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Go ahead and shadowdrop this you COWARDS.

Map and stat screens down the right side of the gameplay window. Thumbstick inputs for the touchscreen gimmick stuff in Dawn of Sorrow.

There's almost nothing in this that you can't get out of just plugging these roms into MelonDS. Hell, the Definitive Edition patch for Dawn of Sorrow is better, removing the touchscreen elements and anime portraits.

Another Konami L, smh.

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[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I fully support games companies taking down rom sites so they can sell us the very same roms back but in HD for $69.99.

[–] ashinadash@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It doesn't even look integer scaled cruelty-desolate but Digital F*undry will still sing its praises lmao

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

John from DF is very anal about that though

[–] ashinadash@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nah he's fuckin' not, he gave the Castlevania Requiem on PS4 a positive review despite it being an utter botch job.

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That port has an integer scaling option though

[–] ashinadash@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

? That's the PSP game run through the PS4's internal emulator, none of the settings scale quite right because it's a pair of 256×224 games running in a 480×272 viewport, the Castlevania Dracula X Chronicles on PSP itself has no integer scale to begin with.

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pretty sure they run at native res with 4x upscaling, but I'm often wrong

[–] ashinadash@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This MLIG video at 29:20, interpolation on all video modes lel. They did not even try, it's also a mess in many other ways which is sad.

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Forget the interpolation, the "scanline" filter not matching the actual pixels is the greatest sin what the fuck

[–] ashinadash@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah it's a butchery, ideally they would have used the PSP source code to port it to PS4 natively but effort lol. Criminal shit.

[–] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

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[–] magi@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's why I have most romsets backed up to our nas no-copyright along with the romhacks backup

[–] graymess@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wow, what a lazy port. See, I'd love to play a remaster of these games that actually re-evaluates the functions of the second screen, working those features into a single 16x9 screen experience. Nope, they'll just awkwardly squish the second screen in there like how every DS game is emulated. How hard would it have been to put a semi-transparent minimap over a corner of gameplay like a bunch of Metroidvanias do?

[–] ashinadash@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

It was my desperate hope that M2 would have the time money and source code required to do that, but yeah nah it's just Desmume pretty much, lmao.

[–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is it time for me to become Castlevania treatbrained now? Will see makima-think

[–] ashinadash@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, absolutely fucking not. Not these ones anyway.

retvrn

[–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Oh, gotcha. Any advice on where to start if I did?

[–] ashinadash@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Castlevania 1. There is no other correct way ✨

Other cool and good games are III, Rondo of Blood, Belmont's Revenge and Bloodlines.

[–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Will do! Guess this means I might finally install EmuDeck, once I clear the next few games from my backlog. Thanks!

[–] graymess@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is the first time I've seen the NES games recommended ahead of Symphony of the Night.

[–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ashinadash and Magi usually have great gaming opinions, and when their takes go against the grain they usually align with my against the grain takes, so I trust it. Will find out either way!

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am on castlevania 1 team as well. All 3 NES castlevania games slap.

[–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

I like the metroidvania ones, Aria of Sorrow is probably the best of that bunch

[–] magi@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Gotcha, EmuDeck it is! Thanks!

[–] magi@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

ClassicVania > IgaVania any day, but I know people like the metroidvanias, I like circle of the moon on gba too but I prefer the classic style more because of the difficulty, IgaVanias lack that imo

[–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Unfortunately I am mega Metroidvania brained, but I won't knock the classics until I try them. Thanks!

[–] magi@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Understandable, I just prefer how tight the games played originally but I did give them all a chance, and I've beaten every IgaVania, have fun when you play them ^^

[–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

Thanks, will do! kirby-wave

[–] magi@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I beat all of these on an emulator last year, and being able to use romhacks to tweak the art was part of the experience. This doesn't seem really worth it if you have a means to emulate already comrade-raccoon

[–] ashinadash@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

Fr fr, I played Dawn on my DSi but used the Definitive hack with an ace3ds+ clone, lmao.

[–] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

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