Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, a 2003 GBA metroidvania by Konami, follows Soma Cruz in Dracula’s castle, using soul-capture to gain powers. Selling ~1 million copies, it’s a 2025 X retro masterpiece (,).

The .gba ROM (~8 MB) features haunting 16-bit visuals and a chilling soundtrack, running smoothly on emulators like VisualBoyAdvance, mGBA, or RetroArch on PC, Mac, or Android. Legally download Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow GBA ROM by dumping your cartridge with GBxCart RW (~$50,). Avoid illegal ROM sites like EmulatorGames.net due to malware and Konami’s copyright rules (). Buy Castlevania cartridges (~$20–$60 in 2025 on eBay) for legal dumping or play on Analogue Pocket. Defeat evil legally at Gigarom!