is that it! is that the game all my friends bitch about!!!! that was so short what the bloody hell was that thats poppycock! fuck this! good video by the way
Furthermore, beating Dracula without taking a single hit is impressive. You must have owned this game and played it for many years and gotten many years of practice out of it.
@Steveman27 ive been playing this game for years and i cant beat it. its really a testament to how well you need to know the game to beat it. I remember sitting with my cousins for hours trying to get past stage 4.... good times, but sooooo frustrating :/
I have a feeling that during level 5 with you getting hit all those times, that it was on purpose just to add drama to the situation making the viewer think how you're gonna beat the megatough grim reaper, and you did a good job at it. i didn't know you could stun him like that with regular attacks and holy water right where he appears.
this is the kind of stuff not even Angry Video Game Nerd knew about when he played it. he's reviewed Castlevania 1 through 3 and the later ones.
I personally think they should've credited Belo(Bela)Lugosi as dracula instead of Death. Because he was a better Dracula than Christopher Lee, or should I say Christopher Bee LOL. Anyway this is an EPIC run!
People comment about the grim reaper and the part leading up. Yeah, I had this as a kid when it came about and that section/boss is about as tough as it gets in video games. I actually called a hotline for Nintendo Power Magazine in 1990 to ask how to beat the Grim Reaper. I recall the advice didn't help much, but I beat 'em after like 20-30 tries.
@DChapful well all the cast names are puns and for as far as I know there puns on names of actors that played their respective roles in older movies, Dracula being Christopher Bee aka Christopher Lee. The rest of the devs are left out of the credits.
@ Miitanuk a real man would beat the game before looking up videos on youtube on how to beat the bosses easily. A real man would also beat the game without spamming holy water if it was his first run through of the game. Also a real man would learn to beat the game without the use of holy water and not die ^^
For the sake of a speed run spamming holy water on all the bosses is okay...but if any of you have never beat this game b4 don't be a loser and use this method lol Play the bosses like a man and take your deaths like a man ^^
Once you have completed the game, then spam all the holy water you want. Thats just my opinion about it.
I've beaten him before, but I never thought to try it with holy water. I don't know why it never occurred to be. You can beat every other boss with zero effort by spamming the holy water. Awesome!
The credits are slight alterations on legendary horror actors. For instance, "Belo Lugosi" is an alteration of Bela Lugosi, who played dracula in the 1930s and is commonly believed to be the best actor to play the vampire; "Boris Karloffice" should be Boris Karloff, who portrayed Frankenstein; "Mix Schrecks" instead of Max Schreck, who played Nosferatu in the classic of the same name. Consider it a subtle inside joke by the programmers.
There's also story by Varm Stoker = Bram Stoker who wrote Dracula, Christopher Bee = Christopher Lee who played Dracula for Hammer studios back in the 60's, Love Chaney jr. = Lon Chaney jr. best known for his role as the Wolf man, Barbra Sherry = Mary Wolfgang Shelly who wrote Frankeinstien, Love Chaney of course being Lon Chaney Sr. who play a vampire in london after midnight as well as the Phantom in phantom of the opera, Green Stranger = Glenn Strange, the rest I have no clue
how am i a hypocrite? a hypocrite is someone (for instance) says smoking is sooo bad and then leaves the room to go light up! You are an idiot bro! And a hater, merry xmas fuckface!
im not aspiring ultimate fighter, i just do jiu-jitsu. Im being an asshole because i called you out on being a dickhead to the person doing the speedrun, then it escelated because you were being a doucher :)
I know, when I first saw that mistake @0:31 I thought it would be funny to be a complete nitpicky asshole about it, then carry that same level of belligerence along if somebody challenged me on it. We started winding down, and I'm too tired today to keep up the farce.
I think it's lame in that it doesn't carry a popularly held sentiment with it, and that it doesn't contribute positively to this video in regard to approval or the skill of the player of the video. What wasn't lame (to me) was that I was taking a personal joke, and prolonging it for my entertainment. Peace
As good as this game is, I prefer the DS versions.
