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Akumajo Dracula X: Gekka no Yasoukyoku Anonymous
From the very same anonymous that brought you Dracula X: Rondo of Blood for PC-Engine, now comes the Sega Saturn Edition of Symphony of the Night. Full ISO. Please share.

a) You can now choose to play as Richter, Alucard or Maria right from the start.
b) Two new areas: the Cursed Prison and the Underground Garden.
c) Japanese text only. But not that you need much japanese to understand what's going on. As usual, only Alucard has a story, the other characters are for entertainment.

Enjoy!

Torrent: http://datorrents.com/torrents-details.asp?id=13534
>> Suriku
No emulator this time ;_;

I got the iso long ago and since always tried to get it running on an emulator with little luck. Cassini has a ok (far from perfect but playable) output but wont save. I hoped someone had more luck with setting up an emulator for this game
>> Anonymous
The one neccesary note, for that rare weirdo who might not actually have played this before.

Two rings, must be worn in the center of the clock tower to eventually progress(The room with the big clock face that has no music but ticking.)

Noted because this is the one area where japanese_illiteracy can cause a fail, since it's the text on the rings that tell you what to do.

>>120216

Go to the emulator site of your choosing, and pick up a recent version of SSF.

If you can't play it near-perfect, you have a piece of RANCID shit for a PC. I have nearly-rancid, merely-foul-smelling shit for a PC, and SSF ran the game perfectly fine.
>> Anonymous
>>120209
look for the busted as fuck red dagger in the cursed prison (might be second time you're there, not sure)
>> Anonymous
WHere's the torrent of Rondo of Blood?
>> Anonymous
http://www.demonoid.com/files/details/410768/10685984/
>> Anonymous
How exactly do you play this? I'm still kinda new to the emulation scene I dloaded the game and SSF now what ><.
>> Anonymous
anyone know a good linux sega saturn emulator?
>> Anonymous
>>120209
I did once download sum saturn sotn a few years ago and It didn't work on those emulators a found on ngemu

if this would work on a said "SSF" emulator, then it would be clearly obvious, that you, the OP, win and deserves the title of:

Lord of 4chan Castle Van
(this you could add to your emailfield or use as Anonymous(Lord of...))
>> Anonymous
>>120209

Thanks for this OP. Very much appreciated.

>>120221

Tried ssf and it instantly crashes when I double-click the exe. Using 2k btw. Tried the version before the current and the same thing happened. It doesn't help much that the entire readme is in moonspeak.

Tried it with a few of the hacked giri giri versions I have and haven't had any luck.
>> Anonymous
SSF REQUIRES (NOT optional) a SSE2 capable CPU. so anything less that P4 or Athlon64 won't run it
>> Anonymous
>>120327

Thanks. That would explain things since I'm using an Athlon XP 2100+.
>> Anonymous
hey, if you happen to have a Japanese Saturn, could you just burn this to a CD and play, or would modding still be required?
>> Anonymous
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I'm on a 2.8 GHz P4 here, win2k. SFF seems to work but when I get to the title screen for SotN all I see is this message in Japanese and I can't get past it.

Anyone else have any luck?
>> Anonymous
>>120353
Hey, that happened to me too. I somehow managed to get past it by clearing the data on the memory card at the Saturn startup screen/music player thing.
>> Anonymous
in before what is a man
>> Anonymous
>>120224

once you're in the upside down castle, 1st priority, head straight to the library, jack up your luck and keep killing the flying pumpkin head looking ghosts for the Vallimway, that's the ONLY weapon you'll ever need, after that PLOW (literally) thru anything, hopefully they didn't change the rare item drops from the PSX version since that's what I'm pulling this from
>> Anonymous
     File :-(, x)
This happens when I open the exe. When I click 'OK' it closes itself. WinXP and P4, if that's any help.
>> Anonymous
so...any other emus out there that work without the P4?
>> Anonymous
>>120353
Select the Japanese bios and set region to japan, and you're done.
>> Anonymous
I try to play it but everytime I open the exe it opens for a second and then it clsoes. D: Halp.
>> Anonymous
I could run it in my machine but runs slow as hell. ._.
>>120370
I believe the name of the sword is crissagrim (or something like that) and the flying head thingy is called "schmoo". I think the psx and saturn version have the same drop item
>> Anonymous
>>120429
OP here. Same with me, go slow as hell ;_; SSF is the closest i've been to play the game in a decent way... *sigh*. So, should i stop the seeding and go sharing Chrono Cross for PSX?
>> Anonymous
SSF is made of shit and fail and will overheat your CPU. Just saying.
>> Anonymous
bump for emu...or even source that works on p3?
u.u...
i wanna play this game soo bad...
>> Anonymous
>>120477

Alright, I've uploaded this hacked version of giri giri so you kiddies can play as Loli Maria.

