Castlevania (NES) Playthrough

A playthrough of Konami's 1987 action-platformer for the NES, Castlevania.
Happy October, everybody!
This video shows the first three loops through the game. The second begins at 28:21 and the third at 56:34.
Simon Belmont is on a holy quest to destroy the prince of darkness. Dracula, however, has laid a century in wait for the man who would wield the Vampire Killer, and he has prepared well for this moment. Over the course of eighteen stages, Simon will have to fight his way though the keep’s entry hall, a clock tower, the caves beneath the castle, and the morgue in order to make it to the belfry to challenge the grand master.
The first of a legendary series, Konami’s Castlevania was one of the earliest third-party NES efforts to rival the quality of Nintendo's own in-house works, and the game stands as a testament to the skill and passion of its creators.
The gameplay is excellent. The controls are responsive and reliable and the game provides clear, immediate feedback for everything that you do. The stiffness of Simon's movements might be a bit jarring at first, but once you've acclimated to the game's feel, you'll come to appreciate the consistency that stems from the rigidity. You always know exactly when and where your jumps and whip strikes will land, and the game's difficulty is balanced with this in mind.
It's a challenging game that's not afraid to punish you for screwing up, and there are few moments when it feels legitimately unfair. There's a clear way to maneuver through or around nearly any situation without a scratch, boss fights included. If I may offer some advice to anyone trying to improve on their game, it would be to not panic. I know that's easier said than done, but blindingly whipping at thin air is a sure-fire way to get yourself killed. The fleamen and medusa heads will make total mincemeat of you.
I can't say I'm much a fan of the game's glitchiness, though. Has anyone else ever noticed how prone Castlevania is to crashing? It happened to me three times as I was trying to record this video: once at Death, once at Dracula, and once in the final room of enemies before the staircase up to Dracula's tower. In each instance, the game hard crashed after I'd thrown three boomerangs that had hit candles. Given all the other moving elements in those scenes (the huge enemies, Drac's fireballs, and Death's scythes), it seems as though the game hits a hard sprite limit and chokes. After the third time it happened, I finally remembered that I had already learned this lesson many times as a kid: don't use the boomerang's multi-shot in busy areas. I have to wonder how the programmers never picked up on the problem.
Considering its 1987 release date, Castlevania‘s graphics and sound are first rate. The backdrops were a marked step up from the norm in their artistry - for all the hardware limitations, their ability to evoke a sense of something far grander than the NES could actually paint on the screen is pretty amazing. The music is the same. It's not loaded with arpeggiated chords, funky time signature changes, or drum samples, but it was one of the early examples of a third-party game with music that actually resembled real music. The themes were all memorable and echoed the character of their settings, and the instrumentation made for some nice, mellow listening. In an era where most games blasted you with ten-second loops of ear-piercingly shrill square wave noise, Castlevania's music stood out. It still does - just look at how many times these tracks have been officially remixed over the years!
Even taking into account its technical issues, it's not hard to see why the first Castlevania is still such a revered game. Technologies may age, sensibilities may evolve, but quality is timeless.
Also be sure to check out the arcade version, Vs. Castlevania, at • Vs. Castlevania (Arcad...
(In case anyone is wondering, I did have a video of this game up before, but it was seven years old and the video quality wasn't up to snuff. This is a brand new playthrough to replace the old one, and this one is much more thorough.)
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No cheats were used during the recording of this video.
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[@ChadLPN]

You just cut through this game like a hot knife through butter. I've been playing this game off and on for 30 years and STILL haven't beat it, ONCE!

[@ChrisVideoNet]

lol same. looks like the holy water was the tip...

[@PharoahsKingdom]

One of the few Castlevania's I never beat

[@CiceroSantiagobrasilia]

​@@PharoahsKingdomreally me too, this i tried a Lot of time, but i wont Win kkkkkkkkkk.

[@cdphotography2]

You are my new hero. 😅

[@cdphotography2]

I know this was back in NES days but with todays tech what would be funny is at 15:57 as the skeleton is throwing his bones parts of his body diminishes until all he has left is his head and then somehow throws that at you.

