Castlevania: Simon's Legacy
悪魔城ドラキュラ ギャラリー オブ ラビリンス · Akumajou Dracula: Gallery of Labyrinth
A two-year overhaul of Portrait of Ruin by DarkPrinceAlucard that imagines Super Castlevania IV fused with Symphony of the Night, mixing classic whip action with castle exploration.
What it is
Simon's Legacy is a large overhaul hack of Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin for the Nintendo DS. Its author, DarkPrinceAlucard, worked on it for about two years with the aim of matching the community's big DS overhauls, and describes it as a what-if fusion of Super Castlevania IV and Symphony of the Night: the classic, whip-focused style of the older games blended with the open, exploration-driven structure of the later ones.
Known issue
After defeating the whip's memory to obtain the true Vampire Killer, character sprites can become garbled; saving and reloading the game fixes it permanently. Version 1.0.1 corrects some of Simon's whip and weapon sprites, so apply the updated patch.
Playing it
The patch is applied to your own copy of the North American release, following the creator's thread and the readme that comes with it, where the full credits are listed.