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Hi Dark,
Actually, Bram Stoker's novel, Dracula, is now in the public domain. So
not only is Count Dracula in the public domain so are the other main
characters in the novel. I guess what people need to be aware of there are
two
Well new generation is a very unknown game, sinse it was released on the
Mega drive when most Castlevania games at thtat time were Snes exclusives.
I do appreciate it though sinse it's also set in 1925, so has you fighting
through places like a German munitions factory which is cool.
I only
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Hi Dark,
Hmmm...Well, hitting a vampire with a chain might not help, but here is a
twist. Pun definitely intended. What about
that's not a series I've ever heard of at all Tom, they do sound fun
though.
If I remember my mythology, part of the Lilith myth was that she was Adam's
first wife created before Eeve, but was unfaithful and unpleasant so
turned into the first vampire.
there is also of course the
Hi Dark,
Absolutely. That's why I've been thinking off and on of doing a good
Castlevania clone. The game is so generic that no one can come and pull
the plug on it by screaming about copyrights. It is like, 'copyrights?
What copyrights?
Take the Belmont's out of the picture, drop the
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Hi Dark,
Absolutely. That's why I've been thinking off and on of doing a good
Castlevania clone. The game is so generic that no one can come
Hi Dark,
Well, actually what happened is they placed Elizabeth Bathory in a room
and walled her up in there. The reason they did that is because everyone
believed she was responsible for the death of several young women in the
region, and they were afraid to bring her to trial. The Countess
Hi Dark,
There are several origin myths about Lilith, and yes one of them
involves the story about her being the first wife of Adam. She is one of
the more interesting and colorful demons of ancient mythology and
legend. Today, of course, instead of merely being a demon books, movies,
and
Hi Dark,
Hmmm...That's an interesting suggestion. If there is one thing I like
better than programming it is studying and researching history. As long
as I could remember I've always had an interest in archeology, history,
and anthropology. That's why movies, books, and games like Indiana
Hi Tom.
I do remember hereing some history of Elizabeth Bathory before which tallies
with this, pluss i've read one or two vampire stories which go along
these lines.
It strikes me very much like the tale of Jack the ripper, good fiction,
even if the facts are a trifle dodgy.
My
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Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 7:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Castlevania was: Developer time was: My Opinion of
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Hi Dark,
Hmmm...That's an interesting suggestion. If there is one thing I like
better than programming it is studying and researching history. As long as
I
Hi Dark,
Oh, I wasn't talking about what the end users would think of a complex
plot or story for a arcade game like Castlevania, but how much work goes
into it from the developers end. As a game player the more complex and
interesting the plot the better. However, as a developer I'm pretty
AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Castlevania was: Developer time was: My Opinion of
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Hi Dark,
Oh, I wasn't talking about what the end users would think of a complex
plot or story for a arcade game like Castlevania, but how much work goes
into it from the developers end. As a game player the more
That makes me think of Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles. The queen of the
vampires was I believe an Egyptian woman named Akasha, who was a queen
during her mortal life and assumed the same position when she became a
vampire because if memory serves she was one of the very first.
Homer: Hey, uh,
Or you could make it so that while the whip or whatever might harm the
vampire, they would be able to slowly heal over time from any wounds
inflicted by it. But the blessed weapon would have a property that would
make it impossible or at least very difficult for the vampire to heal
itself.
Hi Bryan,
Smile That would be Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice. According to
that book Akasha was the very first vampire, because she was the one the
demon took over after what she did to marharet and Mekare. Anyway, that
has little to do with my game idea though.
One thing that book did do,
Hi Bryan,
Well, vampires are well known for their incredible ability to heal from
wounds made by standard weaponry so that makes perfect sense. You could
slash him with a sword, lash him with a whip, but unless you use some
enchanted or powerful weapon he'll heal and keep coming.
Let's not
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Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 9:15 AM
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Hi Bryan,
Well, vampires are well known for their incredible ability to heal from
wounds made by standard weaponry so that makes
Hi tom.
castlevania, and supercastlevania in particular, actually over uses
skeletons a bit, sinse many enemies are skeletons with different attack
patterns, everything from hitting you with swords, having whips of
their own, just jumping at you or throwing axes.
in the Treasury
Well it has always rather confused me a litle.
to quote a review of castlevania which I stuck on gamefaqs a while ago:
Simon has especially discovered that smacking vampires many times in the
head with a big heavy length of chain stops them from being a problem, -
Vampires are obviously
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That makes me think of Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles. The queen of the
vampires was I believe an Egyptian woman named Akasha, who was a queen
during her mortal life and assumed the same position
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Hi Bryan,
Smile That would be Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice. According to that
book Akasha was the very first vampire, because she was the one the demon
took
be a pushover.
Beware the Grue!
Dark.
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Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 4:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Castlevania was Developer Time
Hi Bryan,
Well, vampires are well known
Hi Dark,
Actually, Bram Stoker's novel, Dracula, is now in the public domain. So
not only is Count Dracula in the public domain so are the other main
characters in the novel. I guess what people need to be aware of there
are two copyrights to think about when developing games or any other
this sounds like it is going to be fun having never being able to see i
have never seen this game before how ever i know people who have played
it even though i do not know that much about the game. i think this
sounds like it will be a game worth playinga and i will be waiting for it.
Bryan
Hi Dark,
That's the Countess Elizabeth Bathory --- the so-called Hungarian Blood
Countess. It was said she slue over 600 virgins and bathed in their
blood to retain her youth. There have been very few more truly evil and
sadistic serial killers in history that would qualify as a historical
Hi Dark,
Hmmm...Well, hitting a vampire with a chain might not help, but here is
a twist. Pun definitely intended. What about finding some sort of
enchanted chain which you can use to bind the vampire with?
Basically, if a chain has been enchanted in some way you might be able
to bind the
Hi Dark,
Well, I don't know if you have ever read Nora Roberts' Circle of Gods
trilogy, but those books get heavily into vampire lore. In particular
Nora Roberts covers the legends of Lilith --- who is sometimes believed
to be a demon of some kind, and in more modern years used as queen of
Hi Dark,
Wow! Sounds like I really missed a lot. I've never played Super
Castlevania and now I wish I had a Super NES to try it out. Sounds like
it blew the original three Castlevania games away.
dark wrote:
Supercastlevania the dracula battle takes a good ten minutes by
itself, as he has
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