[@Peter_Morris]

I have to echo the testament to Konami’s music mastery. My 9-yr-old son was watching me play though the three NES Castlevanias, and he was constantly saying, “Dad, this music is pretty good!” And I’ll catch him humming some of the tunes from time to time. And he’s not alone. He’s got some friends who all enjoy Mega Man music. When they come over they’ll sit and listen to the tracks on the Legacy Collection. It’s crazy!

[@TheSsbcandidates]

Old games were better. Today´s have no quality nor passion.

[@EndlessPsychoCycleOfDeath]

​@@TheSsbcandidatesthis is true! Modern games are donation dumps!

[@cj.59]

Old game music just hits different

[@klaus_vans]

Your son has great tastes in music! Congrats! 😄🙏🏻

[@dsuttajit]

I miss NES’s video games music. Mega Man got awesome music too.

[@2PeteShakur]

"At Konami, there were a range of people working in the sound team. Some focused entirely on programming, others focused entirely on composing, and others like me could do all things sound-related. Kenichi Matsubara, a person who exclusively composed music, took charge of the score for the sequel. After I had joined Konami, Castlevania (aka Akumajo Dracula) was actually my first work. I aimed to create music suitable for the image of the game, particularly noting the dynamism with which the player moves and the gothic images of the background. In terms of the rock approach, it came naturally from me. I didn't compose the soundtrack with an initial plan, but gradually composed what seemed natural and fitting. I think the music has become so loved because it was a complementary aspect of the game. The scenario, gameplay, characters and everything else were so good and the score fitted in nicely. Because the game was so perfectly made, the music for it also became more memorable. After I had left Konami, the Castlevania series continued to be produced. I think later scores in the series were considerably different from the original scores that I composed. There were numerous composers in later instalments and they each offered their own individuality into the music." -- Kinuyo Yamashita (musician, Castlevania - NES)

[@jason4275]

Never forget that awesome first level music.

[@retro3188]

Vampire Killer!

[@mathewhorodner2000]

@@retro3188this is also in Castlevania 3 (Dracula's Curse)

[@FrancesDLaurentis]

Makes me hard til this day

[@Lightingspartan]

The vampire killer 30 years and same in memory

[@bandman83]

​@@retro3188 Its called 'Deja vu' in the third game.

[@WhySoSeriousBruh-fb7ud]

This game was one of the reasons why is was great growing up in the 80's. Nintendo rocked and this game still holds up to this day. Retro gaming never gets old.

[@ajhproductions2347]

I swear it ages like a fine wine for me

[@WhySoSeriousBruh-fb7ud]

@@ajhproductions2347 Facts

[@NintendoComplete]

It's finally October again, and what better way to kick things off than with the original Castlevania? Woo!

[@lextahsy]

Can u pls pin my comment

[@LITTLE1994]

Super Castlevaina IV is miles better. Don't be blinded by nostalgia.

[@jonnythunder6083]

I can't wait for Halloween!!!

[@rjcupid]

@@LITTLE1994 When I read your comments I think “This person did not live through the NES era”. I feel that you base your opinions off of modern game reviews and opinions that were formed way after that era. This game was epic and no one complained about difficulty when we were growing up in the 80’s - you would have been seen as a massive wuss. Games were supposed to be difficult. When you bash this objectively legendary game from a modern perspective it is unfair and naive. Hindsight is 20/20.

[@LITTLE1994]

@@rjcupid I'm a 90s kid, an expert gamer, and I had played many games on a real NES before, so don't judge me. And you think due to I said the SNES game is superior you automatically think I'm saying about modern games when the 16-bit is DECADES old right now? You're just another old person blinded by nostalgia.

[@stickman1373]

It was something magical about being a kid back in those days...... Looking at these games makes me think of my momma and how we would play Nintendo after school!!! I love you and I miss you momma!! RIP❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@ajhproductions2347]

You nailed it bro, magical is right. No other way to describe it, it was a safe and simple time.