I'm playing through Portrait of Ruin currently.
While it'll never be the classic that the original is, I prefer it because a lot of things are quicker and less primitive. Probably not all people like double jumps, a huge weapon selection, many different items and a more adventure-based style with more mazes and puzzles, but I like it.
I'm not a graphics whore, my reasons for liking Portrait of Ruin over the original don't have to with graphics.
If you liked PoR then you have to play symphony of the night, its one of the best castlevanias and in my opinion the best action/rpg castlevania to date =P
I love the musical score for this stage "Heart Of Fire" because that's exactly what my heart is after all the hell and misery I've been through that only made me stronger and smerter. I also love the Grim Reaper as my favorite boss which matches my dark and morbid personality.
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While I admit this is a fun and challenging game for its time, IMO the graphics were butt nasty. The color palette was so ugly. Its kinda funny that what made a lot of games from this era so tough was that the controls were pretty terrible. Ghost's & Goblins anyone?
Well, I think that graphics are not really THAT important. Remember that his game is from 1987, and the NES was an 8-bit console. When Castlevania came out, those colours were okay for the time.
Castlevania IS a fun game. IMO its mostly the controls that make it difficult though. I know that it came out in 1987, I got it when it first came out.
I am playing this game at the moment, but have bitten off a little bit more than I can chew, so to speak. I tried to finish the game while only using the regular/smallest form of the whip, but I just can't seem to beat Death this way. With the extended whip he is beatable, but the small whip seems to lack the necessary range to get inside on Death.
This game is a classic, the music is incredible for the late 80s, and NES games in general, plus it is a fun game. I hope younger generations of gamers will appreciate this antique for the awesome game it is.
Are they saying Christopher Lee is like a "Bee"?
MonsterHorror 1 month ago
yeah game took me 4 hours once again got beated by some random guy under 30 min... (yes i am very skilled)
Aeletaz747 1 month ago
holy shit giant cookie monster thing from AVGN!!!!!!
bakonfreek 2 months ago
Music by: James banana lol
joshfish2 4 months ago
careful death will JUMP EVERY FIVE SECONDS! so dangerous...
monoose35 5 months ago
Kill Death with only 2 Hp left...
Fuck Logic
TheDarkPyre 5 months ago 3
So holy water stuns?
synnr666 6 months ago
Wow. I didn't know that the Grim Reaper could be so easy to beat.
DyordsNavatrutu 6 months ago
You know it took me 5 years to beat this game. And it took you 15 fucking minutes.
SubShadow123 6 months ago
I don't care what anyone else says, the ending credits were hillarious!
MeleeSonic3200 7 months ago
Boris Karloffice LOL!
GialloHorror 8 months ago
I owned this game since I was probably 8 years old. It took me till I was 20 to beat it!
DrWily25 9 months ago
is that it! is that the game all my friends bitch about!!!! that was so short what the bloody hell was that thats poppycock! fuck this! good video by the way
halobankai 10 months ago
all hail the king
asiansurge 10 months ago
Furthermore, beating Dracula without taking a single hit is impressive. You must have owned this game and played it for many years and gotten many years of practice out of it.
Steveman27 1 year ago
@Steveman27 ive been playing this game for years and i cant beat it. its really a testament to how well you need to know the game to beat it. I remember sitting with my cousins for hours trying to get past stage 4.... good times, but sooooo frustrating :/
Y4JF 10 months ago
I have a feeling that during level 5 with you getting hit all those times, that it was on purpose just to add drama to the situation making the viewer think how you're gonna beat the megatough grim reaper, and you did a good job at it. i didn't know you could stun him like that with regular attacks and holy water right where he appears.
this is the kind of stuff not even Angry Video Game Nerd knew about when he played it. he's reviewed Castlevania 1 through 3 and the later ones.
