Since the game comes on CD-ROM it has amazing Red Book audio and anime-style cut sequences that you don’t usually get in Castlevania games (at least not in the early Castlevania games).
Rondo of Blood is considered a classic in the Castlevania series and the original PC Engine CD version is a fantastic game to play. It also had a big influence on subsequent Castlevania games many of them using elements of this game – in particular the classic Symphony of the Night, which reuses many of the monsters from Rondo of Blood. Rondo of Blood shows just how good the PC Engine was at doing things other consoles and home computers could only dream of at the time of its release.Ĭastlevania: Rondo of Blood was a big success on the PC Engine CD and has been re-made and re-released on various platforms over the years. Graphically, the game is beautiful, with exquisitely-coloured, smoothly-scrolling backdrops and huge sprites moving around the screen. Levels are not timed, and some have more than one ending the route you take determines which boss battle you get at the end of that particular stage and the monsters and environment you make your way through to get there. Rondo of Blood has a number of alternate routes through the game but is a mostly linear experience. Maria is also more agile than Richter and has a double jump (which is very useful). Maria’s secondary weapons include a white tiger kitten, a dragon whelp, a baby phoenix turtle, an egg, or musical notes, which are all rather weird. Maria’s main attack is with a flock of doves (yes: birds!) and this attack is useful because the doves that fly out can do double damage if they hit an enemy on the way out, then on the way back to her. While battling the forces of darkness and exploring Dracula’s castle Richter can rescue four women, one of whom is his relative, Maria Renard, who then becomes a playable character. These secondary weapons can also be used as an ‘Item Crash’ ability which allows the main characters to use them in an occasional ‘super attack’. Richter’s main weapon is his chain whip, and he also can choose between six different secondary weapons, such as an axe, a dagger, holy water, a grimoire, a pocket watch, and a cross (although he can only hold one of these at a time – picking up another will drop the previously held weapon). In it you guide the main character, Richter Belmont, through nine different stages as he searches for his girlfriend, Annette, and to ultimately confront and defeat Dracula in his castle.
I was hoping that someone could help me out with this, the big cheat I have in mind is Invulnerability so I'll slam the Gecko codes down for it, just that there are 3 different versions for the code for the 3 different regions it was released on the Wii.Also know as Akumajo Dracula X: Chi no Rondo, Rondo of Blood is a famous entry in Konami‘s Castlevania series that was initially made exclusively for the PC Engine CD-ROM and first published in 1993. Now I'm sure there is a way of converting Dolphin codes to an actual CT, but after looking it up on Google I couldn't find any definitive guides or tips. I played the game a while ago on Dolphin through the WiiWare version and I used Gecko codes for that, but since this version is a standalone port I can't use cheats the same way I did. Now the actual reason to this post is because I was wondering about cheats for this version. It even accepts OG TurboGrafx saves so I was able to track down a 100% save and slap it in!
The link to the download is in the description of the YouTube video above. I recently just discovered that someone made a fan port of Castlevania: Rondo of Blood to PC. I was hoping for someone to come by and help out with this weird request.