@@rafaspyra9776 - Fixed it. Thanks for pointing that out and sorry for being 6 months late. I'm haven't been getting any notifications when someone replies to my comments.
This game will forever live on as some of the greatest video game memories I have. Being 10 - 12 at the time playing this on my Gameboy Advance it was always difficult for me to pass the goat headed boss. My dad at the time had a good friend named, "Tom." When we went to visit him one day I found out he was fond of games. He inquired about what I was playing all the time and I told him. Even that I had some troubles. It may have been more than one attempt for him but I always remembered him beating it so fast. He helped me get past the boss as well as learn some game tactics. This ended up being one of the first games I finished to completion. A few years passed and one day I heard he died of cancer. It was sadly some time since I seen him and I didn't get to tell him I finished it. The experience I have with that man is this great game and I wanted to share how much this game really played a role in life for me.
My story isn't that heart breaking but I also connect good memories with this game. Going into the boss rooms, never knowing what kind of boss comes next and getting absolutely destroyed by every single one of them at least a couple of times because I was always underleveled when I found a new boss room. Ahhh. The good old days.
Man. For a GBA game this had excellent music. I remember as kid I'd revisit old stages JUST to listen to the music. Most of these tracks bring strong nostalgic feelings.
You know I actually love the entire soundtrack, and this track has an amazing start, but it's weird, I actually liked it less over time after hearing it constantly in-game lol.
Hell yeah this one and the into song when you fall down the pit are the ones I was looking for. The guitar strumming in this one with the flute like electronic sounds is so great.
i heard about castlevania from symphony of the night reviews but my first actualy play was circle of the moon. both hocked me to a point i am planning to buying psp go to play it on handheld instead of pc emulator. and looking for the cartages in ebay's like website.
The first time I heard the menu theme (Requiem) I legit jumped in my seat. I never thought that such a sound could come from a GBA game. Still gives me chills to this day, and when I play it loudly on my cellphone, people still look at me like "whatchu watchin'?"
This soundtrack ranks up there for me. I remember being a kid playing this game and feeling like the music was constantly playing on my emotions, as any good st should.
Everone has all but forgotten about the joys of the gameboy advance but this was one of my favorite and still is one of my favorite gameboy games only beaten by Prehistoricman now that was funner..... i think they should remake circle of the moon for the DS
This OST was a great first introduction to the GBA. The GBA could already so much more than the old Gameboy, but adding this OST on top of it made it a really memorable experience.
Amazing game with an amazing soundtrack. Overlooked WAY too often. Favorites are Awake, Aquarius, Trick Manor, Clockwork and this is probably my favorite version of Illusionary Dance. But basically every track in this game is amazing in my opinion.
This video needs a playlist with times, song names, and references to original games (in the case of remixes). And I love this game... Gonna play it again soon.
This game will always mean a lot to me... This was one of the first games I played after my brother left to live with our dad (our parents were divorced and I chose to stay with my mom when he went to stay with our dad) She was abusive and he wasn't, but during that time, this game kept me company. I cried a lot while playing it, and I felt like the characters even the villains were trying to console me XDDDDDDD lol I was 9 at the time. Sounds silly that this was 23 years ago, but Nathan Graves feels like a close friend never met but known. Idk lol laugh at me.
The best soundtrack of all GBA games I played. Thanks for posting this. My only gripe is the space between tracks. I keep thinking it's over and need to restart it!
just a kid with a gameboy trying over and over again, the most similar thing to a guide back then were your friends telling you secrets about the games that sometimes were true and sometimes not, that was the best experience with videogames I ever had. Honestly I feel really lucky to be a kid in the 90s - early 2000s.
"Kyrie Eleison" (Lord, have mercy) is chill inducing. So good. ...although scriptural calls for "mercy" should really be more about the Lord being propitious towards us by recognizing the sacrifice of his Son, the spotless Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. [but I digress]
This game is hard as fuck, especially if you explore the castle in the wrong order... I had bad memories about having my arse fucked in the Aquarium before getting the item to clean the water.
+John Freeman They're both great games. I personally liked COTM a little better as AOS offered no challenge, it was far too easy. I love both of them to death though.
