[TAS] NES Holy Diver by Vatchern in

[@porschephile2k3]

When I was a kid I used to rent Famicom games for a week. The guy who owned the rental store recommended this to me because he knew I liked Castlevania. Oh boy, I couldn't even get past the 2nd stage so I returned it midweek and got something else. Irem made some really nasty difficult games back in the day.

[@phazonclash]

Love the music in that game

[@mikewebb7807]

That was crazy dude. The accuracy and precision is absurd

[@Baximus]

That walking animation is fantastic.

[@malcovich_games]

A game about the DIO song?

[@zazelby]

And Zakk and Randy are almost certainly named after Zakk Wylde and Randy Rhoads, who were in Ozzy's band after Black Sabbath broke up. Ones I'm less certain about: "Black Slayer" seems to combine Black Sabbath and Slayer's names. The Crimson Kingdom might be a reference to King Crimson, but there's no direct relationship between KC and Ozzy.

[@zazelby]

... also, that symbol on the wall that repeatedly appears in the first stage (the skull on a cross, with a snake winding through its eyes) is extremely familiar, but I can't quite place it (and I can't find it on Google images).

[@mikewebb7807]

​@zazelby do you mean the skull with the candle on top of it?

[@MKKTeam]

This and Dragon Fighter are Beasts of difficulty games!!

[@alienboya]

A game about Ronnie James Dio. Great song by DIO btw.

[@Avrelivs_Gold]

a very memorable game

[@handsomebrick]

I can't believe this game is from '89.

This game fucks you harder than life itself! But it's a pretty good game in overall. It's kinda like Castlevania. Also read the background story, holy shit!

[@BlacEyedPriest765]

I like how it's kinda like a Castlevania clone very 😎

[@gabrielalves-ub1ij]

This game is very hard

[@itachixmaster]

the HP bar looks like zelda 2 HP bar :v

[@martincaro7798]

That's a castlevania like ?

[@l3igl2eaper]

Top 5 Game list -IGN

[@MrMarowak]

Nick Gherz despite the name, at least there isn’t too much water

[@BronzeLincolns81]

so this is castlevania and megaman's intellectual lovechild?

[@dustintyree8832]

i dig this game, but the bosses are way too easy...