Castlevania Chronicles will appear on the PS Store today

by Alan Tsang { Dec 18th 2008 at 2:15PM }

As the ESRB predicted, Castlevania Chronicles will make its debut on the US PSN later today. Wired got word that the PlayStation uno remake of the 1993 Sharp X68000 title will come in the form of a PS Store download. The remake features improved graphics, remixed music, level redesigns as well as a rendered introduction and ending. At one point, this rare game would have fetched a rather fabulous price on eBay, but now gamers won't have to pay big bucks to join in on the Dracula hunting fun -- instead, the price of admission will be a recession-friendly $5.99.

Way better than Castlevania Judgement, we'll give you that.

Gallery: Castlevania Chronicles

Tags: castlevania, castlevania-chronicles, ps-store, ps1, psx

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

StingerVI @ Dec 18th 2008 2:21PM

Will it have great music?HURRY UP AND UPDATE US PSN

Lorenzo @ Dec 18th 2008 2:26PM

That sounds ok,but I would prefer to have more quality PS classsics,such as Resident Evil, Final Fantasy or Legend of Dragoon *especially isnce the Playstation 3 barely has any notable RPG's)

MakaiOokami @ Dec 18th 2008 3:43PM

Umm... Castlevania IS a classic.

Disgaea 3
Eternal Sonata
Valkeria Chornicles

and a whole host of great PS2 and PSP titles.

We'll be getting a lot more RPGs next year. The PS2 is still releasing RPGs and we won't get most of them until that system dies.

Plus the PSP is released tons of great ones. On top of that the last 2/3 of 360 RPGs released this year were rated below a 7 on the Metacritic average...

The 3 above were much higher reviewed. Even though Valkeria Chronicles isn't quite a JRPG under normal standards and even though Eternal Sonata was 360 port the game has a lot of extra content that the 360 didn't have.

You could always try Penny Arcade. Seriously though no one should have bought a PS3 for RPGs unless you're like me and a HUGE Disgaea fan (which I wish every PS3 owner was) You have a PS2 for RPGs you get a PS3 for better action, adventure, and shooters. Cause face it, RPGs don't usually push hardware that bad.

So a jump to PS3 for RPGs is either for major graphical improvements (stuff like Eternal Sonata wouldn't have worked well on PS2), or new processing capabilities (Disgaea 3 with 100 floor levels and attack combinations)

Amos @ Dec 18th 2008 2:38PM

You know, after playing Castlevania with Alucard, it's really hard to go back to playing as the Belmonts. They just control so stiffly and awkwardly.

DanPez @ Dec 18th 2008 2:59PM

So, the JP store has PS1 downloads like Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 1 AND 2... and we get Castlevania Chronicles...

Life isn't fair.

Crimson_Ryan @ Dec 18th 2008 3:14PM

Holy Meryl.

meatee @ Dec 18th 2008 3:36PM

It may not hold a candle to Symphony of the Night, but any 2D Castlevania game on the PSN is more than welcome at my house :)

fiziks @ Dec 18th 2008 3:53PM

OMFG I love Castlevania, immediate pickup for me

Darlaten @ Dec 18th 2008 4:21PM

I have a dumb question - but is this different the UMD game Castlevania X: The Dracula Chronicles that recently, relatively speaking came out for the PSP?

Todd @ Dec 18th 2008 5:20PM

No. Consider Castlevania Chronicles as more of a "reimagining" of the original Castlevania. It was released on the Sharp X68000 computer in Japan and included two never before seen levels. I played the X68000 version and it is a challenge, but Chronicles' PS1 version is much easier.