Fear Gauntlet: Castlevania 64

[bloodzport]

you didnt even get to the skeletons on motorcycles.

[zucht100]

the only thing that its miss is the classic music

[samcwic]

To be honest, I think Luigi's Mansion has better atmosphere.

[Krykanubis]

you know, this game doesnt actually look THAT terrible.

[moeezS]

Jumping is always faster than running, that's what I've learned from videogames.

[totalrocked]

anyone notice the cum stain on his shirt?

[PimblyCharles]

I think that was the Konami ghost haunting your illegally downloaded ROM of Castlevania 64 at the end.

[MrBlueStudy]

I loved this game as a kid.

[R0B1NG5]

Fighting the vampires later on was daunting when I was younger. Those guys were tough. There was also a creepy little kid at some point. And a Frankenstein with a chainsaw in a hedge maze.

[Traynor106]

OH NOOOO

[Boxeru13]

Played this game when I was young as well but didn't find it scary really, I liked it as a kid.

1. Lots of hidden stuff from levels to items.

2. Multiple endings based on actions in the game, and not lame black/white choices either, but depending on little stuff like how much gold you spent during the game could determine that you get the bad ending.

I realize its not a good game but as a kid I didn't know that, and I still have some fond memory as this was my first castlevania game.

[AtomicStarBurst]

You should play the Fatal Frame series. :D

[Darkbeatdk]

Tiger Man? Is this Second Life?

[GreekJR2]

You guys do well on screen.

[Dixperiken]

Pretty awesome ending :D

[benjamimmy]

haha, great ending!!

[DevoidElite]

Geez, what the heck happened at the end? Maybe just Castlevania 64 giving you more horrifying memories.

[lljkRukus]

A lot of people hated on this game but I found it pretty fun. And that chainsaw guy in the maze always creeped me out.

[Sethmyrrh]

I was a Playstation kid back when I started playing games. The first time I played Resident Evil 2 was horrifying.

[Hapos06]

@ProjectRegenesis They're on the website, but since it's intern work it isn't on the main pages. Check out the links in the description for more.

[CheeseMonkey18]

I was always legitimately scared of Ocarina of Time. It had the eery, dark atmosphere down better than any other game in the series and it really added grit to it. (Yes, it's darker and scarier than Majora's Mask and Twilight Princess) - MormonWarrior on Giant Bomb

[Zomba13]

I kinda wish these were more like the 2 best friends play things where they play the game but the video jumps to different stages so we see their reactions and stuff from different points in the game rather than just the beginning.

I mean I don't expect them to play through all these games, they have work to do and all that but with most scary games they aren't all that scary/interesting at the start. I was freaked out by Castlevania 64 too as a kid but not really the early part.

[dudeglove]

you're gonna crap your pants with Eternal Darkness. All Call of Cthulhu will scare you with is the sheer bugginess.

[Rek503]

Eternal Darkness still scares the shit out of me!

[ogtoigby]

my fear gauntlet game is the FIRST diablo.

try playing that by yourself, at night, in an empty house. fuck...

[VashTS1051]

The only parts that were unnerving to me in this game were the giant spiders, the chainsaw man in the garden, and the first vampire fight.

[candlelightcat]

haha very nice ending- terrifying

[DiarrheaChain]

Did you guys play this on an emulator?

[kikuchiyoh]

Also fucking awesome MST3k: Werewolf reference at 4:17

[Kent1138]

Ghosts are not freakier than skeletons!

[Elazul451]

Wow, I just realized that was a re-arranged version of Richter's theme on the title screen. Awesome.

[Caliwayz]

Are you guys really going to go through all of those games? It seems too good to be true.

[LukePolito]

Loving these.

[wrathofbanja]

Why is the Fear Gauntlet not a feature yet?!

[maxparke]

This game scared the shit out of me as a kid as well Kessler. I have fond memories of this game despite how much it's reviled.

[Astonkid08]

Sooooooo when is the Super man 64 fear gauntlet?

[femiboy34]

The violin player would've freaked me the fuck out as a kid.

[Bulbaboy]

This is at least 10 times better than everything else to come out of Giant Bomb recently.