Steveman27 1 year ago
I have to say stage 15 was amazingly done . My favorite part . Thanks for putting this up and a "well played" to your friend .
NWNisFUN 1 year ago
I personally think they should've credited Belo(Bela)Lugosi as dracula instead of Death. Because he was a better Dracula than Christopher Lee, or should I say Christopher Bee LOL. Anyway this is an EPIC run!
youngarnold4 1 year ago
amazing speedrun, something I'm deffinitely not trying any time soon :D
SilverLuna07 1 year ago
entertaining :D
wewyllenium 1 year ago
This ws just wicked sick.
I remember having a hell of a hard time with this game.
borborad 1 year ago
WHO DARES WINS! I SPEEDRUN MY LIFE!!!!
178JACKAL 1 year ago
People comment about the grim reaper and the part leading up. Yeah, I had this as a kid when it came about and that section/boss is about as tough as it gets in video games. I actually called a hotline for Nintendo Power Magazine in 1990 to ask how to beat the Grim Reaper. I recall the advice didn't help much, but I beat 'em after like 20-30 tries.
mikeduplantier 1 year ago
wtf is up with the credits? Vram Stoker? Where the hell is the dev team? Some sorta weird joke.
DChapful 1 year ago
@DChapful well all the cast names are puns and for as far as I know there puns on names of actors that played their respective roles in older movies, Dracula being Christopher Bee aka Christopher Lee. The rest of the devs are left out of the credits.
SilverLuna07 1 year ago
Could have just sent a priest to throw holy water around the castle if that's all you needed to beat the game...
DarkstalkerXMusic 1 year ago
i want to know how it feels to beat this game! its been kicking my ass through my head through a year!!!
YoshiMonster92 1 year ago
Holy Water: The most broken item in Castlevania since the first game.
DivisibleByWaffle 1 year ago
Great music for such an old game.
DoctorObviously 1 year ago 4
OMG ITS COOKIE MONSTER!!!!
ihateschool778 1 year ago
lol funny showing the castle fall down looks like he dies the main character lol
phycotic332 1 year ago
also that there are like, no holy waters or cross boomerangs ANYWHERE.
thisnamewaseasy 1 year ago
one thing I hate aobut this game is how few pork chops there are.
thisnamewaseasy 1 year ago 3
wtf? why did konami make it so u have to hit draculas head to deal damage? his a vampire not a zombie!
teza789 1 year ago
because its harder that way and they just wanted to bust your balls
Skywalkersc 1 year ago
@ Miitanuk a real man would beat the game before looking up videos on youtube on how to beat the bosses easily. A real man would also beat the game without spamming holy water if it was his first run through of the game. Also a real man would learn to beat the game without the use of holy water and not die ^^
jerk618 1 year ago
@jerk618 Guess I was a real man by ten years of age.
FelixFalora 1 year ago
For the sake of a speed run spamming holy water on all the bosses is okay...but if any of you have never beat this game b4 don't be a loser and use this method lol Play the bosses like a man and take your deaths like a man ^^
Once you have completed the game, then spam all the holy water you want. Thats just my opinion about it.
jerk618 2 years ago
Tell that to Death
Holy fucking mother of god.
LashSB 2 years ago
I'm sorry, I didn't know dying in a game meant that you were a 'man'.
I thought it meant that you sucked at the game because you couldn't work out the most effective way of killing things.
Miitanuk 1 year ago 6
@Miitanuk Oh like you never died before.
theknightswhosayfrak 1 month ago
the music of this game is so retro that it is awesome
W8HairAddict 2 years ago 3
Don't think I've even ever gotten up to frankenstein
zzyzx0788 2 years ago
avgn isn't very good at games, however, if you don't use that holy water trick that grim reaper is very very tough
timcarlsondo 2 years ago
wish i would've knew the holy water froze the enemies like that back in the late 80s. don't think i ever got passed the grim reaper.
