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Castlevania (Nintendo NES, 1987)
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I was seven years old when I played a friend's Nintendo for the first time. Castlevania was game I played, and it blew me away. Until that point, my video game experience was limited to Odyssey, Intellivision, and Atari. This was way beyond any simplistic game on those platforms. The sound and music theme gave a whole new dimension to the video game experience. The music was the what stuck with me, and echoed through my thoughts for weeks after. The graphics and color were also a huge leap from what I was used to. The Sprite animation, and enemy interaction, especially the bosses, made the game so hard to put down. The frustration level was always overcome by the desire to hit that continue option, and receive more abuse on the part of the game designers, who were maniacal geniuses. And make no mistake, this game is hard, but is clearly designed to make you want to come back and try to push past your prior failures. You will get frustrated with this one, but you will also find it difficult to resist the urge to come back later and try to surpass your previous best. If your good enough you will eventually start doing speed runs. I love Castlevania. It was my first foray into the NES experience, and opened me up to a love for the series and many other titles in the 8 and 16 but eras. If you are a nostalgia nerd like me or just want a good challenge, you will love this game. If you are a collector, well I don't think I need to tell you. You already own this one, most likely.Read full review
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This is one of my favorite NES games and while I was born in the late 90's I hold great appreciation for older games. The challenge is just right, having that typical challenge that NES games are notorious for, and the controls are tight and responsive so if you die it's all because of you. The graphics are appealing using a lot of blues and oranges to create contrast from the foreground. Killing stuff with your whip is so satisfying and knowing what secondary weapon to bring for each boss fight is essential. Castlevania is the game that made vampires cool and deserves a place in any NES collection!
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
Love this game. The graphics, while dated, are great for NES standards, and the gameplay is awesome. Not only that, all my favorite horror cliches are packed in there. I do have my gripes like the stuff control, the easy to drain lifebar, and the Knock-back. My God, the Knock-back! Either way, very satisfying game. Highly recommended it to both horror fans and video game fans.
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This game is a masterpiece in side scrolling and adventure gaming for the time it was created. It has prevailed through the decades spawning many sequels. I would warn any who wish to play this game that it is quite a challenge. There is a time limit set for each level. Regardless of your health or lives the game will end if the timer runs out. This feature is not needed at all, but prevails in the Castlevania series. Of course there is also the classic 3 lives. Once your lives are out, you return to the beginning. The enemies are relentless at times, but all of these factors present quite a challenge for what is now considered an outdated game. I would suggest Game Genie to help any player out if you find yourself stuck. Give it a shot! Its a good time!
I really like this game because this game is a great game. The game is very compelling and the graphics are great. I give this game a 5.0 rating because this is a fun game to play. Thanks for mailing me this game.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
Great PRG1 cart! Perfect for speedrunning. The original cart with the round black seal we call in the speedrunning world the crash cart. due to too many sprites on the screen in level 5 and 6. This cart runs beautifully and I ran it down to 11mins 41seconds.
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Took a while to get it working but finally got it. First play through there was no music only sfx. Reset game and problem resolved. Hey, its a 30 year old game, what do you expect? Product arrived on time. Im satisfied.
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The vast majority of early NES games were arguably absolute crap. Some you could play for maybe half an hour and you would see all the game has to offer! That was ridiculous. Anyway, it was a refreshing thing for Castlevania to come around in 1987. Basically, Castlevania was the first to imprint the notion that games should have hours of replay and entertainment value. Castlevania is about as linear as games get, especially since this was the very first in the series. That doesn't mean it's bad though or weak. Instead, the only real weakness comes from the lack of agility from the hero Simon Belmont. You can't control your jumps in mid-air, he can only swing his whip in FRONT of him, and just like in Ninja Gaiden, every time Simon gets hit by an enemy he flies back in the opposite direction about 10 feet!!! Despite these weaknesses though, Castlevania is still very playable. With the right power-ups, you can have a lot of fun navigating each stage and encountering every boss and defeating them. The bosses do get exponentially more and more difficult by the way. Some of the bosses are downright sadistic and may take you weeks to beat. Castlevania is pretty hardcore. There's no password system, but luckily there's not nearly as many cheap deaths as there are in the Ninja Gaiden series. Castlevania will test your patience though. Many will want to take this game and throw it into a wood chipper. It's playable, it's hard, it's challenging, but it's not impossible. I can't give it an excellent score and I think it's inaccurate to say it was average, because it was the blueprint for many action platforming games to come along since 1987. Castlevania was a good game, and a classic.Read full review
Game works great. It was little stubborn to get to work, but with a little bit of cleaning, I got it to work good again. Just keep in mind with one thing. This game is hard.
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I bought this trio of games because the first Castlevania game I ever played was Symphony of the Night, and that was PS1, so I wanted to go back in time to when the classics were some of the best games out there. The first Castlevania was really fun, you run around and whip all sorts of undead creatures, collecting power ups and getting special items. What was strange, not necessarily bad, was the hearts in the games, all of the games, really. They aren't used for health, as anyone would've expected, but used as ammo for special items such as the holy cross and the axes. whenever you die in these games, the hearts you have collected reset, which I found quite annoying, because the only things that heal you, are end boss orbs, or pork chops (yes, I know they look like chicken wings or something, but they're pork chops, look it up if you don't belive me) found inside secret hollow walls which you can break open. The gameplay is awesome, and gives you a satisfying feeling when you destroy something with a spikey ball chain. Although, your worst enemies are either medusa heads, or stairs. Medusa heads fly all over the place in a snake-like pattern, whereas stair are just awkward to fight on, especially when an enemy is right above you, you would have no choice than to take damage. Simon's quest (the second one) has to be the worst. I do, however, like the fact that you can go into towns and talk to people, even shop (the hearts are also used as currency here). But there's plenty wrong with this one. When it turns night, there's this annoying box that's stops the game, and takes it's time to load up, all to tell you that it's turned night/day. Ontop of that, at night the shops close, and zombies roam the town, increasing the chance that you'll lose all the hearts you've collected before you get to spend them. One last thing, possibly the biggest problem with the game, is that in dungeons, some of the bricks aren't really there, they're there to trick you so you fall down to where you came from, so you're forced to use holy water on every single brick you walk on in dungeons, taking up time you would rather be playing games with. These games are really fun, but challenging. I suggest the third game, for it's my favorite. Overall, this is a great game, with plenty of nostalgic value, highly suggested to old-school gamers especially.Read full review
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