Uploaded February 2018 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Here it is - the full soundtrack to the original Castlevania game on the NES, now on the rather popular Yamaha OPL2/YM3812 chipset. The conversion took a few months in 2018 to complete, and it was livestreamed on Twitch (the VODs are no longer available, unfortunately).

The original motivation behind this project was to see how much better would the game have sounded on IBM compatibles had a more skilled composer/porter done the music, rather than what we actually got on the port. It was also to prove that AdLib based music could sound good and not be used lazily as a MIDI synthesizer.

Download the .VGZ files: drive.google.com/file/d/16PVF26l_k26IDhnRJIZiVIuBr196rhWb/view?usp=drive_link
ADT2 Sources also available: drive.google.com/file/d/1Kei-U4HDpfVSQsyfEjxW2S1rmjEo2onC/view?usp=drive_link

・I do not own the original art/themes - the rights belong to Satoe Terashima, Kinuyo Yamashita and/or Konami Co. Ltd.
・You may not reupload this video/audio on its own.
・You may use this in your project (at your own risk)

Timestamps:
00:00 - Name Entry
00:34 - Prologue
00:41 - Vampire Killer
02:16 - Stalker
03:59 - Wicked Child
06:43 - Walking on The Edge
08:41 - Heart of Fire
11:41 - Out of Time
13:22 - Poison Mind
13:50 - Stage Clear
13:55 - Player Miss, Game Over
14:02 - Nothing to Lose
15:54 - Black Night
16:48 - All Clear
16:54 - Voyager
17:47 - Can't Wait Until The Night (Bonus track)

Created with AdlibTracker II.

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