The History of Castlevania the Complete Saga - documentary
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- I had a lot of requests asking me to join the parts into one long video. I have edited the video to make it as seamless as possible.
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I liked the part where he talks about Castlevania
Me too, although there wasn't enough talk about Castlevania
Now I disagree. I liked the part where he talks about CASTLEvania
i enjoyed the part where he talked about the nintendos cuz i love nintendos.
But what about Castlevania for MSDos?
..whats he talk about?
Truly impressed with how much research you put into this. Totally awesome PatmanQC. My favorite TH-camr
I appreciate it,, That is very nice of you to say. Thank you
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries you oo
I love Castlevania, and recently got the 'Castlevania Anniversary Collection' available on Steam; it includes:
Castlevania - NES
Castlevania II Simon's Quest - NES
Castlevania III Dracula's Curse - NES
Super Castlevania IV - SNES
Castlevania The Adventure - Gameboy
Castlevania II Belmont's Revenge - Gameboy
Castlevania Bloodlines - Genesis
Kid Dracula (never released in English before) - NES
History of Castlevania - Book of the Crescent Moon - early concept art, storylines, etc.
( By the way, it's on sale 75% off until Jan 5.)
Thanks for this all - encompassing review of these great games, Patman~!
I really appreciate the effort you put in; it can't be easy.
That collection is a really good deal especially if you are a fan of the series. Thank you
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries My pleasure, Sir. : )
This video is so good at a half-hour in, I want to stop it and play Castlevania right now
Whenever I hear that OG 8-bit music, I get the urge as well.
Excellent, that's nice of you to say :-)
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries , I mentioned you on Slope's Game Room because he too has a video or two on Castlevania as well. He says that he talks to you from time to time and that you both are good friends. I am glad for that fact.
@@paxhumana2015 Thank you so much for the mention, he is a really nice guy
It's incredible how much work you've put into this video. Probably the best castlevania vid of last year
This video showed up in my recommended feed and I think this was very well done. I played some of these games so I have my own opinions on them but a couple of things about Castlevania Legends.. there are a couple of theories about why it was erased from the timeline. The more prominent one is that Koji Igurashi wasn't too keen on female protagonists..the other one is that the baby Sonya is holding in her ending is actually Trevor and the father is Alucard.
Excellent, you could be on to something regarding the female protagonists. Thank you
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries Ignore him, he doesn't know what he's talking about.
Trevor was hard confirmed to be Sypha and Alucard's son in the JP version of Legends, and in all but three of Igarashi's games, you had playable female protagonists. Several in some cases.
Two of his games, Order of Ecclesia and the successor project Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, have women as the main protagonists.
Legends was retconned out because it conflicted with Lament of Innocence's story.
That's literally the reason. You had two prequels; one was new and expensive to make and currently on sale for the dominant platform of the day, and the other was an obscure game for the original Gameboy that sold and reviewed poorly.
PatmanQC thanks for taking the time to indulge us all on the gaming history/lore elements of this and various others games. Your effort is appreciated.
I really liked that Japanese commercial for Castlevania! That was awesome that you included that. Your depth and detail about the Castlevania series was incredible!
Glad you enjoyed it! I thought it was cool as well which is why I had to include it
Great video. However, you forgot ONE game. Castlevania: Harmony of Despair, an Xbox Live multiplayer Castlevania where you could play as different characters from the Castlevania series. I played it like once and thought it was weird. Not sure it's still alive or not.
The size of the bosses made it kind of cool. Also the throwback DLC was fun.
It's still alive...
Many thanks for uploading the Complete Saga !!
Epic 💪
Absolutely,Thank you for watching
Castlevania IV. One of the best games of my childhood; The gameplay, the atmosphere, the art, and ESPECIALLY the music, it brings back so much memories. I remember I use to watch my dad play this game all the time, and every time he asks me if I wanna play, I always say no because I found it a little too scary, while at the same time was still amazed by everything. It was pretty much one of the first games that got me into gaming. Thanks dad and Konami!
Watched the whole thing in one sitting
Fantastic video, this must have been no walk in the park to make. The amount of work put in deserves more than respect. Incredible job man.
Glad you enjoyed it. Yes, that was a giant task to put together but I'm glad everybody liked it. I really appreciate all the nice words. If I could give this video 10 thumbs up I would. Thank you
You did such a great job with this series. Way to go!
