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  Castlevania Curse of Darkness 20th Anniversary Celebration!      In the history of long-running video game franchises, there is often that occasional game that wanders from the formula of most games in the series, maybe that game proves to be a hit, maybe it doesn’t.  Now the game I am referring to is Castlevania : Curse of Darkness.  Castlevania, as a game series, began back in 1986 with the release of Castlevania or Akumajo Dracula first released for the Famicom, then for the NES.  Also for the other Nintendo Personal Computer known as the MSX-2, there was Vampire Killer, released later in 1986.  Now Vampire Killer, while it was the same character and general concept as Castlevania, featured a different gameplay progression with finding keys to unlock new doors and access new areas of the Castle as opposed to the more simple linear action platforming which the original Castlevania had.  The mechanic of keys unlocking doors to new areas wo...

   The 25th Anniversary of Vampire Hunter D : Bloodlust, Draws Near!                         And so, Vampire Hunter D : Bloodlust became an iconic Horror OVA when it was initially shown at the film festival known as  The Fantasia International Film Festival  in July of 2000, and later theatrical and video releases arrived the following year, including September 23, 2001 in North America.  To celebrate the release of this classic horror OVA, I have decided to premiere a number of videos to celebrate the event of its release.  This music video includes the remix of the song, "The Abandoned Castle" from FerdK , and originally composed by Michiru Yamane .

           Hello there, everyone!  Coming up soon for the season of Halloween is a review by Albeleo and I of our favorite horror games, it should include a number of your favorite horror series such as Resident Evil, Dead Space, and so on!  Come on over and enjoy the livestream!

        And so, in my ongoing Podcast, "Whatever Happened to the Game?" I am going to have another livestream commenting on retro games.  This time, we will be going into the Golden Age of Roleplaying Games in the 1990s and Early 2000s.  As part of this, we will begin on roleplaying games set in the Final Frontier, or Space.  This will focus on two games : Star Control II : The Ur-Quan Masters , and Escape Velocity , a Shareware Simulation/Roleplaying Game which inspired a number of similar later games in its genre.      Escape Velocity can be played today through The Community Edition of the Game , similar to how Fallout games have been rendered playable on various platforms through Fallout Community Edition .  Community Edition is a launcher which plays the game and reads the files in whatever operating system the launcher file is meant to run on, and Community Editions have helped play old games on newer operating systems...

 The 25th Anniversary of Vampire Hunter D : Bloodlust, Draws Near!                         And so, Vampire Hunter D : Bloodlust became an iconic Horror OVA when it was initially shown at the film festival known as  The Fantasia International Film Festival  in July of 2000, and later theatrical and video releases arrived the following year, including September 23, 2001 in North America.  To celebrate the release of this classic horror OVA, I have decided to premiere a number of videos to celebrate the event of its release.  This music video includes the remix of the song, "The Abandoned Castle" from FerdK , and originally composed by Michiru Yamane .      If you wish to know how to get emulation for Sony Playstation 2 to run Castlevania Curse of Darkness and other games, Kaos Nova has a thorough guide for setting up PCSX2 over on YouTube.            ...

  The Waterfall Secret!           What if I told you that there was a deep hidden secret behind a waterfall you pass by in Castlevania Curse of Darkness?  Well, here is where I will help you find this secret stash of treasure in the game!