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342245 No.342245 [Reply] [Original]

There are people who haven't beaten this?

What's your excuse? It's easily one of the best NES games.

lets talk about castlevania.

>> No.342249

I can't get past Death
But I try every day

>> No.342252

>>342249
just cheese it with the holy water

it's OK, we understand. Death is bullshit.

>> No.342263

I've beaten Castlevania I - IV and Symphony of the Night. I own Vampire's Kiss/Dracula X, Next Generation/Bloodlines, 64, Legacy of Darkness and Chronicles but haven't gotten round to playing them yet. Needless to say, I if I was able to complete III, its safe to assume I'll be able to complete the rest whenever I can be bothered to.

>> No.342264

Never played it. Mail me a copy and I will.

>> No.342275

>>342263
I've only played the first, III, and a bit of IV, and II is probably the hardest NES game I've ever beaten. So I don't doubt it.

>>342264
emulators are ok, just don't be a shitter and use savestates

>> No.342280

my health is low so don't jive me turkey!
Why you hiding the walls?
Why you got to be lurkin'?

>> No.342285

>>342275
I mean, III, not II.

II sucks. So do roman numerals.

>> No.342289

>>342249
Go to the left, face right, spam axes.

>> No.342304

It seems frustrating and not a fair game, I don't really like that kind of games

>> No.342307

I was never any good at Castlevania (I always felt the controls were muddy), but I got pretty close to beating Castlevania III several times.

The Metroidvania 16-bit/GBA stuff is more my speed.

>> No.342308

>>342245

Beaten 1 and 2, 3 is a bitch. Castlevania 2 is by far out the easiest Castlevania I think. Only Challenge is to complete the game in 7 days which is fun to do since you use your leather whip more in the beginning.

Everything is great in this game. For the fans this is worth checking out http://mudron.bigcartel.com/product/nes-castlevania-map-color

>> No.342313
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342313

But dare you face this challenge?

>> No.342318

I hate the fact that most of the times I still can't get the treasure in the beginning level before you enter the castle. That jump is really frustrating.

>> No.342323

>>342308
>http://mudron.bigcartel.com/product/nes-castlevania-map-color

That is actually super cool. Like, super super cool.

Wow.

>> No.342324

>>342304
It's fair but challenging, you just gotta pay attention and stick with it. Once you beat it once or twice it's easy to breeze through.

>>342307
Castlevania 3 is much much harder than 1, if you can get close to the end of 3 you should be able to beat 1 easily.

>> No.342326

>>342318
...wait, what?

>> No.342329

can't I skip to the newer ones?

>> No.342332

>>342323

Yeah he also made mads in postershape of Super Mario Kingdom and from Legend Of Zelda they are on his page.

I'm ordering the Castlevania map when it comes out. I love how he managed to put every little detail in there of the first 3.

>> No.342335

>>342329
they're completely different.

>> No.342337

>>342332

Sorry I meant maps

>> No.342348

>>342324
1 had terrible controls, though. 3's controls worked like I wanted them to. It had tough sequences but I always felt like I could keep practicing and get better. With 1 I felt like I was being arbitrarily destroyed because of gimped controls.

At least that's how I remember it.

>> No.342358

>>342348

I don't really have problems with the controls of Castlevania 1 actually but I do agree that the controls of 3 are better atleast whipping on the stairs is easier imo.

>> No.342360
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>>342326
>>342318

Jump at the first arrow to get past the gate, jump at the second arrow to get to the treasure. Then just walk into the gate normally.

>> No.342361

>>342348
>>342358
Only difference I remember is that you can't use items while going down stairs in CV1, while you can in CV3. Other than that, CV3's controls feel a bit more polished but they're both around the same.

>> No.342363

>>342245
>What's your excuse?
I got to Dracula.

>> No.342373
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>>342245

I haven't beaten it. I could never get past the Grim Reaper.

Pic related. We can't all be like you, Lucas.

