Castlevania ports for DOS, Commodore 64 and Amiga all use the same manual

I was excited to receive my copy of Castlevania for MS-DOS in the mail, but surprised by one thing: the manual is a universal one, with instructions for all three of the home computer ports of the game. This includes the boot instructions as well as the controls. When I boot the game, it asks me [...]

Where to begin the search for Castlevania for DOS, C64 and Amiga?

I’ve mentioned the DOS post of Castlevania a couple of times before, most notably in an article about how to play it on your modern home computers. However, when one wants a collection of video games, one needs the games, not copies of them. As a result, I’ve begun my search for the last three Castlevania [...]