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evulopah
msx addict
Posts: 464 |  Posted: October 15 2005, 17:26 |
And again they mentioned MSX in a review!! I just bought Castlevania: Lament of Innocence for the Playstation 2.
So I went to www.ign.com to see what review they wrote about:
http://ps2.ign.com/articles/455/455583p1.html
And yes, they mention Vampire Killer for the MSX in 1986 as the first Castlevania game.
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Arjan
msx addict
Posts: 475 | Posted: October 15 2005, 18:03 |
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BiFi
msx guru
Posts: 3142 | Posted: October 15 2005, 18:34 |
Why do I think Wikipedia isn't accurate on several things? Why would Konami call it Castlevania first, then Vampire Killer and return it to Castlevania? And they state the MSX2 version being on diskette... which is incorrect of course...
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Akuma
msx novice
Posts: 18 | Posted: October 15 2005, 18:59 |
...because Wikipedea is an evil tool of the scientology church to revise history.
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BodyHammeR
msx addict
Posts: 489 | Posted: October 15 2005, 19:05 |
Scientology?
O_o
/me hides (and you should too)
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Arjan
msx addict
Posts: 475 | Posted: October 15 2005, 19:33 |
so you think you know the real 'history'?
anyways, instead of complaining about incorrect information, you could try fixing it if you think you know better |
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hap
msx addict
Posts: 504 | Posted: October 15 2005, 19:43 |
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What makes you think they did ? The Japanese MSX2 and FDS version were both named Akumajou Dracula. The NES version was released in 1987, and that's when the name Castlevania was born. |
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evulopah
msx addict
Posts: 464 | Posted: October 15 2005, 19:43 |
I don't know why Konami called this game Vampire Killer and the rest Castlevania.
Here you find the original Japanese title screen:
http://www.generation-msx.nl/msxdb/softwareinfo/696
What is the meaning of the Japanese characters: Vampire Killer or Castlevania??
Edit: Oh I see: Akumajou Dracula |
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Rikusu
msx professional
Posts: 958 | Posted: October 15 2005, 22:26 |
Literally meaning 'Devil Castle Dracula' by the way.
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BiFi
msx guru
Posts: 3142 | Posted: October 16 2005, 12:34 |
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| so you think you know the real 'history'?
anyways, instead of complaining about incorrect information, you could try fixing it if you think you know better
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It all sounds just so il-f*cking-logical to me... first Castlevania, then Vampire Killer and then return to Castlevania again? |
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POISONIC
msx professional
Posts: 883 | Posted: October 16 2005, 15:13 |
the first Akumajou Dracula was released in the arcades first..... then MSX then the rest of the console shit .......
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Guillian
msx professional
Posts: 647 | Posted: October 16 2005, 16:36 |
I think the games were released in this way:
1986.09.26 Akumajou Dracula - Famicon Disk
1986.10.xx Akumajou Dracula - MSX2
1988.xx.xx Akumajou Dracula (JAP) / Haunted House - Arcade
And I'm pretty sure it was first released for Famicon Disk than for MSX2.
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J-War
msx freak
Posts: 221 | Posted: October 17 2005, 17:29 |
absolutely, it's a fact, the first one was on FDS, period, now go all sit in a corner !
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Abi
msx addict
Posts: 413 | Posted: October 18 2005, 18:18 |
But who said the famicon version was programmed before the MSX2 version? 
Maybe the MSX2 version was already finished before they released the Famicon disk version but they had to wait because of the production of the cartridges!
Just kidding m8s |
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viejo_archivero
msx addict
Posts: 456 | Posted: October 19 2005, 13:50 |
There is another game called again Vampire Killer. Castlevania Bloodlines, from Genesis, is called "Vampire Killer" too in its original version (image) |
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