Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse by jc583 in

[@gamesdonequick]

Runner introduction starts at 0:23. Run starts at 1:03. Sumi interviews the Arby's Creation team at 34:51. Couch commentary provided by Skybilz, Ender314, sathdresh, and Demasterpl Punchy is the host.

[@doctorhandsome]

"I love messing up marathons. It makes me feel powerful." What a great run.

[@inthefade]

The amount of times he was at 1 health but recovered, and then dying on the last boss... He just had so much balls in the way he played. I loved watching it. Intense and thrilling.

[@riddleiddle]

This has to be one of the best runs I've ever seen. So much talent, and such a good pace, but he decides to slow down to show us cool strats. He's also great at commentating - bravo!

[@TenshizakiN008]

Calling Trevor "trash" just makes me think Alucard paid the couch and runner.

[@jaredt2590]

The game was designed to tema a partner with him, using him alone is going against it and I understand completely where that guy is coming from. The ultimate challenge is doing the second quest upper path with Trevor and not skipping the clock tower.

[@larrywolf2509]

I have to say watching JC play and commentate is entertaining!

[@tomkrawec]

This might well be my favourite speedrun of all time. I was on the edge of my seat so often.

[@T3hKa5]

That's really awesome that Arby's finally came out to GDQ. It was only a matter of time.

[@aaronbourque5494]

And that's why Grant should have been in the anime.

[@Charronia]

Amazing. They've invoked the name so often that it actually summoned Arby's.

[@EdgarBot]

This is what heartbreak feels like: 27:02

[@MoarCheeseBirb]

The runner has some natural charisma.

[@samquik]

This game is so incredible for the NES. One of my favorites

[@pokeness686]

Tfw your name is Trevor and they keep calling him 'Trash Belmont.' 😣 Edit: "Trevor's got the length and the power"

[@Requiemrexx]

That ending twist 😱

[@redfox0008]

Talk about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. lol.

[@panasit]

Such an entertaining runner. Great run of a game I originally didn't care for (because of Angry Video game Nerd).

[@Bananling]

Great run!!

[@linomota8055]

Love you GDQ

[@jaredt2590]

This game is so great, towards the end it really gets fun. It's hard but doesn't feel like you're hitting a wall like a lot of games including the first one.

[@OrionAltHist]

Its difficulty is also a bit exaggerated - it's very difficult, but not truly impossible like some other games are.

[@yuumijungle548]

so this game was the inspiration for order of ecclesia

[@cheezebag]

Omg skybilz made the last part of this run lmao 🤣. Would like to see jc and sky on more stuff

[@4lifejeph]

So Castlevania 2 introduces stores and day/night transitions and is less linear and Castlevania 3 reverts back to how the original game played. Does that sound about right?

[@erysecret]

Yes

[@joshuaspector8182]

Honestly... Kind of. A lot of games did that back then, tried something new that didnt work out as well.

[@mrwednesdaynight]

@@joshuaspector8182 Zelda 2 and Mario 2 come to mind.

[@sdgdhpmbp]

@@mrwednesdaynight 2 years later, but note on Mario 2. Mario 2 (USA) is Doki Doki Panic reskinned. The true Mario 2 (JP) aka Lost Levels is Mario 1 kaizo, even beginning the hidden block = death trap think you tend to see in troll mario levels.

[@needlamp2147]

Why the character be looking like Tal'Set from the GBA turok game?

[@Petfal]

I love you, Jacedy!

[@homelesstogreatness6626]

He got real lucky this time

[@sub7se7en]

What's with the Trevor hate? What's wrong with him?

[@zwarriorkrillin6400]

Nothing really, they're just joking about him having slower movement

[@Hakudan2]

Punchy should be always the host if he isnt speedrunning silent hill or something

[@eckitronix]

Wait you can DO THAT???? (Grant's Mystic Lightning Dagger) And you're telling me something that cool was intentional???

[@zerikafox1595]

The hate for Trevor makes me sad. :(

[@RawheadRex-co2gd]

Jc rocks

[@calvin6314]

Why does the title say JC583

[@Crusader050]

The singing. 7:16 :D

[@Laurell_Silentshade]

Omg... this dude pays like my brother. If he has full health, he''ll do a bunch of stupid shit. Then if he's about to die he'll smarten up and play well.

[@ACancino]

"Trash Belmont"? the disrespect... 😡

[@sdgdhpmbp]

Meh. Belmonts in classic games are super clunky. In the offset chance they're saying it with malice, it's hard to blame them for all the BS in-game deaths.

[@EarnestGamer]

I'm trying to compare this game to the Animated Series at Netflix... I can't.

[@c4_murloc782]

In older GDQ's, it felt like people speaking up on the coach were doing it spontaneously, just to add to the run's information when they thought of it if and the runner themselves wasn't saying something. That sort of contributed to overall chill-ness of 2014-2016. Nowadays, couch-speakers seem mostly scripted. Which is fine, It's no big deal, they're only trying to add extra factoids to the run. But I always preferred the casual runners/couches, who also just happened to be knowledgeable about the game. They made for funnier runs, and it really made them feel like a bunch of friends hanging out just playing games quick.

[@purifyws]

Jennifer is super cute, personality and all, and Scott seems like a cool guy too. I like the Arby's stuff even more now that I know more about the people behind it :O

[@mackmasters325]

yeah arby's has great breakfast

[@odaasuka]

background of this game is Castlevania 3 Dracula's Curse, but who is the role which speedrunner playing in this video ? is it a hack of Castlevania 3?

[@kintozero3169]

In Castlevania 3, you start with Trevor Belmont & can recruit one of 3 characters: Sypha the sorceress, Grant the pirate, and Alucard the half-vampire. You can switch between Trevor & another character whenever you want during the game. When you beat the game, you get a code for a 2nd playthrough, and it is harder. The speedrunner used the code for the 2nd playthrough & played as Grant the pirate. He talked about how many speedrunners use Alucard & differences in certain parts between Alucard & Grant.