Akumajo Dracula X - chi no rondo [rinne] = overhyped game?

[jperryss]

It sells today for about as much as I bought it for back when it came out. It seems like a much better value than a couple average Wii, PS3 or 360 games.

$100-150? Really? The cheapest I've seen it is $95 and that doesn't include shipping from Japan.

[Black Tiger]

It sells today for about as much as I bought it for back when it came out. It seems like a much better value than a couple average Wii, PS3 or 360 games.

$100-150? Really? The cheapest I've seen it is $95 and that doesn't include shipping from Japan.

Shipping from japan is generally $3 - $5.

[nectarsis]

It sells today for about as much as I bought it for back when it came out. It seems like a much better value than a couple average Wii, PS3 or 360 games.

$100-150? Really? The cheapest I've seen it is $95 and that doesn't include shipping from Japan.

a number of peeps have gotten it for well under $95, one as low as $60 complete sans spine.

[Joe Redifer]

I bought Dracula X for about $70 or so when it was brand new directly from Game Fan Magazine (I think it was called Die Hard or something, like the battery).

[jperryss]

a number of peeps have gotten it for well under $95, one as low as $60 complete sans spine.

Please tell me where so I can buy one for that much! 

Seriously though, I've been building up the collection and planned on getting it eventually (this and probably the PCE version of Magical Chase) but I've been ignoring these two because of the ridiculous prices on eBay.

[Black Tiger]

I bought Dracula X for about $70 or so when it was brand new directly from Game Fan Magazine (I think it was called Die Hard or something, like the battery).

Die Hard Game Club.

I ordered most of my PC Engine games from Japan Video Games and a store in Toronto or Ontario. It could've just been the Canadian affiliate, but I used to call the number in the magazine ads. I remember that the store was supposed to be in a mall. They also offered 6-button pad mods to make them work on a TG-16 (pre-Turbo Duo).

[SignOfZeta]

It sells today for about as much as I bought it for back when it came out. It seems like a much better value than a couple average Wii, PS3 or 360 games.

$100-150? Really? The cheapest I've seen it is $95 and that doesn't include shipping from Japan.

In the States the lowest I ever saw it for was $78 (in a Die Hard ad running in the back of EGM in 1993 or so). If you are lucky you can get it for that price now if you don't care about shrink wrap, obi, etc. $100 is more realistic though. Considering that most games lose %90 of their value in 5 years though that's still pretty good.

I actually traded a copy of Motor Toon GP (JP) for mine. Motor Toon was $80 new at the time, now goes for about $3, so that tells you how that sort of thing goes.

[spenoza]

I bought my copy in Japan summer of '94 (back when I had a US TG + CD-ROM system and a Kisado) on a high school exchange trip. I went to Japan specifically looking for it and couldn't find it in any of the larger stores, but I found it in a smaller store in a train station. I think I paid 5500 - 5700 yen, if I recall.

[fragmare]

It's hard to overhype a game that is quite possibly the best platformer on its respective system and likely the best Castlevania game of the 16-bit era (and in some people's opinion the best CV game ever - I dunno about that).  The graphics are top notch, they pull off just about every known hardware trick they could get away with, the soundtrack is legendary, the level design is fluid and varied, the control is tight and responsive and the overall presentation is really kind of awe inspiring.  It deserves the hype.

[Necromancer]

It sells today for about as much as I bought it for back when it came out. It seems like a much better value than a couple average Wii, PS3 or 360 games.

Indeed.  Especially when one considers that Dracula X will be worth about the same (or a bit more) in five years, whereas the Wii/PS3/360 games will be worth maybe $20.

[ceti alpha]

It sells today for about as much as I bought it for back when it came out. It seems like a much better value than a couple average Wii, PS3 or 360 games.

$100-150? Really? The cheapest I've seen it is $95 and that doesn't include shipping from Japan.

In the States the lowest I ever saw it for was $78 (in a Die Hard ad running in the back of EGM in 1993 or so). If you are lucky you can get it for that price now if you don't care about shrink wrap, obi, etc. $100 is more realistic though. Considering that most games lose %90 of their value in 5 years though that's still pretty good.

I actually traded a copy of Motor Toon GP (JP) for mine. Motor Toon was $80 new at the time, now goes for about $3, so that tells you how that sort of thing goes.

I actually paid exactly $78 for it last year and it was shipped with bubble wrap. I saw it up on eBay and didn't hesitate.

[kitkit.com]

No way! Akumajo Dracula X - chi no rondo is not overhyped!!!!

Did people who criticized the game spend their time playing through the game (100% complete)?   

[Tatsujin]

honestly i think, those poor souls never had the chance to play through the game at all. some of 'em not even touched it once i guess.

[jperryss]

Did people who criticized the game spend their time playing through the game (100% complete)?   

If you played straight through the game (without finding any of the 'side' stages or characters) and didn't like it, playing through a second time isn't gonna make you suddenly love the game.

As I said in my other post, I thought it was OK but not amazing. Definitely better than the SNES 'version' and I would like to have it in my collection eventually.

I imagine if CV4 was the first CV game you ever played, you definitely wouldn't appreciate Rondo (or CV1, 2, or 3 for that matter). I grew up on CV and I think I've played through every 2D 'non-Metroidvania' CV game, and probably in pretty close to the order they were released (except Rondo which I didn't get to play until many years later). Bloodlines was the only one I disliked enough to probably never play again. I play through CV1 and CV3 at least once a year.

[Tatsujin]

I also grew up with CV and of course i've played CV4 before DracX. i think that's the way of most of us here. nevertheless, DracX is perfectionism in almost every thinkable aspects and sets more landmarks then any other games at that time did.

-style
-atmosphere
-presentation
-ideas/concept
-playfun (discoverings, alternate ways etc.)
-dimension
-well-thought-out
-graphic exhaustment
-accoustics
-etc.

if i really have to judge any game with an 100% rate, probably only this one would be left over.