***** It's the PROBLEM for me. No reason to farm in CoTM, but you MUST, because without specific combos for last bosses - it's really punches your ass! I've finished game first time with about 30% opened cards, last boss - BUTTHURT!
While many poeple complain about the limited screen size and resolution of the GBA I think it's most limiting facotr was it's soundchip. It was like really, really terrible. SO much more could have been done. This is one of the titles where a better soundchip certainly would have gotten it much further.
So sad they never rereleased Circle of the Moon. Nowadays the Battery that helps saving your game is Dry, you can change it easily, but it will erase any saved Data you have and eventually run Dry again... At least it is now on Xbox Store...
+TheSkyKing18 Part 1: www.emuparadise.me/links-and-downloads/?action=jump&id=1166&catid=29 Part 2: www.emuparadise.me/links-and-downloads/?action=jump&id=1167&catid=29
martín ojea Si, lo que mas me gusta de este castlevania era su ritmo frenetico, sus plataformas complejos, y su dificultad alta, a mi tambien me gusto el castlevania de ds, el que una maneja a shanoa(creo que haci se llamaba la protagonista) que ya no era en un castillo, si no por niveles que ibas desbloqueando, ojala sacaran mas castlevanias en 2D, pero de la konami actual es muy dificil que vuelvan a sacar otro. Lastima
basukerHD tengo entendido que konami habia dicho que los castlevania en 2d estan fuera de moda. Sobre el Castle que protagoniza shanoa es el order of eclessia. El mas dificil de los de DS. Pero me sigue gustando mas dawn of sorrow aunque es muy facil. Las melodias de los castle son a esta altura historicas y por suerte me quedan muchos metroidvanias por terminar. Este circle of the moon nunca me gusto y le volvi a dar otra oportunidad en este momento y lo estoy pariendo, muy muy dificil. Ah! aria of sorrow me parece excelente.
+basukerHD este es el primer castlevania que jugue por mi cuenta y que me acabe completo (solo me hizo falta llegar al nivel maximo que creo es 99), me gusto mas que harmony of dissonance, pero menos que el aria of sorrow mi humilde opinion :v
+Link2276 Creo que lo dices por la jugabilidad (bueno, tomando en cuenta también la historia y el ost, el ost de Aria of Sorrow es increíble!). Pero Harmony of Dissonance se me hacia muy lento y fastidioso al jugar, en cambo con Circle of the moon no fue así, luego con Aria of Sorrow fue genial! Todo fluía bien. La combinación de cartas es adictivo pero mi ambición estuvo más con el de coleccionar todas las almas de Aria of Sorrow xD
Gene Jost Yeah, definitely. Not enough people know about these games, I feel. I personally think they're better than the other JRPGs people tend to cite as "best of all time".
It's kinda funny, this game has only about 3 original tracks in it and the rest are remixes of old Castlevania songs, however I have never heard a remix in newer Castlevania games of those original songs
Track List:
1). 0:00 - Repose of Souls
2). 3:26 - Proof of Blood - (Dracula Boss Theme 2nd phase)
3). 5:00 - Nightmare - (Underground Waterway)
4). 6:45 - Illusionary Dance - (Dracula Boss Theme 1st phase)
5). 8:37 - A Vision of Dark Secrets
6). 9:26 - Aquarius - (Underground Gallery)
7). 10:56 - Awake - (The Catacomb)
8). 12:41 - Big Battle
9). 14:14 - Circle of the Moon
10). 15:28 - The Trick Manor - (Underground Warehouse)
11). 18:02 - Clockwork - (Machine Tower)
12). 19:35 - Fate to Despair - (Eternal Corridor/Chapel Tower)
13). 21:20 - Inversion
14). 22:07 - Requiem - (Menu Theme)
15). 23:53 - Shudder - (Boss Theme)
16). 24:49 - Sign of a Pulse
17). 25:27 - The Sinking Old Sanctuary - (Abyss Stairway/Audience Room/Outer Wall/Triumph Hallway/Ceremonial Room)
18). 27:22 - Vampire Killer - (Observation Tower)
Thank you minipitu for your timeline. It saved me the trouble of marking the starting points for each of the tracks.