blkattk2 2 years ago
wow if the avgn saw the part where you get past the hall before the grim reaper he would piss his pants.......watch his video to get an idea =)
h3ct0r182 2 years ago 5
The hall before the grim reaper is FUCKING DIFFICULT !!!!!!!!
even AVGN comments on it :P He hates that hall !
microblan 2 years ago
at the final boss battle i found it so funny when dracula's head flew off
imataco95 2 years ago
I jus used your strategy and beat the reaper for the first time in my life. Awesome dude
FixXxeRcrow 2 years ago
I've beaten him before, but I never thought to try it with holy water. I don't know why it never occurred to be. You can beat every other boss with zero effort by spamming the holy water. Awesome!
This guy is incredible!
poshko41 2 years ago
damn i didnt know the game was that short i still wanna play it though
wesker89 2 years ago
holy fuck.
HongsiquanWingDing 2 years ago 4
Also an awesome video.
PlainOlJoe 2 years ago
Great Job !! I've never seen this game beaten that quickly. Nor have I seen the holy water used as effectively as you have.
sonofanorthman 2 years ago
0:43 - 0:56 = awesome lol idk i find it appealing 4 sum reason =P
ADisasterpiece 2 years ago
so, let me get this straight: dracula will pop up wherever you stand?
ultimatemegadeath 2 years ago
Grim Reaper level: some of the best VG music ever written!
savoy2576 2 years ago
the grim reaper is tough i cant get past it
this guy rox
IronMaidennumba14eva 2 years ago
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Division22 2 years ago
Watching someone pwn the Grim reaper so easily...priceless.
randgoodfellow 2 years ago 4
Is a very good speed run, the game is short and is not easy, dont use TAS!
good job.
darkbatu 2 years ago 4
Holy water is the best weapon in this game PERIOD
sonicart77 2 years ago 34
good speed run
jcz765 2 years ago 3
wow he whiped draculas head clean off. but whats up with the credits? its like the monsters were actors or somthing.
RaNk323itsmynamegeez 3 years ago
The credits are slight alterations on legendary horror actors. For instance, "Belo Lugosi" is an alteration of Bela Lugosi, who played dracula in the 1930s and is commonly believed to be the best actor to play the vampire; "Boris Karloffice" should be Boris Karloff, who portrayed Frankenstein; "Mix Schrecks" instead of Max Schreck, who played Nosferatu in the classic of the same name. Consider it a subtle inside joke by the programmers.
kampa81 3 years ago 3
weird. lol
RaNk323itsmynamegeez 3 years ago
There's also story by Varm Stoker = Bram Stoker who wrote Dracula, Christopher Bee = Christopher Lee who played Dracula for Hammer studios back in the 60's, Love Chaney jr. = Lon Chaney jr. best known for his role as the Wolf man, Barbra Sherry = Mary Wolfgang Shelly who wrote Frankeinstien, Love Chaney of course being Lon Chaney Sr. who play a vampire in london after midnight as well as the Phantom in phantom of the opera, Green Stranger = Glenn Strange, the rest I have no clue
Evilmonkey66699 2 years ago
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Nice screw up @ 0:31 dude. God fucking piss jizz I don't know why I even bother watching these "speed" runs...
carsonwilder 3 years ago
hahah then just make one that is better, asshole
Armbar4you 3 years ago
Haha yeah, then how about you make a better comment than that, dickhead. Fucking hypocrites.
carsonwilder 3 years ago
how am i a hypocrite? a hypocrite is someone (for instance) says smoking is sooo bad and then leaves the room to go light up! You are an idiot bro! And a hater, merry xmas fuckface!
Armbar4you 3 years ago
A hypocrite is anything I say it is bitch. Now GTFO of my youtube. (merry xmas to you as well, asshole)
carsonwilder 3 years ago
oh....well that makes sense. Its everybody's youtube, and look out we have a genuine BADASS!!!! oh my!
