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Game versions
The game was published multiple times into multiple platforms across the past decades. The following table lists the main versions and revisions released so far:
| ID | Console | Build date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| jp10 | PS1 | 1997-02-20 | |
| jp11 | PS1 | 1997-03-06 | same psx.exe as jp10 |
| usproto | PS1 | 1997-06-17 | same psx.exe as jp10 |
| us | PS1 | 1997-09-01 | |
| eu | PS1 | 1997-09-30 | |
| hk | PS1 | 1997-11-30 | same psx.exe as jp10 |
| jp12 | PS1 | 1998-01-23 | same psx.exe as jp10 |
| saturn | Saturn | 1998-04-27 | |
| hd | PS1 | 2006-10-22 | build found in the PSP game |
| xbla-109-jp | XB360 | 2007-06-22 | build found in the XBLA (J) game in \DATA\fonts\fonts.zip |
| xbla-115-us | XB360 | 2007-03-07 | build found in the XBLA (US) game in \DATA\fonts\fonts.zip |
| xbla-dvd-us | XB360 | 2007-03-07 | Konami Classics disk version. Same default.xex as in xbla-115-us |
| pspko | PSP | 2007-09-07 | |
| pspus | PSP | 2007-09-10 | |
| pspjp | PSP | 2007-09-14 | |
| pspeu | PSP | 2007-11-21 |
The build date is calculated by taking the eldest timestamp from the list of files of a given release. The Xbox Live version is virtually identical to the us variant, while the ports in Castlevania Requiem, the iOS and Android are emulating the pspus version.
According to The Cutting Room Floor the three PS1 Japanese version releases can be identified by the modified date of the SLPM_860.23 file of the disk. On the other end this wiki uses the file in the disk with the latest modified date to calculate the Build Dae.
| ID | SLPM_860.23 Date |
|---|---|
| jp10 | 1997/02/19 |
| jp11 | 1997/03/06 |
| jp12 | 1998/01/19 |
The most common version of the game. This is the version which is currently in decompilation.
Ported by an external Japanese team. The folder structure is very different from the PS1 version. From a first look in a game memory dump, the structures are very similar to the PS1 counterpart.
It is confirmed to use the Sega Saturn Development Tool Kit as SDK by looking at the following string dump:
00017214 FS_SBL Version 2.14 1997-04-11
00029c44 CDC Version 1.22 1997-02-27
0002c364 BUP Version 1.25 1997-06-20
0002ca5C SYS Version 2.50 1997-06-10
This is so far the most intriguing version of the game. Found in every release of the Castlevania Dracula X Chronicles in the PSP_GAME/USRDIR/res/ps/hdbin folder, the game looks like a strange PS1 build that was never seen before. It is unused and so far it is not bootable.
The xbla versions are significant because they contain source code for SEL, DRA, RIC, WARP all in one big executable: default.xex.
This big executable also contains a list of original sound effect names.
You can get some info on the executable with xextool:
xextool -l default.xex > info.txt
You can decrypt the xex with:
xextool -e d default.xex