Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles

What is a man? A miserable little pile of Castlevania addicts. But enough talk! Have at another remake, I’ll take your money now, cheers from Konami! Perhaps that’s not entirely how it went in 2007 when I bought a silver PSP Slim just for this game (and of course Final Fantasy Tactics, Tactics Ogre, and I believe also Ultimate Ghouls ’n’ GHosts). I couldn’t remember much from this game so decided to give it another go, this time using OpenEmu since I misplaced my original miniCD. Thank god though—no annoying spin-ups interrupting the focused gameplay session. I am actually a big fool for first playing Rondo of Blood and then taking a look at the PSP remake, as the huge expectations are inevitably never going to be met. They weren’t. Yet Dracula X Chronicles—which has nothing to do with Dracula X—is your best bet to play Rondo without having to import a PC-Engine: you can unlock the original game (and Symphony of the Night which in itself is a good enough reason to buy a copy). From…

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