@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries , although not an official release, there is now a very impressive port of the NES/FDS version of Castlevania that is called Intellivania that is, as you guessed, a port of the game for, of all systems, the Mattel Intellivison. You might want to check that game out, as well as update this video, to reflect that information.
Dunno if you guys gives a damn but if you guys are bored like me atm then you can watch all the new series on InstaFlixxer. I've been watching with my girlfriend for the last couple of days =)
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries I always enjoy your videos, great trip down memory lane. Good memories from skipping class in High school to go to the arcade haha
I remember playing castlevania on a tabletop arcade in pizza hut, back when pizza hut was cool and gave out land before time puppets and Alf puppets! I was horrible at castlevania but it's spooky atmosphere kept me coming back to shell out more of my parents quarters lol. There's always been a mystery to that game in my mind mostly because I couldn't even beat the first stage when I was a kid. I recently bought the castlevania collection on ps4 and beat the first stage but then I just saved the game and quit playing for some reason like I didn't wanna progress any further because it felt like I had already beaten more than I'd ever seen as a kid lol. Anyway, I gotta get back to playing it one of these days! I'll stop rambling now and watch the video, this should be good! 👍
I remember those puppets.... thanks for bringing back those memories...... I now remember going to Pizza Hut and when dining in, the waiter would ask “smoking or no smoking”.... good times
1:35 "Konami producers were forbidden to include their names in the credits, for fear of other companies stealing them away" Heaven forbid Konami actually provide a competitive wage to keep their good employees around.
There was a stand-alone Castlevania cocktail table at Putt Putt back in 1989-90. I thought the NES = arcade, but the arcade version timer counts down to 0 at a much faster rate.
Intense rivalry in similar output between Konami & Capcom, upping the ante in sheer quality: Ghouls 'n' Ghosts vs Castlevania, Gryzor vs Bionic Commando, Final Fight vs Crime Fighters (being able to plug people with a pistol in essentially a hand to hand beat 'em up was sick fun in the latter) absolute giants!! What a time to be alive...😌
Thanks man, I will not say too much but thanks man your channel is my favorite of my subscriptions, your voice and story telling plus your visuals and research are the best I have seen in youtube, that is my opinion.
Definitely the Castlevania video game series were amazing and it's part of my childhood I love all those games especially Castlevania Symphony of the Night that game was just amazing and phenomenal to play.
Seriously though, this game is the apex of the platforming genre. You put together a great story, nice graphics, recognizable icons from the horror movie franchises, one incredible score, and then keep it arcade style where it's a straight line from start to finish and you have the perfect storm that is Castlevania.
I love your videos so much. Keep up the great work!!! You're getting me in the mood for Halloween. Maybe talk about The Haunting on the Genesis? IT's a classic game where you play as a ghost and you have to scare people out of the house. It has amazing graphics, some lovable flaws, and a unique gameplay we have never seen since.
This channel is absolutely perfect, thanks for making the great, detailed content that you do. Btw, that hallway just before the battle with the grim reaper/death in castlevania one... holy shitballs.
I stumbled upon this video on my youtube feed doing a random search on Castlevania. This is a pretty good video. My main gripe about Castlevania is that when I prepare to jump over a pit or water, a Medusa head, small bat, the crow, or the big bat just happens to be in my jump path...every. single. time.
Thanks for this wonderful amazing video, i enjoyed every second of it!! The first 3 nes games were so fantastic to me but super castelvania 4 is my all time favorite, i had goosebumps when i saw it, i remember there was an invisible ladder just before the battle against dracula, i broke my head for an hour trying to find it 😂 oh the good old days...... Thanks again, glad to know you are safe and sound, cheers from Guatemala 🇬🇹 💯 points to this video 💯 👏👏👏👏
That is exactly how I felt when I saw super Castlevania 4 for the first time. The graphics and special effects were amazing not to mention the soundtrack. Thank you for watching, cheers from the USA stay safe
@@ivanscissorhands2008 To be more accurate it's not even part 4, much like the 3rd NES game is not part 3. A more appropriate title for Castlevania 3 is sorta what they called the 3rd Gameboy game, Castlevania Legend, since the original Japanese name is Akumajou Densetsu, or Demon Castle Legend. The first NES game, the MSX2 game, the arcade game, Super IV on SNES, and the X68000 game are all called Akumajou Dracula in Japan. They are all different versions of Simon's first quest. I guess you couldn't canonically put all 5 of these games in the chronology. While Castlevania II is meant to be a sequel to both the first NES game and the MSX2 game, it's also technically a sequel to the other 3 versions too. Castlevania II is the sequel to Castlevania IV.
