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Title: English translation for FDS Castlevania 2 ?
Post by RGB Gamer on 09. Feb 2009 at 20:16

Does there exist an english translation for the FDS version of Castlevania 2?

Title: Re: English translation for FDS Castlevania 2 ?
Post by ratix on 27. Feb 2009 at 10:03

yes, its called castlevania: Simon's quest

Title: Re: English translation for FDS Castlevania 2 ?
Post by Martin on 01. Mar 2009 at 23:04

Wasn't the FDS version slightly different though? :D

Title: Re: English translation for FDS Castlevania 2 ?
Post by Lorfarius on 02. Mar 2009 at 15:51

I think it had better music.

Title: Re: English translation for FDS Castlevania 2 ?
Post by Grooveraider on 14. Mar 2009 at 10:30

Actually certain NES games sounded better when they ported from the FDS to cartridge format. Simon's Quest sounded great when the game was brought to America as a cartridge. Its got that bassy Konami sound i'm used to hearing in previous U.S. Konami game carts. But when I heard the FDS version - its sounds as if its missing some of that bassy drum.

Title: Re: English translation for FDS Castlevania 2 ?
Post by bucky on 26. May 2009 at 22:15

I've uploaded the complete soundtracks for both versions if you'd like to compare. I also talk about some of the differences in the video descriptions.

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=766F1915CEA5F318

I definitely like the US version more- the original FDS version had an extra channel of 64-step wavetable synthesis, but they didn't utilize it all that well or interesting in this case. Despite the extra channel it's more basic. They must've realized that simply removing that channel would have made the music especially thin, so they tweaked it and compensated by adding more percussion and things like echo + reverb effects.

Title: Re: English translation for FDS Castlevania 2 ?
Post by Martin on 11. May 2010 at 21:06

This Topic was moved here from Famicom Disk System by Martin.