't loojk as impressive as many snes/genesis games not in the animation depathment nor in the colour departhment,wanna talk about colours DKC games over 3000 colours in screen??? faster doesn't mean better pc engine always had that 8bit ish look,maybe couse it is missing sprites frames i don't some games really look awesome.

[n64roo]

DKC NEVER had 3000 colors on screen, your talking BS outta your ass... 8 bit look in turbo games? are you insane? well yes because you can't even speak proper English... TG-16 had a 16 bit gpu and sapphire blows ANY snes game out of the park as does gate of thunder and the many other great shooters this had that the slow snes couldn't handle

[aryinc]

well proper my ass,am i english? no so fuck off or leave it.sapphire oh please did that game look standard it had some nifty 3d effects and had great music.like i say it had some really good looking games even some better then snes yes but in colour depathment no fucking way dk country still has more colours then many tg16 games and yes snes could do that.512 was tg its max.i ersonally try to say where is streets of rage on tg16? and likes?.gates of thunder,i prefer tf4 in its total.

[coyotl73]

me gusta mas esta version que la nueva del psp, sus graficas 3d pierden la esencia de lo que fue este juego, me gustan los diseños tipo anime de esta version, se debio conservar en la version final. hubiran puesto video y animaciones como los que salen en el juego de wario del wii.

[emmiranda]

La versión de PSP tiene el juego original...

[Lachlant1984]

It's interesting to note that the in game text is in Japanese, but the narration is on German. Was this game released in Europe or the US?

[BrawlerGamma]

no, unfortunatly for us. the narration is in german cuz that was the common language of transilvania at the time the games story took place, or thats what they say, anyway.

[JasonWardStudios]

One of the best Super CD-ROM games to ever grace the system. The game play is amazing, graphics are top notch, and the soundtrack is 2nd only to Dungeon Explorer II on the same system. I spent a good deal of money to get the game, but still got it at a really good price. Any classic TG-16 / PC-Engine Super CD-ROM / Turbo Duo collection is lacking without this title in the library.

[benjamillion]

0:42

"dimension beginnin'"

[lozanozl]

Excelent Video !! thanks for the up!

[shiroma3084]

Thanks UrbanVibezHouse!

[UrbanVibezHouse]

We have come here together to call the Forces of the Darkness with our cursed Blood. We want, that they rule the World, and we expect the Falling of the World with a smile.

After 100 Years the Evil has rise again.

He can transform into a Bat, a Wolf and into Fog.

He loves the Night.

He drinks the blood of young women and lives forever.

The King of the Devil`s Castle, the Lord of the Evil, Count Dracula rises again.

[UrbanVibezHouse]

In the good old time

Where People lived in prosper

And in peace

No one believed, that a Menace will rise in the Future.

On the Darkside of Peace and Growth

Were und still is also the Evil.

The People begin to deny the Growth, and call Peace Degeneration.

[UrbanVibezHouse]

that`s the german transcription, i also post an english translation for a better understanding ;)

[UrbanVibezHouse]

„Wir haben uns hier versammelt um die Mächte der Finsternis mit unserem verfluchten Blut zu rufen. Wir wollen, dass sie die Welt regieren, wir erwarten lächelnd den Niedergang der Welt.

Nach 100 Jahren ist der Böse wiederauferstanden.

Er kann sich in eine Fledermaus, in einen Wolf und Nebel verwandeln.

Er liebt die Nacht.

Er schlürft das Blut von jungen Frauen und lebt ewig.

Der Burgheer des Teufelschlosses, der Heer des Bösen, Graf Dracula ist auferstanden.

[UrbanVibezHouse]

German:

In der guten alten Zeit

lebten die Menschen noch wohl

und in Frieden

Niemand glaubte, dass es in der Zukunft zu einer Bedrohung kommen würde

Auf der Schattenseite des Friedens und des Wachstums

Gab und gibt es aber auch immer das Böse

Die Menschen beginnen, das Wachstum abzulehnen, und bezeichnen den Frieden als Degeneration

[UrbanVibezHouse]

No it`s real german , he just speaks it out very directly .. though i`m from austria i understand every word what he speaks :D

[shiroma3084]

Could you transcript the narrator speech in German, please? I'd like to see the sentences...

[rubberhoodie]

Heh.... is it a japenese guy speaking german or a true german guy? I guess it is the latter.

[mruppel2]

An relic.

This is why I love Konami.

Castlevania forever!

[Belmondo4447]

dracula the true king of evil.

[bisexualbuffthug]

This is the greatest castlevania game ever made!!!