I remember seeying castlevania for the msx 2, playing in the window of a gameshop in Rotterdam. I only had the msx 1 so i couldnt play it. Later i played lots of castlevania's. Super Castkevania IV on the snes being my favorite. Great history lessons about Castlevania, 🙏thank you. I will watch all parts😁
Amazing video as always, I got the arcade version of Castlevania recently on an arcade collection on PC and most of the others on another Castlevania collection, all still good games. Great stuff Patman.
Funny thing. Castlevania almost had a Saturday Morning Cartoon series. Of course, it had barely anything to do with the games other than having Dracula and other monsters in it. Instead of Simon or any of the Belmonts, it was modern day (80's) teenagers exploring haunted castles. I forget where the concept art can be found, but certainly something I'm glad didn't happen.
Excellent video about one of the greatest video game franchises of all time. The emulated version of Haunted Castle was also previously available on disc for the PS2 only in Japan, named Oretachi Gese Zoku: Akumajo Dracula.
Even though I never played this game (and don't even recall ever having seen it played other than here and maybe some other review) it still brings back some cool memories. Other teens were always talking about it and the game package & comicbook ad art (along with the name and concept) really caught my imagination. The icing on the cake was having the (annoyingly unheroic) hero be a regular every Saturday morning in Captain N, Game Master. Even the castle and "Dracula" (a yellow tuxedoed one?) appeared once. If they'd only done a serious take on this. An Indiana Jones type vs the Universal Monsters on TV or movies (live or cartoon) would've had me glued to it.
The greatest franchise of all time. (just avoid netflix, though). Simon's Quest was an eye opener for me as a kid since every other game I had played before that one you had to start all over without passwords, and if you walked too far the screen would not let you back. I found it really immersive to walk wherever I wanted to and discover secrets. I had the Tiger Electronic wristwatch game of Simon's Quest, and wore it everywhere. It's still on my shelf today.
Sweet I was just wondering today at work , when are we gonna see another PAT Vid!! Heck yeah watching now! Liking and sharing , to help the little channel grow!🖖
What an amazing! I love castlevania and its definitely a great time to bring it back into the light for October. The vids from Japan are awesome and I haven't seen a lot of them before. Great job with the vid and I can't wait until part 2! Happy Halloween 🎃
I love these games so much, I always thought simons quest was the coolest because of the way it would go from daylight to darkness just like that. I honestly think if not for the Castlevania series there would have been no Resident Evil or Silent Hill franchises.
My experience with the Castlevania games was a bit different; I was living in a small, isolated town with not much to do for entertainment when I discovered Simon's Quest. I played through the whole game by trial and error since I rented the game from the local video shop, and there were no instructions to be had. In fact, I rented the NES and CVSQ so much that I could have easily bought my own console and game LOL. Nevertheless, thank you Patman for this interesting and educational look back on these classic games, and I'm looking forward to the next instalment.
LOL, that's hilarious. We didn't have a whole lot of money growing up either and I was lucky to have a NES So I would just rent games and try to beat them in one night before had to take them back :-) a lot of times I did
Castlevania always had stellar music since day one. That was super important back in the 8-bit days though. I think it really helped these games stand out among the top tier games of the time, and I don't think that most people in 2020 really give the importance to an excellent soundtrack that it deserves.
The MSX game was released in Europe under the Vampire Killer name, in Japan it's Akumajou Dracula like the nes title. It's easier than the Nes title but you only have 3 guys to beat it.
If you want to play an arcade port of Castlevania, then I suggest playing Vs Castlevania. Its an arcade port of the OG NES classic with slightly brighter graphics and a higher difficulty of an already hard game. Its on the Nintendo E Shop under Arcade Archives and its worth the buy. Its much better than Haunted Castle.
