Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow—Part 001—Uncut Non-commentated First-Time Playthrough

—𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧—
Uncut non-commentated first-time playthrough of *Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow* by SJP176.

Playthrough code: SJP176-PT00108

—𝐕𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧—
Part 001 of playthrough.

—𝐕𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬—
00:00:00 – Splash Screens
00:00:12 – Game Title Screen Introduction
00:00:35 – Starting the Game
00:00:45 – Game Introduction
00:01:46 – Playthrough

—𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧—
*Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow* is a metroidvania game.

—𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧—
Game: Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
Platform: Game Boy Advance (emulated)
Release date (North America): 6 June 2003
Release date (Europe): 9 May 2003
Developer(s): Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo
Publisher(s): Konami
Game region: Europe

—𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬—
Language: English

—𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞—
Mode: Normal

—𝐄𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧—
Emulator: RetroArch V1.16.0
RetroArch core: mGBA (0.11-dev 314bf7b)
Emulator platform: Windows 10

—𝐄𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 (𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐃𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬)—
• Video:
 ◦ Output:
  ‣ Vertical Refresh Rate: 60.000 Hz:
 ◦ Scaling:
  ‣ Integer Scale: On
  ‣ Integer Scale Overscale: Off
  ‣ Aspect Ratio: Custom
  ‣ Custom Aspect Ratio (Width): 3120 (13x)
  ‣ Custom Aspect Ratio (Height): 2080 (13x)
  ‣ Crop Overscan: On
 ◦ Syncronization:
  ‣ Vertical Sync (VSync): Off
  ‣ Max Swapchain Images: 3
  ‣ Frame Delay (ms): 0
  ‣ Automatic Frame Delay: Off
  ‣ Sync to Exact Content Framerate (G-Sync, FreeSync): Off

—𝐍𝐕𝐈𝐃𝐈𝐀 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐒𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 (𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐃𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬)—
• 3D Settings:
 ◦ Manage 3D Settings:
  ‣ Program Settings (retroarch.exe):
   ▹ Vertical sync: On
• Display:
 ◦ Change Resolution:
  ‣ Resolution: 3840x2160 (native)
  ‣ Refresh rate: 60Hz

—𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦—
Name: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro
Version: 10.0.19045 Build 19045

—𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫—
Name: NVIDIA GeForce Game Ready Driver
Version: 546.33
Release date: 12 December 2023

—𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐔𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲—
Gamepad: Microsoft Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2

—𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠—
The same PC was used to both play and record (with OBS Studio) the gameplay in this video.

—𝐏𝐂 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬—
Motherboard: ASRock X570 Taichi (BIOS Version 4.60)
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 (16 GB) (Palit GameRock OC)
RAM: HyperX Predator 64 GB (4 × 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL17 (Hynix C-die)
Operating System Drive: 2 TB Corsair Force MP600 Gen4 PCIe x4 NVMe M.2 SSD (4,950 MB/s read, 4,250 MB/s write)
Games Drive: 1 TB Corsair Force MP600 Gen4 PCIe x4 NVMe M.2 SSD (4,950 MB/s read, 4,250 MB/s write)
Video Recording Drive: 1 TB Samsung 870 EVO SATA 2.5” SSD (560 MB/s read, 530 MB/s write)

—𝐂𝐏𝐔 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐒𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 (𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝)—
Precision Boost Overdrive: Advanced
PBO Limits: Motherboard
Precision Boost Overdrive Scalar: Auto
Curve Optimizer: Disabled
Max CPU Boost Clock Override: 500 MHz
Platform Thermal Throttle Limit: Auto

—𝐑𝐀𝐌 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐒𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬—
Clock: 3000 MHz
Primary timings: 14-15-15-30 1T

—𝐆𝐏𝐔 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐒𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 (𝐌𝐒𝐈 𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐕𝟒.𝟔.𝟓)—
Core clock: +140 MHz
Memory clock: +1275 MHz

—𝐇𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐬—
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