December 19th, 2009 • Stephen Munn
Toastyfrog’s “Compendium of Useless Information” added a profile a couple of days ago, courtesy Kat Bailey, of the entire Belmont Clan. It’s a wistful, brief piece with some comedy. It gives a general overview of what the family is about, who the important members are (with no mention of Leon, sadly) and what they do… and [...]
October 1st, 2009 • Stephen Munn
Hey, guess what. Chris Kohler went to Japan and bought some video games, then he talked about it on his blog at Wired. Among his great finds is a PS2 game I would love to have in my collection which contains the original arcade game (Haunted Castle) and a bunch of bonus items.
In a similar vein, [...]
August 18th, 2009 • Stephen Munn
My usual search on eBay turned up this poorly written listing for a complete and “very well kept” Haunted Castle arcade machine. Haunted Castle was the arcade game that was adapted into Castlevania for play at home. It’s also the game in the series with the hardest bats to cope with.
For Auction is Rare
Haunted Castle Arcade [...]
April 6th, 2009 • Stephen Munn
1988′s Haunted Castle lives in the minds of many Castlevania fans as a kind of mysterious missing episode in the series. The game was an arcade release that later found its way onto the PS2 in Japan as part of a series of rereleases at the hands of a publisher called Hamster. It’s kind of a [...]
March 6th, 2009 • Stephen Munn
In my quest to collect Castlevania games, I’ve seen a lot of Castlevania things that aren’t games. Case in point: Castlevania: The Belmont Legacy, a series of five comic books from 2005, which was eventually compiled into a single volume. That volume is available from the publisher for $19.99 or many other places for as much [...]