I was unable to get the game to work with the emu in .iso format so I've included UltraISO and a readme to walk you guys through to getting the game to run on your pc's. I have no idea if this game runs better with this emu or SSF as my pc doesn't even meet the requirements for SSF.

The game lags quite a bit in certain parts but the game is playable. I've heard the game itself is quite a laggy port of the psx version so I don't know how much of the lag is attributed to the emu.

Either way, ENJOY!!

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=KVETXBJE
>> Anonymous
I played this game on a real Saturn a couple of years back, the slowdown may not be entirely the fault of the emulators. The game had some hideous slowdown in places when played on an actual Saturn console.
BTW, check out the BMP files in the OMAKE folder on the cd, theres a topless Succubus image.
>> Anonymous
Works in SSF here. (I already have the ISO)

Yes, the slowdown is worse than the original, and yes, it's like that on the real hardware.

The Cursed Prison is barely two rooms connecting the Marble Gallery and the Underwater Caverns. The Underground Garden is slightly less disappointing, although accessible almost immediately as it is right at the entrance, and contains a couple of new enemies and a new boss.

Oh, and Maria insists on fighting you before she'll hand over the Holy Glasses. And as I hadn't power leveled like mad and produced a +999 muramasa, she kicked my ass several times. Yow.
>> Anonymous
>>120497
the Cursed prison is a leveling heaven in early game. You get to it around lv 10, and ghosts, gargoyles and specially will'o wisps wield tremendous amount of XP. With the Bible, you can rank up + 12lv in less than 10mn of time.
>> Anonymous
>>120497

she fights you in this game?! man why can't Konomi revamp this and Blood of Rondo for PS2 yet? I mean the 1st Castlevania was revamped then Metal Gear Solid 1+2 for GC even Golden Axe got a 3D overhaul (even though it's not Konomi but still)
>> Anonymous
>>120497

yeah I heard despite all the extras the saturn version had over the PSX one, people still liked the later better, pretty ironic that you mentioned the slow down since saturn was known to outperform the PSX when it came to 2D games cases in point the Capcom and SNK fighters
>> Some Random Fag !nlN67IfzjM
>>120521

3D Golden Axe sucked dead dogs. I'd rather SotN and Rondo retroactively disappeared from existance than have a remake that shitty.
>> Anonymous
>>120560
Because the Saturn version was a port of the PSX version, they weren't developed independantly.
>> Anonymous
Do you guy know how to get the secret ending? Where [spoilers]Maria turns into a demon[/spoilers]. I tried without glasses, with glasses and with equiped glasses. I still have to try after a clear, and without any of the clock rings (I have forgot to try these possibilities). If you have the definite answer please post.

>>120365
believe it or not, the jp voices are better. Most notably the nightmare scene, it sounded ridiculous in english.
>> Anonymous
Do you guy know how to get the secret ending? Where [spoiler]Maria turns into a demon[/spoiler] I tried without glasses, with glasses and with equiped glasses. I still have to try after a clear, and without any of the clock rings (I have forgot to try these possibilities). If you have the definite answer please post.

>>120365
believe it or not, the jp voices are better. Most notably the nightmare scene, it sounded ridiculous in english.
>> Anonymous
>>120327

>so anything less that P4 or Athlon64 won't run it

Lies. SSE2 is old. Pentium IIs have it, I believe, as do Pentium Ms and a whole lot of other stuff.

>>120896

>Do you guy know how to get the secret ending?

Does not exist in either version. It was probably going to be put in, which is why the PSX version has the recorded voices, but they yanked it near the end of development, probably for the same reason why the inverted castle has practically the same damn two pieces of music playing the entire way through: deadlines.
>> Anonymous
>>120902
I was talking anything less, timeline based. SSE2 was introduced with P4s on intel side, and with A64 on AMD CPUs.

