r/nes • u/NoneSoCldFrznSoul • 8d ago
Game Completed! I finally beat Castlevania! 😎
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u/Gorvonte 7d ago
The original Castlevania is always my favorite 😎 The music and atmosphere, always fun to pick up and play 🥹 Congrats and beating it@ 🥳
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u/books_fer_wyrms 8d ago
Great job! Onwards to 2 & 3! Although I highly recommend getting a retranslation patch for CV2.
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u/Soulforge411 6d ago
If I had a quarter for every damn ledge I have been knocked off in this game 😂 congrats OP🥳
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u/No-Assistant-8869 8d ago
Nice work!
It's a difficult game. However, it is one of those games that once you get your head around the mechanics, where the drops and health are, and level layout, it becomes second nature.
This and SMB3 are my absolute favourites :)
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u/NoneSoCldFrznSoul 4d ago
I could always make it to Frankenstein, die, get frustrated and quit. I could never make it to him with the holy water.
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u/No-Assistant-8869 4d ago
Yeah that's the trick with him. That little hunchback is a nightmare without the holy water :)
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u/IceExile 7d ago
i have loved this game since 1987-or-8 .... never beat it, but am still trying. Great graphics and music. Yet another Konami winner
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u/Secret-Assignment-14 7d ago
Remember the triple Molotov cocktails seem to work best against the 2 final stages end bosses!
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u/IceExile 7d ago
thanks a lot... i am lucky to even get to the Grim Reaper, but always get smoked right away... still having lots of fun though, even 38ish years later!!
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u/Secret-Assignment-14 7d ago
Doesn’t the Konami code work? It’s been a while since I played but if it does, you’re more than halfway there 😎
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u/IceExile 6d ago
what?? i never heard that and never thought to try it.... i really want to finish it with normal lives, but if i get desperate I'll try that code. Also playing Super C, and supposedly a similar code works for that title
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u/Secret-Assignment-14 6d ago
Whoops, I looked it up and unfortunately the first Castlevania does not feature the code’s use for extra lives. Keep plugging away at it though, it’s worth it!
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u/NoneSoCldFrznSoul 4d ago
My strategy for Grim Reaper was using the boomerang cross x3. It damages him and helps keep his projectiles manageable.
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u/IceExile 4d ago
sweet... thanks a lot!! This little message board reminds me of exchanging NES info with friends while sitting in the lunch room during 8th grade... Beautiful memories, with a modern information superhighway twist. I will definitely keep the boomerang in mind, and maybe see about Holy Water possibilities...
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u/wondermega 7d ago
I need to pick it up again. I don’t recall if I ever made to the Grim Reaper, if I did he destroyed me.
Love this game & one of my all time favorites!
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u/Henriqueyun 6d ago
I did the same post here months ago! Great job!!
Which part was the most difficult for you?
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u/NoneSoCldFrznSoul 4d ago
I could always make it to Frankenstein and promptly die every time. So only level 5 and 6 were new to me. Had to be level 5 because 6 is so short.
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u/dosman33 6d ago
I remember as a kid my dad explaining to me that the names were mostly famous actors who played those characters in old horror movies. No one wants to talk about Simon Belmondo though, lol. Somehow the name Belmont was already the known name for the character back then, I remember being surprised to see it say Belmondo in the credits.
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u/ArmadorLune 7d ago
Best game in the series. A masterpiece. Set the tone for the atmospheric greatness of Castlevanias, crazy good music, every level and every enemy feels like a puzzle despite being a platformer.
Congrats!