![]() ![]() Note that the music will remain silenced until you either die or enter a new area. Toggle sound: Press C to toggle both music and sound effects on or off.Life refill + 99 gems: Press B to instantly max your character's life bar and gem count.The last defined entrance seems to be invalid, as you emerge from the bottom of the screen partway through stage 2-5 and fall to your death immediately warping to the next entrance from here will return you to the beginning of stage 1-1. Stage skip: Hold Up or Down and press A to warp to the next or previous stage entrance, respectively (same order as the table above).Is there some button combo that enables invincibility? Interestingly, this cheat was mentioned in the Castlevania Bloodlines strategy guide on the Sega Channel January 1996 dev disc. All values above 29 will crash the game at a black screen. Upon starting the game, you will be warped to the selected stage entrance. After entering the code, a number will appear press A to increase the value by one, B to increase it by 10, or C to decrease it by one. Don’t let the suspenders and skirts fool you this is a title you’ll want to sink your fangs into.In this build, entering the Konami Code ( Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A) at the main menu unlocks a stage select (technically, stage entrance) instead of Expert mode. It does quite a few things that were never again replicated in the series, all while maintaining a level of quality that puts it at the top tier of the series. In that sense, I’d place Bloodlines right behind the original Castlevania at the top of the list. There are a lot of games that I love, but the internet has conditioned me to want to rank them. I don’t want to downplay my affection for the Castlevania series. It’s especially important since original Genesis copies of the game sell for quite a bit on the collector’s market. Considering they didn’t, for some reason, include Rocket Knight Adventures, I’ll take that as a win. As easily overlooked as it is, they not only included it in the Castlevania Anniversary Collection but also in the first Genesis Mini console. Miraculously, Konami hasn’t forgotten about Castlevania: Bloodlines. Why are there mummies in Pisa, though? Shouldn’t they be in their natural habitat: The British Museum? Most Castlevania games don’t really go past Dracula’s front yard so it’s nice to have a European vacation. You start off in Dracula’s Castle, but you then go off to Atlantis, a trippy version of Pisa, and a German munitions factory on your journey. Each of its levels are entirely unique, both in setting and obstacles. I’m going to affix a screenshot here of the alleged butt, and need a consensus here, so please let me know if you think it’s a butt.īutts aside, the fact that Castlevania: Bloodlines takes place all across Europe, rather than just in Romania, helps it stand apart. It was on one of the statues in the Versailles stage. There’s even blood in the North American version, and I think I even saw a butt. The music, the graphics, and the design all have that ’90s Sega edge. ![]() The major one is the fact that it definitely has that Genesis ‘tude. There are a few things that separate Castlevania: Bloodlines from other games in the series. Actually, Castlevania: Bloodlines takes place in 1917, so there was probably some archaic indecency law that would have nailed him to the wall for showing off so much of his gams. Then there’s Eric Lecarde, who I appreciate for rocking a skirt, but its pink hue is a little much. You have John Morris, who wears suspenders with jeans, and to make matters worse, the suspenders go over his vest. In that sense, I give the edge to Castlevania: Bloodlines, if only slightly.Ĭastlevania: Bloodlines puts the spotlight on two of the biggest fashion disasters to ever walk the halls of Dracula’s Castle. My appreciation for games tends to lean not toward the games that accomplish more, but rather how well they accomplish the things they do. Lesser, as in the Bloodlines minotaurs are less sexy than the one in Rondo. It’s a great game, and to be fair, Castlevania: Bloodlines has those things, just in lesser amounts. It provided things like branching paths, multiple characters, and a load of secrets to uncover. History shows that Rondo of Blood would have the most influence on the series’ future. ![]() When you look this good, you don’t have to know anythingįor some perspective, Castlevania: Bloodlines was released in 1994, the year following Castlevania: Rondo of Blood and three years after Super Castlevania IV. ![]()
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