[@rjcupid]

I think I may have written this before but this is the video game that sparked my love of Nintendo as a little kid. I didn’t own a NES in the early days of the console as it was very hard to find and to be honest, very expensive. I have an amazing mom though and she would drive to different video stores after work looking where she could rent a NES console. She found a place called Avenue Video here in Montreal. She had to put her name on a waiting list to rent the NES (she didn’t tell me because she wanted to surprise me). It took a few weeks, but on a Friday night she came home with a huge black hard plastic suitcase…WITH A NES INSIDE IT! She also handed me a rental case with a game in it, I opened it and staring back at my was that beautiful silver Konami Castlevania label. I played it all weekend non-stop and that started my love affair with Nintendo, Konami and Castlevania. Thanks mom for doing all you did for me and for being cool enough to pick Castlevania of all games. Anyways, I’m sure others out there have had similar experiences to this and thanks for reading my long-winded story! Also, thanks for the play through Alex.

[@bigduke5902]

Cool story, and I actually mean that genuinely. I'm responding to you because I liked what you wrote elsewhere in this thread and thought you'd relate to a similar memory story I have. As a dumb kid in the 90s, I was a stupid loyalist who, for a very short while, renounced all things Nintendo when my NES bit the dust and was replaced one Christmas with a SEGA Genesis. This, of course, meant I now had to purge myself of all Nintendo impurities, up to and including altering a little Nintendo themed TV desk I had with stickers all over it. A few years later, my younger brother asked for a Super NES for Christmas, got it, and it wasn't long before I switched sides again after seeing how much better it seemed at the time (my current feelings on it are a bit more nuanced, but that's a story for another time). Then, when the SEGA CD was coming out, I was really obnoxiously vocal about how dumb it looked on the commercials, but it was pretty obvious that I was actually interested in it and, for that Thanksgiving break, my mom rented the whole SEGA CD add on from our local video store with a few games knowing I'd be thrilled to try it. It was my introduction to Monkey Island! Thanks, mom!

[@rjcupid]

@@bigduke5902 Thanks for sharing your story as well. Don’t feel bad about being a “loyalist” back then - us gamers tended to be all-or-nothing in that era (and beyond!). Renting consoles from video stores back in the day was really fun, especially carrying them home in massive black/dark gray hard suitcases like you were carrying a top-secret government device. The only downside to it was that I was always worried that the person who rented the console before me had broken something that would only manifest itself during my rental period and my mom would end up having to pay for it. Your mom was really cool to rent you the Sega CD with a bunch of games. Surprises like that are what great childhood memories are made of. The Secret of Monkey Island was great. Have a good one.

[@jg2722]

If this was the first nes game I played I’d shoot myself tbh. Too freaking difficult , the jumping mechanics got me f*cked up. 5:33 is where I went ape shit. The enemy keeps hitting me off the platform when I jump

[@thezzach]

As an 11 year old kid (36 years ago!? Wow) I spent countless hours playing great nes games, but this one was my favorite. I think its funny that we are supposed to assume that Simon got out of the castle before it collapsed.

[@supermariofan772003]

I finally beat this game earlier this year, and I'm really glad I did. This game just has such a cool vibe, especially for 1987. Nothing else on the NES had this much gothic atmosphere to it. I especially love how you can see Dracula's tower in the background of some levels. Such a great detail. Castlevania also has probably the best soundtrack of any early NES game. Every song is a banger, and they all fit their respective levels perfectly. Are there some gameplay flaws? Yeah, the knockback is enjoying and the jumping is stiff. But still, this is a classic action game and it's one I look forward to replaying in the future.

[@lukcaluwaerts1689]

What an amazing game !!!! I still love it !!!! They don't make games like this anymore !!!! What a passion of game-play !!! Till in the early mornings !!!

[@sharinglungs3226]

So many cheap deaths and poor enemy paths. I’m so glad they don’t make games like that anymore.

[@darthnihilus511]

After all these years, it’s amazing how natural this all sounds to me. The human memory is amazing

[@simonmejia6896]

35 years of vampire hunting. The start of many count slaying adventures.

[@retro3188]

36 and counting!

[@VahanNisanian]

The animated Bat flying towards you at the title screen is quite impressive. Konami has always been very good at animating Bats. Another example is "The Maze of Galious". Although the Famicom version wasn't as good as the MSX, the title screen of Bats looked way cool, though.

[@coolbluelights]

one of the most iconic first levels of all time!