[shiroma3084]

Somebody know where can I find the original text in German of this intro?

[Dafelewa]

Will this game be on the Virtual console on Wii?

[buffalobobby]

yes, check yes, check vc-reviews dot com

[littlesaiyan]

no it wasn't released in north America until recently on PSP Dracula X chronicles only way u can play it sorry not wii

[gargoylesquest]

legend never die! pc engine italian rules

[Superlink911]

After 100 Years, the Evil has rised once again. he could turn into a bat, into a Wolf and into a fog. He loves the Night. He drinks the Blood of Young Woman. And lives Forever. The king of Castlevania. The Lord of Evil. Count Dracula has rised.

i hope thats a good subtitle.

[Superlink911]

in the good old time, lived the humanity quiet and in peace. Nobody believed, that in the Future a threat would come. On the Shadowside of Peace the grow up was and always will be Evil. Humanity has began to refuse the grow up, and called the peace the Generation.

We all have come together, to call the Force of Darkness with our cursed Blood. We want them to rule the World, we wait with a Smile the downfall of this World.

Part 1 english subtitle

[mikevmpr3]

I have played both Rondo of blood and snes dracula x.....

I am so confused!!

Why is stage one in rondo similar to "aljiba" in simons quest

and stage one on snes is similar to "warakya"(wallachia) from draculas curse?

[ParanoiaDragon]

The SNES Dracula X(known as Dracula XX in Japan) was an alternate version, not a sequal, not a remake, but, a different game, retelling the same story as Rondo of Blood.

[Outlander11]

An 8bit system with a cdrom how interesting

[schtolteheim]

wronfg

[mistresshelgaharley]

The Second part of This Intro wasn't included in the Dracula X Chronicles for PSP.

[BigBoss023]

That totally sucks, they should have remade the second part of it and included it after the first part of the intro!

[HayGuyz1]

Yeah it is, it plays after you start a new game I believe.

[CornholioFan98]

That sucks. That was the best part where you see the Vampire Killer zoom across the screen to break a skull and you see the crosses flying in the air and stuff. That was the bomb.

[was12123]

crap man, that belmont looks like ryu XD

[Deeznutz5150]

Richter Belmont. My thoughts exactly. lol

[Vampire8887]

yeah I have it is good thou for me the best is symphony

[vampirekiller777000]

guess what people I got the emulator for this and... it is... the... greatest... castlevania... ever.

[BigBoss023]

I'm playing the Windows 32 version of this game right now, and it's really as great as everyone says it is.

[Ehal256]

yes it is, good job finding the compiled version, i just found it also, freakin awesome, especially the music, but its damn hard.

[BigBoss023]

Yes it is damn hard! But you eventually get better after practicing and memorizing the enemy's movements!

[Ehal256]

yes, i just got to the werewolf boss at the end of the 2nd level, so far nothing completely insane, but its pretty damn hard.

[BigBoss023]

Yea, and I'm now on Stage 3 B since I went and took the pathway back in Stage 2 B where you have the ferryman take you across the river!

And I just barely beat the werewolf boss and got to Stage 3 A as well!

[Ehal256]

nice :D

[BigBoss023]

I'm playing The Dracula X Chronicles version of this game, and I'm trying to unlock Symphony of the Night right now, but it's kinda difficult with all the darn enemies coming at me and crap!

[Ehal256]

haha

:D

[BigBoss023]

I should be able to unlock it after trying more than a few times and practicing along with watching the video that shows me how to unlock Symphony of the Night.

[Ehal256]

yes it is, want the win32 compiled version, no .iso's or emulation, and it's much faster. pm me.

[02ramfan]

Is this in deutch!

[BigBoss023]

It's actually in German with Japanese subtitles!

[NiGHTSintodreams]

The voice is.

[Houminid]

Somone tell me were to find an emulator for the pc engine and Dracula x: rondo of blood! holy shit i need to play this game!

[Vampire8887]

um there is a torrent somewhere that say castelvania collection it have all even the soundtrack, and have this game and the emulator.

I dont know try torrent sites and put castlevania collections.

[BigBoss023]

It's alot harder to find nowadays since Konami suddenly did a crackdown on the distribution of the ISO image which makes it alot harder to try and obtain, but you can try the torrent sites that don't require you to sign up for the site in order to download they're torrents.

[Ehal256]

i have the win32 compiled version, no emulators or .iso's necessary. pm me if you're interested.

[chalavet]

Definitely the best intro for a Castlevania game. Although, I do like how SOTN starts as well. I can't wait for the PSP remake to see what they do with the intro. I hope they keep it in German.

