Indie Retro News: Castlevania AGA

Castlevania is actually a recreation price mentioning on Indie Retro Information, particularly with video games talked about such because the Castlevania thirtieth anniversary NES facelift, Intellivision, and even the unimaginable Castlevania Spectral Interlude on the ZX Spectrum. Effectively at the moment’s information is one thing particular certainly, as due to the developer Dante Retro Dev saying the replace on EAB, he has mentioned that the Scorpion Engine created Castlevania AGA, is now characteristic full! To coincide with this information, we have got some footage of the sport, and the total checklist of additives/adjustments under the video.

Here is what the developer says in regards to the recreation “A reimagined port of the 1986 authentic however with visuals impressed by Castlevania Chronicles and different non-8 bit titles within the sequence. The objective was to supply a playable and pure model of the unique Castlevania however with an Amiga taste. Not a port of the Sharp X68000 or PlayStation “Castlevania Chronicles” recreation, it solely occurs to make use of many degree tiles and sprites from that recreation as a result of it is a sensible rendition of how OG Castlevania would look in 16-bit or 32-bit”.

Dev Notes : It is a full recreation as of January of 2025. All levels, all bosses, all music tracks, all weapons from the unique Castlevania. Pixel artwork tailored or utterly re-designed to focus on Amiga’s strengths. Probably the most important ever venture ever carried out and launched utilizing SE.

– CD32 native model added. It was examined and runs on a inventory 2MB console. Nonetheless, it was compiled with a model of the engine that used the CDTV music driver, inflicting identified points (of CD music not beginning at sure factors, so I added an override button – left shoulder on CD32 pad – to power music ON in case it is off). It must be up to date additional with the correct CD32 music driver.
– A1200/A4000 variations can be found on many codecs (HDF picture and many others.)
– A1200/A4000 variations in the mean time don’t run on a inventory 2MB (A1200) machine, due to the (memory-expensive) MOD soundtrack (comprised of a couple of dozen tracks). It ended working on CD32 as a result of the CD music is cheap. The CD music was curated from a number of releases from the sequence. Eradicating most MOD tracks, leaving only one that repeats throughout the entire recreation (a la Battle Squadron) can be an possibility for a parallel, cut-down model that runs on inventory 2MB A1200.
– 6 principal tracks (Vampire Killer, Stalker, Depraved Baby, boss theme, intro and stage clear theme) have been organized by Estrayk. The remaining tracks are placeholders that will likely be changed by new variations organized by Martin Eriksson (DJ Metune). When that occurs, the sport will likely be a 1.0 launch.
– Some bosses, specifically 4 and 5, are a bit weak and have to be re-balanced. That is additionally a part of model 1.0. The Dracula combat has been re-balanced as of January 2025 and (IMHO) is kind of difficult, price of its closing boss standing.
– CD32 model eliminates various technique for using particular weapons (dagger, axe, cross, holy water), due to its multi-button commonplace management pad. So, it makes use of proper shoulder button for that, with a backup on inexperienced button. A1200/A4000 model additionally options that if you happen to plug a CD32 pad on it.