Haunted Castle was not the only arcade spin-off of the Castlevania series. The original Castlevania was also released in the arcades under Vs. Castlevania as apart of arcade ports of NES classics (this also includes Duck Hunt and Super Mario Bros). The gameplay has slightly updated graphics but still faithful to the NES but is noticeably on a higher difficulty than the already difficult NES game. Other than that, the gameplay is exactly the same. Its available on the Nintendo E shop under Arcade Archives and its worth the purchase. Even if your spending a lot of virtual quarters to beat the game (in which I have not because of how hard it is).
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries I actually played Haunted Castle as apart of the Konami Arcade Classics and I thought it was okay. I like it for its soundtrack, bright 8 arcade graphics for it's time, and it plays like an old school Castlevania game. The controls are a bit stiff but I got use to it. The only things I did not like are some of the enemies cheap shots, some hazards cause unexpected cheap deaths, the fact you only get a single health bar and a limited amount of continues, a bit anti-climatic boss fights, and the damn annoying stupid bats that too small to hit and cause multiple cheap shots. As flawed as it is, I do have a soft spot for it and it's the first Castlevania game I have actually beaten, of course with a shit ton of virtual quarters input it in. I like the game but I wouldn't say I love it.
Castlevania is one of the best franchises. I had the original two games and played the Snes version way back when. Great Nes/Snes games. The best versions being the heavy gothic early versions.
Patman, I hate to have to correct you again, but you have a major error in this video. The X68000 was not "a cd-rom based system." It primarily used 5.25 inch floppy discs. Akumajo Dracula came on floppy discs. Also, the computer used a YM2151 for sound, the same chip commonly found in much of the arcade hardware from the late 80s and early 90s. It also had midi capabilities and you could install games to HDD. Castlevania Chronicles featured both the original chiptunes from the X68000 version as well as an updated arranged soundtrack. Sorry to have to chime in again, I appreciate your videos but once more I also hate seeing wrong information out there forever.
@@khyronbradford I guess it wouldn't be a PatmanQC video if I didn't screw one piece of information up. I tried to be as thorough as possible crap like that happens which really irritates me
Excellent overview. I agree with you that Castlevania 3 is the best of the original NES games. However, with all the many, many 2D and 3D sequels nothing is as good as Symphony of the Night. The GBA games have some fun game play, but Symphony still stands as the pinnacle of the series. It would be amazing if they made another game like that on modern and even last gen hardware.
You can always count on a great zinger or two in these videos. Dude is always peppering his videos with funny as hell lines. It's the best part of this channel in my opinion
Omg! When I woke up and opened TH-cam and saw "The history of Castlevania" and realized it was a Patman video I about lost my mind! My favorite IP covered by my favorite TH-camr? Hell yeahhhhh!!! I'm so excited! Yay!!!
PatmanQC - History of arcade game documentaries loved it!! Can't wait to hear what ya have to say about the 2 last gen games!! Waiting, just not patiently 😂
x68000 is not "cd-based hardware", and the game shipped on a duo of floppies like most games on the platform. Also I feel its a big omission in this video to not discuss the superior japanese soundtrack for Castlevania III on NES. It's some of the best music in the series.
This channel is a hidden gem
Thank you, glad you enjoyed the content
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries , although not an official release, there is now a very impressive port of the NES/FDS version of Castlevania that is called Intellivania that is, as you guessed, a port of the game for, of all systems, the Mattel Intellivison. You might want to check that game out, as well as update this video, to reflect that information.
Dunno if you guys gives a damn but if you guys are bored like me atm then you can watch all the new series on InstaFlixxer. I've been watching with my girlfriend for the last couple of days =)
@Kendrick Reign Yea, I've been watching on InstaFlixxer for years myself :D
@Kendrick Reign Yup, I've been watching on instaflixxer for years myself :)
Awesome video. Castlevania is one of my long time favorite series. Looking forward to part 2.
I have always enjoyed it as well, thank you
Really love this channel. as an older gamer, I'm very grateful for you creating this. Thank you 😁
Glad you like them! Thanks for the nice words
@@toddsleezer3580 , elitist much? Why not just let people be happy to play video games period, regardless of their age or gender?
