Castlevania NES Secrets and History | Generation Gap Gaming

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Castlevania NES Secrets and History | Generation Gap Gaming - The original Castlevania. One of the most iconic titles from the NES era that resonates deeply with nearly any retro gamer you meet and it’s easy to see why. The incredible box art, a cinematic movie reel title screen and an opening sequence with our hero Simon Belmont standing firmly at the gate of the castle with its towers and the moon looming in the background. Then you hear the timeless opening track Vampire Killer as you advance through the courtyard and you are hooked. You can hear the music in your head right now can’t you. #Castlevania #NES #GenerationGapGaming
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@GenerationGapGaming 4 жыл бұрын

Can anyone guess where I filmed the footage at 3:30 of the Castlevania cartridge and castle door?

@PixelGameSquad 4 жыл бұрын

I can 😘 But I won't give it away

@tamaking86 4 жыл бұрын

Avgn?

@luismatus6743 4 жыл бұрын

Whitby abbey?

@darksideblues135 4 жыл бұрын

GenerationGapGaming the NES doesn’t have a save feature? That doesn’t make sense. The game opted for no password. Probably due to the fact that the famicom version allowed game saves. So it’s easier to strip a function out then to add a function in. There are many games that have save features and passwords on the NES.

@spidermcgavenport8767 4 жыл бұрын

The original Castlevania was my absolute favorite arcade game. I spent so many quarters on the arcade version I just had to have it in the nes. vs. Castlevania but Player's Choice 10 Castlevania would be my all time most memorable.

@jrvbamafan1 4 жыл бұрын

Literally beaten this game multiple times as a kid, and never knew about all the places to kneel for free treasure. I always look forward to your videos. Keep up the good work

@GenerationGapGaming 4 жыл бұрын

Glad you learned a few things. thanks for your continued support man. Have a good day.

@masterrserch3971 4 жыл бұрын

I think Simon's Quest is pretty underrated. The music is dope too

@GenerationGapGaming 4 жыл бұрын

Hey dude! Great to hear from you! The music is amazing in Simon's Quest. I would like to cover that game one day too

@masterrserch3971 4 жыл бұрын

@@GenerationGapGaming thanks man... yeah that game gets unnecessarily bashed, i guess cuz its so different from the 1st one. U def cant complete it though without the game guide or whatever.... kneeling for 5 seconds with the orb at the wall?? Or to GET the orb or whatever it is??? Lol come on, too hard, developers! I think i actually called the NES HOTLINE for that one...

@acidreighn 4 жыл бұрын

I think the biggest issue with Simon's Quest was the bad translation. For the type of game it was, being able to read the correct dialog was pretty much essential. And they sorta borked it. That's why the only way people in the west ever finished that game was via a guide or a buddy telling them what to do. (like kneel for 5 seconds to summon the tornado) But it's a classic imo Also, Bloody Tears = best Castlevania song ever!

@solearesoul 4 жыл бұрын

I know people hate on it, but Simon’s Quest is my favorite Castlevania. A few years back I played Castlevania 2; Redacted, that replaced of of the unhelpful clues with real ones, and fixed some of the other problems, and it was awesome. Highly recommend checking it out.

@larrybiggets6702 4 жыл бұрын

Agreed, that's my favorite one between 1, and 3 from NES.

@tamaking86 3 жыл бұрын

man...a huge worldly "thank you" to those 2 ladies that gave this game the most unforgettable music score ever bestowed upon the 8-bit console.

@SquidProQuo80 3 жыл бұрын

The both of them are absolute queens! I don't think they realize how much of an impact they have had on kids that grew up obsessed with their work. They shaped my interest in history and my tastes in music... I'm forever indebted to them.

@johnnihil1689 4 жыл бұрын

Man I love this game series. Never get tired of 1, 3 and 4.

@NESComplex 4 жыл бұрын

What a masterpiece... both the game and your in depth review! Very cool dude

@megadan2988 4 жыл бұрын

NESComplex u did a great job chris, hope all is well with u buddy

@GenerationGapGaming 4 жыл бұрын

Dude your contribution to the intro was amazing! Really set the tone for the video. Thanks for taking part!

@greglemieux9809 4 жыл бұрын

Complex is the Best.😎

@marvinmobley6294 4 жыл бұрын

I like how they improved navigating up and down stairs on Castlevania 4

@robertwrase6026 3 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite games ever. Love the difficult challenge. The atmosphere and music is just so damn good too. The original 3 Castlevania games are so great in their own rights.

