Castlevania (NES) WHIP ONLY - Mike Matei live

[@nunyanunya4147]

the great thing about watching old Mike Matei vids? i keep getting older and he keeps getting younger. Alright. Alright. Alright.

[@kennylauderdale_en]

The mark of a great game is you keep playing it in new ways even though it was made over 30 years ago.

[@devincarl8120]

Instablaster

[@OldSchoolCurt]

Super Mario bros and castlevania are perfect for that

[@iseein4d]

I don't get stoned very often, but when I do, i watch Mike Matei.

[@mikematei]

I don't smoke, but enjoy the show! 🤣

[@davep7176]

@@mikematei you must be on edibles a lot then Mike :P

[@fluttershystayshigh4202]

lmao YESSSS!!!!

[@pigfarts992]

The person at 1:36:46 who said "it's paused Mike" made me laugh so hard idk why

[@MPCB-oj3hh]

This game never gets old. One of the best NES titles.

[@CelestialHunter-]

47:50 >tries NOT to use items. >kills 3 monsters with a single holy water.

[@thehoff3189]

God that part, heart breaking

[@wingusdingus9447]

I scrolled down to the comments and read this literal seconds before it happened and had a "no shit..." moment

[@monhunfox1401]

>I'll give you a licorice whip "Hold up guys, I gotta take a break right now." 😏

[@schwarzerritter5724]

"This is the beginning of the end" -still 4 hours of video left

[@Dresdenstl]

In 8 years Mike's video titles will be like "Castlevania - Whip Only - No hits - Speed Run"

[@rezterralico4369]

Except Mike hates speed runs but you never know about the future.

[@masterlee1988]

He probably won't do speed runs, but he could 1CC more games.

[@janX9]

@@rezterralico4369 really‽ He doesn't like speed runs? I would have thought he could appreciate them. When did he say that?

[@tipnsunny2107]

Speedrunning 1:12:01

[@jayclyde6045]

1:04:50, anyone else see the irony of how Simon seems to survive this endless dive bomb drop a the beginning of this stage, yet he can't survive a drop from one level of stairs?? LOL!!

[@DrakoDragonis]

I predict I'll be hearing the word ''FUUUCK'' shouted quite a lot during this playthrough :)

[@cipher2]

47:51

[@jamesc8259]

Awesome playthrough! I started losing it when you were quoting Last Crusade😂

[@supergeoff]

I like when he quote movie reference

[@fluttershystayshigh4202]

You know you're watching Mike Matei when each player death results in purposely dying 3 or more times just for good measure.

[@tyler4937]

1:33:11 Mike shaking his head thinking to himself: "I can't believe I used the fuckin' holy water." hahah 😄

[@robofish312]

Lmao holy shit that Elmo cut. I was dyin

[@Ryan-vl2nn]

I love watching you play one of my favorite games.

[@jethrowomber]

I've been playing NES alot lately finally picked up a couple crt's

[@2mrwario]

I know this video is over a year old now, but I love the challenge runs Mike; so cool!

[@chitownbud4769]

You da man mike ! 🧛‍♂️🎮👍. Can’t wait 4 October!

[@catfightparadise]

2:14 - only the penitent man shall pass!!

[@B0nehead85]

That Grim Reaper fight was intense

[@jaredt2590]

I love playing the game this way.

[@hillaryshehova]

I remember you trying this test on James and Mike Mondays months ago.

[@etherraichu]

The only people who wouldn't panic seeing a medusa head are people who haven't played a Castlevania game.

[@FreeggNinja3618]

I hope you never stop doing Castlevania challenges

[@DarthMirasshtar]

dont worry mike, that music is my jam too. etched in my brain for all time

[@MaGiCMushroomClouds]

Next challenge: Try to complete the game without shouting and hitting things.

[@no_nameyouknow]

Impossible.

[@stopimalreadydead]

Nobody wants to see that!

[@bobjones1783]

@@stopimalreadydead I do.

[@samirjohnson4524]

Interesting

[@classicmikecade]

GG's for this one Mike. With regards to the no sound on stage one, I get that too only if I allow the title screen to go into the preview gaming. Then there is no music until the boss fight with the bat.