[LordBrimstone1]

Also during the time period in Rondo of Blood, Wallachia was the stage of several wars between the Ottomans, Russian empire, and specificly the german speaking Austrian empire. With the land changing hands so much it wouldn't be out of place to have german, turkish, and russian speaking citizens. Oh also the area of Transylvania at the time was mostly under the influance of the austrians as well.

[LordBrimstone1]

I have a new theroy that may explain the german dialouge. Vlad Tepes like his father Vlad II Dracul was part of the Order of the Dragon. One of the order's big bases of power was in germany so it would be safe to assume that Vlad tepes and those serving under him would know german. Also, his soldiers in the beginning are wearing red which is the primary color of the order as well.

[vampirekiller777000]

BEST CASTLEVANIA INTRO EVER!!!!!!!!

[senatus]

I've got this game -- bought it and a Turbo-Duo many, many years back for a great price. As much as I love the game, I'm considering selling it and the system ... hit me up with a good price and I'll work with you.

[nintendaruto818]

$90?

[Darkintagnir]

Hmmm, cool game.

But, I don't know,from get it.

[pusska111]

this beats the crap out of the American SNES verison

[kingarthurpendragon]

Perfect! I made a version of this intro too.. after the work is done, I saw yours.. yours is better..

[reanueax724]

the cross item crush in this game was the best of them all

[Luxises]

damn right!! I was thinking that I would die without watching this masterpiece thanx a lot man!!

[squareman5]

that guy in the blue is Richter or somethin like that right?

[tatsujin07]

ohh... ey, das ist ja schon 14 jahre alt!

[Kikunusuke]

Grammatikalisch ok, aber der Sprecher hört sich etwas seltsam an ^^

[testiest]

i know my shit and this game kicks ass

[bowuthegreatdemon]

Man,how I wonder play this game,i played the Snes remake and I don´t liked it because is too hard(Richter´s jump is terrible),but I sure Rondo of Blood is a great game.

[Cyberxion]

Funny how it's considered some rare, "holy-grail", when it's actually pretty easy to find in Japan. Not really rare at all.

[djdexcat]

Not all of us are willing to go to another country for a video game. Most people are just waiting for the PSP remake and port. (Dracula X Chronicles)

[Waltcowz]

Rofl The Narrator is speaking german! Nice, so I could undeerstand the Story of this Game without Problems although he sounds like someone had pushed a stick into his *ss XD

[athikbanget]

any castlevania fan would be proud of owning this piece of relic.... *sigh* by the time I have my own money to hunt this game down, the price would've been gone through the roof :(

[RiktigaAdem]

please not fucking japaneese!

[Waltcowz]

If you understand german it's much easier.

[xXbelmontXx]

A hundred years had past, and he was resurrected. Able to become bat, wolf, or mist at will, he lived in the night. He drank the blood of young maidens and lived an eternal life. The lord of Demon Castle, the god of evil, Count Dracula was reborn.

[Skywalka2006]

Close. But not exact. slurp not drank, although that sounds more silly in english than it sounds in german :-)

[xXbelmontXx]

In the days of old, the people thrived on peace and prosperity. Indeed, fears of unrest were not among their thoughts...

Everpresent, however, is the underside of tranquility, evil. Evil, which spurns prosperity and disdains peace.

Gather they did, those who wished to summon the powers of darkness and cleanse the decadence of the world. And, with smiling countenance, they anxiously awaited the coming of their era...

[sfried]

It's for PC Engine, therefor "Push RUN Button" makes sense.

[Waltuo]

"Push Run Button!" LOL!

[sfried]

""Push Run Button!" LOL!"

You obviously don't own a PC Engine, do you?

[zeth51]

and before you, the last masculine hero in a castlevania game, staring from simphony of the night all they look like girls. how sad.

[Ryuseikun]

I don't know German nor Japanese, but I think it's pretty obvious that what's happening in the intro, is that the German speaking guys need to sacrifice the girl, in order to bring back Dracula.

[JuliusBelmont]

i got this game....its for snes too...but is it the same as this one??

[MoriyaMug]

No. It uses similar graphics and the same main character, but the two games themselves are vastly different in design. The SNES game is severely watered down.

[8BitManiac]

Richter looks kinda like Ryu from SFA.

[richterb23]

those guys just killed the girl, that was so rude.. twas tragic

[Hafk]

She was a sacrifice, so she most likely gave her life. She did not scream or struggle prior, nor does it look like she was bound down.

[NinjaGhostScorpion]

She just looked like she was knocked the hell out.

[vettriano]

thats a good ass game i think the coolest part is when you have that little mini fight with death on the horse carrage.