Glad you enjoyed it! I appreciate the nice words, thanks
Hell yeah...the DVD edition!! I love it man👊💥🇺🇸
Thank you my friend
I must say your quickly becoming one of my favourite “history of” You Tubers. I love listening about everything to do with my favourite childhood games.
That is very nice of you to say, thank you
A tip for home computers with one button: Either, use an emulator, and map up to a second button, or if using the original hardware, wire a button, or add a button, and tie it into the Up control. I used to use Sega Master System or Genesis pads with my C64 and Amiga, and rewire one of the buttons to Up.
When it comes to video game "documentaries," my Top 3 are AVGN, Spoony (retired), and PatmanQC.
Thank you so much :-)
How can someone just dislike this masterpiece ohh i cant understand it
Great full comprehensive overview of the Castlevania collection!
I would love to have a full Castlevania colection but some games have a pretty steep price tag! One day I can say it's complete
Keep up the good work!
Thanks, yes the prices are insane but it would be cool to have a full complete collection
Love the vid and upvoted it. Had it on in the background while prepping paperwork for 2 hours. Just 2 stupid nitpicks.
Trevor is the bonus character in Legacy of Darkness, not Richter. That only stuck out because of the amazing Netflix show.
It's Uncharted, not Unchartered.
Please keep up the great work and happy new year.
Thanks for the correction, glad you enjoyed it
from Japan. I am a package illustration artist for this game series.
I miss Dracula X and Castlevania Bloodline. Thank you for picking it up.
Happy new year!
There is still a way to play Dracula X.
great stuff, impressive! Was literally just starting to go back to finish up this as I (due to just being busy) stopped off somewhere around part 3 or 4. thanks!
Awesome, thank you!
This was great. I didn’t even know some of these games existed. Thanks for your hard work putting all this together and it all transitions really well. Keep up the good work.
Glad you enjoyed! Thank you so much for the nice words
I love this channel. It's so much fun remembering all the games I wasn't able to play because i only had 4 games for my nes.
Thank you so much for the nice words. I had a Commodore 64 and and NES but only had one game on the NES which was Mario LOL. I rented a lot of games but they were just way too expensive for my parents to buy.
How is this video under 100,000 views? This is THE definitive version of Castlevania history.
That is very nice of you to say,I wish other people felt the same
My favorite part is when he talks about Castlevania.
That's my favorite as well
2 hours video on this? AMAZING. Keep my pizza rolls warm, mom, I'm going in!
LOL, hope you enjoy it
Thank you for this fella 👍🙏
You bet, thanks for watching
Also Castlevania 2 has three endings. Also the Saturn version of Symphony of the Night has 2 extra levels, extra weapons and the ability to play Alucard/Richter/Maria from the beginning.
Thanks for the info
I have the first castlevania for Ps4 and ghoulsn ghosts for Ps1 and i love These games thank u for Ur wonderful video i can See how much u woked for this documentary im so thannkful u did this big respect no mega respect
Did Harmony of Despair get left out? It’s a weird little game but the giant boss battles and vast available characters and dlc made it one of my favorites when it released
I will have to make an updated video because I must have missed that. It must've just slipped through the cracks
IMO Symphony of the Night will always be the ultimate Castlevania experience.
It was fantastic
Are you the Cadberry Egg guy?
:Craxk that whip" shows ghe sane voice. 5:40 about
Really? You honestly think that magazine cover is "too much" for kids? When you were a kid did yo think it was too much? Did it traumatize you? Are you forever psychologically scarred as a result of seeing that cover as a kid? If the answer is "no", then there's nothing wrong with the magazine cover, except over-protective adults being "helicopter parents" to their kids who will one day grow up and realize the parents were completely out of their minds.
Considering eight-year- olds read that magazine for the latest Mario and Zelda news? Absolutely
you ok?
That boss in the Genesis version reminds me of the running boss in Contra for Genesis
Yes it does
The History of PatmanQC ; make it as seamless as possible.
no seam seen! well done sir!!
Thank you very much
Came for the Castlvania. Subbed for the wife jokes. Great stuff.