Armbar4you 3 years ago 3
That's fucking right you sarcastic fuck.
carsonwilder 3 years ago
haha you are a joke bro! but im not gonna mess with you because you type so mean, wow you must be an ultimate fighter or something!
Armbar4you 3 years ago 4
Judging by your profile page and name, you are the aspiring ultimate fighter, not me. Why are you being such a jerk about all this?
carsonwilder 3 years ago
im not aspiring ultimate fighter, i just do jiu-jitsu. Im being an asshole because i called you out on being a dickhead to the person doing the speedrun, then it escelated because you were being a doucher :)
Armbar4you 3 years ago
I know, when I first saw that mistake @0:31 I thought it would be funny to be a complete nitpicky asshole about it, then carry that same level of belligerence along if somebody challenged me on it. We started winding down, and I'm too tired today to keep up the farce.
carsonwilder 3 years ago
Just saying thats kinda lame dude, peace.
Armbar4you 3 years ago
I think it's lame in that it doesn't carry a popularly held sentiment with it, and that it doesn't contribute positively to this video in regard to approval or the skill of the player of the video. What wasn't lame (to me) was that I was taking a personal joke, and prolonging it for my entertainment. Peace
carsonwilder 3 years ago
I knew that holy water stunlocking pwned everything, but I didn't know it actually allowed you to walk through the target unharmed.
greatgonzales 3 years ago
dracula likes to come at you like a spider monkey!
ultimatemegadeath 3 years ago
Belmondo always cracks me up.
sudadedah 3 years ago
ROFL Belmondo.
frazzleberry 3 years ago
i want to suck your blood!!
gta4fan50 3 years ago
omg holy water is so broken! hahaha! that was awesome
HeroofPearl 3 years ago
I just barely beat this game just now I must have tried a hundred times just to defeat draculas second form. Cool Speedrun by the way.
R1derzg 3 years ago
It's the alias of Kinuyo Yamashita
SonicTheHedgehog17 3 years ago
music by... james banana??? wtf?
xjod9 3 years ago
james banana fuckin rocks shut up
irkiIIer 3 years ago 3
Fuck yea bro, fuck yea. James Banana 4 lyfe
RainMan34 3 years ago
wow, I could never beat the Grim Reaper when I was a kid. He did it without getting hit once. lol!
metalhead00xx 3 years ago
As good as this game is, I prefer the DS versions.
I'm playing through Portrait of Ruin currently.
While it'll never be the classic that the original is, I prefer it because a lot of things are quicker and less primitive. Probably not all people like double jumps, a huge weapon selection, many different items and a more adventure-based style with more mazes and puzzles, but I like it.
I'm not a graphics whore, my reasons for liking Portrait of Ruin over the original don't have to with graphics.
blasphemymaster 3 years ago
If you liked PoR then you have to play symphony of the night, its one of the best castlevanias and in my opinion the best action/rpg castlevania to date =P
davidgzmn12345 3 years ago 3
DRAGULA!!!=P
MiSaDraGoon 3 years ago
This game is simply amazing, the graphics, music, characters, it's just genius.
FantasiaCloud 3 years ago
I only made it to level 4...Frankenstein & Igor always messed it up 4 me, never understood that the holy whater was that effective! =)
karrochan83 3 years ago
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I love the musical score for this stage "Heart Of Fire" because that's exactly what my heart is after all the hell and misery I've been through that only made me stronger and smerter. I also love the Grim Reaper as my favorite boss which matches my dark and morbid personality.
910HesBackAgain 3 years ago
rofl, How desperate do you have to be to scream for attention on a Castlevania speedrun video?
Shadowity 3 years ago 6
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Glad to see I can amuse you because I was speaking the truth from my mind.
910HesBackAgain 3 years ago
I'm glad to see you can speak the truth from your MIND. It's CLEAR that you're SMERTER than most. lmfao.
Woolyafa 3 years ago 16
Holy Water = too powerful. Great video though!
hojyo 3 years ago
Dude, awesome. thanks so much!
spandaniel 3 years ago
How does he get the bosses to not move?