>> No.342383

I... I have no excuse for not beating it yet! Forgive me /vr/!

>> No.342389

>>342360
I never knew about this, wow.

>> No.342414
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342414

>>342373

>> No.342427

>>342373
Grim Reaper is pretty hard, though still beatable, without some good secondary like Axes or Holy water.
Dracula is an even bigger pain no matter what you have though.

>> No.342434

I saw Arino play that shit and... nah man
I played 3 for a bit when I was a kid though. Never again.

>> No.342446

I tried last week and got stuck on the fourth level. I always inevitably miss one fleaman and he ends up ruining my entire day. I've made it to the boss once, but only with two blips of health. I'm guessing holy water would help, thoug.

>> No.342448

>>342427

To be honest I haven't played it in 20 years. I never occured to me then to actually take my time and save the triple-shot boomerang when I got it.

>> No.342452

>>342414

So the actor fucked kids. I was referring to the character.

3/10 got me to reply.

>> No.342454

>>342427
Even just getting to the grim raper is insane, what with those knight guys and the fucking medusa heads at the same time. By the time I get there, I've already lost a ton of health.

>> No.342471

I've never owned it, i've player other ones but never the first.

>> No.342472

I can't beat Dracula

>> No.342478

I've gotten close...ish...

>> No.342483
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342483

>>342454
>the grim raper

>> No.342485

>>342329
OoE is pretty darn fantastic. It's where I started, and sort of puts you in the mindset of getting your ass handed to you every 30 seconds but the nostalgia goggles might where off when you realize how archaic everything is in comparison

>> No.342512

>>342454
You need to get there with the Holy Water. Jump over the Medusa while throwing the water at the knights. Or hit the Medusa with the whip and just go a tiny step forward and repeat. If you get the Knights near the Grim Reaper they will disappear.

>> No.342523

I still don't understand why people think Dracula is hard. Death is by far the worst part of the game. If you can clear him then Dracula is a cakewalk.

>> No.342532

Frankenstein whoops my ass, but it's mostly the imp in that fight that screws me.

>> No.342539

>>342523
Especially since there's a continue point immediately before him.

>> No.342541

>>342523
Dracula is hard, but predictable and easily beaten with good timing. Death is so fucking hard, god damn he should have been the final boss.

>> No.342557

>>342532
I find you can pretty much cheese the imp if you crouch on the left side of that platform in front of the monster, and just whip like a maniac. The imp will be lucky to move a pixel forward every couple sets of invincibility frames, meanwhile the monster just kinda dances back and forth most of the time while you whip it in the face.

Alternatively holy water with at least a double shot makes all the bosses look like little bitches. Death included.

>> No.342562
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342562

I have a confession.

I got it in 1988 with Tardet Renegade and never took the time to finish either.

After beating Ninja Gaiden I felt like the game was scared of me and always had pity on it.

I'll never get around to beating Castlevania it seems.

>> No.342565

>>342532
there is a hidden wall meat there at the left

>> No.342576

I've beaten Super CV IV; does that count?

>> No.342581
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342581

>>342483

>> No.342602

>>342562
Why not, it's fun.

Play it now, it's really short.

>> No.342623

>>342576

Nope

>> No.342714

>>342576
That game is stupid easy; proto-Treasure really fucked up by giving you so much control over Simon. Clunkiness is what makes Castlevania work.

>> No.342747

>give it one shot
>die on first level
>decide i suck at it and never play again

because im bad at the game op

>> No.342794
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342794

>>342245
But I have. Dozens of times. It's one of my first games. It's one of my favorite games. I've replayed it more times than I can count.

My best run is 26 minutes and only losing 1 life. It's gotten to the point where I can run through most stages without taking a single hit.

I have beaten Death with no sub-weapons and the shortest whip.

Castlevania is my favorite series. Bar none. I own and love almost every entry. The only ones I don't care much for is Vampire's Kiss, Haunted Castle and Legends. Everything else ranges from great to masterpiece.

