Woo! 2nd attempt at posting this... I was just about ready to hit "Post" and my power went out...
This is a hack of the original Castlevania for NES that optomon and I have been working on for over a year. Optomon has done all the coding, music, and some level design, and I've done all the graphics, some level design, and the map. So what's changed?
-New GFX
-New levels
-New level paths
-New map
-New sub-weapon
-New music
-Music on the title screen
-New enemies
-New bosses
After I get through the story I'll give you an example of each.
--STORY--
1476, Romania. A terrifying castle rises up from the mist. Along with the castle rose a dark powerful being named Count Dracula Vlad Tepes. A man named Trevor Belmont was fated to defeat the powerful vampire, aided by a witch named Sypha, Dracula's own son Alucard, and a pirate named Grant DeNasty. Together the team traversed the dark halls of Castlevania, defeating the count and his countless minions.
In 1777 a young child was born, and abandoned on a merchant ship with nothing but a headband with a mysterious crest, and the name Armund. The sailors raised the child on the high seas, and taught him the ways of being a sailor. Armund grew to be one of the greatest men that the merchant ship ever saw.
Late 1797, word started to spread of the legends of Count Dracula, and his tyranny in the land of Romania. It was about that time, that Armund ran into an old Romanian man in Serbia. The old man knew a lot about the history of Count Dracula, and his reign of terror in Romania. The old man recognized the crest on Armund's bandanna, and told him that it belonged to the DeNasty clan, and that his ancestor helped defeat Dracula. Armund decided to leave his life on the high seas to seek out more answers about his ancestry.
Romania, 1800. It's been 3 years since Alucard defeated his father in battle and has gone into eternal slumber. Armund's search has taken him to the mountains of Romania, not far from the town of Jova. A mysterious letter hinted that he might be able to find answers in the castle of Count Olrox, a servant of Count Dracula's. Armund set out of Olrox's castle, armed only with an enchanted barbed rope from Serbia. This will truly be the greatest and most arduous adventure of Armund DeNasty's life.
--New GFX/Levels--
The level pictured is level 2, The Royal Chessboard. All of the level's graphics are brand new, along with the level's design, and the actual level path, leaving nothing of the original level.
--New Map--
This is the new map. Seeing how the game takes place around the same time as SotN, I wanted to have the same kind of map. We also needed a new map because it's a different castle, with new level paths in it.
--New Sub-Weapon--
Pictured above is Armund using the Laurels. The idea was taken straight out of Castlevania 2. They take the place of the stopwatch, and using them takes 8 hearts, but they give you temporary invincibility.
--New Music--
This hack has a completely new soundtrack, scored by optomon. All of the songs are completely original, except Dance of Pales. Dance of Pales is a song played in SotN in the Olrox's Quarters section of the castle. You can download the .nsf here:
http://chorusofmysteries.googlepages.com/downloads--New Enemies--
(stolen from our site)
Skeleape- These are what Olrox keeps around instead of Axe Armors, and they are a lot more intense. The skeleape moves back and forth quickly, stopping erratically and throwing nega-boomerangs (like the ones Evil Trevor has in SotN) They take four hits to kill, but they have a weakness...
--New Bosses--
(stolen from our site)
Slogra- Level 3's Boss. Slogra awaits you on top of Olrox's castle. When you encounter him he runs quickly around the screen, and jumps high into the air. He throws bones at you, and shoots fireballs.
This hack is coming very close to release. Optomon and I are just trying to clean some stuff up before we ship it out to our beta testers... and that's where you come in! We're looking for one more beta-tester. There ARE some rules for eligibility though.
1) We have to be familiar with you, and be able to trust you
2) You have to be really good at Castlevania
3) You have to have some Castlevania hacking experience
So feel free to leave any comments and beta testing applications here.
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