[@reedyshadowryu6996]

My next childhood game Castlevania awesome btw i love all Castlevania games

[@jamesc8259]

I’m missing good mike twitch streams. I need to get home soon. Especially for October. :(

[@EQOAnostalgia]

I still have to tap along with this OST... what? 33 years later? lol. This and SoR have to be my all time favorite OST's from the 16-32 bit era. Oh and Batman, everyone loves BATMAAAAAAAN!

[@supergeoff]

I might have too try this whip only one day

[@schwaaard]

The mostest penitent man evah! (You never gave me THAT tip, Mike! ;) This is both amazing and ridiculous. A whip-only run in two hours...and it took me over nine to do it with every dirty trick and underhanded tactic I could conceive of. Damn. Thank you for representing the best of our generation, and giving this wretchedly difficult game the business! I really appreciate the advice and encouragement on my own quest, and I'm glad I've got a new gaming channel to explore. (I've also had that sound glitch happen a few times. I thought my cart was defective or something, but I guess it's just a thing that happens randomly...?) Also, what capture card do you use? That is the clearest feed I've seen for a NES! --Again, very grateful for the support. Had to fight past midnight, but it finally got done. Cheers!

[@playlistcreator]

You should do this challenge with a few other games in the series. 3, 4, and Sotn would be good too!

[@masterlee1988]

4 would definitely be doable, but 3? Now that's a challenge!!!

[@CelestialHunter-]

Sotn takes alota time to beat in one stream

[@aiidangmusic]

Guilty pleasure watching mike on the hardest games.

[@RRolon999]

Mike... your a damn legend...

[@Electromozart]

Mike congrats, I love watching your Castlevania streams. These are my 13 (exactly, 13) suggestions for new possible challenges: 1. items (or just crosses) only (you can/cannot farm hearts with the whip before bosses). If crosses: don't lose them or reset. 2. if you get hit, don't hit enemies until the end of the room (except for bosses). Maybe force yourself to a limited number of continues? 3. avoid killing a certain type of enemies (I don't know, all the flying ones? Or those on the ground? Or the undead ones?), you can only jump/dodge them. If you hit them by mistake, do not reset, just die and carry on. 4. you can only jump/avoid all the enemies, except for bosses (you choose how to beat them). Die and carry on if you make a mistake. 5. do not crouch down to dodge/hit enemies 6. no jumps at all, except when strictly necessary to beat the level 7. no hits taken from bosses 8. do not fall OR do not die if enemies hit you 9. no deaths at all OR no hits at all (might be almost impossible) 10. no whip/items while on stairs 11. no pork chops 12. survive in the boss rooms for 30 sec or one minute before start killing the boss 13. you can only hit enemies in rooms with odd or even numbers (except for bosses) I want to watch many more videos about Castlevania! Enjoy.

[@skipsch]

It was awesome you found Musha, I bought it randomly years ago and wish I still had it

[@justintahair9119]

i had also seen on hereand wanna try it since i got to the jokers cathedral batmannes fist only

[@Euph_-v-]

Weird that no one has mentioned that the reason you're not getting the whip upgrades is because the drops are based on your heart count. You'll only get the first whip upgrade if you have 5-7 hearts and the second whip upgrade requires you to have 8 or more hearts.

[@HeyYo8]

Castlevania Rules!!

[@Vario69]

Oh nice, I hate summer too !

[@masterlee1988]

Yeah I don't like summer either.

[@bottle1211]

My favorite Castelvania music from the original game is the clock tower with the Grim Reaper boss.

[@belmont_gr]

Awesome playthrough! Bizzare spot there in the battle with the Grim Reaper. I tried this challenge some years ago but I did not make it through.

[@HTXVintageVibes]

I just want a video cut of mine creaming "great" "NO! NO! NO!" "FUCKER FUCK FUCK FURCKERRRR!" haha worth watching for this alone.

[@etherraichu]

I remember the jekyll and hide stream, the first one. You lost your shit when you won. It was great XD

[@rezterralico4369]

"The complete life and times of scrooge McDuck" by Don Rosa. Have your read that one mike? It from when scrooge McDuck was a kid to where he gets his money bin. Was a 12 part mini series done in the late 90s. They have hardbound books of it like the ones you showed im your bionic commando play through last week. Great mini series. I see it got some awards as well. I was lucky enough to read them as they were coking out due to my Pops getting them as he was a big fan of them as well.

