NES Longplay [022] Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse

[AntiNubDevice]

Firstborn child for translations on text? Not mine, you understand, but I'll figure something out.

[dogkiller07]

My favorite game idk why but the first stage was my favorite:) great times man :)

[ClassicTVMan1981X]

Allegedly the player who submitted the speedrun in the first place thought the Japanese FamiCom version was better in terms of sound quality and game difficulty.

[videogameadventure]

I love the Castlevania series including the first two. But that game is very hard to complete! I thought the first was difficult but the third one prove me wrong! Kudos to you, man. You are a extremely good player!

[KaelDragon]

How can you get the candle at 4:21?

[hetrogamr84]

You lied. This is the Famicom vidgame not the NES. And again you lied.

[ultimatemegadeath]

@hetrogamr84 , Famicon IS NES- NOOB.

[KaelDragon]

@ultimatemegadeath actually its not, famicom has certain characteristics diferent from the NES but its almost the same

[ULTIMARAGNAR0K]

@arykedawg Thanks.... many years of practice :D

[phlyersphan25]

Just got this on VC. Harder than the first 2 by far. I've only gotten to level 3 with the limited time i've put in, but even with that experience i'm learning the stairs are your biggest enemy in this game.

[MetalSmasherGaming]

Definitely the best of the NES Castlevania trilogy, and one of my favorite NES games of all time.

[luegisdorf]

Didn't know about Castelvania III on NES. Even the Engine seems the same as used in Castelvania I, the game looks much better than Castelvania II (Simons Quest):

In view of Castelvania I:

- Some nice new Textures has been added

- Much better - or say awesome Backgrounds

- Castelvania 1, Level 1 revisited in Level 9 - LOL

- But the Sound fits not the Castelvania I

[XJVHS]

Is this the Famicom version? No wonder it sounded different from US release!

[LawsonIntel]

this guy is a pro!

[superman1234393]

Will you do a Nes Longplay of Arkanoid soon please? We would love to see that one. Thanks man.

[Baximus]

And then I learned that the music in BLK 9 is the original song from one of my favorite Castlevania: Oder of Ecclesia tracks, Riddle.

My mind is blooown.

[ozzyosbournefan08]

i always hated them medusa heads they were annoying as fuck

[trevormclink]

why in 0:04:44 to 0:04:51 the bars dont spin??

[ULTIMARAGNAR0K]

@trevormclink the bars only move when you jump on them.

[AntiNubDevice]

@trevormclink They do. You have to stand on them long enough for them to flip, and you have to be on the sides. The last one he stands on long enough, but he's in the middle of it. Compare it to standing on the middle of a seesaw. You won't go up or down either way.

[Segacamp]

even the Huchback are more badass on the Famicom at 5:36

[Segacamp]

Holy Crap the music sound better on the Famicom yes I played it on the NES if some of you are wondering

[yajirobesama]

I see that in this version, Grant has throwing daggers as his main weapon whereas in the US version, he's stuck with an inferior stabbing dagger that's only good for close-range attacks.

[liger0jps]

thank you ultima for doing this. one of my all time 8-bit system game

[ScrapChild1979]

You HAVE TO pose when collecting the orbs after bosses... that is where the game gets creative... :P

[roundtr1p]

Holy shit the music is insane especially for an 8 bit system.

[KirillKrasov]

@roundtr1p even graphic is insane!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[philiptwood]

@roundtr1p This game used an MMC5 on a cartridge that allowed for more RAM and two extra sound sound channel in addition to what the NES had to offer.

[mdilo13167]

@roundtr1p did younot read the comment above? this is on pc engine!

[ULTIMARAGNAR0K]

@mdilo13167 Hello this is ULTIMA...... this is on NES not PCe

[y2k4ever1]

@roundtr1p That's because it uses the konami vrc6 chip, and konami's excellent composers, the vrc6 chip game the Japanese Nintendo "Famicom" 2 more square waves, and i saw wave Chanel :D

[AntiNubDevice]

@roundtr1p Welcome to Hell House =)

[CleetusSilversurfer]

Flawless victory!

You are awesome Ultima!

[ULTIMARAGNAR0K]

haha thanks mac your the best thing since the days of mac n cheese!

[MaccyB0i]

ultima..the best thing to come out of scotland since the kilt

[Panic00000]

I love this game, the music is great!

[Matsute]

I absolutely love the music!

The Japanese version has superior music imo.

[MeatMaggot]

@Matsute While the Famicom soundtrack is technically superior, I must say, the downgraded NES tunes are actually catchier, because less convoluted. Gotta love both, anyway.

[FriendlyFloyd7]

52:30 - That face DEFINITELY would have given me nightmares when I was younger. (It might even show up in my nightmares now!)

[ULTIMARAGNAR0K]

yeah same - ULTIMA

[senelbeat]

The fleamen don't look like a bunch of angry ground humping old men in the japanese version... why didn't they keep this design in the other castlevanias when they moved to the RPG elements?

[SonicTheHedgehog17]

The Japanese version is better because its NOT CENSORED!!

Oh, some of the music sounds better than in American version

[benjamillion]

aaand i get a thumbs down for no reason

[ULTIMARAGNAR0K]

probably cos you moaned about the english patch... lol

[benjamillion]

but i wasn't bringing it up video wise, i was talking about the rom itself

[ssfsx17]

Hello cubex55 group: if a game has more than one ending or more than one path through it, will you make videos of each of these paths or not? I can understand if you do not have the patience for all possible paths in every game.

[cubex55]

This depends on the player, for the PC Engine Castlevania it was done :)

[ULTIMARAGNAR0K]

I might Consider doing the alternate paths for the English version :D But as for the endings its hardly any point because its just a different one for each character you end with. I think theres no point playing the game a further 4 times!

[benjamillion]

i take it an english patch for the japanese version isn't available...

[LuizPrower]

you don't really need one really.

[Matsute]

There is.

Take a look over at romworld.

[Valis77]

1:05:57 that was close!

[ULTIMARAGNAR0K]

FX chip made in the JP versions. Alot better this is when Konami was still small in the US and EU which made it least popular!

[ciny2]

japanese version, is a custom chip

[ULTIMARAGNAR0K]

obviously u havent noticed that CV3 has enhanced special effects and improved sound!

[OpticalFascism]

Nearly all graphics in this game are recycled and ripped from part one.