What a brilliant username
You are going to the haven
It's actually Eternal Corridor - not Central Corridor 19:35
Man this track order is all over the place...
Also, MY WAIFU IS A SAINT!
@@rafaspyra9776 - Fixed it. Thanks for pointing that out and sorry for being 6 months late. I'm haven't been getting any notifications when someone replies to my comments.
This game will forever live on as some of the greatest video game memories I have. Being 10 - 12 at the time playing this on my Gameboy Advance it was always difficult for me to pass the goat headed boss. My dad at the time had a good friend named, "Tom." When we went to visit him one day I found out he was fond of games. He inquired about what I was playing all the time and I told him. Even that I had some troubles. It may have been more than one attempt for him but I always remembered him beating it so fast. He helped me get past the boss as well as learn some game tactics. This ended up being one of the first games I finished to completion. A few years passed and one day I heard he died of cancer. It was sadly some time since I seen him and I didn't get to tell him I finished it. The experience I have with that man is this great game and I wanted to share how much this game really played a role in life for me.
Sorry for the loss my friend.
😢
My story isn't that heart breaking but I also connect good memories with this game. Going into the boss rooms, never knowing what kind of boss comes next and getting absolutely destroyed by every single one of them at least a couple of times because I was always underleveled when I found a new boss room. Ahhh. The good old days.
3:27
5:00
6:45
8:37
9:26
10:56
12:41
14:14
15:28
18:02
19:35
21:20
22:07
23:53
24:49
25:27
27:22
10:56 EPIC!
The beginning of the adventure
when I was playing again this jewel again, a couple of years ago, that bass was like, WTF sounds so fucking epic
You first have to pass some screens before having this music. Such a great moment when discovering it..
That's eerie... that track is _the_ reason I came here!
Complete with dancing skeletons.
@@zxKAOS1 Legit the same reason I came here too was to find that song!
Man. For a GBA game this had excellent music. I remember as kid I'd revisit old stages JUST to listen to the music. Most of these tracks bring strong nostalgic feelings.
The magic of videogames!!!
25:27 The best track in the game.
You know I actually love the entire soundtrack, and this track has an amazing start, but it's weird, I actually liked it less over time after hearing it constantly in-game lol.
@@XtremeConditions - it's used in too many locations you need to backtrack through even with fast travel
We hear it so much in the game lol, it's so calm and fun to hear in cycles, and it helps me not get lost lol
Actually, this track is from Castlevania Bloodlines on Genesis
Hell yeah this one and the into song when you fall down the pit are the ones I was looking for.
The guitar strumming in this one with the flute like electronic sounds is so great.
This game was SO GOOD! It got me hooked on Castlevania
Waaay late reply, but I agree. I believe it was the first I had ever played!
me too!
Same!
i heard about castlevania from symphony of the night reviews but my first actualy play was circle of the moon. both hocked me to a point i am planning to buying psp go to play it on handheld instead of pc emulator. and looking for the cartages in ebay's like website.
But then you find out the story isn’t considered cannon. Sad but it’s still a good game. First one I played
Such an excellent use of bass guitar MIDI sounds. takes me back...
It's sooooo good :)
This was such an amazing game.
the roc wings animation when you hit a ceiling was an easy 10/10
The first time I heard the menu theme (Requiem) I legit jumped in my seat. I never thought that such a sound could come from a GBA game. Still gives me chills to this day, and when I play it loudly on my cellphone, people still look at me like "whatchu watchin'?"
22:07 always gives me chills
would scare the shit out of me as a little kid, sometimes i'd leave the volume slider on my GBA all the way down till I selected my save file lol
alway press a+b to skip this opening song faster when i was kid..
shit was downright terrifying as a little kid lol
25:27 is the best OST this game has for me.
you read my mind
This soundtrack ranks up there for me.
I remember being a kid playing this game and feeling like the music was constantly playing on my emotions, as any good st should.
The only metroidvania game with a challenge on the level of the classic games. My fav Castlevania
*cough* Order Of *cough* FUCKING *cough* ECCLESIA
@@5ar_ i havent played that...too bad the switch doesnt have a DS shop ive heard good things about it
@@pongod5751 It's a hard game. Especially if you play level 1 mode.