>> No.342802

I've beaten 1, 3, and Dracula X Chronicles. The only Castlevania games that give me a hard time are the Metroidvania ones. I just can't deal with Metroid style games. I just end up getting lost, and then I lose interest.

>> No.342815

>>342802
Oh yeah, and 4. I keep forgetting I beat that one for osme reason. Only part that gave me trouble was the falling stairs.

>> No.342908

>>342714
Nah, I thought it was a great idea. They still needed to have powered it down a little so as not to render items completely useless.

>> No.342921

>>342263

Chronicles is even harder than a lot of Dracula's Curse if you play in Original X68000 Mode

>> No.343215
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343215

>>342794
> I own and love almost every entry.
D-do you like me too?

>> No.343280

>>343215
Of course. You are your sequel were just the product of an awkward time in gaming. Truth is I played the shit out of them back in the day. They even got good review scores.They're games that's been retroactively hated.

If the platforming was a bit tighter and the camera wasn't as much of a struggle, they'd probably be loved by a lot more people.

>> No.343320

Can bear death easy but can't bear Dracula. How do you stop his first form from teleporting on top of you? That always screws me...

>> No.343332

>>343320
>Can bear death easy but can't bear Dracula.


...How exactly do you 'bear' someone?

>> No.343341

>>342249
same here, i've never passed death, this boss is broken.

>> No.343353

>>342794
tfw you're the only person who actually likes Legends. ;_;

>> No.343361

>>343332
"beat" not "bear". Blaming iPhone keyboard.

>> No.343369

>>343341
Except that Holy Water can kill Death before he even gets a chance to move or summon his sickles?

>> No.343392

>>343369
it's almost like cheating, defeat death without holy water pleb.

>> No.343401

Never got a chance to find it and play a copy. And I don't like playing on emulators anymore. Maybe I'll try it out when it hits eShop since it's more of a single player game anyways.

>> No.343405

>>343369
I've beaten this game dozens of time and I never knew that... I always just use the cross to beat Death.

>> No.343472

>>343392
I can >>342794

But if someone is struggling against a boss that by rights is pretty unfair, they may as well use a tactic that's built into the game to pass it? It's over 20 years old. I don't think they'll care how they beat him, so long as they do.

>>343401
Depending where you live it may already be on eShop. It's already out in Europe, at least.

>> No.343492

I've beaten it. It's a challenging game, but doesn't even compare to Dracula's Curse. I'm still struggling with that one. Meanwhile, I'm trying to beat 1 on a single continue, I've made it to Dracula.

>> No.346156

>>342245
i just beat this, finally!!! God damnit it's so satisfying! i holy watered hard death but it's still sooooooooo satisfying!

>> No.346186

>>346156
good job. its ok everyone uses holy water their first time

>> No.346434
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346434

Pic related. It's Castlevania kicking your ass.

>> No.346467
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346467

>>342245
Of course it's a great game OP, it was mostly developed by the team that later became Treasure.
Pic related, the other Castlevania they made.

>> No.346738

>>346186

I didn't cos I didn't think of it, I used kid logic and figured that since the boomerang seemed to be the strongest weapon it must be the best weapon in all situations

it's strange how stupid kids can be

>> No.346825

>>346467
>Of course it's a great game OP, it was mostly developed by the team that later became Treasure. Pic related, the other Castlevania they made.

i wish this myth didn't keep propagating around here. i'm starting to see it everyday now

ONE GUY from super castlevania 4 ended up in treasure. an important guy, but still just one guy

also, nobody knows who designed the original castlevania. so unless you're privy to information that even caslevania's wikia can't obtain, you've been misled

>> No.346882

>>346825
>also, nobody knows who designed the original castlevania
Oh come on, everyone knows this one. Mix Shrecks, Belo Lugosi, and the Green Stranger!

