Anyone notice that right after the credits, when the game restarts to level one that at the top right instead of saying Stage 1 it says Stage 19.. does that mean it restarts the game with a higher difficulty or something?
Yeah this was probably one of the toughest action games of all time, but back then this was how games were made. I guess the idea was to give you more of a sense of accomplishment when you finally beat the game. I know the first time I beat CV1 I sure felt proud!
@packrat79 yea NES had some of the hardest games(CV,battletoads,Ikari Warriors 1 and 2,i could go on lol) and when you beat them the first time its like HOLY SHIT i beat it most of now days games you can beat in a 1hr or 3 and be like ok now what looks good but wheres the real game lol
This game was so_fucking_hard! I don't even know how you managed to beat Dracula with just the potion weapon. I was workin' that boomerang like no one's bidness.
I just finished a run through of Castlevania on my PC through my Gametap subscription, all I have to say is: these games back then had no concept of balance and fairness to the player. They were exercises in sadism on the part of the developers. How I managed to beat these games back then, without the save state feature that we have today, boggles my mind.
Still Castlevania was a great game for its day. The backgrounds and music were top notch, even to this day.
@mikepalomino That's why retro gamers are considered hardcore compared to today's gamers, Today games are tested to make sure there is "balance and fairness" but like today, developers barely play the games they make, they just create them. NES games were never really tested the way they are today, with a crowd of testers. It was just a few people making sure it could be beaten, so an obscene amount difficulty is left in many games. Plus we didn't have internet or any help, we just went gung ho.
@JTcombomode Heh yeah man, I agree. Don't get me wrong, I beat Castlevania back in the day as well. The game is pretty straight-forward up til the 5th(?) level with the Grim Reaper. That boss was my worst enemy and would send my then-adolescent brain into a fury. I broke many a controller back then I am ashamed to say (lol). But some games from this 8 bit / 16 bit era I never finished because they were just impossible because of poor balance.
@djmixnmagic The holy water is actually the BEST weapon against Dracula's final form (or any boss in the game except Dracula's first form.) All you do is throw one while he is on the floor and it freezes him in place, then you can hit him twice with the whip before the flame disappears, then you throw another and repeat. If you do it right he never gets a chance to move. Cheap but effective. Forget about using it on Dracula's first form, whip his head to death.
yEAH, Barrett311, he/she edited this...you can see his lives go from 5 to 4 as well. That's ok though, it appears to be the same run through the game. Afterall, do you guys know how DIFFICULT this shit is to BEAT???? I played and played and played against Dracula sOOOO many times and could not beat it. once i got to the white beast, he always bested me. OH well, thanks for putting this up, mate! Nice to finally see the ending!
Good for you! I meant that I had never beat this with help from watching other's games. In a sense, that's like copying someone else's work. But, i don't suck since i've been to the end of the game so many times.
@barrett311 I don't know, I recorded these when I was a kid. I'm almost 36 now. My guess is I started recording a new fight in the middle of an old one since it took me a few tries to beat him.
@barrett311 I don't know, I recorded these when I was a kid. I'm almost 36 now. My guess is I started recording a new fight in the middle of an old one since it took me a few tries to beat him.
@barrett311 I don't know, I recorded these when I was a kid. I'm almost 36 now. My guess is I started recording a new fight in the middle of an old one since it took me a few tries to beat him.
This was one of the hardest games ive ever played. There was only 1 guy i ever met that was able to finish it, and its because it was the only game he had - lol. True story. Me and another friend would watch in awe just to see the rest of the game we could never reach.
vram stoker
christopher Bee
Belo lugosi
BORIS KARLOFFICE!?!?!?!
they were just fucking around here weren't they....?
apinafilms 4 months ago
Do you recorded that using a camara?
TheAllstargamer 6 months ago
At 1:39, you can tell he (the player, not Simon) just realized what he did and was gasping.