[@fensthespook]

I am stuck at the Grim Reaper :( That hallway before him is BRUTAL and I never get to him without some health down already. Mike makes it look pretty simple but I know that's from a lot of practice & hard work. This time was something special though, that was awesome! I am gonna have to try that! Nothing to do but keep plugging away...I am gonna beat this shit one day! Love the Castlevania streams Mike!

[@mikematei]

Get the holy water for that hallway.

[@fensthespook]

I always use the "Boomerang" but even then I don't utilize it properly. I know my weakness is not being efficient with the secondary weapons. I'd say I do things 95% whip only most of the time, which I gotta move past as it's not getting me beyond the reaper.

[@xxcrysad3000xx]

Holy Water is good on the Knights and you can spam holy water on Death in the middle of the room for a quick kill.

[@rezterralico4369]

@@mikematei So true on the Holy Water comment. Oh Mike. Did you every get a chance to read. "The life and times of Scrooge McDuck"? It was a 12 part mini series of scrooge going from a kid until he got his money bin. Done by Don Rosa. It came out in the late 90s as I was lucky enough to read them as my pops was a huge fan. They have the set in a hard copy book like the ones you showed us on the bionic comando stream last week. It even won some awards. I remember it was top notch back then.

[@TripleShotMedia]

The knights also have a really specific pattern. They throw 2 axes high, and 1 low. Once you get a handle on their pattern, they're way easier to handle. You can also push them back by just advancing and when you reach Grimmy's platform they just disappear

[@daveryan2148]

Did you ever do the leather whip only? That’s like the greatest thing I’ve ever seen attempted for the nes to me. My mind is blown away by how fine of a game this is just like when it came out!

[@mikematei]

I havent done leather only but i really should

[@Jordan3DS]

​@@mikemateiHell yeah, you definitely should!

[@megabrogames239]

Feel that rage!

[@chrisdickey4641]

Great game music, maybe the best.

[@TheTogoRojo]

315 2:43:18. Duck Tales 2 awesome. 3:10:37 MUSHA

[@Fairflai]

The amount of banging that sofa has seen.. if you know what I mean.

[@jasonian2339]

Me watching his strategy to beat Death, thinking I can replicate it. Then me playing it. A sickle instead of appearing in the far right, spawns right on top of my head, kills ever one of my attempts.

[@TheTogoRojo]

314 2:11:38. Final fight against Dracula with the whip. Made it look easy.

[@bottle1211]

As a young lad I traded Excite Bike for Castlevania. My friend never got his game back.

[@wetmink]

Great job on the whip only challenge! Castlevania is my second top NES game after Zelda. Followed by DuckTales and Musha, awesome stream.

[@justintahair9119]

oh i was gonnasay mike someone is trying leather whip onn castlevania 4 prehaps sometime after this you could try that?

[@deathseedsentry9884]

The knight takes 9 hits. 9 FUCKING HITS! You can't even concentrate on attacking them because you're too busy dodging Medusa's, but you can't dodge the medusa's because you're too busy dodging the axes, but you can't dodge the axes because you're trying to hit the knight, but you can't hit the knight because the game's driving you fucking crazy! It's like a test. A test to the SHIT!

[@cipher2]

46:38

[@pablodaniel-retrogamer716]

Nice video

[@fusionspace175]

Mike is so hardcore I just assumed he meant whip only no upgrades. This is still crazy hard enough though.

[@OldSchoolCurt]

The fleaman of notre dame!

[@Kaatmast]

Mike - love the videos - getting “in the mood” for Halloween! Have you ever played Wizards and Warriors 3? I loved that game as a kid - so fun getting the various class skills and ranks.

[@Jockolantern]

Dat Elmo interlude doe.

[@jibodagrey6500]

if you just want to do sprite swap hacks, the hardest part is usually just drawing the sprites. for most of the most popular games there are tools that will let you easily swap out graphics, and there are some generalized tools like YY-CHR that work for alot of games.

