Game Boy Longplay [029] Castlevania II - Belmont´s Revenge

[@cffffification]

the best soundtrack in Gameboy

[@Raachen]

dude! I played this a lot as a child and now that I found this video on KZbin, the first thing that really made me remember playing this game was: the soundtrack. Really good one for a Gameboy game ;)

[@cffffification]

The best soundtrack

[@greatgoogilymoogily2634]

I've actually taken to putting the OST on my ipod and listen to it more than anything recently

[@lunairepierrot5420]

Of course some of them were composed by Debussy , j.s. bach

[@aeoninfinity247]

Amen.

[@maverickhuntermeta4954]

It's nice to see this underrated gem available in the recently released Castlevania Collection.

[@Gameboy-Unboxings]

Idk if i'd call it underrated considering it's a $5-600 game complete..

[@mraaronhd]

@@Gameboy-Unboxings personally, I would call it underrated just because I never hear anybody talk about it in comparison to the others in the series. Sure, it definitely probably has its fanbase, but most people just don’t think about it though.

[@SolarMusicZ]

Those last two bosses were a nightmare for me as a kid. They were unbelievably hard. I figured out patterns to beat them and painted them on sheets of paper when I was 5 years old.

[@NinjaContravaniaManX]

I was like 10-12 when I got this and also had to draw a scheme for the Dracula fight. That boss fight was a nightmare, but felt so good when I finally pulled it off. Still my favorite game for the Game Boy.

[@conorl1894]

That’s pretty clever

[@heefguan]

Played it like 23 years ago. Played it to the last 2 bosses but was not able to passed it no matter how much I tried. Usually took a whole afternoon to get there though. Such a shame in my childhood. But I am glad to see how it is like to finish the game. Thank you.

[@ScrambledAndBenedict]

My all-time best as a kid, was getting to the evil dude with the whip. I could never beat that asshole.

[@kasyo2526]

Similar story, could not beat the second last boss

[@dwaynegayle1931]

Classic game matter of fact i got i right now...bought it at a gameßtore in japan bout 12 years ago.. character movement is stiff ...love it thou 85 baby here❤

[@IStink3]

I guessed the password to go to the final castle when I was 10. Never forgot it! Heart, Ball, Candle, Blank.

[@rellik187redrum]

you got lucky, I used to try guessing passwords for NES games all the time and barely ever got any ,lol

[@V-u-l-p]

Haha same here 😅 But i was a bit younger I think

[@Gladson]

Not that hard in this particular game. The passwords have 4 symbol slots and 4 different symbols to fill them (candle, heart, orb and blank) so we're talking about 256 different combinations. A trial and error until you get a valid password is probably faster than playing the actual game lol

[@zengram]

the plant castle soundtrack was the reason i always played that game back in the days(37 years and counting)

[@nacheso]

henry geronimo cloud castle soundtrack... I'm 38...

[@Nihilatl]

henry geronimo sane here haha I forgot about this games music.

[@Nihilatl]

I am 36 lol should have opened with that like an AA meeting

[@alasterthemad-klan-D]

ok, soon 37, and bragging with my friends about who will finish it first. Oh wait ! i did when i was 10 and he didnt ! well, he smells. Crystal castle soundtrack brought me here.

[@alasterthemad-klan-D]

i may add too, he'll learn the pattern of dracula, but too late.

[@Lucky466]

Love this game, this was one of my first ever games. I used to bring it to school in senior kindergarten and everyone wanted to play it because I was the only one with a gameboy. :D There's nothing like having 2 older brothers that pass on all of their games to you. Being born in 1997, I'm proud to say I partially got to experience the 90's and play games like this and donkey kong 64 that couldn't have happened without having two 90's brothers. :D (1990 and 1986 birthdates)

[@themega10046]

1 word (UNDERRATED). This and Rondo of Blood are my favorite. :)

[@ralph8677]

I think the problem was that Castlevania: The Adventure was so underwhelming that many didn't give Castlevania's 2nd offering on the Gameboy a chance, which is unfortunate since Belmont's Revenge is such an overlooked classic.

