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 [...]

Play the DOS version of Castlevania in DOSBox with this handy guide

In my game collection, there is no shortage of ways to play Castlevania. I’ve got the NES version on the original NES cartridge, in its Classic NES Series GBA format, in the Castlevania and Contra Windows CD-ROM collection, and of course on Wii Virtual Console. If I spend five more minutes thinking about it, I’ll probably [...]