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Thats ok, at least there is hope ; )

HUGE thanks for this Port , it´s still awesome !

(2 button support would be neat. 1=punch 2=kick 1&2=jump)

greetings & kudos

Same, i asked a few times before ; but got nothing back (T_T)

Its the same Game, yes, but assets where replaced and the Cutscenes between stages where removed :(

So a asset swap back to the original would  absolutely possible, 

even if he cant recreate the cutscenes.

This game (and kunio) would deserve it, its the first of  its kind.

The father of the whole genre !

This game !!

I admire the work dave has done and i am really thankfull but i can not buy this game in the americanized form, sorry.

and no 2 button support mode ? why ? 

(yes the OG has 3, but there is a 1 button option so why not 2 ?

1&2 together =3)

I dont know if he will ever do the asset swap, i guess not.

Maybe he doesnt know that he ported the butchered american version and left the legend and father of this genre in the dust.

Still, kudos to dave , i cant barely make a decent pong game myself... ;)

So respect for that ! 

Kunio kicks ass !

greetz

Pretty cool, really !

The Loopings and Ramps however are a serious programming challenge and i dont know if Scorpion can even handle that.

Those are the biggest hurdles of them all. 

(according to the Programmers who worked on Sonic) 

Back then, it was never done before and pushed the Programmers way beyond there limits. So Sonic is not just a cute and very fun
Game,  its also a marvel in assembly programming and how to solve that Problem.

I wish the Team and Reassembler all the best in bringing Sonic to the Amiga;

that would be truly incredible !

Greetings and tons of Respect to you guys, 

Torti

Incredible work (T_T)

* Standing Ovations * for everyone involved !

PS: its me ... again.
I fool asked what the patch do?

;you told me already.

"So... to avoid freezing, if there is not enough chip RAM, this sound operation is skipped."

..stupid me!

(did not test the patch yet in fpga)

Just tried the NoCave files from the Iso versions

in WinUae. (for a quick and easy test)

Both look kinda odd. (even more so in motion)

Why is this ?

; one of the NoCave Anims from the iso is even slightly bigger then the default that comes with the normal StarDustWars.zip

Thank you Sövény. (T_T)

Hi Söv (T_T)

Yes, its called "NOT A CAVE" (like Han said in the movie) .... i always read it as HOT CAVE .. (besides, there is an A in the middle)

I am so stupid XD (sometimes) XD

So the "NOT A CAVE" level does not use Loops ? hmmm i could have sworn ....

Huh... the other stages runs sooo smoooth tho... is it really so much more demanding, compare to the other levels ?

(i play on the MIST FPGA. I love this little thing. For Star Dust Wars DC it has to be in the fastest mode)
I think i will try the "Not A Cave" file from the Cd32 version later on.

Btw. What does the new Patch do ?

greetz & thanks

Torti

Morning Söv (T_T)

Played the Game from the first Mission to the last and the "Cutscenes" are now perfecly centered and the alignment matches exactly the Gameplay sections. Perfect !!!

The Soundsettings/loudness is saved proper.

Thats very,good and userfriendly !!!
(i go for 10music and 1sfx and then play it LOUD)

= Epic :)

Now, there is a small issue .... oo ohhh

(i have a bad feeling about this)

The "HOT CAVEs".

Like i said earlier, i started right at the start and everything went smooth, literally.

Until i was in the "HOT CAVE".

After a while this happend ......

OHA !!!
So i pressed ECS to get back to the Main Menu, but that also looked like this. Another press on ESC brought me back to the WB.
So i started the game again and entered the HOT CAVE right away. This time it worked BUT there where
a few spots (maybe 3-5) where the Screen went black for a split second.
(blink of a eye)

The HOT CAVES are unique cause its the only Level that uses Loops, every other stage streams from start too finish, but the HOT CASES uses those loops, (too reduce the filesize & stuff .. a trick that was also used before in the FMV Star Wars Rebel Assault II game)

HOT CAVES ist the only Stage that really struggles.
The others ran almost silky smooth with a rare dip here and there but not
the HOT CAVES.

This is the only stage that need some extra attention imo.
One ("easy") solution would be to make it one Big continuous stream, like the other stages, but its one of the longest stages (a bit too long imo)
and that would increase the filesize by a pretty hefty amount. So, idk ...

Maybe you can come up with something that would solve the hefty performace bottleneck
of the HOT CAVES. Btw. i never got that brief "black outs" before in the HOT CAVE stage, so this is new. This stage never did run well, but i feel its gotten worse. Everything else is *chefs kiss*.

This project made me a Electric Black Sheep fan!
(i always liked your stuff before but this blew my socks off!!!)