[TotoroTheTororo]

I don't see why everyone is complaining about the "anime" style of the new castlevanias coming out. It's not like it's new to the series.

[soliloquial]

I think it's because at the time, the style was well recieved as a fitting new addition, but after becoming used to Ayami Kojima's excellent Romanesque style, it took away the depth of the characters with rather generic character designs in contrast.

You've gotta admit, everyone except Mina could've done without the style change for Dawn of Sorrow.

[TotoroTheTororo]

Well, I guess I agree on that point. I really did love Ayami Kojima's art, but the new style change didn't really affect the game in any way, for me at least.

[soliloquial]

Oh, no no no. The game is fine. The character designs just should've stuck which most people agree with, that's the only thing.

[AlucardsQuest]

Whenever I play Dawn of Sorrow or look at Portrait of Ruin, I notice that the games are a lot more colorful, and the stories are more "kid friendly" than the games where Ayami Kojima is the artist... just an observation.

[bigolebadassbob]

I like the anime style of Rondo,

but not that of Castlevania for DS.

Why?

Because the heroes are little kids in Castlevania for DS!

Having kids as the main characters takes away the serious atmosphere from the series.

Castlevania isn't supposed to be a kid friendly game like Mario or Sonic the hedgehog.

It's supposed to be dark and heroic.

Unlike Castlevania for DS, Rondo has a full grown hero, and thus carries on the tradition of the old series.

[MoriyaMug]

The issue is that the audience for Castlevania games is shrinking. In spite of their generally consistent quality, it's not attracting any new fans. IGA's explanation for the new art style is that precise issue. It was primarily a matter of "draw in new fans or the series dies." Much as most anime tends to suck, I'd rather see it continue than die out.

[SirJanyse]

Ah... Maria wasn't a kid?

[bigolebadassbob]

Well, Maria was an alternative character for those who couldn't beat the game with Richter, so she isn't really the main character of Rondo.

The hero of that game is Richter.

[KingKazul400]

... the entire intro is in German?

[MoriyaMug]

Yep. Maybe they thought it would sound more "authentic," but I'm betting they just liked it. I don't think Vlad Tepes actually spoke German, anyway (though I could be wrong)...

[KingKazul400]

I thought Vlad was a Romanian nobleman who was "crusading" against the Turks with a penchant for doing impalements. And then that little problem with Lise getting killed and stuff led to him being Drac.

[MoriyaMug]

Eh, the real origins of the Dracula myth are pretty hazy. IGA rewrote a lot of the Castlevania backstory with a few retcons and the story of Lament of Innocence, anyway.

[AlucardsQuest]

IGA didn't rewrite anything, he only added to the story set forth in the original Japanese game manuals and other official and original sources.

[MoriyaMug]

He retconned Circle of the Moon for GBA, Castlevania Legends for GB (or whatever the one with Sonia Belmont is called) and both N64 games out of the timeline. That is official.

[AlucardsQuest]

In Dracula X Chi no Rondo, (before IGA joined the CV team) it was said in it's game manual for time period (the 18th Century) that Dracula was over approximately 800 years old... so IGA created a new origin based on that information. The Bram Stoker novel may have very little to do with the timeline after-all.

[soliloquial]

"In Dracula X Chi no Rondo, (before IGA joined the CV team)". Hold up, are you saying that IGA didn't participate in Chi no Rondo? Because he's given homage in the credits to this game.

[AlucardsQuest]

Jonathan Harker spoke German to the local townspeople in the novel, asking them about Dracula. Maybe it was just easier to go from there, rather than find someone who spoke the old Wallachian language.

[DigiHatesMakingNames]

I miss this game..

[Nintega]

You had this at one point? How did you get your copy?

[MoriyaMug]

It's not all THAT hard to get ahold of (legitimately or otherwise). It's high-profile, but it's not the rarest or most expensive PC Engine game, by any means. That dubious honor goes to Ginga Fukei Densetsu Sapphire (Galaxy Policewoman Legend Sapphire), an Arcade Card-based shmup.

[CyberDragon10K]

I... want... this... GAME!!!!!! XO;;

[MoriyaMug]

I keep meaning to get screenshots together... what's neat is that the layout of some of the stages was carried over to Symphony. Ie. the opening level and the room where you fight the Werewolf boss is the same as where Alucard meets Death and has his equipment taken away, and the clock tower is set up very similarly.

[Nintega]

Yeah I just noticed that on this video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v­=OSJx2t2ij1k

[Nintega]

Thanks for uploading this! Now I want the game even more.