[mrkous18]

this is at least 10 times better then betting the farmville

[Otacon642]

This is sooooo awesome!

[Oni64]

awesome game, really tho, skeletons on motorcycles and the game forces u to play on normal at a certain point in the game.

[SliceOfGold]

Was this the one where the Frankenstein with a chainsaw chases you through a hedge maze?

[Grimmy616]

Kessler you controlfreak

[Grimmy616]

LET LEMON PLAY!

[craigbo180]

N64 is Kessler's first console? Does this mean this was his first castlevania? Has he gone back and played the original castlevania games, I assume he at least played SOTN since it came out on XBLA.

[StMarciano]

@TehJedicake She said "once the fear factor ramps up"?What an odd gal.

[lowlandtyrant]

When are you guys going to play amnesia the dark descent?

[zeeman155]

This has to end with Amnesia

-edit

oh... I see it does

[zeeman155]

This has to end with Amnesia

[99adgil]

any chance of putting these on the actual site ?

[greycolumbus]

Make out

[Sayishere]

The ending was the scariest part.

[BlazeHedgehog]

An emulator? You scamps. Jeff would furrow his brow at you so hard.

[Dubbington1221]

since when was Kintaro in Castlevania

[jardizahn]

I really liked this game, and still think it's the best 3D Castlevania game.

If you want Castlevania 64 to be scary, get to the Villa. Then meet the Gardener. Being chased by that chainsaw-wielding maniac and his two hell hounds through a hedgemaze...THAT was scary.

The game was very atmospheric, and one of the few Castlevanias to actually have other vampires that weren't Dracula.

[Akrid62]

Man I love this game!!

[Gooboy25]

Am I the only one that does not get this updated through GiantBomb com?

[tazer95]

Because of-PFSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[hedfonezz]

holy shit the end :O!!!!!!!!!!!!

[neochadnezzar]

The ending was legitimately scary, as I thought my computer broke, so thanks for that.

[ShadowWolf9]

I love these! Make them longer please :D

[Pacq12]

Why is lemon billed before kessler in the tags? Trying to keep the white man down

[StMarciano]

I hope they don't play the first half of Silent Hill 2 and give up they could at least skip to the middle.Cause like they said their is a REAL sloooow build up in Silent Hill 2 before it starts getting intense.About 5 1/2 hours I'd say.

[TheHamidon]

Take your shirts off.

[creamypies]

These need to be longer for certain games. Like Silent Hill 2 is all about atmosphere... if you play it for like 15 minutes... you're not gonna get anything out of it.

[TheRealGiantBomb]

@creamypies Yup, we'll go longer once the fear factor ramps up.

[PCPicklePC]

@TheRealGiantBomb I hope it ends with an amnesia endurance run.

[TTomFX]

@TheRealGiantBomb How about Dino Crisis? Dinosaurs are super scary!

[kikuchiyoh]

@TTomFX Dinosaurs are faster than zombies, so definitely scarier than most of RE. 

[creamypies]

@TheRealGiantBomb Well, that's good to hear! Keep it up interns! You're really killing it this year!

[icetrey87]

@creamypies

Didn't go nearly long enough for F.E.A.R., which is a game that starts out as basically a military shooter.

[kikook222]

@creamypies Actually the real fear of any game isn't the atmosphere (it just ampifies the terror) it's actually the limited ability to defeat enemies. Games like Silent Hill are scary just because you know you can die at any moment and you will have to restart. Think about it, is Silent Hill Home Coming scary? Dead Space? Fear? No it's because you can properly kill enemies. Also think about a level of a game where you died 100 times and you're about to beat it, you get the same terror of dying.

[DanielVonRommel]

@kikook222 I call bull, that only makes games annoying and limited. Atmosphere is everything, go play Stalker.

[JonTerp]

Stop looking so forced Bodega. Get comfortable in front of the camera. Also stop trying to channel Ryan Davis so much, You can't do it; Knock it off.

[BaconGames]

@JonTerp That's his personality. Don't like it, don't eat.

[StMarciano]

I don't think SH2 is going to go down well.