Major Respect and thanks
(btw. can i donate somewhere?)

cu
Torti

Hello there !

I tried the new exe and the Sound is back in the Cutscenes.

You stream Sound and Video at the same time from different sources/files ?
Uff, thats heavy Man ! ;)

The Saving of the Sound options does not work.It saves ...something, but not the Music/sfx loudness.

All Levels are already unlocked which may a bit weird for new Players because they would start at the last Level.

I add a few Pics so you can see the "off center Cutscenes/Menu".No biggie really, just wanted to report it.
(my Monitor is perfectly adjusted for fullsceen overscan)

greetings, thanks and respect.

Torti

A Star Wars Holidays Secial that i can enjoy......

finally.
 

Hi Sövény & sorry for the late response !

Thanks for the fast fixes. That is very nice of you!
About the Screen Shift; thats my bad, my stupid Brain played tricks on me; nothing changed between the Versions just like you said. I think i got that messed up because of the jumps between Emulation (for a quick test but that "autocenters") and then playing on MIST FPGA. However, The Main Menu (that is handled like the "Cutscenes" is shifted to the Right side, just like the "Cutscenes" itself. The Gameplay sections are more centered. Hmm, i make Photos later on, so you can see what i mean. Until then.

Thanks Sövény for all the Time and Effort 

that went into this.

Bless you and määääähh the Force be with you,

always !

Kunio-kun is starring in alot of Games; maybe some People did not know that.

https://kuniokun.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_games
There is even a whole Serie on TV about Kunio. He is Legendary.

Who is this generic Guy in "Renegade" ? XD

Still kinda hurts that this Game was "re-skinned" for the west.

I pray for an Re-skin of the Re-skin ;)
greetz, Torti

(T_T)

This is amazing! I just love this Game, its the "Godfather" of this Genre.

The first of its kind. Too bad that it was reskinned for the west.

It lost lots of charme of the original Release (and also lost the "cutscenes)

and give us the original ?

A 2nd Button Control Option would be also very much appreciated.

Thank you so much Dave for this gem (T_T)

Bless you!

Greetings Torti

You too Sir Dante.

Bless you and all your loved ones.
cu

The new Build can be completed - front too back. Thanks

greetz

No no, thank YOU Dante, for all the effort that already went into this Project.

Glad i could help a little bit ( IF, at all )

Greetings, Thanks & Respect !

Torti

Hi Dante.

I have upload my Bug Report here :

https://www.mediafire.com/file/9xy440n5o5hu8na/Castlevania-Bugs-Part1.7z/file

and i will send you the password to your Email Address & EAB PM.

(well, i hope you are Aarbron on EAB Amiga:)

cu

Hi Dante and thanks for the quick reply.
You dont have a real Amiga to test Castlevania ? Me neither ;)

(well, the only thing i still have is the CD32 :) which i dont use)
WinUae for a quick test but i play on MIST FPGA.

The things you mentioned like the 2nd candle freeze (there are more, i think)

and the weird "sucked towards the stairs" stuff will pretty sure also happends on real Hardware.

Of course, "Apperently and accordingly" is no proper testing method.

I do lots of testing for the MiniMig AGA FPGA Team and also for Games;sometimes

(if you finish Turrican 2 AGA you will find me there ;)

Hmmm, i might have a go with the new build and write down all the bugs i find ...

that could take a while tho ...

Give me a few Days .... i will write it down and report back.

More Pople could/should test too. Common Folks !!! :)

Until then,  greetz, thanks & respect

Torti

Hmm, maybe i should add a few of those BUGs, but there are so many.....

(plz, dont get me wrong, i know this is a passion project and is made in your spare time, so this is just a tiny bit of feedback, hope you dont mind)

Quote: like stairs that are now handled closer to the original

Quote end:

No, not at all :) Stairs are very ...... very ....... f......p  ;)

But those are tweaks... lets get to some bugs....right ?

Well, there are many , many new ones .... (lot got changed)

But the first game breaking BUG is right there when you enter the Castle.

WHIP the second Candle (is a bit higher) and the Player Sprite will vanish
and the game stuck in limbo (except using the Fkeys)

Testing can be a pain in the .....

Please, take your Time Dante.  (and whip every single cande)   ;)

Anyway,  thats enough for now i think; sure, there are lots of other bugs 

but you will find them, if you just play the game a few times.

Thumbs up and thank you so very much for Castlevania on Amiga!

You Rock Dante !!!

PS: A simple fix of course is just too replace the new EXE files with the older ones. greetz

Hi. 

Love this Project  Dante, but soo many new BUGS where introduced in those last updates,
so i stick to an older version (i think Juny or July). While it also have already some of those new issue, it is at least playable from start too finsih.

