Konami Announces Castlevania, Contra, and Arcade Anniversary Collections

Dylan Siegler

Published: Mar 19, 2019 10:02 pm

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This year, Konami celebrates its 50th anniversary as a company. To celebrate, the world-renowned developer and publisher has announced three Anniversary Collections consisting of classic games that will come out this year.

Konami recently revealed three bundles of classic games to be released this year: Anniversary Collection Arcade Classics, Castlevania Anniversary Collection, and Contra Anniversary Collection. All three collections will be digital releases and will be available for PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch.

The Anniversary Collection Arcade Classics is planned for release on April 18 for $19.99 and will contain several of Konami’s classic arcade games from the 80s. The games that will be included in this collection are Haunted Castle, A-Jax (AKA Typhoon), Gradius (AKA Nemesis), Gradius II (AKA Vulcan Venture), Salamander (AKA Life Force), Thunder Cross, Scramble, and TwinBee. The bundle will also come with a digital booklet with bonus information about the games.

The Castlevania Anniversary Collection and Contra Anniversary Collection will both be out sometime this summer and will contain games from Konami’s classic Castlevania and Contra series respectively. The Castlevania Anniversary Collection will include Castlevania, Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse, Castlevania II: Belmont’s Revenge (not to be confused with Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest), Super Castlevania IV, and four more games that have yet to be announced. Meanwhile, the Contra Anniversary Collection will include Contra, Super Contra, Super C, Contra III: The Alien Wars, and four other unannounced games.

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Dylan Siegler

Dylan Siegler has a BA in Creative Writing from the University of Redlands. He has copy edited novels and short stories and is the editor of nearly all marketing materials for RoKo Marketing. In addition to his professional work, Dylan is also working on several of his own projects. Some of these projects include a novel that satirizes the very nature of novel writing as an art and a short film that parodies buddy cop movies. His short story “Day 3658,” a look into a future ten years into a zombie apocalypse, is being published in September of 2017 in Microcosm Publishing’s compilation Bikes in Space IV: Biketopia. His political satire "The Devil's Advocates" is currently available for free (the link to this story can be found on his Facebook page).