Dreamcast 'Castlevania' Demo Now Available, Here's Where to Download and Play the Canceled Game

"Castlevania Ressurection" is back from SEGA Dreamcast after being canceled by its developers and publishers before its release in 2000. However, the catch with this is that it is the pre-E3 demo version of the game, as SEGA has never really gotten to the point where it finished and released the game to the public and its players.

The failure of the SEGA Dreamcast console led to the scrapping of the project, which has plagued the entire gaming franchise of "Castlevania" and its future to remain in the market in terms of video games. SEGA has been successful in releasing the prior games before "Castlevania Ressurection," and it faced critical acclaim during its time in the Nintendo Game Boy.

Instead of being resurrected as a gaming franchise, it was picked up by the streaming company, Netflix, for an adult anime series that would focus on the remaining characters, as inspired by the video games. The Belmont clan here suffers under the wrath of Dracula, as they are hunted down and threatened to extinction as vampire hunters.

'Castlevania Ressurection' Demo Appears in Footage

According to a YouTube video that circulated in early April about "Castlevania's" return, the game would be continuing the adventures and trials of a renowned vampire hunter, Sonia Belmont, in the game series. However, not much is known for its storyline, as the pre-E3 demo of the game is limited to little knowledge of the canceled game.

According to a fan website interview with Greg Orduyan, "Castlevania's" art director, the project was scrapped due to the tensions between Konami's US and Japanese development team. This was due to a domino effect created by the SEGA Dreamcast which was not well received, especially as rival Sony released the PS2 during the same moments.

Moreover, the game is looking at a "very good track" before its cancelation, and that the team was already "far" in the game's development when it got discontinued. Orduyan said there were no specific reasons as to why it got canceled. Moreover, teams went their separate ways and have not seen any remakes of the game, not until "Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night" by Koji Igarashi.

Dreamcast's 'Castlevania' Demo: How to Download

Fans and interested players can download the "Castlevania: Ressurection" demo via SEGA's official website, which also has instructions on how to burn it into a disc and play with a Dreamcast console. Yes, this game requires one to have a SEGA Dreamcast console, so get it out from storage and dust it off if looking forward to this game.

The company has also included the different gameplay first-look clips of the canceled game, and it shows the iconic Sonia Belmont and her quest to defeat Dracula and the vampire army looming in the shadows. The game is the first 3D look of the game, and it would be different from the Game Boy predecessor it has, with the 2D 8-bit graphics.

Written by Isaiah Richard