(while being WAYYYYY to easy of course) ;)

A option to change the Main Sprite would also very much appreciated.
(Let us choose between the OG Sharp, Richter or the new one pleaaase)

Anyway, enough of my ramble.

Thanks, greetz&respect

Torti

Hi Sheepy, it has been a while.

New Bugs where introduced with this update, like ZERO SOUNDin "Cutscenes", you know, like the destruction of the Deathstar & Co.

The only "Cutscene" that has Sound is the Main Menu.
The Sceenshift to the right side is also pretty heavy, while "the game" itself is centered, the Main Menu and the "Cutscenes" are all the way to the right (it was not so bad previously, looks a bit "off")

Yes its true, that the videos are a bit clearer now, but i go back to an older version until those BUGS are fixed ;)

A option that saves the Soundvolume (or lets set it via Tooltypes would be also very appreciated, cause everytime i start SDW i first have to press F10 in the Main Menu and the 1or2 for the soundFX volume.

The default volume is ..... "not optimal" ;)
Sometimes some small gfx glitches are visable in the Edge area, mostly on blacks.

Dont know what can be done about those.

Anyways, keep on sheeping;

Thanks, greetz & respect

Torti

A great conversion ! (Ok, Joystick support would have been neat)

Sokoban and Alleycat are the first Games i can remember playing, before getting the Amiga.

Any chance for a Alley Cat conversation? Pretty please !!!

greetz & thanks

Hi Steve. Leider wurde die falsche veröffentlicht :) - das war die PreAlpha ; nun ist endlich die Final draussen. Viel freude damit.

PS: hier kannst du übrigens immer überprüfen ob es ein update oder fix gibt falls doch noch weitere fehler auftauchen sollten.

https://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=112326&page=4

Lg, Torti

yes :)

btw, thanks for the new "Up+Fire=Subweapon"

Testbuild. I will try that immediately !

<(^_^)>

Yes; all valid Points Date.

Maybe one more Question if you dont mind.
What is up with that " Scoreboard" at the end of a Level ?   :)

greetings & many thanks

Torti

Thank YOU dante !! this is much better :)

I tried to find Simon Voice Samples, but had no luck . 

(or found the NES sfx ... ;), 

but thanks to this new build simons voice is at least male.

( it bugged me since the early builds ).

Maybe the sfx in the MainTitleScreen are also a bit "ruff".... ;) hehe

Ohh, and about the Simon Sprite. Please dont get me wrong Dante, 

i really like the redesign, it´s very accurate to the original NES Coverartwork ..  .. but i guess... its the teeth. XD  when i look at his Facei get serious "super double dragon" (SNES) flashbacks XD

Maybe a option, like in Turrican 2 AGA with an option to change the sprite would be nice; but thats just a idea. As you know, its easy to come up with an idea, but to make it a reality is another thing ;)

More Ideas: make the Subweapon work like in the Original. Fire+Up.

Pleeease :)

Also, the stage with frankenstein seems... so .... short.... as something was missing...

+ the game is too easy ;)

Well, enough of my silly ideas to improve Castlevania for the AMIGA even more.

This is already great .....I never had thought that a good version of Castlevania would come to the Amiga. (even if it plays quit different)

Thank you Dante,

Hi  Date.

This is incredible !!!!! :)  (no need for my voice tho)  ;)

The womans voice feels so out of place, dont you think ? (mybe its just me)

:)

Anyway, i added Alucards SFX when he got hurt (there are 3 different ones)

https://www.mediafire.com/file/cmkzev05nhwkyel/Ouchi-SFX.7z/file

Feel free to chose the one you like the most. 

(or is there a way to randomize those 3 SFX when simon gets hit)

Another thing that would make this even better...

Fire+Up for the Subweapons. pleeeease. 

Maybe also the older Simon Sprite that you used before.

idk, maybe a option. I just like the older better 

(i think the " old one "was ripped from chronicles)

Thank you so very much Dante for making this legendary Title for the Amiga.

Bless you dante. <(^_^)>

This is amazing !!! ; thank you so very much Dante Dev !!!

Hmm maybe its just me, but 2 things kinda confuse me. :)

Why has Simon the Voice of a Girl/Woman ?

Why the "effect" when beating a boss ? looks out of place; literally.

:) greetings and many thanks,

Torti

This really made my Day. Thank you so very much Black Sheep !

\(^-^)/

Greetings & thanks also from my younger daughter; 

she loves this Game !

Hi, you can rename the file withing the Workbench, Dopus or via a Command line like

Rename FLOPPY to HD

then edit this file with the ED command (there are many ways to do it)

ED HD and exhange the word FLoppy to HD

It loads way faster. Dont know why the Scorpion engine does this.... 