ZippDementia 3 years ago 2
I think it's the holy water.
PeterDivine 3 years ago 3
damn...u guys make it look so easy. dracula sux ass to fight, no matter wat i do, timing kicks my ass lol
OmniCloud18 3 years ago 2
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While I admit this is a fun and challenging game for its time, IMO the graphics were butt nasty. The color palette was so ugly. Its kinda funny that what made a lot of games from this era so tough was that the controls were pretty terrible. Ghost's & Goblins anyone?
paulhindt 4 years ago
Well, I think that graphics are not really THAT important. Remember that his game is from 1987, and the NES was an 8-bit console. When Castlevania came out, those colours were okay for the time.
uoarqu 3 years ago 5
Castlevania IS a fun game. IMO its mostly the controls that make it difficult though. I know that it came out in 1987, I got it when it first came out.
paulhindt 3 years ago 4
the graphics are great, castlevania games almost always have an amaxing art feel, which makes the whole game look great.
joeyvigil 3 years ago 4
good job dude
toptenmaterial 4 years ago
Something of a surprise when Drac turned into the huge antromorphic demon bat at the end. Wonder why they didn't keep that for Super Castlevania IV.
DieOfGoodLuck 4 years ago 2
Simon... BELMONDO???
0_o
sudadedah 4 years ago
It was Japanese...
Floyd5642 4 years ago
like us silly americans could do that, lol.
not, we could.
joeyvigil 3 years ago
Didn't you know? The Simon during this game is half-Spanish.
PeterDivine 3 years ago
the castle crumbling kinda reminds me of the NES version of Ninja Gaiden
MoldyOnions 4 years ago
S-s-s-such.... AWESOMENESS.... CONTAINED IN ONE PLACE... ARGGHHHAAGGHHH....
EPIC FREAKIN' WIN!!!
NessAndLucied 4 years ago 11
Sweet!
I am playing this game at the moment, but have bitten off a little bit more than I can chew, so to speak. I tried to finish the game while only using the regular/smallest form of the whip, but I just can't seem to beat Death this way. With the extended whip he is beatable, but the small whip seems to lack the necessary range to get inside on Death.
DTysonator 4 years ago
simon belmondo xD
ShadowTheBlack 4 years ago
Never even got to Dracula but and it took me years to beat Grim Reaper. I used the boomerang to kill him.
jajo7879 4 years ago
Never thought of that trick on the Grim Reaper and I've had that game for years. A classic that I would personally recommend.
BABos23 4 years ago
4 hits on Dracula when he appears. Nice!
sernastyle1 4 years ago
...i got a bigone..if that helps any...
bastardforsale 4 years ago
hard game i could never get pass stage 13
silverfox799 4 years ago
he beats it in under 15minutes
nathan7007 4 years ago
You're really good at this game, I'm playing it right now on my NES and I can't get past Death/Grim reaper!!!
Kimba28 4 years ago
Thanks to your video, I just beat Death/grim reaper!!!!!
Kimba28 4 years ago
I love watching the bounce-up from damage trick. I think that's my favourite part.
EmonKataren 4 years ago
DAAAAAAAMN!!! you owned this game
jjw1020 4 years ago 2
the song on the last level sounds like Megaman
gdashred 4 years ago
This game is a classic, the music is incredible for the late 80s, and NES games in general, plus it is a fun game. I hope younger generations of gamers will appreciate this antique for the awesome game it is.
damanintheblackhat 4 years ago 2
I love the redundancy of him getting an extra life when he just beat the game.
DaliNietzsche 4 years ago 7
that's what I call a VICIOSO, ( a guy who plays really damn good)
fher2040 4 years ago
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you are the master, i bet this helps with the ladies!
maxkasmir 4 years ago
!!You played the greatest role in this story!!
Achille12345 4 years ago
the way you killed everybody made this game look soooo easy
FUJProductions 4 years ago 9