''Darkstalkers Chronicle: The Chaos Tower'', known in Japan as is a

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. It was released on December 12, 2004, alongside the PSP at launch in Japan, and was also a launch title in North America and

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regions in 2005. It is a port of the Japan-only

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game ''Vampire Chronicle for Matching Service'', 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: '' 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

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'' magazine gave the original Dreamcast version of the game a score of 31 out of 40. ''Darkstalkers Chronicle: The Chaos Tower'' has the

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score of 74 out of 100. 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". In 2010, ''

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'' included ''Darkstalkers Chronicle'' among five PSP "essentials that are genuinely essential", adding: "This 2D fighter is seldom mentioned these days, which is frankly criminal". In 2011, ''

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'' ranked it as the 41st best fighting game of all time.Peter Rubin
The 50 Best Fighting Games of All Time
, Complex.com, March 15, 2011

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* {{Darkstalkers series 2000 video games 2004 video games Darkstalkers video games Dreamcast games Multiplayer and single-player video games PlayStation Portable games Video game remakes Video games developed in Japan Video games scored by Tetsuya Shibata