Castlevania 2 Simon's Quest NES 2/11!!!

[HalDanGhor]

@mike478911 OMG!!! If you're not able to reach level 6 easy, you don't know what is grinding then. Seems you never player Lineage 2... I don't know your codes and I got to level 6 before starting to record my run. Your codes kill the fun for those games...

[ACIDOCEAN1]

i never get bored of the music.

[bLuDcLoT06]

purchase a chain whip? HELL FUCKIN YA

[masterpaladin]

"What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse."

[NerdyHippy]

Wait..... They get the word "possess" correct when you get that flame, but they screw it up when you get a piece of Dracula? For weird.

[XdeinVattaX]

dit hab ick och jern jezockt word und imma noch jeil

[Rilyn666]

iz it jus me or does the music play slower in the PAL version?

[TheNewEmphinix]

I'm making a walkthrough of this game for Halloween. I'll watch your videos for help. Thanks.

[MuerteyMalevolencia]

Man  gj

[mowshetung]

LOL I used to love this game. I hated those eyes they sucked.

[LinkvsLegolas]

LMFAO 1:38

[donome]

@LinkvsLegolas jajajaja

[pawel1818]

@LinkvsLegolas NO NO THIS CANNOT BE HAPPEN

[kettlebellconvert]

0:31

how do you go from going underground to a town in the middle of the blue sky?

[HalDanGhor]

@kettlebellconvert The game was made like that. ;)

[MolochMekkane]

@kettlebellconvert It's supposed to mean a fork in the path. This game has a few official artwork paths, this town was the opposite path to the mansion, but it was a sidescroller, limiting how they could get you from one place to the next. Some paths make no sense, but this game had limits. Like how the second mansion looks like it's under a fake lake with stairs, but they really meant that you drained the lake to get there.

[dom3116]

does this still work: ONDA IQAU R12S QGIA?

[HalDanGhor]

@dom3116 Yes it works! ;)

[NosferatuD]

At least it didn't say "You now possess the scared flame."

[HalDanGhor]

@Composer1777 No game genie at all. And, level 6 is the maximum level.

[DarkFilmDirector]

The way you totally dodged and blew through those night spiders was godly.

[HalDanGhor]

@DarkFilmDirector Thank you very much! The key is just to stay calm. Panic is an enemy when playing games. I had enough room to avoid the projectiles successfully too. :)

[MoviManATL]

"This game is the unholy fuckness" - The Angry Video Game Nerd

[Icyytouch]

bloody tears = music of kings

[molonlave2010]

PROSSESS!!! lol hahahahahaha

[bat2006]

Fuuuuuuuuuu simons quest!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ahhhhhhhh WHAT A HORRIBLE NIGHT TO PLAY A GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lordfwahfnah]

WHAT A HORRIBLE NIGHT TO HAVE A CURSE.

[pcgamerslave]

the whole way castlevania 2 plays really reminds me of the 1st nes turtles game (tmnt)

[emoal1]

what a horrible night to have a curse, what a convenient time to have just purchased a more powerful whip! :D

[subby33]

@emoal1 Hah. I laughed

[KTFRepoProfessor]

What is that shield thing that appears when you duck? i could never get it to work.

[HalDanGhor]

The shield is the Dracula's Rib that I found in the first Mansion. ;)

[reviewmaster007]

i thought, people can beat it whithout a guide, but i guess not... there are stuff in the game that just no won can figure out! long live James Rolfe!

[HalDanGhor]

Yes, we can beat it without guide. There are enough clues to guide people to the right way. If you doubt it, please ask me to tell you more about it. ;)

[reviewmaster007]

jeah, there are clues, but they dont make scence to me =(

BTW, i REALLY luve your guide! its perfect!

[HalDanGhor]

Thank you very much! Well, yeah, I did all the grinding before starting the game, so there was no time loss with it, and I went straight to the next item every time. :)

[TheOriginalEntz]

Wow the music here is better than almost every modern game excluding gems like Arcanum

Nostalgia ;)

[arturouniversidad]

nice videogame

[Cmontferrat]

you are a great player ;\

[TheWaynelds]

those eyeballs and the muttclams were the 2 monsters i hated worst. Oh...

[KioniSan]

I love it what when you get the Chain Whip, just about every monster is at your mercy, just one hit and they're dead, I LOVE it! <3

[sickweirdo]

I always text my friends the day to night transitions just to annoy them.

[devonray75]

Man you know what else is awesome? The "Bloody Tears" theme!

[vidhead85]

@devonray75 I have it as my text tone

[devonray75]

@vidhead85 - that's cool! =)

[imsiepimsie]

omg u dogded insanely when u got at the sacred flame part

[HalDanGhor]

Thank you very much!!! I guess I got a bit lucky, because I could have been hit in those sequences. Everything worked great as I just stayed calm and relaxed. Better wait for obstacles to come to me then quickly decide what move to do! :)

[imsiepimsie]

i'll remember that, thx for the tip ; )

[123TauruZ321]

Just the way we all like to watch it! No hassle, no talk, just pure gameplay.