Always look forward to you every week. Outstanding content, as always
I appreciate that! Thank you for the nice words
Same here great content very entertaining
... Might be "a" dude... But certainly not "the" dude. :)
I'd be curious to play the MSX game.
Why only one upload a week?
I’m so glad that I subscribe to this channel. I love video games and you keep things on the up and up and interesting.
I'm glad you are subscribed as well, thank you :-)
I was re-playing the original Castlevania 1-3 for my NES this past Summer. Just an awesome game that ages well!!!
Absolutely, it's still a lot of fun to play even 30 years later
Thanks for showing castlevania some love. One of the best and can't wait for part 2. Keep up the great work as always and congrats on almost 50k subs!
Thank you very much. I knew it was going to be a massive undertaking which is why I had to split it up into multiple parts. Thanks again
At the time I'm watching he is at 50k subs!
My favorite game series. Thanks Pat!! Looks like I'll have to stop work for this. ❤️
That is very nice of you to say, hope you enjoy it
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries It was great! Thanks again!
I've been looking forward to you doing this one!!! Thanks!!!
Hope you like it! Thank you
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries I always enjoy your videos, great trip down memory lane. Good memories from skipping class in High school to go to the arcade haha
Part 2 is gonna be great! Thanks man.
Thank you for watching :-)
I remember playing castlevania on a tabletop arcade in pizza hut, back when pizza hut was cool and gave out land before time puppets and Alf puppets! I was horrible at castlevania but it's spooky atmosphere kept me coming back to shell out more of my parents quarters lol. There's always been a mystery to that game in my mind mostly because I couldn't even beat the first stage when I was a kid. I recently bought the castlevania collection on ps4 and beat the first stage but then I just saved the game and quit playing for some reason like I didn't wanna progress any further because it felt like I had already beaten more than I'd ever seen as a kid lol. Anyway, I gotta get back to playing it one of these days! I'll stop rambling now and watch the video, this should be good! 👍
I can recall pLaying arcade games at Pizza Hut as well, including grocery stores, gas stations, etc. they were everywhere
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries looking forward to part2!
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries Any chance of a "Black Tiger/Black Dragon" arcade video, one day?
I remember those puppets.... thanks for bringing back those memories...... I now remember going to Pizza Hut and when dining in, the waiter would ask “smoking or no smoking”.... good times
I absolutely love this channel
I wasn't born in time to experience these games at release, but I grew up around them and I enjoy the history lesson
Thank you very much I appreciate that :-)
What a perfect treat for things that go bump in the night! Absolutely love the way you've done this video!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you so much
1:35 "Konami producers were forbidden to include their names in the credits, for fear of other companies stealing them away"
Heaven forbid Konami actually provide a competitive wage to keep their good employees around.
LOL, no kidding
In a country where organised crime involved themselves in video games, I'm not surprised.
Just in time for Halloween, I remember playing this in the arcade on the players choice 10...but mostly on the nes
There was a stand-alone Castlevania cocktail table at Putt Putt back in 1989-90. I thought the NES = arcade, but the arcade version timer counts down to 0 at a much faster rate.
Castlevania 2 had the best soundtrack imo. Bloody Tears is a masterpiece.
It is very good
Best version of bloody tears is in rondo though...
I have to disagree. Best version of Bloody Tears was from Season 2: episode 7 of Castlevania on Netflix.
@@adventuretaco7140 Your opinion, but that's not the original. Imo original NES version is the best.
@@BluntmanEXE That's not even a game....Still, the original is better imo
Intense rivalry in similar output between Konami & Capcom, upping the ante in sheer quality: Ghouls 'n' Ghosts vs Castlevania, Gryzor vs Bionic Commando, Final Fight vs Crime Fighters (being able to plug people with a pistol in essentially a hand to hand beat 'em up was sick fun in the latter) absolute giants!! What a time to be alive...😌
Thanks man, I will not say too much but thanks man your channel is my favorite of my subscriptions, your voice and story telling plus your visuals and research are the best I have seen in youtube, that is my opinion.
I appreciate that! Thank you so much for the kind words. So glad you enjoy all of my content :-)
The gameplay footage of Simon freezing while hitting a flea man in Haunted Castle and Ricther moonwalking were funny.
24:19 seeing Nosferatu frozen in the background is pretty cool.