@venomhemi3914 4 жыл бұрын

I played this 1st time in 1988, I still play, its still 1 of my all time favorites.

@igodreamer7096 4 жыл бұрын

"Holy Water is too OP, please nerf" - Bosses

@GoodVibeCollecting 4 жыл бұрын

One major tip is that you can actually walk through Dracula's legs during his second form without taking damage. This is useful if you get cornered. Not sure how many people know that.

@GenerationGapGaming 4 жыл бұрын

woah! i didn't know that. Thanks!!!

@hijous 3 жыл бұрын

Low tier trolling right here. Lol

@riffraff4967 2 жыл бұрын

True to a degree - i "think" you avtually have to wait for him to do a high jump as he nears the edge of the screen, then you can safely go under....been so long....man i loved this game

@GoodVibeCollecting 2 жыл бұрын

@@riffraff4967 I'm almost positive you can walk through him if you use holy water.

@ArcNeoMasato 3 жыл бұрын

Not gonna lie, it made me smile to see that Simon figurine at the start of the video. That guy was actually the first "adult collectable figurine" I got in my collection.

@MKVarana 4 жыл бұрын

I'm surprised the "re-imagined" section didn't mention Harmony of Despair remixing the entire game as a single level.

@jeremyabbott4537 4 жыл бұрын

I remember everyone trying to skip the entire level by getting to the elevator and try to glitch up to the top lol

@tsunderecat413 3 жыл бұрын

or how chronicles is itself a port of the sharp pc version of castlevania

@hualni 4 жыл бұрын

You know the poem: "In Sixteen Hundred and Ninety One, Dracula fought, and Belmont won".

@P1983sche 4 жыл бұрын

That moment when you’re on your lunch break and GenerationGapGaming gives you the perfect entertainment to complement it. 16:14 Mullet boy on the far right in the inventory table! I just noticed it!

@GenerationGapGaming 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah dude! Hope you had a good lunch with the video. You found mullet boy too! Nice.

@P1983sche 4 жыл бұрын

GenerationGapGaming This was your best video to date. Nice work, this look like it took even more effort.

@BigGnome 2 жыл бұрын

That opening narration was some quality stuff. Took me a second to realize that it wasn't just an excerpt from the Netflix series or something

@imkerrusin 4 жыл бұрын

Another easter egg for the original Castlevania: if you do the Street Fighter Special (Down, Down-Forward, Forward and B) Simon will shoot a fireball from his whip.

@RussLyman 4 жыл бұрын

Omg yes. Great episode. That intro with Complex was perfect. Loved all the props too, glad to be able to make that custom controller for you as well

@TimDavis77 4 жыл бұрын

Do you have a site to order those controllers?

@GenerationGapGaming 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Russ! Your controller is amazing!

@neckbonejones1097 4 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite games, from one of my favorite series, by one of my favorite KZfaqrs, on my birthday?!?!?! Man I gotta go but lottery tickets!!

@GenerationGapGaming 4 жыл бұрын

Happy birthday dude!

@neckbonejones1097 4 жыл бұрын

@@GenerationGapGaming Thank you sir!! A new G3 video is the perfect gift, thanks for thinking of me!! ;)

@NativeAmericanBF 4 жыл бұрын

Happy birthday!

@neckbonejones1097 4 жыл бұрын

j s thanks!!

@49erfanaticfromnm30 4 жыл бұрын

@@neckbonejones1097 Wow, happy birthday! Mine was exactly 2 weeks ago. Octoberites unite!

@jaredt2590 4 жыл бұрын

Simon's Quest was the first one I ever played. I played this one in the 90s and was a natural making it to Frankenstein's Creature and Igor with no effort. It took some work but over the years I beat the Creature, Death and finally Dracula. This is a fun one for me to go back and buzz through from time to time. I need to upload some video footage again. I'm really good at this game. I've beaten death with just the whip without getting hit by his pscythes.

@desther7975 3 жыл бұрын

Beating this game, Dracula's Curse and Super Castlevania IV were absolute achievements that brought me great joy as a kid. I favored the "boomerang" and used it all the way through.

@greatgoen2125 4 жыл бұрын

I have 2 copies. An early version that has a manufacturing defect that makes Simon walk in the air across screen and a later version that fixed it. Looks like the capacitors were too close to the chips and then they fixed it with later sold copies. I never saw a recall. Noticed this on a few of the first versions of other games where the capacitors were too close to the chips and caused overheating.

