Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth

Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth
Developer(s)	M2
Publisher(s)	Konami
Series	Castlevania
Platform(s)	WiiWare
Release date(s)	JP October 27, 2009 NA December 28, 2009 EU February 26, 2010
Genre(s)	Platform
Mode(s)	Single-player
Input methods	Wii Remote, Classic Controller, GameCube Controller
Compatibility	5 Perfect
GameIDs	WD9EA4, WD9PA4, WD9JA4
See also...	Dolphin Forum thread Open Issues Search Google Search Wikipedia

Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth​ (ドラキュラ伝説 ReBirth, Dorakyura Densetsu Ribāsu, The Legend of Dracula ReBirth) is a side-scrolling action platform game developed by M2, and released by Konami for the Wii in 2009 as a WiiWare title. Based on the 1989 Game Boy title Castlevania: The Adventure, it is the third game in M2's ReBirth series, following Gradius ReBirth and Contra ReBirth.

The setting of the game takes place a century before the original Castlevania title, where the player controls an ancestor of Simon Belmont named Christopher Belmont, who must defeat the vampire Dracula.

Problems

Black Screen

After selecting start from the menu and the the intro animation playing a black screen appears and no futher progress occurs. Disable Defer EFB Copies to RAM to resolve this. Fixed by 5.0-10831.

Dual Core Crash

After selecting start from the menu and the the intro animation playing a black screen appears and no futher progress occurs. Disable Enable Dual Core to resolve this. Refer issue 7143. Set as default prior to 5.0-10136.

Configuration

This title does not need non-default settings to run properly.

Version Compatibility

The graph below charts the compatibility with Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth since Dolphin's 2.0 release, listing revisions only where a compatibility change occurred.

r6152

r7693

3.0-368

5.0-10136

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5.0-19599 (current)

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2.0 (r5384)

Compatibility can be assumed to align with the indicated revisions. However, compatibility may extend to prior revisions or compatibility gaps may exist within ranges indicated as compatible due to limited testing. Please update as appropriate.

Testing

This title has been tested on the environments listed below:

Test Entries
Revision	OS	CPU	GPU	Result	Tester
r6152	Windows XP	AMD Athlon II X3 445	ATI Radeon HD 4650	55-60FPS, minor sound crackling when frames drop, gameplay is fine
3.0	Windows 7	AMD Athlon II X3 445	AMD Radeon HD 6850	The gain from moving to 64b OS was small but noticeable, speed still drops with lots of sprites on screen, the rest is perfect
r7693	Windows 7	AMD Athlon II X3 445	AMD Radeon HD 6850	When EFB copies are set to texture the screen is distorted, when set to RAM it fails to load
3.0-368	Windows 7	AMD Phenom II X4 965	ATI Radeon HD 4870	100-105FPS,OpenGL,no problems of any kind what so ever.
3.5-367	Windows 7	Intel Core i5-2400 @ 3.1 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450	60FPS,OpenGL won't work, Direct3D9, works perfect.
4.0-1349	Windows 8	AMD FX 6300 @ 4.3 GHz	AMD Radeon HD 6450	60FPS. XFB disabled makes video smoother.	Faefdsedf
4.0-8342	Windows 10	Intel Core i7 @ 4.3 GHz	AMD R9 270x	Black screen after menu.	Wem
5.0-10413	Windows 10	Intel Core i5-4670K @ 4.3 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060	230FPS with Single core, D3D12, 3x IR, 4x SSAA, 16x Anisoptropic filtering and EFB to texture only. No visual issues and runs perfectly. With Dual core the game hangs after the menu, the same happens with Defer EFB copies enabled.	Miksel12

Gameplay Videos

Dolphin Emulator 4.0.2 - Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth (WiiWare) (1080p HD) - Nintendo Wii