It is a cool little detail
One of my favorite franchises ever. It's also one of the hardest. Thanks for another great history lesson.
Glad you enjoy it! One of my favorites as well
Definitely the Castlevania video game series were amazing and it's part of my childhood I love all those games especially Castlevania Symphony of the Night that game was just amazing and phenomenal to play.
That is definitely one of the best games in the series
This is now my favorite gaming channel. Thanks, and well done.
Wow, thanks! I really appreciate that
Ps1 symphony of the night ver of this was bloody awesome. Always worth a reply
Definitely one of the best in the series
Awesome vid as always ;)
Thanks again!:-)
Hell yeah great video. Love that you went for Castlevania it gives me a reason to look forward to tomorrow and many tomorrows after that.
That's very nice of you to say, glad you enjoyed it. Thanks
I just played through Simon's quest on my NES classic, and was surprised how much I enjoyed it! Did it all from memory, no cheating walkthroughs.
Seriously though, this game is the apex of the platforming genre. You put together a great story, nice graphics, recognizable icons from the horror movie franchises, one incredible score, and then keep it arcade style where it's a straight line from start to finish and you have the perfect storm that is Castlevania.
It is an absolute classic and one of the best franchises in videogame history in my opinion
I love your videos so much. Keep up the great work!!! You're getting me in the mood for Halloween.
Maybe talk about The Haunting on the Genesis? IT's a classic game where you play as a ghost and you have to scare people out of the house. It has amazing graphics, some lovable flaws, and a unique gameplay we have never seen since.
Great suggestion! I will have to look into it. Thank you for the nice words
This channel is absolutely perfect, thanks for making the great, detailed content that you do. Btw, that hallway just before the battle with the grim reaper/death in castlevania one... holy shitballs.
I stumbled upon this video on my youtube feed doing a random search on Castlevania. This is a pretty good video. My main gripe about Castlevania is that when I prepare to jump over a pit or water, a Medusa head, small bat, the crow, or the big bat just happens to be in my jump path...every. single. time.
Thank you, it can get a little annoying I agree
Always grateful for your uploads. Thank you
My pleasure! Thank you for watching
Amazing Vid Pat! I love this series too! Lookin' forward to watching all parts!
Glad you enjoyed! Thank you
Awesome! I've been waiting for you to get to Castlevania. Can't wait to see part 2.
Hope you enjoyed it!
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries Loved it. One of my favorite franchises. I particularly liked seeing the early non Nintendo games.
I’m so glad you finally covered Castlevania.
It was a massive undertaking and still a work in progress LOL
Thanks for this wonderful amazing video, i enjoyed every second of it!!
The first 3 nes games were so fantastic to me but super castelvania 4 is my all time favorite, i had goosebumps when i saw it, i remember there was an invisible ladder just before the battle against dracula, i broke my head for an hour trying to find it 😂 oh the good old days......
Thanks again, glad to know you are safe and sound, cheers from Guatemala 🇬🇹
💯 points to this video 💯 👏👏👏👏
That is exactly how I felt when I saw super Castlevania 4 for the first time. The graphics and special effects were amazing not to mention the soundtrack. Thank you for watching, cheers from the USA stay safe
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries i read that super castelvania 4 is not part of the official cronology ☹ maybe you can confirm in the next video.
@@ivanscissorhands2008 To be more accurate it's not even part 4, much like the 3rd NES game is not part 3. A more appropriate title for Castlevania 3 is sorta what they called the 3rd Gameboy game, Castlevania Legend, since the original Japanese name is Akumajou Densetsu, or Demon Castle Legend. The first NES game, the MSX2 game, the arcade game, Super IV on SNES, and the X68000 game are all called Akumajou Dracula in Japan. They are all different versions of Simon's first quest. I guess you couldn't canonically put all 5 of these games in the chronology. While Castlevania II is meant to be a sequel to both the first NES game and the MSX2 game, it's also technically a sequel to the other 3 versions too. Castlevania II is the sequel to Castlevania IV.
@@batmetal7284 oh wow, thanks for the information. Anyway super castlevania 4 will always be my favorite 😌
I always enjoy the way you tell the history of games. Really great content.
Glad you enjoy it!Thank you
Very well done. I really enjoyed this. Looking forward to part 2.