@GenerationGapGaming 4 жыл бұрын

wow that is so cool. I would love to see some footage of that.

@noside.foxhound 4 жыл бұрын

20:31 in all my years of playing Castlevania and being "sure" to reveal all the hidden treasures, I didn't know about this one! fantastic!

@darksideblues135 4 жыл бұрын

Noside Foxhound he missed one. There is a money bag in the clock tower after the pork chop location. You have to stand on the gears for a period of time to the right in the screen after the screen with the pork chop.

@noside.foxhound 4 жыл бұрын

@@darksideblues135 Oh! I missed that one too! I guess? can't quite remember in all honesty.

@darksideblues135 4 жыл бұрын

Noside Foxhound I rarely got it as a kid. Not really worth it.

@donkeykongisytpooping3002 4 жыл бұрын

Noside Foxhound That profile pic? Are you Foxhound?

@GenerationGapGaming 4 жыл бұрын

Sweet! Glad you learned something new man. I'm sure you could teach me some things too.

@failwell7050 3 жыл бұрын

That Abraham Lincoln Curtain part got me so hard.. xD "He was a vampire hunter at least..."

@dante04srt 3 жыл бұрын

I got this game as a Christmas gift in 1988 along with my NES, Cobra Triangle and SMB2. I have never gotten past the 2 mummies. I may have to give this another shot after all these years.

@michellewolyniec6159 4 жыл бұрын

The soundtrack is my favorite part of the game...way to go, ladies ❤❤❤

@GenerationGapGaming 4 жыл бұрын

They really did a phenomenal job!

@TheKonamiMan 4 жыл бұрын

At the end of stage 11 just keep walking to the door when you get to the Skele-dragon and you can skip fighting it all together

@alanpiper3711 7 ай бұрын

Yes!! This was the golden age of gaming for me when I was a kid in the mid 1980s.

@Oskanderstine 3 ай бұрын

This is the best Castlevania nostalgia video ever made. Thank you, Tyler.

@hiway7 4 жыл бұрын

A masterpiece. Possibly the best game ever made.

@michellewolyniec6159 4 жыл бұрын

Castlevania 3 is pretty darn good as well. I wish we got the upgraded soundtrack of the Famicom Disk System. It is rockin

@pferreira1983 4 жыл бұрын

Not by a long shot.

@GenerationGapGaming 4 жыл бұрын

It is definitely one of the top NES games for sure. Thanks for commenting.

@JLuv81 4 жыл бұрын

That was fantastic Tyler!! Such an awesome presentation. Loved every bit of it and loved how you showed yours and Dan's techniques. You definitely made me want to go back and try to finally beat this. Great job buddy!🙂👏👏👏👏

@megadan2988 4 жыл бұрын

JLuv81 ty jen much ❤️❤️❤️

@GenerationGapGaming 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah JLuv thanks so much! I know you can beat this game for sure. Thanks for the slap lol. Means a lot that you enjoyed this video.

@marvinmobley6294 4 жыл бұрын

They did such an awesome job on the Netflix series hope they keep it going

@19Szabolcs91 8 ай бұрын

Great game, good video, but there's always more. On stage 4, you can avoid the first skele-dragon by just walking straight under it, and you'll reach the door before it can hit you. Similarly, on stage 3 I find it easier to walk forward towards the platforms with the hunchbacks on, and turn back when they jump down. They will always do the jump with the bigger and slower arc, making it easier to hit them. And on stage 6, if you don't have the stopwatch and are overwhelmed, it's better to stand on the stairs to take a hit, because you don't get knocked down if you are on the stairs. This strategy becomes incredibly valuable in Castlevania 3, of course. Hilariously, despite having beaten this game dozens of time, I never knew there was a 1-up in the game. It's insane that there's only a single one, and it's so cryptic to get. Makes you wonder what is even the point.

@brettsix2027 4 жыл бұрын

When I was in Jr. High, me and my friends were at the height of our passion for NES. We all had our favorite games, but the one series we were all nuts about was Castlevania. In a discussion on how far we made it in this game I made the mistake of calling Stage 13 The Courtyard, to much ridicule. I didn’t have this game, so I only got to play it when I found it to rent at the video store.

@HunterPBrown 4 жыл бұрын

I still blow my friends minds playing this game since I can actually finish it.

