All I want to do is play Castlevania: Rondo of Blood. That’s all I want to play right now. But, leave it to Konami to not ever bundle it in any of the Castlevania bundles they’ve released so far. And leave it to Konami to exclusively lock it to a small bundle that is exclusive to a previous gen console such as the PS4 with NO plans of ever reaching PC.
So what are my options now? Emulate of course, so I opted to pirate a copy of Dracula X Chronicles for the PSP after I read that you can play Rondo of Blood. But leave it to Konami to not make it that simple, because you have to complete a certain task in a certain stage at a certain part just to simply UNLOCK the fucking version!
My other option is to emulate the PC-Engine and go through yet another obstacle course just to get one fucking game to run.
This is what brings my blood to a boil, is when there had been perfect opportunities and chances for game devs to do the obvious. If there is a high demand for a game that you know people would want to fucking play, you fucking bundle it and fucking release it.
You do not have a damn argument to stand by against piracy, game devs, when you have to make it such a pain in the ass for people to spend time and effort just to play a game YOU didn’t want to simply release!
How do you fuck up this badly, Konami? Technically speaking, Rondo of Blood is a 16-bit game, so there was no excuses to have not included it in the initial Castlevania Anniversary Collection. But of course, just nostalgia bait everyone with all of the other games they could’ve emulated several times as easier than it is just to get the ONE game you didn’t want to bundle.
So fuck you.
I had heard, but cannot verify, that Sony paid to get the 2-pack of Rondo of Blood and Symphony of the Night exclusivity and while that agreement may have run its course, Konami hasn’t bothered to port it to PC since. I already own the PSN version, but I’d re-buy it for PC if they’d do a good port.
Konami has been like that for more than a decade. Being a castlevania fan is pain
As a gamedev I feel strongly about financially supporting the games and creators I like so I try to always pay for the game if the price is fair. But Konami can fuck right off, they basically hold SotN and all the best Igavanias hostages behind their shitty bundles that are too expensive and sometimes exclusive to some platforms. I’ll consider giving them money again when they start actually making games again.
Same treatment applies to retro Nintendo games. You’re telling me I bought basically all your consoles since the GameCube at release day and you’re still gonna fuck me over and make me pay your stupid online subscription so I can play Super Metroid on the switch (even though I still own a working SNES and the game’s cartridge) ? Honestly that was the last straw that made me preorder the steam deck when I heard how easy it was to emulate on it
Konami is no longer a video games company any more. They lost that title when they kicked Kojima out and decided to fully embrace pachinko games.
If they don’t make it easily accessible, you are within your rights to pirate. Fuck them.
Piracy is a service issue.
Edit: replied to wrong comment
How DARE you reply to the wrong comment?
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I agree with your second statement, but not your first
Which is completely fair honestly. I don’t expect everyone to feel the same or look at the issue the same way, even in the piracy community.
I still feel that if there is no easy way to play it legally, Konami or whichever company is relevant can go fuck themselves and I’ll pirate the game instead.
Imagine somebody dangling a cookie in front of your face, but refuses to give it to you unless you complete a set of certain unrelated and difficult tasks, despite you offering to just pay to take the cookie. Yet the cookie is still being dangled in your face.
This is that problem.
So I put on a mask to hide my identity and take the cookie if I want it, but without believing that I am entitled to it.
Congrats on being wrong
I don’t think “because I want it” is a justification for having a right to something. I also pirate things sometimes, which is why I’m here, but I don’t believe I have a right to the content.
So why do you pirate then?
The main reasons people pirate are:
- Affordability concerns
- Corporate Greed
- Region-Locked/Deliberate Unavailability (Not releasing content in other countries, exclusivity .etc)
- Refusal to meet Demand and Supply
- It’s Free, so I’m going to get it
- Dismantled Consumer Rights
Don’t get me wrong, I would have happily bought a copy if it was available. But because of 1, 3, 4 and 5 alone completely justifies pirating.
I pirate if something is otherwise unavailable simply because I want to. But I don’t believe I have a right to whatever I want. It’s pure entitlement. I will almost always go the paid route if I can.
but I don’t believe I have a right to the content.
Like I said: congrats on being wrong. All people have the right to the content anyone else makes and releases for sale if it’s portable, period. Capitalism does not override the right to enjoy the creations of other humans, full stop
I disagree. I believe artists and creators should have the right to control the distribution of their work. There’s plenty of room for criticism of the way we have it structured, the role of profit, whether companies should have the same rights, etc. But I don’t think every person has an intrinsic right to anything that anyone else has ever created.
It seems there is a way to unlock the classic games using PPSSPP’s cheat feature: https://old.reddit.com/r/Roms/comments/ozz4mu/looking_for_castlevania_the_dracula_x_chronicles/h838yfm/
Yes, it should have been in the collection instead of the snes remake.
It’s too late for you… But anyone else wanting to play it, just start with the pc engine version. It’s easy to find a CHD with the translation patch already applied. PC Engine will easily emulate on any device.
