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Title: Dracula X demo screen
Post by: Mednafen on November 08, 2008, 08:39:18 AM
Has anyone seen this screen before?
(http://sarsie.fobby.net/junk/40.png)
It's a leftover "level" in Dracula X.
Title: Re: Dracula X demo screen
Post by: ceti alpha on November 08, 2008, 09:51:07 AM
I think it's on the Dracula X HuCard.  :^o
Title: Re: Dracula X demo screen
Post by: Tatsujin on November 08, 2008, 12:58:31 PM
isn't that from that taikenban, where only the prologe stage '0' is shown and then this screen appears after death and richter left. "release plan autumn 1993. to be continued...
Title: Re: Dracula X demo screen
Post by: Thibaut on November 12, 2008, 06:52:29 PM
This screen is from the Dracula X Sample (sold on Yahoo for 316000yens, there was fews months ago).
Title: Re: Dracula X demo screen
Post by: Tatsujin on November 12, 2008, 08:49:52 PM
who bought that? do you still have the link?  :)
Title: Re: Dracula X demo screen
Post by: Duo_R on November 13, 2008, 02:01:17 PM
Is that different from the Dracula X special edition hucard?
Title: Re: Dracula X demo screen
Post by: Tatsujin on November 13, 2008, 02:49:00 PM
yeah..in teh spec. version huey you can play teh whole 1st level as a score attack mode.
Title: Re: Dracula X demo screen
Post by: Duo_R on November 13, 2008, 04:05:43 PM
Tatsu - and were those spec edition Drac X hueys like giveaways or something???
Title: Re: Dracula X demo screen
Post by: Tatsujin on November 13, 2008, 04:13:15 PM
puh..i dunno..at least they gave away one of 'em to me :P
Title: Re: Dracula X demo screen
Post by: Keranu on November 13, 2008, 09:57:45 PM
puh..i dunno..at least they gave away one of 'em to me :P
:P :P :P :P :P
Title: Re: Dracula X demo screen
Post by: shubibiman on November 14, 2008, 10:24:44 AM
This screen is from the Dracula X Sample (sold on Yahoo for 316000yens, there was fews months ago).

I thought this card was a fake.
Title: Re: Dracula X demo screen
Post by: Thibaut on November 17, 2008, 07:31:57 PM
I confirm just a fake...
The link for the auction of the Konami Sample Dracula X is dead now.
Title: Re: Dracula X demo screen
Post by: Tatsujin on November 18, 2008, 01:45:10 AM
i have one, everyone in here is my witness :D
Title: Re: Dracula X demo screen
Post by: Joe Redifer on November 18, 2008, 08:58:20 AM
It's not "Special Edition" it is "Special Version".  All games on the PC Engine have them.  I just picked up my HuCard of J.B. Harold Murder Club Special Version.   :D
Title: Re: Dracula X demo screen
Post by: Duo_R on December 14, 2008, 07:21:48 AM
and what is it that makes them "special?"


It's not "Special Edition" it is "Special Version".  All games on the PC Engine have them.  I just picked up my HuCard of J.B. Harold Murder Club Special Version.   :D
Title: Re: Dracula X demo screen
Post by: Tom on December 14, 2008, 08:33:15 AM
Speaking of special...

(http://pcedev.net//dracula_x/pic7.png)
(http://pcedev.net//dracula_x/pic3.png)
(http://pcedev.net//dracula_x/pic4.png)
(http://pcedev.net//dracula_x/pic6.png)
(http://pcedev.net//dracula_x/pic2.png)

 The game doesn't load a single stage as one block. It loads from specific areas as instructed to. Don't ask me why, it's a slower loading method. Anyway, look at the message for that stage title. Stage X? And no this is not the same graphics from the mini game. This has a totally different title. Also, most of the items are tiny. The candles too as you can see. I've never seen this before. It there supposed to a code for this? I also assume there's a level that goes along with this, but it would be very difficult to figure out. For this to show up, I just redirected the load routine to point to this area I discovered. The level is somewhere else in the data track.
Title: Re: Dracula X demo screen
Post by: Joe Redifer on December 14, 2008, 12:16:32 PM
Quote from: Duo_R

and what is it that makes them "special?"


If you have to ask, you don't deserve to know.
Title: Re: Dracula X demo screen
Post by: awack on December 14, 2008, 12:17:48 PM
That screen is from the Dracula x sample CD, it contains stage 0, stage 1, alt stage 1 and stage 2.

On a side note, i have pictures of early screen shots that show different enemies, the rock Golem for example is turned to the side and is about 35 or 40% taller, with a completely different shape. 

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The game doesn't load a single stage as one block. It loads from specific areas as instructed to. Don't ask me why, it's a slower loading method.

I wonder if there is any kind of benefit in doing it that way.



Title: Re: Dracula X demo screen
Post by: Tatsujin on December 14, 2008, 11:58:49 PM
That screen is from the Dracula x sample CD, it contains stage 0, stage 1, alt stage 1 and stage 2.

On a side note, i have pictures of early screen shots that show different enemies, the rock Golem for example is turned to the side and is about 35 or 40% taller, with a completely different shape. 



yeah..i have that pc engine fan mag as well, where they showed that different golem. much taller and kinda more creepy :shock:

:edt:

here a pic of the pc engine fan from august 1993:
(http://img389.imageshack.us/img389/3489/dracxdemomt5.jpg)

:)
Title: Re: Dracula X demo screen
Post by: awack on December 15, 2008, 06:49:08 AM
Thanks for posting the scans Tatsujin, much better than what i have, the Golem almost looks like a cut and paste job, i see other differences in your pics, the layout of the chapel(stage3) is different from the finished game...i need to buy some of these pc engine fan magazines since they seem to be heavy on screenshots.

Oh, the Dracula x demo CD just went for 165 British pounds or about 245 US dollors on ebay.