Glad you enjoyed it Thank you
This was one of your best Pat! Can't wait for part 2.
Thank you :-)
I remember seeying castlevania for the msx 2, playing in the window of a gameshop in Rotterdam.
I only had the msx 1 so i couldnt play it.
Later i played lots of castlevania's.
Super Castkevania IV on the snes being my favorite.
Great history lessons about Castlevania, 🙏thank you.
I will watch all parts😁
Nice work, always good to know the history of these timeless classics, makes you just love to play them all over again, keep up the great work 👍
Glad you like them! Thank you very much :-)
Excellent video! Can't wait for part 2!
Glad you enjoyed it!Thank you
Amazing video as always, I got the arcade version of Castlevania recently on an arcade collection on PC and most of the others on another Castlevania collection, all still good games. Great stuff Patman.
That's awesome! Glad you enjoyed it
On of my all time favorites! Thanks for the awesome video
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Mine too! Thank you so much
Great stuff as usual. Can't wait to see part II.
Thank you very much
That intro of evil gave me a belly laugh. Thank you Pat. Keep going bubba. I’m proud of you.
LOL, thank you :-)
Fantastic video's with great commentary that sometimes make me and my son laugh a lot. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it , Also glad your son enjoys it as well :-) thank you
Funny thing. Castlevania almost had a Saturday Morning Cartoon series. Of course, it had barely anything to do with the games other than having Dracula and other monsters in it. Instead of Simon or any of the Belmonts, it was modern day (80's) teenagers exploring haunted castles. I forget where the concept art can be found, but certainly something I'm glad didn't happen.
I am impressed that you are actually good at the game. I can't say that for other youtubers.
Well I've been playing the series since 1986 so I've clocked a few hours under my belt :-)
Rondo of blood is one of the main reasons I picked up a turbo-graphics 16 mini. Always loved Castlevania
It was fantastic on their
This was the first game I loved playing when I was a kid. Excellent video!
Thank you so much
The Sharp X68000 doen't uses cd-roms, it had 2 floppy drives. The game itself is less than 3 Mb in 2 floppy disks.
Sorry about that, I could have sworn it was a CD-based system
Have loved the Castlevania series. My son is now discovering the series and loves it.
Fantastic,I love hearing about families bonding over videogames
Great video on a great series.
Glad you enjoy it! Thank you
Excellent video about one of the greatest video game franchises of all time. The emulated version of Haunted Castle was also previously available on disc for the PS2 only in Japan, named Oretachi Gese Zoku: Akumajo Dracula.
Thank you, and thanks for the info
Even though I never played this game (and don't even recall ever having seen it played other than here and maybe some other review) it still brings back some cool memories. Other teens were always talking about it and the game package & comicbook ad art (along with the name and concept) really caught my imagination. The icing on the cake was having the (annoyingly unheroic) hero be a regular every Saturday morning in Captain N, Game Master. Even the castle and "Dracula" (a yellow tuxedoed one?) appeared once. If they'd only done a serious take on this. An Indiana Jones type vs the Universal Monsters on TV or movies (live or cartoon) would've had me glued to it.
The greatest franchise of all time. (just avoid netflix, though). Simon's Quest was an eye opener for me as a kid since every other game I had played before that one you had to start all over without passwords, and if you walked too far the screen would not let you back. I found it really immersive to walk wherever I wanted to and discover secrets. I had the Tiger Electronic wristwatch game of Simon's Quest, and wore it everywhere. It's still on my shelf today.
I realize it's not everyone's cup o' tea but I absolutely love Castlevania II Simon's Quest!!! Awesome video~
I enjoyed it is not as much as the previous one
Great history once again. Thank you. I have my garlic ready for part 2 of Castlevania History by Patman QC!
Coming right up, would've been up sooner but I've been under the weather the last Few days
Thanks! Sorry to hear that. Great voice for the history of games! Glad you're feeling better from the sound of it.
Sweet I was just wondering today at work , when are we gonna see another PAT Vid!! Heck yeah watching now! Liking and sharing , to help the little channel grow!🖖
Thank you so kindly, anything that will help my channel grow :-) Hope you enjoy it
What an amazing! I love castlevania and its definitely a great time to bring it back into the light for October. The vids from Japan are awesome and I haven't seen a lot of them before. Great job with the vid and I can't wait until part 2!