>> No.346915

>>342714

The countrary:
It's Team Iga and friends that didn't bother to build the later games around the super controls in SC IV and rather rehashed the same clunky controls over and over.

Not that I don't like them, but Castlevania could have used some more games built around those controls.

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346921

>>346882
oh right, and it was also penned by the greatest author living or dead, vram stoker

>> No.346929

>>346825
>also, nobody knows who designed the original castlevania.

It was Joakim Mogren.

>> No.346935

>>346915
if smoothness is what you're looking for, then a metroidvania is the better candidate. SV4 is a tin can in comparison

>> No.347010

>>346935

Metroidvania tend a bit on the easy side.
A middleway would be nice, Richter mode in SOTN is almost what I mean, except the slide jump.

>> No.347041

>>347010
>Metroidvania tend a bit on the easy side.
kinda like... super castlevania 4, no? huehuehuehue

order of ecclesia is about 50 times harder than SCV4 btw

i prefer the way richter feels in rondo of blood over SOTN, but i'm not entirely opposed to that idea

>> No.347058

>>347041
>order of ecclesia
>implying I have a NDS

I know 2013, shiggy, etc.etc.
I guess I could emulate it on my Pc but I don't like playing DS games on it, I only did it for Radiant Historia because I loved everything of it.

>> No.347065

>>347041

Order of ecclesia is easy as shit once you figure out the completely broken combinations.

>> No.347075

Beat it without losing any lives.
savestates

>> No.347137

>>342454
This part is pretty easy if you get the cross

>> No.347251

>>343215
>>343280

I'm re-playing this game right now

The platforming is actually great, especially the Clock Tower level

But the camera really fuck with the combat

Legacy of Darkness is better (but the new clock tower level is boring)

>> No.347260

>>347075
casual

>> No.347264

I'm planning a Castlavania marathon.

Beating 30 games in a row. It will take 44-48 hours to finish them all

Yes I'm crazy

>> No.347273

>>342245
> TFW I beat the arcade version
> In the arcade version, you die in 3 hits

>> No.347302

>>347264
48 hours? Maybe 148.

>> No.347352

>>342313
damn nigga you high as fuck

why did i save that picture

>> No.347373

>>347302
I already did the math

I will be 48 hours, probably

But I am praticing and re-playing all the games a plenty of times so I can beat them faster

/autism

>> No.347429

I find the controls stiff and there are, frankly, far better games in the classic Castlevania lineup.

>> No.347535
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347535

My top ten CV games right here.

>> No.347723

>>346921
Yeah man, they had a real dream team working on that project.

>> No.347759

I don't really agree with Egoraptor's Castlevania 4 review, it's like he only played the first half of the game. Once you get to the castle itself, it becomes a decently challenging game. Especially the clock tower and Frankenstein level.

>> No.347780
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347780

>mfw I killed Death but a lone scythe killed me before I got the orb

I went back and kicked the games ass but that was so frustrating

>> No.347784

>>347535
>jap version

scrub detected

>> No.347810

>>347784
>superior audio
>no pointless censorship
>original monster sprites
>Grant isn't useless

Fuck your hurdcurr shit.

>> No.347921

>>343361
>using an iphone
>using an apple ANYTHING
>2011+2

Jesus Christ, Anon. Why would you do that to yourself?

>> No.347929

>>347810
I prefer the american music, sounds cleaner. Grant isn't useless he can still climb shit. And >playing ezmode

>> No.348085

Because my butt is stuck on Deaths level.

>> No.348117

I've played hella NES games and probably beaten less than 10

im a bad gamer i have no patience and not good enough at games ;_;

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>> No.348178
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348178

>not burning the 100% fully translated ISO of Rondo of Blood to a CD-R and playing it on your PC-Engine CD

>> No.348181
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348181

>>342245
>that satisfaction after beating this hard motherfucker

>> No.348212

Sorry, I end up getting distracted every time I sit down to play it.