A bit weird but it works. (i did this with all the Scorpion games and it works on almost all o them... depends of the scoprion engine version that was used; 

A hint is when there is a Drawer called  "savedata" ... then the HD thing works.

Hope i could help, but it work either way... just slower ;)

Greetings
Torti

For best results on Harddisk:

1) Change the Filename FLOPPY to HD and edit the File. Change the word FLOPPY within the File to HD for faster loading in the game.

2) Use a generic 3.1 WHDLOAD slave to prevent a Bug that otherwise happends, if you are returning back to the Workbench.

3) Enjoy and have fun with this great game :)

Greetings; Torti the Smurf

Awesome Domkid !

I was waiting for this  \(^o^)/

Thank you so very much ♥‿♥

You got a Mail "delivered" to you ;)

There are only a few odd lines that appear when the screen is dark and junks of data is loading.

 For example, when you load a game (those a just there for a second or two .. sems like some sort of decrompression or something like that)

No big deal, but that was not present in the Jam Version.

Seems to me that data/screens changes quicker on the older Version. The older version is also a bit bigger.

Do you use some sort of decompression now ?

Greetings, Torti.

PS: You can write me PM´s  on  EAB Amiga ; i look there pretty much every day ;)
(T_T)

It FORCES the NTSC mode now. That is not cool for PAL only users !

Can you make a Switch please ? Maybe a Tooltype ?
Thank you very much; Torti

I bought the Game  and i am really enjoying it so far !

Scrolling could be s bit smoother tho; but i am osessed with 1x1 Pixel Scrolling.

The Hit detection especially on Bosses could be improoved;
but who am i to talk about thing like these   ;)

I am to stupid  to make even a PONG game for crying out loud !     :)

Anyway; thank you so much for this Mr. Mcgeezer !

You ROCK !!!

Hi Matze ( oder soll ich besser in deutsch schreiben? ) :)

I just bought the game and my daughter loves it (me too) ;)

SHE said : " aawwww, what a cute MOUSE !!! ;)

(everybody sees a mouse and not a chimp)

(maybe you can change the graphics in the main menu? löl)

Anyway (T_T)

There is a very nasty bug :(

If you exit the game back to the Workbench you can´t doubleclick anything anymore.

(you can try it and when you click again then the WB freezes)

Tried that on Mist/er and WinUae. Same result.

(my real Amiga is stored away... my precious)  ;)

So, for now i have to use the old Version that does not support a second button. (but the exit works, thanks to WHDload)

Would be very nice if you could fix that ;=)

Thank you very much for this cute game !

Greetings,

Torti

Hi Knight. (T_T)

Please; take your time ; don´t rush it.  ;)

Enjoy the Xmas season with your familiy & friends.

About the German version tho.

How exactly will we do that ?    :)   

( I can edits scripts but i am too stupid for REAL programming;) )

How will the process work ? Can i do it on the spot (maybe like a simple "text file" that i open up in Blitz ?)

or will you send me the whole text in a "word" like document ?

or you will send me the tool/s that i need and i simply change the text ?

Sorry for that (maybe) stupid questions,

but i only helped once with a Fan translation and there we where a whole team. (we got the tools and simply changed the text)

I am confident that i can translate the language, but i am not sure how the workflow will be.

PS:  I am brand new to itch.io ; and i did not find the option to write you a PM ;)

Is there a option like that ?

Sorry for the maybe stupid question/s :)

We stay in touch ok, Knight ?

PS:If you are on EAB AMIGA you could add & PM me there (T_T)

Have a wonderful XMas Season Knight.

Yours truly,

Torti

Mcgeezer kicks ass, literally !!  ;=)

I enjoyed the Demo so much and i will buy the full game

as soon as my money is on PayPAL.

If there is one little thing; just one thing i had to nitpick it would be

that the scrolling could be smoother;

(but i am osessed with 1x1 Pixel Scrolling)

The game is awesome tho and i will buy it today !!!

(hopefully;depending on PayPal)

Thank you so much for this Mr. Mcgeezer; you sir ROCK !!!

The game is soooo cute :)  (my daughter loves it)

But there is a graphic glitch at the bottom of the Screen,

 at least of FPGA Mist/er and in my WinUAE setup.

Whats the reason for that ? Can you fix it pleeeaaaassseee ?   :)

That would be super sweet !!! (T_T)

ohhh btw; is there a full version of  Super Delivery Boy ?

I can´t find it; only the demo.

Anyway, greetings and all the best to all of you !

Have a nice Xmas season  :-)