[@Suedeash]

@@ralph8677 The first one is fantastic though, just a bit slow and extremely challenging.

[@eanderson9599]

Suedeash disagree, I’ve played all the games and the first adventure game is one of the worst games I’ve ever played. It’s awful imo

[@aas58]

Most underrated game soundtrack ever.

[@wmMustafa]

Omg the memories...this game was a masterpiece from start to finish.

[@chunk1978]

brings back some warm memories. Konami games use to second to none, and their games' music was always great.

[@Vriess123]

This game looks great, the music is fantastic

[@barricade8957]

Ah Cloud Castle & the 'Praying Hands' BGM. I'd reset the game simply to listen to it over and over before I found out about how to access the BGM list. And I always loved this version of 'Final Steps', with all the kneeling skeletons that are holding scythes in the background. For it's day, that was amazingly intimidating. You can also see glimmers of where other games since then (From Software's line-up) have very obviously done similar stuff. Pity though that Dracula is a pushover in this.

[@SeraNeph]

Oh dear, I'm in a minority here. Crystal Castle has the best soundtrack. Castlevania always have an epic intro stage music. Since Crystal Castle is more often chosen to be the first place so that proves it.

[@Muzzer27]

+Vin the Hunter You're right. Actually I think that crystal castle and cloud castle music rocks, with the latter being a tiny tad more epic, though;)

[@44bigfreeze]

Cloud Castle is my favorite

[@BeauSkunk]

They remixed that theme pretty well in the WiiWare game "Castlevania the Adventure Rebirth."

[@ChainNonSmoker]

I think Plant Castle has the best score but Crystal Castle is worth a mention since it's uptempo beat kind of sets the tone to the whole beginning of the game. That's if u choose it first of course. I usually do.

[@TheShadowBlackheart]

Crystal Castle is the one castles I save for last, among the four castles when playing.

[@RangoTheMercenary]

The Game Boy games were truly an unusual breed. No Death, Christopher can shoot fireballs from the Vampire Killer, and Soleil even has a whip of his own. Not to mention Dracula deviates completely from his usual attack pattern.

[@findlay81]

I was commercial fishing for Salmon on a long summer trip with my dad in 1991 in the middle of the Pacific ocean. Had Castlevania 2 and my game boy. Accidently dropped the game boy in the ocean. Bye bye Belmont

[@ChainNonSmoker]

As not a gaming nerd this is perhaps the best game ever released on gameboy: Music, graphics, controls and overall atmosphere all in honourable quality. And it's not that hard either since even I got it beaten after years of struggling. ;)

[@TheGrindhouse70]

I personally would pick Donkey Kong '94 for best game on the Gameboy, but this one is also a strong contender.

[@gabrielkoerner7561]

@@TheGrindhouse70 Zelda is unbeatable on gameboy but Donkey Kong and Castlevania 2 are Top 5

[@chiodenghuaigonjin]

Soundtracks epic, made remember my childhood!!

[@Raachen]

same for me ;)

[@Malebranche78]

36:57 it's Debussy's Passepied

[@Lonestarr022]

Damn the music in this game is epic. BTW I don't think you took even one hit in this whole game. And got just about every candle. If not all of em.

[@lunairepierrot5420]

38:00 by debussy suite bergamasque no.4 Boss fight by j.s. bach chromatic fantasy🤣

[@mr.serious2618]

It’s a “tool assisted” walkthrough aka cheating like most of the videos on this channel

[@omegaCarotene]

playing through this old-school black&white Castlevania multiple times is a sublime experience~

[@SemiJuggaloNumber2]

Apparently, this game is gonna be included in a Castlevania collection to be released in the near future... Nice.

[@AfiqGetto]

such a nostalgia..

[@johnart3181]

Plant castle has the best soundtrack. IM 33 and love this game.