[@rudyramirezjr2309]

Ahh my childhood! So many hours playing this game!

[@daderowley4514]

Hi I’m 21 years old, and I just recently just played the original Castlevania a few weeks ago and managed to beat this pain in the ass game! It took forever but I was finally able to beat the game and holy hell was it fun and infuriating! Now I have bragging rights!

[@thecunninlynguist]

Classic. The one that started it all

[@worsethanhitlerpt.2539]

I got this on PS4 and blasted thru to the last level in 10 minutes. I thought it was so hard as a kid too

[@julianseph842gamez5]

Dracula: Ugh, another Belmont... I hate these guys...

[@cj.59]

W reference 💀

[@chrisspearline767]

There is no harder 30 minute game in the history of gaming

[@cj.59]

Fr

[@America_is_now_Mexico2.0]

Nah these were standard hard level games as a kid in 1987. Ghost and Goblins was just as hard as this.

[@vadenk4433]

Ghosts & Goblins is way harder for me. I can barely get out of the first level. I can beat Castlevania and get to the last part of Ninja Gaiden, also beat Battletoads. But Ghosts & Goblins and the Mega man games are my kryptonite.

[@GareBearGamingGround]

I love that that tower of the castle is flipping the bird. I hope you do more of the series this month! One of my favorite franchises ever

[@Dorian_Scott]

I'm so glad that I'm not the only person who sees that LMAO. It totally looks like it.

[@cj.59]

LMAO

[@GothicXlightning]

and it all started with SIMON BELMONT even if Leon and Trevor Belmont may disagree much love Belmont clan the HORRIBLE NIGHT TO HAVE A CURSE Sequel will always be tragically under appreciated

[@NintendoComplete]

I totally agree. Simon's Quest is my favorite Castlevania.

[@GothicXlightning]

glad you agree and see my point friend is my dearest NES classic of all times next to of course CV3 and BIONIC COMMANDO, Ninja gaiden, ZELDA 2 etc i did a NO-HIT In-depth guide playlist for CV2 Simon's Quest is there if you ever get interested into see how to avoid all incoming damage did the same for CV3 and CV4 too sheers my friend and thank you for remembering the beauty of our beloved Castlevania

[@lautarogomez9711]

But canonically speaking, who was the first Belmont to kill Dracula?, Trevor?. Or Sonia in Castlevania legends?

[@dominon929]

Man this use to be so hard to beat the first time I played this. Yet one day I had finally beaten it and watched that castle sink to the ground towards my satisfaction. If you know it by heart like I did, you may already be knowing what enemies come your way, knowing your weaponry skills against them, and a figured out way to defeat the bosses in one go. Death and Dracula’s second form were by far the hardest bosses in the game. Try beating it with a grand total of points without continues if you dare because that’s the real challenge and that goes for the CV games that came after this. You actually keep the grand total of points after beating it the first time by doing a second attempt where enemies are in different, swapped up directions to make the stages unpredictable.

[@bigduke5902]

I confess that most of the appeal of this game, when I was young and it was new, was due to it's unique theme. The classic monster movie inspiration really agreed with me and it's where I started learning about all these old tropes and characters. But, the actual game too difficult and I never found it all that exciting compared to it's contemporaries to want to put in the effort to learn, which is funny because I actually preferred 8 Eyes to it. It was Simon's Quest that really got me into this series and Dracula's Curse that made me a fan for life. Today, I've come to appreciate it and can beat it pretty easily. And, for the record, as great a game as Symphony of the Night is, I much, much prefer this style of Castlevania to the increasingly stale open world type. I'd play those Curse of the Moon games a hundred times over before I replay Bloodstained.

[@IUsedToFermentThings]

99.9% Complete. Missed the crown at the beginning by jumping past the gate. That being said, still way better than I ever did all those years ago. I only ever made it past The Creature at the end of Stage 12 ONCE. And then got destroyed by the next area. Those damn flea men...

[@dredaylarue]

Man thid bring back so much memory. Remember getting the Manual books and it's telling you all about the characters and what boards they're on

[@Gitfiddle]

NES games were legit difficult to beat. People these days playing whatever latest COD have no idea.

