The Castlevania Collection footprint balloons alarmingly

By Stephen Munn | November 26, 2008

What have I gotten myself into?

One of the things I hadn’t considered when I started this ill-advised adventure was just how much space a collection of Castlevania releases would occupy. I’m going to have to put some serious thought into where I want to keep this collection once it’s done, but here’s what it looks like right now.

The collection isn’t nearly complete, but it’s getting there. I need boxes for the three Game Boy games and the manual for Legends. I need the box for Super Castlevania IV, and of course, all of Dracula X for SNES. I need Legacy of Darkness for N64. I need Harmony of Dissonance for GBA still, because somehow I keep losing auctions for that game. Aside from that, I’m just waiting for my review copy of Castlevania Judgment to appear, and I’m all set. When I discovered that the original Castlevania had also come out for several other platforms, such as Commodore 64 and Amiga, I immediately ruled that idea out. I’ve never even seen a copy of that. I don’t plan to pick up any imported Castlevania either. That means I’m truly in striking distance of completing this collection now.

Next up: Metroid. Considering I’m only two games shy of complete for that collection, why not, right?