@@5ar_ I find the tail end of PoR quite hard too, especially the final boss
Everone has all but forgotten about the joys of the gameboy advance but this was one of my favorite and still is one of my favorite gameboy games only beaten by Prehistoricman now that was funner..... i think they should remake circle of the moon for the DS
3DS*
@@darklordyianni4463 *Switch
@@hogsy0 lol. sure, a Switch CV game would be nice
@@hogsy0 *Switch OLED
my first castlevania ever
This OST was a great first introduction to the GBA.
The GBA could already so much more than the old Gameboy, but adding this OST on top of it made it a really memorable experience.
10:56, best theme of the game, by far. A master piece.
According to wikipedia the composer also worked on Super Castlevania IV.
First time I heard the main menu song, I knew I was going to play an epic castlevania game!
Amazing game with an amazing soundtrack. Overlooked WAY too often. Favorites are Awake, Aquarius, Trick Manor, Clockwork and this is probably my favorite version of Illusionary Dance. But basically every track in this game is amazing in my opinion.
The Sinking Old Sanctuary is such a massive improvement on bloodlines song
My favorite track of COTM
yes I love this song over the bloodlines song
maybe best Castevania game EVER.
LOL nope
Last game to still use the Classic logo. This was the beginning of the end.
A classic, but the logos afterwards weren't half bad.
"Beginning of the end"
---> some of the best games of the series were released after this game
@@saltlord_ that's what beginning of the end means. I didn't say "that was the end".
@@Rihcterwilker sorry, I misinterpreted your comment then.
One of my favorite sound tracks, hands down.
This video needs a playlist with times, song names, and references to original games (in the case of remixes).
And I love this game... Gonna play it again soon.
This game will always mean a lot to me... This was one of the first games I played after my brother left to live with our dad (our parents were divorced and I chose to stay with my mom when he went to stay with our dad) She was abusive and he wasn't, but during that time, this game kept me company. I cried a lot while playing it, and I felt like the characters even the villains were trying to console me XDDDDDDD lol I was 9 at the time. Sounds silly that this was 23 years ago, but Nathan Graves feels like a close friend never met but known. Idk lol laugh at me.
How are you nowadays?
@@pivotalpancake5454 lol way better now. Married and living overseas in playing all the games
This OST has a lot of personality.
me pase ese juego cuando era muy pequeño.... y la verdad amo ese juego
The best soundtrack of all GBA games I played. Thanks for posting this. My only gripe is the space between tracks. I keep thinking it's over and need to restart it!
15:28 the best one
That theme is seriously underrated
I agree, one of my favorites. But it's all really good!
Dude it's freaking creepy sounding, even now. And the enemy in the area is tough and punishing, I would only run away to get through the boss quickly
Fascinante....nostálgico e invaluable, para mi el mejor castlevania de GBA
La mejor jugabilidad, historia y sobre todo música.....el mejor 2D
Está louco? Aria é mil vezes melhor que Circle of the Moon, sem mencionar SotN e os Castlevanias para o NDS
Amazing soundtrack. If this game were a turn-based rpg all the songs would fit just as well.
i loooved this game so much back then
Nathan's theme is so castlevania like. Love it.
5:00 me walking to the frigde at midnight
Came from Warowl... who knew this would've ever happened. Ah well i remembered from the countless hours i put into this game. Love it!
Definitely the best soundtrack of the GBA Castlevanias.
my childhood. why konami...keep producing it !!!
9:27
Best Aquarius version!
WoodmanFeatherhigh Love it
Love this theme too! xD
This game rocked I beat it several times. The card mechanic was awesome. Great music as well. Tracks 10, 11, and 17 are my favs.
Honestly, a super underrated soundtrack right here.
my favourite GBA game. completed it more than 10 times
Every music in this game is damn epic!😍
Este castlevania era ridículamente difícil, al menos eso me pareció, todo estaba escondido... Pero fue increíble
de hecho era una version light del castlevania symphony of the night
best gba Castlevania
That it is.
more specific : IT'S THE HARDEST AND THE MOST FRUSTATING. NO SHOP! WHY???????
because fuck you, that's why :^)
Yes, You already know the answer.
