Castlevania Chronicle
	posted Monday, September 19, 2005

Another installment of the Castlevania Encyclopaedia series. This time focusing more on old-school style rather than the new generation style of the Castlevania games. Choice this time was Castlevania Chronicle for the PS1, a slight remake of the Castlevania game for the X68000, a personal computer in Japan. Never heard of it? Well, you're not missing out on much. The game feels and looks a lot like the very first Castlevania game, but with updated graphics and such.

At first I honestly didn't enjoy this game, not until I gave it another chance.....4 years later. The game did grow on me a bit, surely good enough to be included in the Castlevania collection, but well, not really up to par with other old-school Castlevania games like Castlevania 3 or Rondo of Blood. The remake has a Time Attack mode for the sole purpose of speedrunning, which I liked and used. No restrictions this time around, just doing whatever it takes to get the quickest time.

Another set of videos worth collecting for the Castlevania Encyclopaedia series if you're a collector. Gotta catch 'em all!

Some comments on each block (stage):

Block 1

Everything went perfect. Could've used the stopwatch at the bat a tad bit quicker to save time though, if it's possible.

Block 2

Everything went the way I wanted it to be. Lost like half a second at 1:22 because I bumped my head into the ceiling. Other than that everything went perfect, unless you count getting it on the raft not being perfect (getting hit on the raft doesn't lose time just to let you know).

Block 3

Again everything went perfect...........except for getting hit by the bone....twice.

Block 4

Could've jumped instead of waste time walking up the stairs at 2:14. All the hits I took were to save time.

Block 5

Could've been better since the boss' movements is really random. The stage performence was great IMO.

Block 6

First section went perfect. Second section could've been a bit faster if I wasn't so whip happy. I did get through the second section unharmed though, which also did save me time. So overall it wasn't so bad. Third section went well with all the stopwatch abuse. Also got lucky during the boss battle by trapping it in the corner. As for when the orb comes down, I could've saved time by using the platform to jump, but if I messed up, I would be losing more than I gain, so I didn't risk it, also I don't get this lucky all in one go all the time.

Block 7

This stage took me longer than doing all the other stages put together. But when I finally could do it, I was very satisfied with my time. Death battle could be a bit better I think though.

Block 8

Stage performance went fine, although the maid room could be better. Also got very lucky on Dracula with his random patterns. Most of the time he appeared at the spots where I could easily abuse the cross and get a whole load of damage off him.

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