[HalDanGhor]

Yup! XD

[123TauruZ321]

I'm sure this is not far behind a TAS-speedrun. I'd rather watch this than a TAS!!

[HalDanGhor]

Thank you very much! Sure, my play was not perfect, but, yes, I was quick and wanted to show the location of all important items. That's the way I play, quick, 100% items, but no speed run! XD

[devonray75]

If someone can try to beat this game without a password or cheat and not get annoyed by the day and night transitions, then I salute you!

[HalDanGhor]

Thank you very much! XD

[XFalloutboy2310X]

very nice walkthrough i´ll watch all 11 parts

[stankmonkey008]

What a horrible night to have a curse!! What a fucking annoying statement!!!

[molonlave2010]

Had they removed that from the game, it would definitly kicked more butt.

[Chargersarethebest86]

Is this you playing this, or is it some kind of bot run?

[HalDanGhor]

I did it myself, no worries. No bot or cheat. The only thing I did was to level my character up to level 6, get days to 99 and 256 hearts to begin my journey, so the viewers would see a straight run, no tiem loss, good play but real play. Looks perfect, but believe me, it's not. And, this game is very easy. :)

[Chargersarethebest86]

Well, you are pretty organized.

[HalDanGhor]

@Chargersarethebest86 Thank you very much! I did the best I could to cut the grinding and show a one-way run, in which I show everything a player needs to get a 100% full equipped run. ;)

[Bastiest]

I'm sorry but what happened to part one?

[HalDanGhor]

Part 1 is okay. What's the problem?

[Bastiest]

Well, I cannot seem to find it.

Perhaps you forgot to include it in to this play list?

[HalDanGhor]

No, it always been in my playlist I think. Anyway, when I am looking for one of my own vids, I search for: HalDanGhor + name of the game and part number something. I suggest you try: haldanghor + castlevania +1. ;)

[Bastiest]

Yah, I found it but it wasn't in the play list tho. D:

Anyways, nice run. I really love CV2. Too bad it didn't have more than 3 bosses tho.

[HalDanGhor]

The only explanation I can find to your problem is that you use another playlist for my own vids than the playlist I made myself, because I know I did not do any mistake with it. and, i just verified it. ;)

[Bastiest]

Then we can always blame the youtube.

DAMN YOU YOUTUBE!! *shake's fist*

[akvoz]

Shit, i love the songs from this game!

[MischiefMeerkat]

lol! 3:00 - 3:10

good s**t dodging those!

[CrescentWolf879]

so what video format did you encode to? the video seems to play at a steady 60fps most of the time, i cant find a format that does that

[HalDanGhor]

All I know about it and all I can tell is that I used Fceu Rerecording as the emulator, got it into AVI format, with good codecs. ;)

[XxJeremyxX]

What's up with all the weird little white marks Simon leaves as he jumps?

[HalDanGhor]

Those are an effect of my recording emulator. I had no choice but to accept it.

[EternalMalice1]

Ah yes... this game is probably in the top 5 as far as that nostalgia feeling goes, when I play it.

[Luigi84289]

Know what you mean, I can just play it over and over and over.

[stickguy13]

what do u need the white crystal for?

[marco1601]

help you dont fall in hollow platforms, i think

[HalDanGhor]

For the First Mansion, when selected, it allows Simon to see the Flying Platform to go up and down. Also, we need this White Crystal to exchange it for a Blue one, that will be used to open pathes at Lakes. Then, we'll need to exchange the Blue one for a Red one, which will allow Simon to get passed the "Deborah" Cliff. Just remember that the Blue Crystal is stronger than the White one, and the Red one is the very best! ;)

[citrusmac92]

i always got lost in this game didnt know where i was,etc.

[oakraid83]

yeah this is one of my favorite games of all time. love the music. and being in the town during the day everyone is out and friendly. then the night comes and those crazy looking green ghosts come out. scared the hell out of me as a kid lol.

[ChesterDoraemon]

this game scared the hell out of me when I was a kid.

[Cathode0]

3:04-3:11 you are a master

[HalDanGhor]

Well, I didn't panick, but I was lucky a little to get it done without a scratch. ;)

[SonicTheHedgehog17]

"What a horrible night to have a curse."

[ArtMer]

You know, after all these years, that line still gives me the creeps. I hated this game (and the nightmares it gave me) as a kid :)

[SonicTheHedgehog17]

What kind of nightmare?

[ArtMer]

They were just like the game, where the world around me turned into a dark and evil version of itself, with monsters too.

Also, when the game turned into night, I always lost because it was harder :)

[SonicTheHedgehog17]

Ah, I see. Can't blame you. Games like Castlevania used to scare me as a kid too.