SSE2 wasn't certainly here with PII, since first SSE was introduced by PIIIs...
>> Anonymous
>>120877
the Saturn version was worse than just a port. Rather than optimizing the code to work on the saturn, they apparently just came up with ways to make the saturn work like an emulator using the psx code.
>> Anonymous
>>120877

ah, so it was Konomi's oversight then, that explains it then
>> Anonymous
>>120902
I still have my jap psx copy, how do I access the hidden tracks?
>> Suriku
>>120221
SSF gave me a reasonable slower output than Cassini which had worked quite well but is unable to save my progress at all. No Savestate, no regular save.

My Computer is:

Athlon 2400+
512 DIMM DDRAM
Ati Radeon 9700Pro

A new computer is already ordered for almost 1200€ so I think trying to tweak now is a waste of time ^.~
>> Pingachevsky !R4K9xTEOkY
People with 2k who are experiencing crashes even if you are doing it all right:
Attempt to run the emu from the CMD. Works with japanese games so it's worth a shot here.
>> Wow, SSF really works (at least for me) Deep Grope
...I don't seem to have any problems playing with this game on this emulator; I wonder if it will work on the "Radiant Silvergun" iso? I've been wanting to play that game for a while now.

Does anyone know how to get the emulator on full screen?
>> Finally, a emulator that works for this game (at least for me) Deep Grope
...other than a few crashes, I don't seem to have any problems playing with this game on this emulator; I wonder if it will work on the "Radiant Silvergun" iso? I've been wanting to play that game for a while now.

Does anyone know how to get the emulator on full screen?

Also, why is it that I can't save this game? It keeps refusing to save when I tried.
>> Anonymous
>>121332
I can't get any iso or bin/cue files to work with GiriGiri but my original Japanese Radiant Silvergun Saturn CD works fine, albeit a bit slow, on my 1.7ghz processor
>> Deep Grope
Why is it the SSF emulator doesn't let me save game files?
>> Anonymous
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in before succubus... oh, shi-
>> Anonymous
>>121503
where can i find more castlevania art?
>> Anonymous
>>121542
in the "OMAKE" folder on the cd image posted
>> Gell
>>120353
>>120363
use saturn emu to clear the ram in mem management. then try again! it works.
>> Deep Grope
>>121667

Thanks a lot, but now I can't save on the fake cartridge memory. You know what, I think this emulator is better off without the BIOS file; there's less hassle.
>> Anonymous
WHAT IS A MAN?
>> Gell
>>121690
NP.

SSF is the only emu to go.
Giri Giri is crappy due to compatibility issues
Satourne is by a french guy (his newest beta 3 release has sound , the older vers don't).

All the rest of the emus are pretty much crap, only thing good about them is that they can play quickly once the emu is unpacked.

As far as SSF -- anyone know a good way to optimize it so it'll run smoother without the slowdowns?
>> Gell
<adding on>
I've only up dot clock to 3.00 or 3.25 and the instructions per sector to 200 instead of 150.

Anyone have more options to make it smoother?
>> Deep Grope
>>121801

What are you talking about? SSF is a BLOODY HELL of a good emulator. I'm just saying it works better without using a BIOS file.

Oh, and no matter how you set it up, some games will have slowdown; it's the natural flaws of its production. I set my emulator up with Dot Clock at 4, and SlaveSH2 speed to 100%, along with all checks at "Program1"...and games like Dracula X will still have some slowdowns.
>> Gell
prz read my comment again.

"SSF is the only emu to go."

that is praise to the emulator... I even ask how to make it run smoother...
>> Anonymous
>>121873
does SSF slow down when playing Panzer Dragoon?
>> Ed !yRmw3.w0iA
Thanks anonymous. Figures that since I work on the CV Dungeon a bit now that I should at least play this game. Can't beat the price of free :)
>> Ed !yRmw3.w0iA
>>121904

I played my copy of Azel Panzer Dragoon RPG and there wasn't any slowdown. I wasn't able to actually start a game, though, as I wasn't able to properly configure my 360 controller through SSF (although it did detect it and some of the buttons worked)...I think.
>> Deep Grope
>>121897

Oh...OHHH!!...NP...No Problem. Sorry, I was misunderstood, but still, I can't depend on your advice if I have to use the BIOS file.