![]() ![]() (We use the digest format to update topics from previous books without having to re-issue revisions, though we may do that some day for Castlevania.) My review of Curse of the Moon 2 can be found in Nintendo Life. A few other things, like some fan games like Castlevania: The Lecarde Chronicles, were covered in HG101 Digest Vol. ![]() The core game, a Metroidvania in the style of Symphony of the Night, as well as its first retro-style spinoff, Curse of the Moon, were covered in the HG101 Digest Vol. Koji Igarashi left Konami to kickstart his own Castlevania-style game, Bloodstained. However, there have been some updates that are worth mentioning: The Castlevania series hasn't seen a lot of movement since the book was published, which covered everything up through Lords of Shadows 2, released in 2014, so it's more current than the site. Remember, I started this when I was fifteen years old, and I'm now forty - there's a reason so much of it had to be redone for the HG101 book! If you're curious, part of the old 1998-era site has been preserved here, as well as another version from 2005 here. So, I'd rather keep the site as it was back in 2010, as a sort of museum to what things were like ten years ago, even if much of the writing is dated, silly, or downright embarrassing. Fan sites like this one were prolific back when I began The Castlevania Dungeon back in 1997 - heck, it's not even the only large Castlevania site still around - but nowadays they're a bygone relic, replaced by wikis that are able to remain more current and comprehensive, despite being navigational nightmares and lacking editorial oversight. There's also an edition available in Spanish from Gamepress!Īs I've gotten older, I've found myself missing certain aspects of the Olde Internet. It focuses mostly on the game reviews and Weirdness/trivia, so it's not comprehensive compared to the site, but it has most of the essential stuff. I had always meant for it to be The Castlevania Dungeon in book form, though so much of it was edited, revised, or completely rewritten that I don't even know how much of the original content remains. One of those books published by HG101 is focused entirely on Castlevania, which is the third one we published back in 2014. I also helmed an enormous book on Japanese RPGs from Bitmap Books, and I also freelance here and there. I've moved on to other things, including Hardcore Gaming 101, which has been around since 2004 or so, and has expanded into book publishing, with over twenty titles available focusing on a variety of retro video game topics. Over the years, I'd had people e-mail me asking if I would ever update The Castlevania Dungeon again, and the answer is, probably not, at least not beyond this news page. ![]() ![]() Kurt here! It's been nearly ten years since the last update, so I figured I'd finally put something up here. ![]()
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