[@LPetal86]

What a classic way to start off a series! Yep, time to dust off and play through my _Castlevania_ library again for the best month of the year!

[@rjcupid]

Castlevania and Halloween are a perfect match!

[@Dmitrii_Davidovich]

"Castlevania" is one of the best games from Konami and one of the best games on the Famicom/NES. I like all three parts, but I prefer the Japanese versions on FDS/Famicom. "Akumajou Densetsu" on Famicom with special chip Konami VRC6 - music and sound effects are on top. Of course, the first part of "Castlevania" is like first love. Thank you for a very beautiful and interesting walkthrough, I would like to see the rest of the parts on the Famicom/NES, as well as Super Famicom and SEGA.

[@VahanNisanian]

The FDS version of CV1 had an additional track you don't hear anywhere else.

[@rjcupid]

Yak spravy Dmitri? Slava Ukraini

[@Dmitrii_Davidovich]

@@rjcupid Hello! I'm doing well. Work home. Sorry, I can’t answer the Heroes of Glory to Glory to Ukraine, because, as I think, Shame on Ukraine. The Ukrainian people and citizens of this country, their own power and kills, a real genocide. This war is a fake. Oligarchs earn money on human lives.

[@antoinecampbell7473]

The holy water is the most powerful weapon in the whole game.

[@spoonshiro]

Classic NES platformer - Fantastic visuals, amazing music, stomp-on-your-balls difficulty. But it's all worth it!

[@worsethanhitlerpt.2539]

castle 1 looks better than Part 3 which supposedly has a graphics chip on the cartridge

[@TheDudeOfSteel87]

it plays really well and has amazing music but it's got the shittiest graphics I've ever seen

[@chillfactory9000]

​@@TheDudeOfSteel87 It hurts my eyes, I actually had to turn down the brightness on my phone while i watched this. Amazing music though.

[@iciouailleurs1977]

A great game that reminds me of my childhood. I sometimes replay it from time to time thanks to an emulator

[@ChrisVideoNet]

OMG the holy water... I should have.

[@cj.59]

Same💀

[@CC164_real]

Just beat this today. Masterpiece!

[@worsethanhitlerpt.2539]

Some would say this looks better than Part 3 which had a graphics chip installed

[@Omarencarnacion1]

my favorite saga ever

[@redmage8719]

The hall right before the Grim Reaper always gets on my nerves.

[@mathewhorodner2000]

🤣🤣🤣😅😅😂😂

[@mathewhorodner2000]

the Hall of Death :- )

[@redmage8719]

​@@mathewhorodner2000More like the hall of aggravation. 🤬

[@corvus1253]

Taking the bosses out like a pro!

[@toplistcrew7645]

I remember when this first came out. I was blown away at this game. It was a super fun game to play. The graphics and storyline are still cool. Dracula at the end was a pita to beat.

[@tonylogan6442]

Jump over the first door before you go into the castle- hidden item. Hit the last block after the last black panther. First room.

[@DougBull-p4q]

Early Nintendo games are living moving art the games gorgeous I love the colors

[@danielsoaresgalente9579]

It took me 18 days, but i finally made it to the end of this game, and not even once i used the holy water stop trick, mostly because i didn't knew it was possible

[@hell-yeah8776]

1:19:09 LMAO, what the hell, you're lucky on that one

[@aaronblashyrkh7655]

One of the best games ever? Ofc

[@williamsmith9814]

I mean the frustration level of watching this and then trying it only everything possible to go wrong.

[@elduderino7725]

I loved Castlevania. I spent hundreds of hours trying to beat that game and never did. Couldn't get past the grim reaper.

[@capofthink]

_"Ah Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha, Ahh~!"_ *- Not The Simon Belmot We Wanted, But The Simon Belmont We DESERVE, Nintendonia, Videoland, Castlevania, 198x, Second Neural Matriarchal War, Colorized Posteriously.*

[@KurtisC93]

_Someone_ played a lot of Castlevania in their time. Nice job! 🙌

[@jinderbreadman]

That thumbnail you used always makes me laugh -- it's as if the tower is flipping Simon off.

