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{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|September 24, 2021}}
 
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | Scrolling, Side view}}
 
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==Availability==
 
==Availability==
 
{{Availability|
 
{{Availability|
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{{Availability/row| Gamesplanet | 5339-1 | Steam | Not available in United States store. |  | Windows }}
 
{{Availability/row| Steam | 1552550 | Steam |  |  | Windows }}
 
{{Availability/row| Steam | 1552550 | Steam |  |  | Windows }}
 
}}
 
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==Games list==
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This compilation includes four selected classic titles from the Castlevania series:
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* '''{{w|Castlevania: Circle of the Moon}}''' (originally released on Game Boy Advance in 2001)
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* '''{{w|Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance}}''' (originally released on Game Boy Advance in 2002)
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* '''{{w|Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow}}''' (originally released on Game Boy Advance in 2003)
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* '''{{w|Castlevania: Dracula X}}''' (originally released on SNES in 1995-96)
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{{ii}} The games are playable in US, Japanese and European versions.
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{{ii}} Games roms can be extracted to be modified<ref name="Castlevania Advance Collection modding">{{Refurl|url=https://www.gamepretty.com/castlevania-advance-collection-how-to-mod-roms/|title=Castlevania Advance Collection: How to Mod ROMs|date=2021-11-01}}</ref> or play externally (will lack sound<ref>{{Refcheck|user=Sehieb|date=2021-09-30}}</ref>).
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{{--}} Original soft reset method (pressing A + B + SELECT + START at the same time, on GBA buttons) has been disabled.
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{{--}} Control remapping for keyboard is limited.
  
 
==Game data==
 
==Game data==
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===Save game data location===
 
===Save game data location===
 
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{{Game data/saves|Steam|{{P|steam}}\userdata\{{P|uid}}\1552550\remote\}}
 
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Castlevania Advance Collection
Castlevania Advance Collection cover
Developers
Original games Konami
M2
Publishers
Konami
Release dates
Windows September 24, 2021
Reception
OpenCritic 83
Taxonomy
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Scrolling, Side view
Controls Direct control
Genres Action, Metroidvania
Art styles Anime, Pixel art
Themes Supernatural
Series Castlevania
Castlevania Advance Collection on HowLongToBeat
Castlevania Advance Collection on IGDB
Castlevania Advance Collection guide on StrategyWiki
Castlevania Advance Collection on MobyGames
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Castlevania Advance Collection 2021

Castlevania Advance Collection is a singleplayer scrolling and side view action and metroidvania game in the Castlevania series.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
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Not available in United States store.
Windows
Steam
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Windows

Games list

This compilation includes four selected classic titles from the Castlevania series:

The games are playable in US, Japanese and European versions.
Games roms can be extracted to be modified[1] or play externally (will lack sound[2]).
Original soft reset method (pressing A + B + SELECT + START at the same time, on GBA buttons) has been disabled.
Control remapping for keyboard is limited.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1552550/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %APPDATA%\Castlevania Advance Collection\savedata\
Steam <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\1552550\remote\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1552550/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Choice of pillarboxed or stretched 4:3. Menus are in 16:9.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Window is freely resizable but locked to 16:9 aspect.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS
Causes the game to run too fast including audio.
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
Only Aria of Sorrow has French language option when booting the European version.
German
Only Aria of Sorrow has German language option when booting the European version.
Japanese

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3-4160
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 500 MB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 9.0 compatible
Sound (audio device) DirectX 9 compatible
A 64-bit operating system is required.


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1552550/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1552550) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. Castlevania Advance Collection: How to Mod ROMs - last accessed on 2021-11-01
  2. Verified by User:Sehieb on 2021-09-30