Software:Darkstalkers Chronicle: The Chaos Tower

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Short description: 2000 video game
Darkstalkers Chronicle: The Chaos Tower
North American cover art by Kinu Nishimura
Developer(s)Capcom Production Studio 5
Publisher(s)Capcom
SeriesDarkstalkers
Platform(s)Dreamcast
PlayStation Portable
ReleaseDreamcast
  • JP: August 10, 2000
PlayStation Portable
  • JP: December 12, 2004
  • NA: March 17, 2005[1]
  • PAL: September 1, 2005
Genre(s)Fighting
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Darkstalkers Chronicle: The Chaos Tower, known in Japan as Lua error in Module:Lang/utilities at line 332: attempt to call field '_transl' (a nil value). is a fighting game by Capcom for the PlayStation Portable. It was released on December 12, 2004, alongside the PSP at launch in Japan, and was also a launch title in North America and PAL regions in 2005. It is a port of the Japan-only Dreamcast game Vampire Chronicle for Matching Service,[2] which in turn is a title that allows players to choose their fighting style from all five Darkstalkers/Vampire arcade games that were released in the 1990s.

Gameplay

The game has all the characters from prior installments of the series and includes all the endings and moves from the games: Software:Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors, Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge / Vampire Hunter, Darkstalkers 3 / Vampire Savior, and the Japan-only arcade updates Vampire Hunter 2 and Vampire Savior 2. The complete soundtracks from all three games are also selectable based on play style. The levels, selection screen, and character endings are all from Vampire Savior 2.

Reception

Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic74 /100[3]
Review scores
PublicationScore
GameRevolutionStarStarStar[4]
GameSpot8.1/10[5]
GameSpyStarStarStarHalf star[6]
IGN7/10[7]

Famitsu magazine gave the original Dreamcast version of the game a score of 31 out of 40.[8] Darkstalkers Chronicle: The Chaos Tower has the Metacritic score of 74 out of 100.[3]

It was one of the three games nominated by GameSpot for the title of the Best Fighting Game of 2005, as (at the time) "probably the best portable fighting game ever made".[9] In 2010, GamesRadar included Darkstalkers Chronicle among five PSP "essentials that are genuinely essential", adding: "This 2D fighter is seldom mentioned these days, which is frankly criminal".[10] In 2011, Complex ranked it as the 41st best fighting game of all time.[11]

Notes

References

  1. ↑ Nix (March 19, 2005). "PSP Launch: Game Releases" (in en). https://www.ign.com/articles/2005/03/19/psp-launch-game-releases. 
  2. ↑ "Vampire Chronicle For Matching Service - DC - IGN". http://uk.dreamcast.ign.com/objects/014/014961.html. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Darkstalkers Chronicle: The Chaos Tower for PSP Reviews". https://www.metacritic.com/game/darkstalkers-chronicle-the-chaos-tower/critic-reviews/?platform=psp. 
  4. ↑ "Monster's brawl". April 5, 2005. https://www.gamerevolution.com/review/33767-darkstalkers-chronicle-the-chaos-tower-review. 
  5. ↑ Kasavin, Greg (March 17, 2005). "Darkstalkers Chronicle: The Chaos Tower Review". https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/darkstalkers-chronicle-the-chaos-tower-review/1900-6120661/. 
  6. ↑ Turner, Benjamin (March 24, 2005). "Reviews: Darkstalkers Chronicle: The Chaos Tower". http://psp.gamespy.com/playstation-portable/darkstalkers-psp/598780p1.html. 
  7. ↑ Allen, Jason (March 16, 2005). "Darkstalkers Chronicle: The Chaos Tower". https://www.ign.com/articles/2005/03/16/darkstalkers-chronicle-the-chaos-tower. 
  8. ↑ ドリームキャスト - ヴァンパイア クロニクル for Matching Service. Weekly Famitsu. No.915 Pt.2. Pg.51. 30 June 2006.
  9. ↑ "GameSpot's Best of 2005 - Genre Awards". http://www.gamespot.com/pages/features/bestof2005/index.php?day=4&page=3. 
  10. ↑ Justin Towell, 5 PSP Essentials that are genuinely essential, GamesRadar, July 19, 2010
  11. ↑ Peter Rubin, The 50 Best Fighting Games of All Time , Complex.com, March 15, 2011
  • MobyGames is a commercial database website that catalogs information on video games and the people and companies behind them via crowdsourcing. This includes over 300,000 games for hundreds of platforms.[1] Founded in 1999, ownership of the site has changed hands several times. It has been owned by Atari SA since 2022.