[@NintendoComplete]

Hahaha, I hadn't noticed before, but now that you point it out I can see it.

[@cj.59]

Lmaoo

[@mikedski9698]

IT'S Vampire Hunting Season For Simon Belmont.

[@omt4293]

Holy Water. Nuff said.

[@mathewhorodner2000]

You can use the cross

[@omt4293]

@@mathewhorodner2000 I agree but Simon against the bosses is unbeatable with the holy water, they just freeze.

[@mathewhorodner2000]

@@omt4293 I use the cross against Medussa, too, instead of the stop watch

[@RandomGamerKnight25]

That was awesome! I love Castlevania!

[@NintendoComplete]

Tyvm! I do too!

[@tellylott77]

I can not even begin to count the hours spent playing this game as a kid!

[@ajhproductions2347]

Seriously, hearing the music and seeing those sprites brings back so many memories!

[@howard2031]

Ahhh my childhood...getting hooked in the first level. Slight difficulty spike in block 3 of second level. Badass music, big difficulty spike of level 3. Gradually figuring out the varying challenges of level 4. Overcoming the seemingly impossible odds at the end of level 5. The last level was a breath of fresh air after the Reaper once you learned to just avoid the bats.😂

[@Dorian_Scott]

What can I say about this game that hasn't already been said before? It's a classic game.

[@GarrettCRW]

The issue you mentioned in the description is something that only exists on the first revision of the NES cartridge, and was introduced when converting the game from the FDS. Later US copies (with the oval Nintendo Seal of Quality) and the Japanese cartridge release fixed it.

[@SP-yb3ei]

Just FYI - for all the lovers of the music, there is band called Bit Brigade which plays Castlevania and Zelda music live. Going to check them out.

[@Robowil]

My introduction to Castlevania was the Lords of Shadow duology to be honest, might play the original when I can assuming its on NSO

[@kenhiro145]

It is and you can buy 2 different Castlevania collections on there with this game and many others. The other coll. Is the GBA Castlevanias

[@johnnywalker4941]

That molotov cocktail seems to be the secret to defeating most of the ememy bosses.

[@IUseRandomPfps]

Whenever people bring up the best NES games, they usually are talking about SMB 1-3 or Legend of Zelda, but this is the one for me. Not the best Castlevania game (IV and Symphony of the Night are still better) but goddamn, what an unforgettable classic.

[@gamet2004]

54:46 Yes, the Cookie Monster is the final boss of this awesome game

[@ernestlemmingway1124]

The first throw-the-controller-through-the-wall frustrating games I ever played. And I didn't own an NES, my friends all did. So no such satisfaction for me.

[@fan1701]

Vampire Killer is my phone ringtone.

[@echobravoromeo]

Excellent choice, great run.

[@retro3188]

I love this! I’ve gotten into Castlevania’s music since May. Happy October, NintendoComplete! Can we please see more Castlevania content? I love your gameplay here.

[@THEREALGAMEMASTER-gz5xg]

Fun Fact did you know in Castlevania Bloodlines stage 1 is a remake to Castlevania 1 Level 1?

[@Numinor31]

is the 3rd loop harder than the 2nd or just the same...?

[@j.r.3664]

I hope you will power through all of them until SotN!

[@VahanNisanian]

I wonder if he'll play "Vampire Killer" again, this time in 60hz? He previously played it slowed-down in 50hz.

[@Dr.Vinny05]

Ive had this game on my 3ds for a while and i still have beaten the first level Edit: legit right after typing this i beat it!

[@ChristineMason87]

56 stanges This man is a legend 😊❤

[@chrisdonahue524]

This along with Ghosts and Goblins was one of the hardest NES games out there.

[@Prep5242]

Trying to make it from stage 23 to 26 on 3 lives is such a pain, those medusas are cruel!!

[@Prep5242]

finally did it >:)

[@ajhproductions2347]

Ahh, the pink zombies in level one that looked like angry women in dresses to me as a kid. Those sounds bring back so many memories. Nice job on all the secrets! I love how old NES games had stuff like that. Holy crap, your playing is inspiring! Going straight for the throat! I never saw the end screen, or anything past the forth level for that matter, so thank you for that!