Happy Halloween 🎃
Glad you enjoy it! Thank you very much and happy Halloween
I do enjoy your content! Keep up the good work pal!
Thanks a ton!
I love these games so much, I always thought simons quest was the coolest because of the way it would go from daylight to darkness just like that. I honestly think if not for the Castlevania series there would have been no Resident Evil or Silent Hill franchises.
It was a very cool effect for sure
My experience with the Castlevania games was a bit different; I was living in a small, isolated town with not much to do for entertainment when I discovered Simon's Quest.
I played through the whole game by trial and error since I rented the game from the local video shop, and there were no instructions to be had.
In fact, I rented the NES and CVSQ so much that I could have easily bought my own console and game LOL.
Nevertheless, thank you Patman for this interesting and educational look back on these classic games, and I'm looking forward to the next instalment.
LOL, that's hilarious. We didn't have a whole lot of money growing up either and I was lucky to have a NES So I would just rent games and try to beat them in one night before had to take them back :-) a lot of times I did
Excellent video as always !
Thank you! Cheers!
Friday nights in the 80's. Pizza, Nintendo, Sega Genesis, and scary movies. I wish I had a time machine.
So do I :-)
Loving the thumbnail ! Great vid
I'm glad you like it Thank you
Castlevania always had stellar music since day one. That was super important back in the 8-bit days though. I think it really helped these games stand out among the top tier games of the time, and I don't think that most people in 2020 really give the importance to an excellent soundtrack that it deserves.
I agree, like I said in the video it helped create the perfect atmosphere
Great channel! Greetings from México city
Hey, thanks! Greetings from the USA :-) thank you
I totally agree about the music in these games. It really is phenomenal.
It really is a big part of the experience
I love castlevania so much, I want you to review more. Also can you do a review on the timeline of Castlevania.
Super Mario Bros. + Legend of Zelda + Metroid + Universal Monsters + Indiana Jones = Castlevania!
-what's not to love?
LOL
Another great video castlevania is a classic game
Thank you :-)
Awesome video, loved it!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you very much
The MSX game was released in Europe under the Vampire Killer name, in Japan it's Akumajou Dracula like the nes title. It's easier than the Nes title but you only have 3 guys to beat it.
Great video thank you for this! I loved Castlevania, probably my favorite of the first 3 would be Simon’s Quest. Played the heck out of that game!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you
Another Fantastic Video!!!
Glad you enjoyed it!Thank you
I hated Haunted Castle. The gameplay is so stiff, and Simon walks like he's crapped himself.
He really does look like he packing a pair of underwear full, don't he?! 😂
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If you want to play an arcade port of Castlevania, then I suggest playing Vs Castlevania. Its an arcade port of the OG NES classic with slightly brighter graphics and a higher difficulty of an already hard game. Its on the Nintendo E Shop under Arcade Archives and its worth the buy. Its much better than Haunted Castle.
@@elmono6299 This is true. Vs Castlevania was my first exposure to the game too.
Seems like Konami did missed up their already big IP real bad!
PatmanQC that was an awsome photo of Simon holding Draculas head I see no problem with that at all its pretty creative if you ask me lol!
It didn't bother me either but I was 17 when I saw it. Now if my eight or nine-year-old would've seen that I would've had a problem with it LOL
This was awesome. Great job.
Thank you very much!
Whip it good! :D
I came very close to putting a small snippet of the song in the video but didn't want to risk a copyright strike. Glad you got the reference :-)
Haunted Castle was not the only arcade spin-off of the Castlevania series. The original Castlevania was also released in the arcades under Vs. Castlevania as apart of arcade ports of NES classics (this also includes Duck Hunt and Super Mario Bros). The gameplay has slightly updated graphics but still faithful to the NES but is noticeably on a higher difficulty than the already difficult NES game. Other than that, the gameplay is exactly the same. Its available on the Nintendo E shop under Arcade Archives and its worth the purchase. Even if your spending a lot of virtual quarters to beat the game (in which I have not because of how hard it is).