[@johnart3181]

I had to come back. I love the soundtrack to all 4 castle's this game is classic and we'll designed 👍

[@turbohusque]

@grumblekin Easy. Two words: Konami, and Castlevania. This was when konami was in their stride, and games like this truly showed what the little monochrome wonder could do with the right artisans. Arguably one of the best GB soundtracks ever.

[@christopherbelmont1123]

i have this damn game

[@loganreynolds8318]

you ARE in this game

[@qwunatai6983]

The soundtrack of the first level is just out of this world good

[@RickyIcecubes]

Castlevania Adventure: worst game in the entire series Belmont's Revenge: one of the best games in the entire series, and the blueprint of things to come

[@_jojo_joestar_]

haunted castle is even worse imo bc u get a lot of dmg from most enemies and u die in 2 hits

[@LoafingtonBloke]

Best game on the original GameBoy, and the best soundtrack on the gameboy.

[@ostradiemgi5469]

+MegaGodzillaGuy lol

[@aeoninfinity247]

Beyond agreement.

[@StarBoy62]

It blows my mind why this game along with Legends hasn't been re released on the 3DS Virtual Console. All we get is its crappy predecessor (The Castlevania Adventure).

[@44bigfreeze]

Still nothing...

[@double-helix-22x22y]

StarBoy62 indeed. easily one of the top 5 gameboy games.

[@Laihoard1995]

The Adventure is fine. Better than the atrocity that is Dracula X.

[@Chernobog2]

We're finally getting this game as part of the Castlevania Collection in a few days

[@christopherpooler5398]

Nintendo Switch

[@IGGji]

plant castle's theme is so epic... brings back so many memories

[@Neobelmont1]

Top five Castlevania games for me no question for me.

[@widdowson91]

I've just finished this game for the first time, and it's really fun and underrated. The last bosses are brutal, but I'm glad that Dracula has a learnable pattern.

[@janick8262]

Way better game than I expexted and it was nice to see how the devs improved the first gb game. I even would say I like parts of it more than the og nes games. The Dracula boss fight and the one befor that could be better though.

[@AlmostGrewMyHair]

I remember this game but I don't really remember the ending credits. I have a vague memory that the saving system in this game might have been key codes, and I couldn't save and had to restart the game if I died? Funny that the credits is like a handful people working with the game. Really cool.

[@rang3r34]

Great! I need to find a copy soon to check out! I have most of the CV titles minus a few.

[@coallm]

Omg good old times

[@jacobspowell4416]

Time to try out Castlevania Collection. And yes this one is in it too

[@alecperdeau650]

Imagine how cool this game would be if it got a Samus Returns type treatment.

[@TheShadowBlackheart]

Can't wait to play this on PS4 in a few days. Its been so long.

[@WackySwackyAdventure]

Should have played the *Konami Collections IV* version of this game on the Gameboy Color because, well, it's in color and looks a lot better.

[@KyuJuEX099x]

Now I'm curious. I'm might getting that.

[@steveboone1498]

Look for Castlevania Anniversary Collection. The game is on there with seven other castlevania games.

[@briantaylor9285]

GREAT music

[@FramboiseLFC]

That game creeped me out when I was a kid ! :-D (I was born in 1983, so I probably was about 10 at that time) I remember I wanted to buy Game Boy "Looney Tunes" with my pocket money. My dad took me to the shop and there were discounted games. So he was like "Look, you can have two games for the price of the one you want" and before I could even say something, he picked two games at random, Castlevania 2 and Pang. I liked Pang but I told him Castlevania creeped me out and that I would have much preferred Looney Tunes. He hated video games but he played that game and pretended to enjoy it just to have the last word, haha. I loved the music though.

[@carenwang9617]

Wow throw back so many memories! Remember i played it when i was a baby. The music in this game was not bad

[@darkuser9992]

I too played this for its soundtrack...particularly the cloud castle.....for the gameboy, its amazing!

[@alecperdeau650]

Video is 9 years old and every time I see it I wish I had not been so salty over Adventure and got this and Legends as a kid. It honestly disappoints me how I missed out on this franchise and only played a handful of the ps2 games.

[@lucianoprata86]

Amazing soundtrack.