Plingio 6 months ago
yeah for a game so hard, what a weak ending
floridasux321 8 months ago
Here I was thinking the game was rigged. How the hell do you defeat the grim reaper? That was something about that game I didn't understand.
LedWilde 9 months ago
@LedWilde furthest i ever got was the grim reaper, and yes i died.
floridasux321 8 months ago
@floridasux321 It's tough. And I had no idea even how to attack him.
LedWilde 8 months ago
XD Boris Karloff. Lol!
LongFingered 9 months ago
What in the holy mother of shit is this fuckness?? - AVGN xD
Nice work on the boss dude
n343184 1 year ago
Finalily done this game i had this game when i was 10 years old could never get pasted the 5th boss managed to complet it to so fucking hard
TheSquallLeonheart 1 year ago
so you don't get a chance to escape the castle before it collapses?
iIamITheIMaster 1 year ago
Anyone notice that right after the credits, when the game restarts to level one that at the top right instead of saying Stage 1 it says Stage 19.. does that mean it restarts the game with a higher difficulty or something?
JTcombomode 1 year ago
lol Vram Stoker
Dgamer21 1 year ago
I am impressed that you kept these, and I'm glad that you have a forum for them now. I wish I had a record of all the crap I beat when I was a kid.
starcrunch061 1 year ago
lol reminds me of the mr lee fight in FF adv
stridren 2 years ago
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MrIvan97 2 years ago
Wait...I'm confused. Wasn't he in the tower as it collapsed?
brothermopsy 2 years ago
Simon Belmondo!
YARRdood 2 years ago 3
Yeah this was probably one of the toughest action games of all time, but back then this was how games were made. I guess the idea was to give you more of a sense of accomplishment when you finally beat the game. I know the first time I beat CV1 I sure felt proud!
packrat79 2 years ago
@packrat79 yea NES had some of the hardest games(CV,battletoads,Ikari Warriors 1 and 2,i could go on lol) and when you beat them the first time its like HOLY SHIT i beat it most of now days games you can beat in a 1hr or 3 and be like ok now what looks good but wheres the real game lol
LeonardLayten 1 year ago
Dracula's huge. He stands about 12 feet tall in this game and about 20+ feet in Simon's quest, lol.
sauce987654321 2 years ago
Ha I never beat Castlevania - The first Dracula killed me. Now I have a better understanding of the opening prelude to Castlevania
SOTN
jlyons1026 2 years ago
aha you have got to love the credits
"Dracula - Christopher Bee" lol
ilikeyoutubing 2 years ago 2
This game was so_fucking_hard! I don't even know how you managed to beat Dracula with just the potion weapon. I was workin' that boomerang like no one's bidness.
Wow, memories
djmixnmagic 2 years ago
I just finished a run through of Castlevania on my PC through my Gametap subscription, all I have to say is: these games back then had no concept of balance and fairness to the player. They were exercises in sadism on the part of the developers. How I managed to beat these games back then, without the save state feature that we have today, boggles my mind.
Still Castlevania was a great game for its day. The backgrounds and music were top notch, even to this day.
mikepalomino 2 years ago
@mikepalomino That's why retro gamers are considered hardcore compared to today's gamers, Today games are tested to make sure there is "balance and fairness" but like today, developers barely play the games they make, they just create them. NES games were never really tested the way they are today, with a crowd of testers. It was just a few people making sure it could be beaten, so an obscene amount difficulty is left in many games. Plus we didn't have internet or any help, we just went gung ho.
JTcombomode 1 year ago
@JTcombomode Heh yeah man, I agree. Don't get me wrong, I beat Castlevania back in the day as well. The game is pretty straight-forward up til the 5th(?) level with the Grim Reaper. That boss was my worst enemy and would send my then-adolescent brain into a fury. I broke many a controller back then I am ashamed to say (lol). But some games from this 8 bit / 16 bit era I never finished because they were just impossible because of poor balance.
mikepalomino 1 year ago
@djmixnmagic The holy water is actually the BEST weapon against Dracula's final form (or any boss in the game except Dracula's first form.) All you do is throw one while he is on the floor and it freezes him in place, then you can hit him twice with the whip before the flame disappears, then you throw another and repeat. If you do it right he never gets a chance to move. Cheap but effective. Forget about using it on Dracula's first form, whip his head to death.
