The Castlevania Anniversary Collection is out now. Of all the compilations Konami has been working on, this is the one I've been most interested in, as I don't know the Castlevania series that well but I've always had a good time with every one I've played.
I'll post some more detailed thoughts next week (likely as a new Delving Into series as I explore it as a whole) but so far my impressions of the bundle are very good.
The emulation appears to be exemplary — though I'd expect nothing less from M2 — and there's a good range of features, including the ability to watch and record replays, save progress, tweak the display, add graphic borders and suchlike. It would have perhaps been nice to have the option to play with the fancy sound chip from the JP version of Castlevania III, but I'll live.
I've been playing the first Castlevania a fair bit this evening but ran into a bit of a wall at the end of stage 12 so I've put it aside for now. Should probably get some sleep anyway! I'm looking forward to exploring this series in much more detail very soon… and I'm sure there's a Castlevania podcast somewhere in our future too!
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