It was essentially the same as the NES version which is why I ddid not include it
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries I actually played Haunted Castle as apart of the Konami Arcade Classics and I thought it was okay. I like it for its soundtrack, bright 8 arcade graphics for it's time, and it plays like an old school Castlevania game. The controls are a bit stiff but I got use to it. The only things I did not like are some of the enemies cheap shots, some hazards cause unexpected cheap deaths, the fact you only get a single health bar and a limited amount of continues, a bit anti-climatic boss fights, and the damn annoying stupid bats that too small to hit and cause multiple cheap shots. As flawed as it is, I do have a soft spot for it and it's the first Castlevania game I have actually beaten, of course with a shit ton of virtual quarters input it in. I like the game but I wouldn't say I love it.
awesome video as always
Thanks again!
Another great video. Thank you sir
Glad you enjoyed it, Thank you
Glad you included vampire killer for msx. That game is often overlooked.
It's really good
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries I know we used to own it. But I could not make it far into the game I remember it to be very difficult.
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Awesome, thank you!
Castlevania is one of the best franchises. I had the original two games and played the Snes version way back when. Great Nes/Snes games. The best versions being the heavy gothic early versions.
Couldn't agree more!
Patman, I hate to have to correct you again, but you have a major error in this video. The X68000 was not "a cd-rom based system." It primarily used 5.25 inch floppy discs.
Akumajo Dracula came on floppy discs. Also, the computer used a YM2151 for sound, the same chip commonly found in much of the arcade hardware from the late 80s and early 90s.
It also had midi capabilities and you could install games to HDD.
Castlevania Chronicles featured both the original chiptunes from the X68000 version as well as an updated arranged soundtrack.
Sorry to have to chime in again, I appreciate your videos but once more I also hate seeing wrong information out there forever.
Sorry for that, thanks for the correction
Neeeerd lol
This guy must be really funny at parties.
@@khyronbradford I guess it wouldn't be a PatmanQC video if I didn't screw one piece of information up. I tried to be as thorough as possible crap like that happens which really irritates me
Excellent overview. I agree with you that Castlevania 3 is the best of the original NES games. However, with all the many, many 2D and 3D sequels nothing is as good as Symphony of the Night. The GBA games have some fun game play, but Symphony still stands as the pinnacle of the series. It would be amazing if they made another game like that on modern and even last gen hardware.
Thank you. I will get to the Game Boy advance versions in the later videos :-)
Your the best bud! Love it
Thank you :-)
0:04 starting off with a great belly laugh. Thank you.
Thank you :-)
You can always count on a great zinger or two in these videos. Dude is always peppering his videos with funny as hell lines. It's the best part of this channel in my opinion
@@ddw1272 That's nice of you to say :-)
Omg! When I woke up and opened TH-cam and saw "The history of Castlevania" and realized it was a Patman video I about lost my mind! My favorite IP covered by my favorite TH-camr? Hell yeahhhhh!!! I'm so excited! Yay!!!
Hope you enjoyed it! Thank you
PatmanQC - History of arcade game documentaries loved it!! Can't wait to hear what ya have to say about the 2 last gen games!! Waiting, just not patiently 😂
Akumajō Dracula X: Rondo of Blood is my favorite Castlevania game. And Symphony of the Night followed by Chronicles.
I think that is my proper order as well
Castlevania also got an awesome anime series on Netflix, which is based on the third NES game.
Great for the Halloween season!
Absolutely :-)
I got the first castlevania game on the game boy advance and it's a classic nes game. 😀👍🎮🧛♂️
It absolutely is a classic franchise :-)
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries yes it is. 😀👍🎮🧛♂️
Excellent video! Love the Castlevania franchise!! By the way is there a first name we may address you by?
x68000 is not "cd-based hardware", and the game shipped on a duo of floppies like most games on the platform. Also I feel its a big omission in this video to not discuss the superior japanese soundtrack for Castlevania III on NES. It's some of the best music in the series.
Thanks for the correction
11:30 As a kid, in 1988, I LOVED the cover, it did not 'disturb me' one bit.
It didn't bother me either but if I had a five or six-year-old that had seen it that may have
I saw, and played, castlevania: rondo of blood. And the soundtrack is fantastic. And the Netflix series based on that was, shall I say it, “monster”!
Yes it is really good