Good Games, Bad Design takes aim at Dracula’s Curse

With all the love I have built up over the years for Dracula’s Curse, I never really took a step back to look at the raw design. Having played through it perhaps a dozen times, I barely see the game while it’s passing me by. It turns out the design is really not very good. The [...]

Castlevania III box art nicely refreshed by hand

Among Carlos Lerma’s collection of redone NES game box art is this really sweet Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse boxart which TinyCartridge credits to Gerardo Ramirez and DeviantArt credits to hanzthebox. I remember the day I bought Dracula’s Curse back when it was new. Cracking open the plastic, flipping through the manual, not recognizing the collector’s item [...]

Is Konami making a Castlevania compilation for Wii and PSP?

Rumors have surfaced in the past day that Konami is currently making a Castlevania compilation for Wii and PSP. Nintendo Life cites an “anonymous source” for this information. Titles mentioned in the rumor include the NES, SNES, and Genesis games as well as Rondo of Blood and Symphony of the Night. With no real source for [...]

Adorable homemade Alucard plush toy forms from mist on eBay

OK, so it didn’t really form from mist, I was just being creative. Look at this cute little devil! I’m almost tempted to take him home myself! Except he’s $75, which is a bit much for a two year old used homemade doll. Think about the things this angsty kneebiter has seen!

Source: eBay
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His arguments against Simon’s Quest are SPOT ON. This is why my review of the game was so low when it hit Virtual Console. It just doesn’t hold up. However, I don’t agree that the game is so hard. I blasted through it easily in a couple of hours, relying entirely on my memory of playing [...]