JTcombomode 1 year ago
the real dracula was actually a hero to most romanians.
akavitsuma 3 years ago
yEAH, Barrett311, he/she edited this...you can see his lives go from 5 to 4 as well. That's ok though, it appears to be the same run through the game. Afterall, do you guys know how DIFFICULT this shit is to BEAT???? I played and played and played against Dracula sOOOO many times and could not beat it. once i got to the white beast, he always bested me. OH well, thanks for putting this up, mate! Nice to finally see the ending!
hibikimaiku 3 years ago
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Gosh you really suck bro....I can beat the game without losing a life....check out some speed runs and youll figure out how to beat Dracula
kampa81 3 years ago
Good for you! I meant that I had never beat this with help from watching other's games. In a sense, that's like copying someone else's work. But, i don't suck since i've been to the end of the game so many times.
hibikimaiku 3 years ago
I remember getting so thrilled about finally beating this game, was one of the hardest ones around! Good Job
granpapi29 3 years ago
Die Alucard!!!!!
Tierpostkartenjaeger 3 years ago
How did your life go up at 00:47?
barrett311 3 years ago 5
I imagine he or she paused the recording to a point where he or she was more favorable to win.
bingdat 3 years ago
look at his lives, he died and restarted the recording at that point so as to not make us watch the entire fight over
Jmbrandon9 3 years ago
@barrett311 I don't know, I recorded these when I was a kid. I'm almost 36 now. My guess is I started recording a new fight in the middle of an old one since it took me a few tries to beat him.
TheMeanArena 1 year ago
@barrett311 I don't know, I recorded these when I was a kid. I'm almost 36 now. My guess is I started recording a new fight in the middle of an old one since it took me a few tries to beat him.
TheMeanArena 1 year ago
@barrett311 I don't know, I recorded these when I was a kid. I'm almost 36 now. My guess is I started recording a new fight in the middle of an old one since it took me a few tries to beat him.
TheMeanArena 1 year ago
@barrett311
will you stfu
TheCkfeister 1 year ago
@TheCkfeister
Nope
barrett311 1 year ago
Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Never seen the ending
PJS1977 3 years ago
Thank you.
Jessenator 4 years ago
I have an old as dirt VHS tape from when I was a little kid playing this game called "Gex 3". It's not all
distorted, even though it came
from a 7 or 8 year old tape.
retrogamer96 4 years ago
It's funny how they spelled everyone's name wrong. Dracula- Christopher Bee, Mummy Man- Love Chaney. I suprised noo one catches that
RatedRman 4 years ago
No shit... Maybe that was the point?
sic6664 4 years ago 2
DAMN IMPRESSIVE!
tod4533 4 years ago
nice. it rare to see original nes games on youtube. most other nes videos are unfortunately on emulators.
jubeininja69 4 years ago 6
This was one of the hardest games ive ever played. There was only 1 guy i ever met that was able to finish it, and its because it was the only game he had - lol. True story. Me and another friend would watch in awe just to see the rest of the game we could never reach.
vato76 4 years ago
Nice critical strike on the first form.
jdhyqf 4 years ago
how do you "critical strike"? i've always wanted to learn how to do that.
are you supposed to get hit and have the whip extended?
ngomez0077 4 years ago
I always used to load up on hearts, so I would go into the battle with like 35 or so so I could throw tons of boomerangs.
boxingoutsider 4 years ago
This was a hard ass game.
jmoore279 4 years ago 3
Wow! you're lucky to still have that tape! how big of a flood was it?
Popoman100 4 years ago
man that is an old VHS tape!
Popoman100 4 years ago 2