[@shafserious2805]

The approach to boss music👍

[@CH-ow8hy]

A decent game I must say. It is a MASSIVE improvement over the Adventure.

[@ShaneEdgewind]

I'm just here for the music. Childhood memories.

[@mikedski9698]

Christopher Belmont Is Out For Revenge On Count Dracula In CASTLEVANIA 2 BELMONT'S REVENGE For Your Nintendo Game Boy From Konami!

[@GreyFoxNinjaFan]

@7.22 some of the most epic pre-boss music.

[@jimbolic0809]

Never got a chance to play this, didn't even know it existed!

[@Diblu64]

Good sequel, I improve in many things your previous game. Spectacular soundtrack, good level design, sub weapons, more manageable enemies and truly challenging bosses, is also more varied and the controls improved in good part thanks to the better level design compared to the previous game.

[@IkesDaddelbox]

The first game I've ever touched. I was like 5 and my older sister borrowed a GameBoy from a friend with this game. I didn't even know what the hell was actually going on.

[@Nintenjoe25]

@grumblekin THANK YOU!!!!!!!! I'm so SICK of these God of War clones! The new Castlevania doesn't even fell like a Castlevania!!!

[@MrMichelX3]

Isn't the last stage music (36:55) a famous piece?? If so, can someone tell me its name please? Thanks a lot.

[@NSturm451]

I was really impressed with the level design, controls, and challenge balance in this game (which I never got to play until the Collection came out recently here), but HOLY BALLS Soleiyu is frickin' hard. One of the nastiest bosses in the ENTIRE SERIES if you ask me O_o

[@derthevaporeon]

Soleiyu/Soleil is brutal, indeed. What's funny is that this is one of the very few games where Drac doesn't turn into a beast, and also one of the few where he has no second phase.

[@cvmaniac7286]

This game was Christopher too. Just like in Adventure on GB.

[@neilsaucedo8207]

So many secrets I remember from this game

[@boredstudent]

I first played Castlevania II Belmont's Revenge on the Castlevania Anniversary Collection. Maybe it was me but I couldn't get into the Castlevania: The Adventure. This game was amazing. And the soundtrack is off the charts. Most Castlevania music was pretty good

[@MegaBg1982]

just bought this game today. love me some castlevania

[@jbird4996]

I feel old knowing this game is only a year older

[@menswear2112]

When Castlevania = great music

[@Hypnotico0]

I have this game and I can't seem to find it !! ! Damn !! It's amazing =D

[@kasyo2526]

A very good and memorable game. Nice run without damage. However, it would have been nice to show the secrets: 1. that is some of the corner bricks can be destroy for items, 2. some rope will continue upwards, so you can climb to secret rooms.

[@sonicboy678]

I have to say that even with all of the technical limitations, New Messiah is amazing. Its use in ReBirth only reinforces this.

[@6Brandolf6]

Soleiyu Belmont, Son of Christopher Belmont (Castlevania Adventure) and the grandfather of Simon Belmont (Castlevania/Simons Quest)... probably

[@d.t.simonbelmont]

42:42 Calm and relaxing...

[@jbeast3666]

This dude is a beast

[@MrTheil]

New Messiah kicks so much ass

[@wynard]

Awesome game, perfectly played.

[@cracklecrisp7680]

Plant castle soundtrack is the reason i go back and forth in this video

[@44bigfreeze]

Just look up the music like a normal person

[@invaderhim23]

Anyone else notice that skull at the end looked like cloverfield?

[@METALLICARULES11]

I love how they went a bit mega man by allowing you to do the stages in whichever order you want

[@amso7169]

Dracula’s castle was basically the Wily levels

[@Medachod]

Music doesn't sound quite like Castlevania, but HOT DAMN how do they STILL manage to make those sprites look so good?

[@elcabreritaxD]

The music sounds exactly like a Castlevania

[@gonzalocabuche2124]

THE FFFF ING SOUNDTRACK !! soo good

[@gonzalocabuche2124]

one of my first and my favourite games on gbc A M A Z I N G

[@crystalalumina]

This was in Game Boy Color?

