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GBA Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (USA) in 12:17.5 by Rodrigo F. (aka. pirate_sephiroth).
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Read author's comments in submission #1043
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Rating: 7.8 (26 votes)
- Aims for fastest time
- Takes damage to save time
- Abuses programming errors in the game
- Plays at hardest level
- Genre: Action
- Genre: Platform

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The other installments of Castlevania on the GBA have extreme warping glitches, and this game is no exception. Using enemy platforms and selected soul abilities to disregard the boundaries of the game, pirate_sephiroth manages to cut off nearly half the time from the normal route. Moreover, the author proves glitch warping to be so effective that the usual teleporters are left completely ignored, and several parts of the castle have been skipped entirely.

You may notice some tiny slowdowns before getting a certain item or soul: those are done for the means of luck manipulation, which is very tough in this game. You may want to read the author's comments for more details.

Note: this run is played on hard mode where the previous movie by Atma left off. We do not usually accept movies beginning from a save. Please read our rules to see our reasons.


GBA "Maxim Version" Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (USA) in 00:26.95 by Rodrigo F. (aka. pirate_sephiroth).
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Read author's comments in submission #1337
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Rating: 7.6 (25 votes)
- Aims for fastest time
- Uses warps
- Abuses programming errors in the game
- Second quest
- Starts from a predefined save
- Genre: Action
- Genre: Platform
- Genre: RPG

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This is a really, really fast TAS through Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance played with Maxim who is only available after the game is beaten once. Most of the game is glitched through by being stuck in different walls, so it's hard to explain what happened in this, see it for yourself.

Note: this movie starts where the previous movie left off. We do not usually accept movies beginning from a save. Please read our rules to see our reasons.


SNES Castlevania: Dracula X (USA) in 14:07.6 by Rodrigo F. (aka. pirate_sephiroth).
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Download snes9x movie file (.smv) (date: 2008-01-08)
Read author's comments in submission #1823
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Obsoletes movie #490 (16:52.27)
Rating: 7.1 (18 votes)
- Aims for fastest time
- Best ending
- Takes damage to save time
- Manipulates luck
- Genre: Platform
Castlevania: Dracula X (1995), released in Japan as Akumajō Dracula XX, is actually a toned-down remake of a PC Engine title known as Rondo of Blood (1993). It stars Richter Belmont, supposedly a son of Juste Belmont from Harmony of Dissonance, on a mission to save Annette (said to be his girlfriend) and Maria Renard (a young vampire huntress said to be his girlfriend's sister), along with a number of their fellow villagers, from imprisonment by Dracula (said to be the villain) and his minions.

Unfortunately, in this SNES port Richter isn't too much of a fast walker - unlike his father and the later Belmont clan descendants - so his fastest way of moving is constant backflipping (so don't get surprised with the author's choice of traveling method).

This movie is a 165 second improvement to the previous version by Dan and Nightcom; such a large gain is achieved thanks to greatly increased precision and other new tricks explained in the author's comments.

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- obsoletes [1024] GBA Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (USA) by zggzdydp in 12:06.73 (2007-12-15)
- - obsoletes [695] GBA Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (USA) by pirate_sephiroth in 12:17.5 (2006-10-09)
Added [1127] GBA "Julius version" Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (USA) by zggzdydp in 04:51.98 (2008-06-17)
- obsoletes [508] GBA "Julius version" Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (USA) by Atma in 05:53.17 (2006-03-20)
Added [1056] GBA "Maxim Version" Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (USA) by Deign in 00:23.97 (2008-02-18)
- obsoletes [919] GBA "Maxim Version" Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (USA) by Comicalflop in 00:24.3 (2007-07-18)
- - obsoletes [887] GBA "Maxim Version" Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (USA) by Comicalflop in 00:26.37 (2007-06-08)
- - - obsoletes [727] GBA "Maxim Version" Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (USA) by pirate_sephiroth in 00:26.95 (2006-12-11)
Added [1037] SNES Castlevania: Dracula X (USA) by pirate_sephiroth in 14:07.6 (2008-01-08)
- obsoletes [490] SNES Castlevania: Dracula X (USA) by Dan and Nightcom in 16:52.27 (2006-03-01)
Added [995] GBA Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (USA) by zggzdydp in 14:04.85 (2007-11-19)
- obsoletes [908] GBA Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (USA) by zggzdydp in 15:00.38 (2007-07-02)
- - obsoletes [889] GBA Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (USA) by zggzdydp in 15:44.15 (2007-06-10)
- - - obsoletes [728] GBA Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (USA) by JXQ in 30:43.92 (2006-12-12)
Added [456] GBA Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (USA) by Atma in 27:45.57 (2006-01-11)
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