Just an incredible amount of in-depth detail. Excellent work. A+
Thanks a lot, I appreciate the nice words :-)
This is my first official deep dive video of yours and I have to say 10/10! I love CastleVania. Thanks for doing this. I appreciate the research you had to for this!
Glad you enjoyed it!Thank you
What's your next project going to be?
I was one of the only nerds with a CD burner in 1997. You needed a SCSI controller. They had no buffer. Most hard drives could barely fit a single CD image. And blank CDs were about $15 each. So the only thing worth copying was PSX games. But I was in all these IRC warez groups and started getting things almost a year before they were released in the US. The two I was really excited about were Dracula X and Metal Gear Solid. Symphony of the Night was Dracula X in Japan. Actually it was a really long name, but the English kana part was Dracula X.
It made me so happy because my favorite games were the good 2D ones like 1942 or Street Fighter, but everybody said that SCEA (Sony America) refused to release 2D games. For months everybody said it wasn't even going to be released in the US. I was in college and I started taking Japanese so I could play newer games. 😂
I can't believe how wonderful the documentary came out. personally you ranked up there with the gaming historian. this is such an incredible channel. thank you so much for your hard work. it's what keeps me most entertained on TH-cam.waiting for your videos it's like waiting for the sun to come out from behind the clouds.
Wow, thank you! That is definitely high praise indeed and I really do appreciate that. Thank you so much :-)
Most people don't know this, but Castlevania is based on a true story about a real vampire in Pennsylvania back in the 1500s. Whips and all. It's pretty nuts when you think about it.
There was only one time in my life that i rage broke a game product. It was belmont's revenge, I headbutted the gameboy.(i was 7) but, i did work iff a new gameboy and still have it today.
LOL that's hilarious
What you do here, is actually pretty special, and it sure as hell hits my nostalgia button every time. I'm your age, and Man o Man when I found these Arcade1Ups, well, that was it. Today, my Big Problem is...Dragons Lair is on sale, My apartment has No Room Left...and yet, here I sit, trying to figure out what I can get rid of, to make space for yet another cab. :P Thank you for these amazing clips, CastleVania is locked into my memory from a sleep over and a tiny portable TV, up all night trying to get thru the game, eating Cpt. Crunch out of the box dry hahaha
Is that a whip in your pocket or are you just happy to beat me?!
LOL
Watching this while I’m working, but did I miss him talk about Lords of Shadow? Loved that game
SOTN is an out and out Masterpiece ....
Just pure artistry in all.hope more games sequel coming.
Castlevania: Judgement. WHY????!!! IT WAS SO STUPID!! Not the video, but the game. "Judgement" should not have ever been its own game, but rather a 1-on-1/multiplayer mode included on an actual Castlevania game, preferably one of the boring entries in order to spice it up. Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks did this with its "arcade mode" feature, where you could go head to head outside from playing the actual main game itself. Yes, "Judgement" was garbage. Even worse, there are just some game series that should NEVER go to Nintendo Wii. The Wii is notorious for terrible camera and controller issues. The Wii is best left to Super Mario and Zelda games, and Minecraft...
Alucard looked and fought far below his potential.
Lords of Shadow 2 is still the best CGI Intro ever.
Was it just me or did you miss harmony of dissonance?
Been watching your episodes have subscribed years ago... But, your presentation is on par with the best! Your show reminds me of Friday Fright night, which was a show we had here in Kansas City back in the 80's! We loved it although it has been canceled for years. Keep doing what you're doing brother...😎
Very kind of you to say my friend. Thank you so much
Thanks for this. This was one of my favorite games and then series of games. Right up there with Megaman!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you so much
22:45
"The music and sound effects are like melted butter. Nice & smooth on your eardrums."
I'm pretty sure I would not like melted butter on my eardrums, regardless of how smooth is made them. 😂😂😂
Fuck yeah, the Patman Complete Castlevania movie!!
LOL, glad you enjoyed it
6:04 you said the parallel game developed by other Konami Team for the Msx computer... 8:00
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Love the video but you talk about things and don't give an example. Like I wanted to see the shirtless Medusa. And you mentioned extras for the remake and didn't show them.
If you use other peoples game footage via fair use it is proper to at least acknowledge where you got the footage from. It is just polite FYI.