Features

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History

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MobyGames was founded on March 1, 1999, by Jim Leonard and Brian Hirt, and joined by David Berk 18 months later, the three of which had been friends since high school.[6][7] Leonard had the idea of sharing information about computer games with a larger audience. The database began with information about games for IBM PC compatibles, relying on the founders' personal collections. Eventually, the site was opened up to allow general users to contribute information.[5] In a 2003 interview, Berk emphasized MobyGames' dedication to taking video games more seriously than broader society and to preserving games for their important cultural influence.[5]

In mid-2010, MobyGames was purchased by GameFly for an undisclosed amount.[8] This was announced to the community post factum , and the site's interface was given an unpopular redesign.[7] A few major contributors left, refusing to do volunteer work for a commercial website.{{Citation needed|date=June 2025} On December 18, 2013, MobyGames was acquired by Jeremiah Freyholtz, owner of Blue Flame Labs (a San Francisco-based game and web development company) and VGBoxArt (a site for fan-made video game box art).[9] Blue Flame Labs reverted MobyGames' interface to its pre-overhaul look and feel,[10] and for the next eight years, the site was run by Freyholtz and Independent Games Festival organizer Simon Carless.[7]

On November 24, 2021, Atari SA announced a potential deal with Blue Flame Labs to purchase MobyGames for $1.5 million.[11] The purchase was completed on 8 March 2022, with Freyholtz remaining as general manager.[12][13][14] Over the next year, the financial boost given by Atari led to a rework of the site being built from scratch with a new backend codebase, as well as updates improving the mobile and desktop user interface.[1] This was accomplished by investing in full-time development of the site instead of its previously part-time development.[15]

In 2024, MobyGames began offering a paid "Pro" membership option for the site to generate additional revenue.[16] Previously, the site had generated income exclusively through banner ads and (from March 2014 onward) a small number of patrons via the Patreon website.[17]

See also

  • IGDB – game database used by Twitch for its search and discovery functions

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sheehan, Gavin (2023-02-22). "Atari Relaunches The Fully Rebuilt & Optimized MobyGames Website". https://bleedingcool.com/games/atari-relaunches-the-fully-rebuilt-optimized-mobygames-website/. 
  2. ↑ Litchfield, Ted (2021-11-26). "Zombie company Atari to devour MobyGames". https://www.pcgamer.com/zombie-company-atari-to-devour-mobygames/. 
  3. ↑ "MobyGames FAQ: Emails Answered § When will my submission be approved?". Blue Flame Labs. 30 March 2014. http://www.mobygames.com/info/faq7#g1. 
  4. ↑ "The MobyGames Standards and Practices". Blue Flame Labs. 6 January 2016. http://www.mobygames.com/info/standards. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Miller, Stanley A. (2003-04-22). "People's choice awards honor favorite Web sites". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. 
  6. ↑ "20 Years of MobyGames" (in en). 2019-02-28. https://trixter.oldskool.org/2019/02/28/20-years-of-mobygames/. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Plunkett, Luke (2022-03-10). "Atari Buys MobyGames For $1.5 Million". https://kotaku.com/mobygames-retro-credits-database-imdb-atari-freyholtz-b-1848638521. 
  8. ↑ "Report: MobyGames Acquired By GameFly Media". Gamasutra. 2011-02-07. https://www.gamedeveloper.com/game-platforms/report-mobygames-acquired-by-gamefly-media. 
  9. ↑ Corriea, Alexa Ray (December 31, 2013). "MobyGames purchased from GameFly, improvements planned". http://www.polygon.com/2013/12/31/5261414/mobygames-purchased-from-gamefly-improvements-planned. 
  10. ↑ Wawro, Alex (31 December 2013). "Game dev database MobyGames getting some TLC under new owner". Gamasutra. https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/game-dev-database-mobygames-getting-some-tlc-under-new-owner. 
  11. ↑ "Atari invests in Anstream, may buy MobyGames". November 24, 2021. https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-11-24-atari-invests-in-anstream-may-buy-mobygames. 
  12. ↑ Rousseau, Jeffrey (2022-03-09). "Atari purchases Moby Games". https://www.gamesindustry.biz/atari-purchases-moby-games. 
  13. ↑ "Atari Completes MobyGames Acquisition, Details Plans for the Site's Continued Support". March 8, 2022. https://www.atari.com/atari-completes-mobygames-acquisition-details-plans-for-the-sites-continued-support/. 
  14. ↑ "Atari has acquired game database MobyGames for $1.5 million" (in en-GB). 2022-03-09. https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/atari-has-acquired-game-database-mobygames-for-1-5-million/. 
  15. ↑ Stanton, Rich (2022-03-10). "Atari buys videogame database MobyGames for $1.5 million". https://www.pcgamer.com/atari-buys-videogame-database-mobygames-for-dollar15-million/. 
  16. ↑ Harris, John (2024-03-09). "MobyGames Offering “Pro” Membership". https://setsideb.com/mobygames-offering-pro-membership/. 
  17. ↑ "MobyGames on Patreon". http://www.patreon.com/mobygames. 
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