I'll beat it tonight, promise.

>> No.348263

people who like mega man, castlevania or sonic over mario simply have no taste or brains

they're all ripoffs and clumsily made

>> No.348297

>>347535
9/10 lineup. I'd take out Dawn and replace it with Order of Ecclesia.

And I'd replace Rondo with the PSP version

And I'd work in Lament of Innocence as an honorable mention

>> No.348315

>>348263
remember when he jumped on the guy

>> No.348329

>>348315
remember when each screen had a new idea?

>> No.348330

>>348315
yeah that was awesome

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>> No.348741
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>>342581
>implying castlevania is hard

>> No.348779

>>348741
Does the existence of a bullet train make a car independently slow?

>> No.348797

>>348779
yes

>> No.348817
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>>348797

Well that's that.

>> No.348848

>>348738
man if you manage to fuck up death like that many hearts and level 3 holy water you fucking deserve it

>> No.348924

I beat the game with 1 life and no holy water on death you guys mad?

>> No.348950

>>348924
youtube or it didn't happen

>> No.348970

>>348950
I've been wanting too for so long, that was 3 years ago to be honest I would need a ton more practise again. Its not that hard though I have every pattern memorized and I even know where all the hidden treasures from memory even the glitch ones you cant get to

>> No.348983
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348983

I will be honest. I have not beaten it. Pic related, but I have not played it since I was a child.

>> No.349014

I've 1CCed it on the nes, but I'm pretty awful at these games. How the fuck are you supposed to get past the first screen of the final stage (the one with all the bats)? I just try making a mad dash towards the next screen, hoping I survive long enough to make it to the next screen (collecting the stopwatch along the way).

>> No.349036

>>349014
fuck the watch just GOOOOOOO if you get perfect timing you can avoid everything you have to time your jumps perfect though like jumping early in some cases or right at the very end just to manipulate the bats attacks.

>> No.349065

>>349014
the bats are stunned whenever they receive damage.

hit n run

>> No.349083

>>349065
why even stop though you can do the whole part holding left and only worry about jumping.

>> No.349115

>>348085
holy water dat shit, it can't move if your timing is right

>> No.349650

why

I just wanted to talk about castlevania

why are you doing this

>> No.349836

>>349650
Just ignore and stop responding to the obvious troll. On that note, I think I'll take on Castlevania Thursday. I recently beat TMNT, and I'm looking to take on another childhood challenge.

>> No.349916
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349916

>>342454
I've figured that part out because I'm still trying to kill death, so I needed a way to get to him full.

My most reliable technique that does not uses any particular subweapon is to kneel before a knight, killing any medusa that comes to you, and after the knight throws an axe stand up, whip it and jump towards the knight whipping him as fast as you can, you'll kill medusas as you walk. That jump usually requires some good maneuvering (sometimes you've gotta jump a medusa and the axe, so you need to be good at timing the flying pests), but learning those timings will help you dance with death and his sickles.

>> No.349963

>>342245
>What's your excuse?

I don't own an NES, I have a full time job, and I'm in college.

It is on my bucket list however.

>> No.350407

>>349836
Gave it a quick go, lost all lives on level 2 thanks to one medusa head, but my run ended at the mummies. I'll do better after I've slept.

>> No.350581

>>350407
if i could do it, you can too bro, just get mentally prepared for level 4 boss, level 5 + boss and level 6 + dracula, cheap deaths everywhere!

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354271

Done. 20 hours, half of them with Death >>349916.

I couldn't even beat Frankenstein, I made a thread a few days ago because I finally beat him and his minion. But there, I finished Dracula.

That second challenge is calling me. But my self preservation is telling me DON'T

>> No.354348

>>342308
>http://mudron.bigcartel.com/product/nes-castlevania-map-color

Oh jeez, I wish I hadn't seen this. Now I feel like I need to order the CV map, the Zelda map and the Mario map.