[@B33FY2011]

Crack that whip Give the past the slip Step on a crack Break your momma's back When a problem comes along You must whip it Before the cream sits out too long You must whip it When something's going wrong You must whip it

[@justintahair7128]

i was playing this with leather whip only

[@davidtran9444]

anyone who recommended blue is a casual musha player. orange bro. level 3 causes collateral spread damage and level 4 creates little black holes that suck enemies in.

[@jsun7972]

Watching this reminds me of when i was a kid trying to beat the Grim Reaper with just the whip and the boomerang when i could get it. Shit frustrated me so much i ended up calling Konami to ask how to beat him and thats when they told me about the fire bomb trick.

[@MaksLangerd]

I actually didnt know that tip - if you will hit enemies 10 times with sub weapon the next random drop candle will drop double shot power up. Same goes if you already have one - first random drop candle will drop III shot power up. With this the game is much much easier.

[@The90sGamingGuy]

I'm going to do this challenge when i beat this game.

[@masterlee1988]

Yep, same here man.

[@ELFKanginFan]

Wow, they take their time in this game to give you the 2nd whip upgrade, in later games it appears much sooner.

[@mikematei]

Then that makes this game harder. Good

[@ELFKanginFan]

@@mikematei Thanks for answering Mike, I love when you do these challenges on classic games. I hope you retake the Super Mario 2 No Death run in the future.

[@G_GO0NO]

Ive been trying whip only in Bloodstained ritual of the night, pretty tuff

[@AirMal23]

Stream request: Nes Little Samson or Mr. Gimmick

[@GregKetVideos]

So, you're allowed to grab the sphere at the end of each boss fight? :)

[@misaeltoral508]

Can’t continue if he doesn’t pick that up.

[@SamuraiTacos1]

It’s a glitch if you let the demo play out

[@jaredfrost3548]

whip it now! whip it good.

[@MikeRavia-xp5ig]

Im looking for leather whip only.

[@justintahair9239]

its hard but i also tried leather whip only challenge in all 3 castlevaia games even in bloodlines

[@justintahair9239]

lol i seen soemone beat dracula in simons quest with the leather whip only as well but he had to have all the items so ovsly it can be done

[@etherraichu]

So Ive been trying something... "fun": Beating Adventure of Link without dying. Ive done a lot of self imposed challenges in video games. This is, by far, the most difficult of them. Ive gotten really good at it. but 99% of the time now I die in the path leading to the final palace.

[@justakorean9008]

Play EARTH DEFENSE FORCE with James

[@JohnnyBurnes]

1:13:15 THE hallway...

[@finnbarmccready3383]

you should do whip only without upgrades

[@Cajun.Yankee]

You can't play castlevania without the music!

[@InsaneDragoniteHD]

Super Castlevania IV or Bloodlines whip only maybe in the future?

[@masterlee1988]

He should definitely do Super Castlevania IV whip only. Then Bloodlines afterwards.

[@DeaDlyCorpsE528]

damn mike wont even try bad street brawler with just the brawling

[@Benobot99]

2:14:03 is when he beats the game.

[@scottydu81]

I submit that late-game stopwatches dont count as an actual item, as it has no effect anyway

[@scifyry]

Musha reminds me a lot of Truxton on Genesis.

[@treezues9586]

I think you should duck whilst hitting the enemies

[@dallastimebandits]

Missed treasure chest on stage 5 and some other things

[@cratedivizion]

Kneel!!!!

[@xxcrysad3000xx]

Jeeze, and I can barely clear the game on one credit. Won't be trying this challenge any time in the near future!

[@masterlee1988]

I want to try this challenge someday.

[@floyd2386]

Just my 2 pennies, but the challenge of this is not using the subweapons to one's advantage. Therefore it should be allowed to waste the subweapons throwing them at nothing so you can't accidentally use them on enemies.

[@no_nameyouknow]

Castlevania as a series has the best music. I mean, what else is there? Zelda has pretty good music as does megaman, but I think good old CV has them both beat. Obviously there are newer games with great soundtracks, but I am talking a long running series that started with beeps and boops.

[@ryandlion6961]

@Mike Matei. The guy who said "put him in a body bag" on karate kid died today.

[@neilholland4602]

*get him a body bag

[@yellowcard425]

Medusa Heads are one of the worst enemies of all time, You should play Virtual Bart and beat it

[@ZombyMammoth]

Ask James if Board James will come back