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Castlevania
Castlevania	1990
Konami Collector's Series: Castlevania & Contra	2002
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow	2013
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2	2014
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate HD	2014
Castlevania Anniversary Collection	2019
Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls	2021
Castlevania Advance Collection	2021

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
GamersGate

Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam

All versions require Steam DRM.

Games list

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

Castlevania (originally released on NES in 1986-87)
Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (originally released on NES in 1987)
Castlevania: The Adventure (originally released on Game Boy in 1989)
Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse (originally released on NES in 1989-90)
Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge (originally released on Game Boy in 1991)
Super Castlevania IV (originally released on SNES in 1991)
Kid Dracula (originally released on Family Computer in 1990)
Castlevania: Bloodlines (originally released on Mega Drive/Sega Genesis in 1994)

The games are playable in both US and Japanese versions, except for Simon's Quest which is US only.

Completing the Japanese version of any game doesn't unlock the corresponding achievement.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\Castlevania Anniversary Collection\savedata\savecfg.txt
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1018010/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\Castlevania Anniversary Collection\savedata\
Steam	<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\1018010\remote\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1018010/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)		^[1]
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Capped at 60 FPS.^[2]
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Ray tracing (RT)

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts		Xbox prompts are hard-coded into the game UI. Even when playing with keyboard.
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

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

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Japanese

Issues fixed

Distorted sound with sample rates higher than 16-bit, 44100 Hz

Change primary playback device shared mode sample rate to 44.1 kHz^[3]
Right click the Speaker icon on your Desktop Taskbar and click "Playback Devices"; Or open Control Panel and click on "Sound". Double click the device with the green check mark circle on it ; or Right click "Properties"; Click on the "Advanced" Tab In the drop down box under "Default Format" select the option using your current channel setup with 16-bit, 44100khz.

Slowdowns and choppy sound^[4]

Force game to use only one CPU core and set the priority to High
`Alt`+`Tab ↹` out of the game Open task manager, Select Details tab, Find `game.exe` Right click → Set Affinity... and uncheck all but CPU0 checkbox. Right click → Set Priority... set to High. Go back into the game

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3-4160	Intel Core i3-6300
System memory (RAM)	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	800 MB
Video card (GPU)	Intel HD Graphics 4400 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2 GB of VRAM
Controller		Gamepad or Controller
Other	1920x1080 resolution

Works on 32 bit systems and not only on Windows 10 despite what the system requirements say.

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1018010/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (1018010) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2020-07-07
↑ Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2020-07-07
↑ Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2020-07-07
↑ As confirmed in this thread - last accessed on October 22, 2022

[Proton_path_note-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1018010/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (1018010) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[3] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1018010/.

[4] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (1018010) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[7] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2020-07-07

[3] Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2020-07-07

[4] Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2020-07-07

[5] As confirmed in this thread - last accessed on October 22, 2022

[Note 1]

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[3]

[4]

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Developers

Original games	Konami
	M2
Publishers
	Konami
Release dates
Windows	May 16, 2019
Reception
OpenCritic	79
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Perspectives	Side view
Genres	Platform
Themes	Renaissance
Series	Castlevania, Konami 50th Anniversary Collection