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Last one is Dracula X on SNES, often called a "Bad Rondo port" which has become kind of a meme because it's not really a port, rather it's a new game completely, reusing sprites from Rondo, but having 100% new levels. This one is also on the harder side along with 68K. It keeps all the gameplay stuff from Rondo but removed the Bible subweapon, now it's back to the classic quintet. The exploration aspect from Rondo is toned down and goes back to a more linear action-packed level design.
Ironically, as the SNES is often mocked for its slowdown, Dracula X is rather slowdown-free for most of the game, certainly has way less slowdown than Rondo (just compare the water serpent boss fight back to back in both games), and ironically as well, way less slowdown than Bloodlines, which is a game with a lot of slowdown, despite being on the Blast Processing Machine, Bloodlines is probably the Classicvania game with the most amount of slowdowns, or at least it's tied with IV.
Am I being too harsh with all these games? Well, it's because I love this series and I've played them countless times, and frankly, when I read all the IV criticism, I always think to myself "but all the other games also changed things... All the other games also have OP stuff... All the other games also have weak points", so here's my little tribute to Classicvania criticism. Mind you I love all these games to death and none of them are bad, with the exception of the already mentioned Haunted Castle, which is also the actual hardest.
Enjoy the series, stop splitting hairs and doing shitposts with console war agendas involved, and have a nice life.