Castlevania was the first NES I bought with my OWN money! I mowed like 10 lawns and went up to Software Etc. And grabbed the game based solely on the box art seeing that there was no internet and I didn't have Nintendo Power, so after buying it blind, it instantly became my favorite game on the NES, I beat it finally back when I was 12, such amazing memories, though sadly, I believe I had to resort to a Game Genie to beat it--I KNOW..., let the flogging begin!
Excellent, kudos for that. Don't feel bad about the game being I had to use the 30 man cheat code for contra :-)
You think Vlad was a “villain”?
Damn u killed that part with the bridge. U have no idea how many tries it took me to get past that.
Castlevania was revived by Konami in Japan nut unfortunately only to serve their casino gaming division with pachinko machines and slots.
😍 i love this game series so much!!
What a minute....LORDS OF SHADOW HAS A 3DS ENTRY??? Huh, new one on me, and yet since the 1st LOS installment wasn't appealing to me, I had no reason to look for a new installment after the 1st LOS installment. But from what I've seen and heard here about the 3DS instsllment, it definitely isn't on my "to play" bucket list. The nail in that coffin, among many, was the disgraceful way they designed Alucard! Next, all characters share the same movesets??? So whose dragon punch is better? It's almost as if the Castlevania team isn't even trying to make Castlevania better; with all the technology available, and with all the different gameplay features available in all the Castlevania games, there is just no excuse as to why they can't (or maybe just won't...) make THE BEST Castlevania game ever made to date. The orb system and combo system, for starters, csn be brought back and REALLY make the game's combo and subweapon and abilities system a seriously sick force to reckon with; with all the plot twists over the years, SOMEBODY at Castlevania Central ought to pull some highly deep twists out their hats for once (they did on Lords of Shadow 2). From the history of it all, they apparently like to go from bad to better and back. Seems very safe to say, Castlevania has made its money and now the developers aren't even trying but are rather just milking an old cow for her last drops of souring milk. THE NEXT CASTLEVANIA WILL PROBABLY HAVE ITS MAIN CHARACTER USING A SLINGSHOT AS A SUBWEAPON AND A TIRE IRON AS ITS MAIN! I'm 40 years old and Castlevania: Simon's Quest was THE first of the series I ever played AND I still remember the Game Genie code that gives you everything in the game. Of course, I beat the game without any codes first, and then used codes. Just making that clear.
I don't understand that either to be honest, As far as a tire iron I'm all for it LOL
Your first movie-length documentary! I love it. I watched all five parts already, but definitely can understand someone wanting to watch all of them in one go.
You really write and speak well, and definitely give us classic gaming fans what we want. Thank you for sharing your enthusiasm with us, Pat. You're awesome!
Thank you my friend, I also appreciate the nice words. Thank you so much :-)
@PatManQC you will be happy to know I am ever so slowly (that part I do not like..) working on a expansion of Castle Vania.
Expect a 8bit option for graphics as well as audio selections including muting this, that or the other. Expect a 3D ensemble. Expect it to combine the role playing & action with puzzles & mystery but also world building as well as freely wandering. The lore occurs & you either influence it for the better or ride the 🌊
Have a family. Build a palace. Build a series of palaces. Build a world. Demolish ruins & all that entails. Secure your station &.........THRIVE AS WELL AS SURVIVE.
Sounds fantastic please keep me posted
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Just imagine if polygons didn't catch on!
And sprites became the STANDARD.
Think about it there's never been a FPS completed in Sprite form😳
I agree 100%
Castlevania: Judgement was completely pointless and disappointing. Although a good idea, it went wrong and had potential.
My favorites are Symphony of the Night, Aria of Sorrow, Order of Ecclesia, Portrait of Ruin, and Lament of Innocence.
Sorry, but I just couldn't get in to Lords of Shadow, although LOS2 was alright. I did like the unexpected surprise twist in revealing that Trevor Belmont was Alucard. I'm certain Trevor was not Alucard originally, but the "new" twist was really cool, at least i think so. If this could be expsnded upon and result in a "remake" of SOTN, then thst would just be awesome. SOTN is still my top favorite Castlevania game, and although the producer of SOTN has stated at least once that SOTN will never ever see a remake as it is still to this day considered a masterpiece, I still think SOTN ought to be "updated" due to the abilities and engines of current game consoles; the story, graphics, gameplay, game features, combat system and replay value has extremely high potential for a retelling of SOTN due to certain things that were not really made clear, such as Alucard's true origins and identity and how/why he came into contact and alliance with the Belmonts in the first place.
