FGC #605 Curses ‘N Chaos
Sometime around the 14th century, the Black Death was ravaging the European population. Given this highly lethal plague was on everybody’s mind (how could we ever hope to understand?), this…
FGC #604 Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance
Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance was released back in 2002 on the Gameboy Advance. It was the first Koji Igarashi-directed metroidvania to follow the wildly successful Castlevania: Symphony of the Night,…
FGC #598 Parasol Stars: The Story of Bubble Bobble III
The release of the TurboGrafx-16 Mini offered me my first opportunity to play Castlevania: Rondo of Blood on something approaching “original” hardware. I had conquered Richter’s Big Adventure through emulation…
FGC #593 Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest
Let us consider the economy of Castlevania 2: Simon’s Quest (and how it has screwed me up to this day). Castlevania 2 is an ambitious NES title that is also…