The difficult of this game leads him to be amazing
The Sinking Old Sanctuary OST ...
Good memory also on the game Castlevania Bloodlines.
Will always be my favourite Castlevania, closely followed by Aria of sorrows.
The first Castlevania I ever played and def top 3 OST
Catacomb's got that upbeat adventure vibe goin'
3:26 this music still reminds me of how desperate i was, truthfully the hardest Dracula ever
9:26 6:45 12:41 27:22
just a kid with a gameboy trying over and over again, the most similar thing to a guide back then were your friends telling you secrets about the games that sometimes were true and sometimes not, that was the best experience with videogames I ever had. Honestly I feel really lucky to be a kid in the 90s - early 2000s.
Why is this recording of the game music starting backwards with the last tracks playing first?
10:56 absolute banger
THNXS MAN ONE OF THE BEST GBA GAMES EVER AMAZING OST I LOVE IT AND THIS GAME THUMS UP FOLKS!
#2527 the best listening experience hand's down! I pop my copy of COTM in all the time to listen to this track. I love it!
serenade1275 it truly is the best. Makes you feel like you’re going on an adventure to explore the unknown.
It just looks like he's holding a giant hula hoop if you don't know the game.
"Kyrie Eleison" (Lord, have mercy) is chill inducing. So good.
...although scriptural calls for "mercy" should really be more about the Lord being propitious towards us by
recognizing the sacrifice of his Son, the spotless Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.
[but I digress]
unforgettable final dracula fight, best in the series
This game is hard as fuck, especially if you explore the castle in the wrong order... I had bad memories about having my arse fucked in the Aquarium before getting the item to clean the water.
I did it...died so many times...and after getting item to purify water im just like "oh, come on!"
BEST CASTLEVANIA GAME!
Mortal Gamer Far from AoS on same GBA.
+John Freeman They're both great games. I personally liked COTM a little better as AOS offered no challenge, it was far too easy. I love both of them to death though.
I was already burnt out by the time it came out
"It's not afraid to punch you to the teeth for it's difficulty"
-ign
***** It's the PROBLEM for me. No reason to farm in CoTM, but you MUST, because without specific combos for last bosses - it's really punches your ass! I've finished game first time with about 30% opened cards, last boss - BUTTHURT!
I LOVE THIS GAME SO MUCH so many memories and I have finished this game cupole of times and this game its First CV on GBA too;)
Happy 20th anniversary of the release of Circle of the Moon!
The best of the best for ever castlevania circle of the moon !! Wahhh remember love ya
#10 is a remix from super Castlevania iv. I think it was stage 7.
19:35 was good too ! :) especialy at 19:55
simplemente de los mejores que he oido
what's your favorite music from circle of the moon? (please write a comment)
my favorite 0:04 repose of souls
10:56 THAT'S MY FUCKING JAM RIGHT THERE, AND YOU KNOW IT'S YOURS AS WELL!
Gimme them level ups. Such a satisfying sound effect.
12:41 best d-_-b :D
Play this when i was 11 years old and get stuck on the damn minautor boss on Bell Tower. He really pist me off by the time :P !
adramelech, that stupid boss marked me for life, i was not ready hahahaha
Need the cross or your f*** lol
That boss is more like a satyr lol
thank you!
While many poeple complain about the limited screen size and resolution of the GBA I think it's most limiting facotr was it's soundchip. It was like really, really terrible. SO much more could have been done. This is one of the titles where a better soundchip certainly would have gotten it much further.
*harmony of dissonance intensifies*
So sad they never rereleased Circle of the Moon. Nowadays the Battery that helps saving your game is Dry, you can change it easily, but it will erase any saved Data you have and eventually run Dry again...
At least it is now on Xbox Store...
Err, about that, your wish is granted. It's part of the Castlevania Advance Collection.
@@ThomasJeff1898 yay!
18:05 Fox archers !! ^_^
is why is used those handy little flames circling around me :)
:)
Trilha sonora muito top
I love the machine tower song so much but it as well as a few others trigger my ptsd with the game. The warehouse too. Like UGH.