[@stuff5499]

@@crystalalumina yes, in Konami classics collection

[@hellothere7598]

Plant Castle my mobile ringtone 💚💚💚

[@in-verse6536]

Que esto funcionarà en una Game boy, su banda sonora, su jugabilidad y su apartado artístico, pura magia, de niño compré este juego en versión japonesa en su caja de cartón más pequeña, y todo en japonés.

[@amerk6601]

This is the thing I don't understand. So many people still prefer this style of gaming, including myself, and yet game producers only cater to the new-gen crowd. Now, I'm not disrespecting the HD games we see today, and I find myself enjoying those as well. But seeing as the old school 2D platforms and rpg games are still appreciated by a large group, it'd be nice if these were ported for easier access. Since that's probably a no, at least we have emu's to play these.

[@44bigfreeze]

7:48 Sounds like Jigglypuff

[@Susan_Otto]

this music flows... I played this in 1995.

[@venusbcarmesim27]

Eu amo esse Castlevania. Derrotar o Dracula era difícil.

[@tsc2121]

15:47 best part of this soundtrack

[@GoGlow00]

When you know you played this game soo hard you could finish the game with 1 life!

[@elcabreritaxD]

Plant Castle Theme is called Ripe Seeds, you're welcome :)

[@tyronejames8410]

Crystal Castle is my favorite castle!

[@GustavoMago1978]

my first gb Game.

[@topanimeymas3272]

Waoo este juego lo jugaba mucho cuando tenía 6 años pero no lo llegué a terminar

[@rang3r34]

Awesome game!! A vast improvement over the stellar original title!

[@arod834]

This game brings back memories wow

[@angelotoad8475]

ScareScraper Totals of F10 52:34 1st Penguin Toad

[@SEB12578]

Really, who finish this game here? I finished it this evening after two weeks of training everyday around one 1 hours! Really good, addict and difficult game...

[@megamanfan3]

The soundfont reminds me of Quarth.

[@HenriqueMaiaBraga]

Start with 10 lives Go to Passwords and put Candle - Candle - Heart - Heart Start 2x. Begin the game

[@rockstarmoodz9812]

Doo dodododoooooo do do dododo dooo doo dooo doooooo! The sound track is fucking a hunner percent!!!

[@ScrambledAndBenedict]

Say whatever you want about this game, but it has an amazing soundtrack.

[@peterlustig9089]

that emulator has some serious sound issues...

[@Darth_Yersinia]

I have this game and I love it I beat it all its just amazing

[@Xx1SailorScoutxX]

Dracula and Death disliked this video

[@thealterlion7163]

Elton Thomas the giant medusa head and the mummy from the first game disliked too.

[@VladNorris]

This game is just below Castlevania III as the best 8 bit Castlevania ever.

[@filipdzero8739]

Couldn't agree more.

[@ThisIsEvilman]

Hmm, to me it's as good as Simon's Quest, but i'd not put it just under CV III for 8-bit CVN. CV3 > CV > CV2 = CVII: BR >> CV Adventure. Simon's quest is great, i don't understand the hate some players have against it, only problem (and it's a big one) is the awful translation, the game is also quite easy on the action but Belmont's Revenge is quite friendly too. Adventure had some great things, but the slowdowns ruins everything... It had a much better soundtrack than this one too. :D

[@VladNorris]

***** I disagree, Simon's Quest IS crap. The game design is AWFUL even without the cryptic translation and clues(awkward jumps are EVERYWHERE, enemy placement and distribution are horrible, the structure make it a very grindy experience and the fact it needs a patch to make stuff like the night/day transition less annoying says A LOT about how poorly some design choices are. It's a perfect example of why oddballs are often looked down upon. The different approach CAN not work.) And Belmont's Revenge may be friendlier than other Castlevania games but is by no means barren nor lacking challenge compared to Simon's Quest boring hallways with a few skeletons.

[@LawmanIL]

My biggest beef with Simon's Quest is that it isn't finished.