That would probably be my list as well although I love castleVania 4 as well
Funny that my favorite Castlevania is the first and my least favorite is Adventure.
I have Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles on the PSP, Castlevania: Lords of Shadows 1, 2, Mirror of Fate & Harmony of Despair on the Xbox 360 via Xbox One, and Castlevania Anniversary Collection on the Xbox One.
Excellent, all classic games
I enjoyed this right from the beginning, where Patman sets the record straight, once and for all, about Dracula (a.k.a Vlad Tepes Dracula in some, if not most, Castlevania games)not being an actual real - being😋, but the existence of his character was based on Vlad the Impaler (who just happened to be a very blood-thirsty tyrant in real life)!😱
I have always enjoyed this franchise, hopefully it will return to form soon
Wow thats Medusa at 56:01
yaaaaaaaaaa , ya know - WHO f%ckin cares , I have to say , right LOL. There are SO many Castlevanias most are the same. YOU WANT the one on Turbografix 16, I would imagine? Best soundtrack easily.
It is one of the best that is for sure
I remember playing Castlevania 2 and 3 the most.... And getting the Morning Star whip on Simon's Quest and thinking at the time how Op it was.... I loved both games tremendously...❤️
I really enjoyed super castle Vania as well
In Castlevania 3 for Nintendo, PatmanQC said that you could play as 3 companions along with Trevor Belmont, a sorcerer, a pirate, and Dracula's son.
Is Dracula's son not Alucard in this game, or is this another different son? 🤔
Yes, the Alucard in C3 is Dracula’s son and the same character from Symphony of the Night.
FM you forgot to do amazon or would you mentioned in donkey Kong junior Let's go hey yo Banana slamming
"Juiced Belmont"
I can dig it. Juste is canonically pretty strong.
The only castlevania I have is one my mini SNES classic. I would be outraged if I tried to play another version of the game and couldn't swing the whip in any direction. The SNES game fucking rules and nothing before or since comes close.
It was absolutely fantastic
Castlevania harmony if despair is my favorite multi-player game. 3 friends and I mastered the game and had the 4x hitting swords, gets fume, and more. Somehow this game is always ignored.
I'll have to go back and revisit it
why do u refer lords of shadows platforming to uncharted instead of prince of persia or tomb raider
I've been playing Super Castlevania IV because you made it sound so awesome! It's fun so far, nice and challenging.
The game is fantastic so I'm glad you are enjoying it
You should do Monster Party, please? I remember having that game, but I was too young and never had the patience to beat it. Anyways, good job on this one and I hope my request isn't too obscure.
Haha ghoulsn goblins and castlevania are stll better then the games from today
My favorite Castlevania is Castlevania 64/Legacy Of Darkness.
I played Dracula X on SNES.
It was really good
not doing games any favors man, the blue outline was bc of the screen and theres a modded rom to ditch it plus everyone hated drawing the glyphs and rom does away w. that too. pretty impotant imo and you just gloss right over em. basic coverage here at best make sure u get that patreon posted tho hah
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it
I enjoyed Lords of shadow and its music. The sequel was pretty weird and had an overcomplicated warp system. Oh and certain enemies killed you in one hit and were tougher than bosses.
I wish KONAMI makes more games similar to the ones on the N64. :^)
They are our favorites in the franchise honestly.
I think Castlevania is a place with a lot of castles, would like to go there.
You and me both :-)
The links to Vampire Hunter D are crazy even the main dude in SOTN change his hair black ,and it's D and was supposed to be
HIT THE LEVER!
Thank you for covering this series. Great job.
Vlad Dracula is actually considered a folk hero in Romania.
I thought this was a documentary about subterranean castle structures
Thank you for the great video. I will most likely watch this an ungodly amount of times. Great work
Wow, thanks!
Going right to my favs list. Thanks
Awesome! Thank you!
SOTN on Playstation was my favorite. Did you forget the Nintendo 64 Castlevania?
No, I covered all of the Castlevania games which turned out to be 35 or 36 titles
Do Metroid
In curse of darkness it's actually Trevor u unlock to play as