(To be honest, some horror games still scare me, altough I'm 20 now)

[hemantology]

the night music! i can remember so many times playing this and being scared shitless with the opening motiv from the night music!

[phirephate]

I hated this game so much. 1 and 3 were fantastic. 2 was a pile of vomit. Totally directionless. No rhyme or reason as to why you had to use this or that item in a particular location. Just guesswork that made you want to pull your eyes out.

[AtrociousNothing]

It's crazy how I managed to figure this game out when I was younger..

[eunicron]

CV2 is one of my favorite games, and I play through it every so often. But man, I can't remember the last time I actually got all the items. The dagger, the silk bag, the diamond, garlic...

[baigandine]

Hm, life meter's a bit high

[HalDanGhor]

It's because I got to level 6 before starting this run. so, I was full energy when I started to record. ;)

[Toadistheman1221]

the only part of this game i dont like is the day to night thing, it drives me crazy lol

[highwind99]

Pro style

[HalDanGhor]

Thank you very much! Yes, when I see such comments, I look at my video again to see what makes people answer that kind of things! It really makes me proud! ^^

[CaliforniaTD]

Those friggin floating eyes are the most annoying game enemy ever. Right up there with drones in Duke Nukem 3D, the cliff racers in Morrowind, and the facehuggers in the Alien vs. Predator games.

[RainMan34]

Agreed. I especially hate the floating eyes in Super Castlevania 4. They are always so damn persistent and inconveniently placed. ARGHHH

[phirephate]

At least you could use your whip in 8 directions in SC4, but in #2 they are the biggest bitch ever.

[eirikas50]

bøs mann han derre :)

[enjourni7]

wtf... how did u get the shield, u didnt have it in the last video.

[HalDanGhor]

Yes I had it. Look a little bit more and you'll notice I got it in the first Mansion. ;)

[JuneLinMilliam]

The night time music sounds so cool but I use to be very scared to play this game when I was young because of it lol.

[morbitcl0ver]

I always love being in the towns at night. The zombies are always fun to battle. Simple yet the music makes it fun. Well done on this!

[SidJustice1]

I always loved the music on 'Konami' games.

[gablgablxxxaaa]

you son of a bitch! great job! you're playing flawlessly!

[PunkyWily]

Great game. Remember countless nights playing this one on weekends with my friends and us finding passageways and such. Man do I miss the '80s. Ahh well. Thanks for posting Hal, all your vids, keep them comming!!!

[HalDanGhor]

Sure! I am just working on another things right now! However, I still got a lot of them to come! ;)

[RainMan34]

Thanks for this. OMIGOD> That music, brings back so many golden memories. Old friends long gone still remain because of the memories associated with that music. Thanks so much for letting me re-realize that. :)

[HalDanGhor]

My pleasure! ;)

Yes, this brings back old memories for me too! Difficult to explain but it is a good feeling! ;)

[RainMan34]

VERY GOOD feeling.  What an amazing game, truly. Not a straightforward game at all, but challenging gameplay and good play controls make it competent. I especially love the soundtrack for this particular game.

IMO, some of the best tunes for the NES can be found here. Especially the 'town theme'.

[mortalBLAST]

ummmm wheres part 1?

[HalDanGhor]

Huh? All parts were downloaded months ago. I re-uploaded this one because I was told the old one was not working anymore! ;)

[mortalBLAST]

oh oh oh ok lol i see

[gablgablxxxaaa]

just type in "Castlevania 2 Simon's Quest NES Complete Game Part 2/11!!!" on youtube. but instead of 2 type in 1.

[HalDanGhor]

Writing: haldanghor castlevania (1 to 11) is way faster to find the whole run. ;)

[gablgablxxxaaa]

really? thanks

[hawaiidkw]

Oh, a little more about the Chain Whip...each successive whip does twice as much damage as the last. So you have the choice of either taking on the 2-Thorn Whip hits at night foes here with a Leather Whip (no biggie with the dagger), or going a *long* way and fighting a LOT of tough foes with a Thorn Whip. The former is doable, the latter...not doable. Well, not *recommended*, anyway.

[hawaiidkw]

The Flame serves largely the same role as the firebomb in the first game. A little less effective (higher arc, shorter effect), but a highly useful weapon nonetheless, as HalDanGhor will demonstrate shortly.

Oh, and kudos for getting through all those spiders without taking a hit. I *hated* those bastards. So unpredictable, so hard to hit without getting a hit in return. I actually had to burn off a laurel here sometimes.

[hawaiidkw]

Don't worry, everyone, this is the same video; he just had to re-up it because it wasn't loading anymore for some reason.

The main advantage of the dagger is that it allows you to skip the Thorn Whip (which is a great idea if you want to save time). It does the same damage, has longer range, and is free to use. It becomes obsolete as soon as you get the chain whip (which is why I never got both on the same visit).