Requiem sounds like the Kyrie Eleison from Catholic mass. Κύριέ Ελείσον.
Actually is Kyrie Eleison
oh and it's a great video game we still have it........ my brother owns it
Can you give us the download link for this OST please.
+TheSkyKing18 Part 1: www.emuparadise.me/links-and-downloads/?action=jump&id=1166&catid=29
Part 2: www.emuparadise.me/links-and-downloads/?action=jump&id=1167&catid=29
Thanks bro BD
TheSkyKing18
You welcome emuparadis and nitroroms is very best sites on internett to get roms game-music etc.
18:03 19:35 25:27
awesome..
Alguien mas viene por el pipe? :v
me encanta este juego es un castletroid unico, no como los otro*s dos de gba que eran clones del symphony
basukerHD me gusta tmb, pero me parece muy lineal... ojala konami saque otros de la talla de este y el resto de los de gba y nds...
martín ojea Si, lo que mas me gusta de este castlevania era su ritmo frenetico, sus plataformas complejos, y su dificultad alta, a mi tambien me gusto el castlevania de ds, el que una maneja a shanoa(creo que haci se llamaba la protagonista) que ya no era en un castillo, si no por niveles que ibas desbloqueando, ojala sacaran mas castlevanias en 2D, pero de la konami actual es muy dificil que vuelvan a sacar otro. Lastima
basukerHD tengo entendido que konami habia dicho que los castlevania en 2d estan fuera de moda. Sobre el Castle que protagoniza shanoa es el order of eclessia. El mas dificil de los de DS. Pero me sigue gustando mas dawn of sorrow aunque es muy facil. Las melodias de los castle son a esta altura historicas y por suerte me quedan muchos metroidvanias por terminar. Este circle of the moon nunca me gusto y le volvi a dar otra oportunidad en este momento y lo estoy pariendo, muy muy dificil.
Ah! aria of sorrow me parece excelente.
+basukerHD este es el primer castlevania que jugue por mi cuenta y que me acabe completo (solo me hizo falta llegar al nivel maximo que creo es 99), me gusto mas que harmony of dissonance, pero menos que el aria of sorrow
mi humilde opinion :v
+Link2276 Creo que lo dices por la jugabilidad (bueno, tomando en cuenta también la historia y el ost, el ost de Aria of Sorrow es increíble!). Pero Harmony of Dissonance se me hacia muy lento y fastidioso al jugar, en cambo con Circle of the moon no fue así, luego con Aria of Sorrow fue genial! Todo fluía bien. La combinación de cartas es adictivo pero mi ambición estuvo más con el de coleccionar todas las almas de Aria of Sorrow xD
2nd best soundtrack on the gba
Whats no 1 for you then? For me, It'd be Golden Sun.
YES! Exactly! Imo, golden sun doesn't just have the best soundtrack for the gba, but it ranks up there as one of the greatest of all time.
Gene Jost Yeah, definitely. Not enough people know about these games, I feel. I personally think they're better than the other JRPGs people tend to cite as "best of all time".
***** Dont forget Final Fantasy 6 ;)
But yes... Golden Sun and Circle of the Moon have very good OSTs!!
Gene Jost o.O that makes us 3!
It's kinda funny, this game has only about 3 original tracks in it and the rest are remixes of old Castlevania songs, however I have never heard a remix in newer Castlevania games of those original songs
Not even Vampire Killer in Dawn of Sorrow?
DaFocri
Yeah, I know that. I was telling them that Vampire Killer has been remixed before.
DaFocri Never said it wasn't. xD
DaFocri Meanwhile, someone's trying to turn Sypha bad. Better get the Phoenix.... xD
DaFocri
If it stops this old lady witch and her multi-covens from screwing with the Belnades, that'll work!
22:10 chris as sound christ then OOOOOOOOOOOOH
sounds like word cries. then I heard OooooOoOoooooOoOh
.op
Why did the GBA sound system have to be so damn shitty? It could make some beautiful music, but the sound it put out was terrible.
10:56 Smash bros ultimate
18:02 epico *_*
super castlevania 4 haha
You never get tired of listening to sinking old sanctuary while playing this game.