[@Ol_Ben]

I'm still playing this on the NES cartridge today.

[@E180TEKNO]

Surrelly one of best castelvania of the saga with the castelvania IV on SNES

[@jakethesnake0192]

Tbh I can’t beat level 3 but I will someday

[@briantaylor9285]

Such an awesome classic

[@AznableNoChar]

je ne suis jamais parvenu a finir ce jeu je ne savais pas qu'il y avait un mode difficile après l'avoir terminé. Vraiment impressionnant. Les joueurs d'aujourd'hui sont bien plus doués que ceux de notre génération

[@Bloodreign1]

They aren't more talented, they just have far easier games today, games that are far too long for their own good, and sold to them half broken. Hence why modern games, you buy them, then have to wait for patches to fix things, or buy a used copy down the road, take forever to not only install the game, but to install patches.

[@LTDANMAN44]

the start area if you jump over the enterance at 30 secs in you can get a secret bag of money

[@devonakimmer9402]

Happy anniversary to a great monster game🎉

[@vadenk4433]

I always thought the holy water sucked as a kid. Lol. I avoided it like the plague.... Now I understand why I couldn't beat the game.

[@cherokeefit4248]

Would be cool to see you do the Vs version

[@GrandmasterTrash78skunk]

iconic cover art

[@jacktodd3439]

Played that for years in 90s

[@adrianvergara3774]

My mo loved this game and all the castlevania game but she passed so I play them i in our honor.i even got the the nes vampire killer ring tone on my phone

[@megspitzer9406]

I remember playing this game at my cousin's house back in 2010, but I kept failing miserably😣

[@jamesmoss3424]

The first castlevania game is brilliant. 😀👍🧛‍♂️🎮

[@liapengmakhele8276]

Thanks I love it the nes is a very good console

[@leonardogsperin]

How is playing??? Alex??? Man what a pro, Knowall, I never vish, more probaly i make a game like this then play like u Bro this is the hardest in my opinion.

[@pillington1338]

I don't understand why the stages are wrong here. For example, the final boss should be stage 18, not stage 56.

[@kascnef]

happy 35th

[@ChrisVideoNet]

This game caused so much stress in my life. lol

[@jamesl.anderson1384]

Trans Fishers (Terence Fisher) Vram Stoker (Bram Stoker) James Banana (James Bernard) Christopher Bee (Christopher Lee) Belo Lugosi (Bela Lugosi) Boris Karloffice (Boris Karloff) Love Chaney (Lon Chaney) Love Chaney, Jr. (Lon Chaney, Jr.) Barber Sherry (Barbara Shelley) Mix Schrecks (Max Schreck) Green Stranger (Glenn Strange) Cafebar Read (Oliver Reed) Andre Moral (André Morell) Jone Candies (John Carradine) And The Hero Simon Belmont

[@ivoreategui781]

Why is this game looped????

[@stillill3375]

why 3 times the same?

[@janderson0107]

pro player

[@NintendoComplete]

Ty! 😀 Lots of practice over the years.

[@mathewhorodner2000]

@@NintendoCompleteexcellent playing, I use the cross instead of the holy water

[@SoCalJellybean]

Okay, this must mean I’m officially old as hell, but I actually miss the crappy, blurry quality of the original gameplay! Emulators are just TOO crisp and perfect-looking… 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@kramalerav]

The Count is looking a little long in the tooth.

[@GamingWithDrew]

Do you ever run into technical problems and have a recording crash like 90% of the way through and have to start all over? I've been recording gameplay footage lately and it's frustrating the kinds of things that can occur.

[@NintendoComplete]

Occasionally that sort of thing happens, but not very often. The computer that I do my recording and encoding on runs an i9 w/128gb of RAM and an NVME SSD to make sure that I have enough headroom to run things without a hitch. You might want to check the Windows resource monitor to make sure you aren't pushing your hardware too hard, and maybe also kill any unnecessary tasks running in the background?

[@l-wolverine2211]

I’m still waiting for Switch Online to upload Castlevania 1-3. 🤦‍♂️

[@leandrooliveiral9121]

It's worth reviewing a classic like castlevania marked my childhood😅🤩👍