Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance

A game where you play as a Belmont, in the 19th century, on a quest to destroy Dracula again. So pretty much like every other Castlevania game.

Trial Edition
Found in the title tileset. Perhaps it may be part of a demo or something.

Debug Menu


You can access the debug menu with the GameShark code: A69F532E DBCA6A04 9A86D92A 635F8DBC

Selecting Exit starts the game nomally. Selecting STAFF ROLL starts the credits. Selecting SOUND MODE brings up the very nice unlockable sound test menu.

GAME


This menu lets you start the game from any desired area. Pressing Select brings up a counter that lets you select a room to spawn in.

TEST_VIEW


This menu lets you access graphics testing tools, but they don't function. Selecting SCREEN will lead to the system resetting.

TAKEDA


This menu lets you pick from a selection of enemies in the game to test.



Then you are spawned in the final room in the game with the enemy. Going to the left to the previous room will trap you.

MIURA


This just spawns you in the final room with a single bat.

HIROHARA


This is another enemy test list, that once again spawns you in the final room with the appropriate enemy.

INOUE


A third enemy test list, this one seems to have a lot of bosses.

Regional Differences
As a norm in Castlevania the usual differences between the Japanese and U.S. versions all revolve around the deviations of certain names.
 * Maxim Kischine is known in Japan as Maxim Kishin.
 * Also, the name of the bullet-tip extension for Juste's whip, which is named in honor of Christopher Belmont's fireball ability is named "Christopher's Soul". This was gone in the US release, named as simply as "Bullet Tip".
 * "Sypha's Crystal" was mistranslated as "Cipher's Charm".
 * Juste's last name is "Belmondo" in the Japanese version. This is always the case of the Belmont family in Japan.
 * There are exactly eleven areas in the Japanese version that feature different names. The Wailing Way is called "The Approach to Deplore." The Castle Top Floor is called "Castle Tower." The Chapel of Dissonance is called "Chapel of a Heretic." The Sky Walkway is called "Corridor in the Air." The Shrine of the Apostates is called "Heretic's Grave." The Luminous Cavern is called "Moss-Grown Cave." And the Aqueduct of Dragons is called "Waterway of Aquatic." The four others are merely reciprocal: The Marble Corridor is "Corridor of Marble." The Castle Treasury is "Castle's Treasury." The Skeleton Cave is "Cave of Skeletons." And the Clock Tower is "Clockwork Tower."

Revision Differences
Castlevania Double Pack's version of Harmony of Dissonance has to it some strange omissions and changes.
 * In the GBA version, the enemy Pike Master is known to drop both the Gold Headband and the Floating Boots. The Double Pack version's Pike Master no longer drop the Gold Headband and it is replaced with 400 gold instead.
 * The Hint card that mentions the Summoning Tome calls the tome as the "Black Scroll."
 * Rather than dropping the Medusa Pendant, Gold Medusa drops 100 gold.
 * The Man Eater no longer drop the Mirror Pendant, it now drops Turquoise.