@darksideblues135 4 жыл бұрын

Hunter P Brown did you know? After stage 99 the game stops counting the stages and it continues over and over. And there is a maximum of guys you can get by points. I believe it’s 32 guys. Maybe 36. Somewhere around there. So if you try to get more after that score is reached, you can’t get anymore guys even if you got 50,000.

@HunterPBrown 4 жыл бұрын

@@darksideblues135 I'd usually stop the second playthrough since nothing else really changes.

@darksideblues135 4 жыл бұрын

Hunter P Brown actually it does change. The damage you take goes up. Eventually you lose half life from a hit.

@HunterPBrown 4 жыл бұрын

@@darksideblues135... I think I got a Halloween LP I can do later this month. Now I'm curious.

@darksideblues135 4 жыл бұрын

Hunter P Brown go fire bomb when you can. After castle six, the game straight up starts cheating with the grim reaper. It’s seems that boss is the only one that changes the AI as the castles go by. Have fun with it. I might do it again to to see how many castles I can clear in one continue, maxing our extra guys allowed of course.

@darksideblues135 4 жыл бұрын

A few things missed. Just before you encounter the first raven in the third level, after you’ve climbed out of the first screen, if you jump off that platform instead of dropping, a ghost will attack you. In the final level, when you finally get to the point of being attacked by the eagles and the hunchbacks, when climb down into the second screen just before you climb up and get ready to exit that area to the stairs that lead to Dracula’s chambers, if you go left and stand on a gear for a short period of time, while being attacked by eagles and hunchbacks, you’ll get a money bag that will appear on the landing you where on when you entered the screen.

@megadan2988 4 жыл бұрын

DarkSide Blues good stuff man, awesome to see ppls responses on more hidden stuff lol

@GenerationGapGaming 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tips dude. I did know about the money bag in the final level but i left it out since the video was running a bit long. I should have put it in there lol.

@darksideblues135 4 жыл бұрын

GenerationGapGaming another thing I didn’t see which I liked doing is this. If you let the game run the demo twice all the way through, and you press start at the title screen, something unusual will happen. It changes the mood of the game for the first level.

@mikeengland80 3 жыл бұрын

40 years old and I finally just played castlevania for the 1st time. Could not believe how hard it got. Thanks for this great video to help!!

@GenerationGapGaming 3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome Mike. Glad it was helpful. Happy holidays

@PixelGameSquad 4 жыл бұрын

Bro.....waiting to watch this tonight. Been waiting on this one 🙌

@P1983sche 4 жыл бұрын

Pixel Game Squad This was his best as of yet. IMO.

@GenerationGapGaming 4 жыл бұрын

You the man Riff! Hope you enjoyed it dude.

@GenerationGapGaming 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks NES 83!!!

@luismatus6743 4 жыл бұрын

Best episode ever! Thanks so much. I know i write this every time but... You shoud do an episode on Astyanax :D

@GenerationGapGaming 4 жыл бұрын

Sweet dude! Glad you really liked this video. Lots of work put into it lol. I do want to cover Astyanax one day.

@lucag.lisickza425 3 жыл бұрын

i love so much playing astyanax

@worken360 4 жыл бұрын

Sorry I didn't finish the video you made me want to go play.

@GenerationGapGaming 4 жыл бұрын

Lol no worries dude.

@captainmofongo584 3 жыл бұрын

I was around 11 when Castlevania dropped in 86 and it was one of those games that made me a gaming fan. Would love to see this IP get the Next Gen treatment with all the bells and whistles.

@kevinmiller39 4 жыл бұрын

I called the holy water “the potion” for years....

@megadan2988 4 жыл бұрын

I had a blast being in this 1 with u man. U ever want a hand again id be more than happy. Much love dude. Btw im thinking of a name change. Mulletdan29 ? 😂😂😂😂🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️

@Therockerrick 4 жыл бұрын

Megadan sounds awesome bro leave it

@GenerationGapGaming 4 жыл бұрын

Enjoyed your expertise in this one my friend. Will definitely have you back on here.

@gjtrue 4 жыл бұрын

I'm happy you mentioned Christopher Belmont. He never gets the attention he deserves despite being canon. He was the first to killed Dracula twice before Simon later would. He also wasn't included in the *Greatest Five* attack in Portrait of Ruin. Should be the Greatest Six! 😭

@tiredsentinel1724 4 жыл бұрын

I’m 40 years old and still learning new stuff about this game. How great is that?

@inujosha 4 жыл бұрын

Is it just me or is it fun to hear "any nes" spoken fast.

@robski461616 4 жыл бұрын

10:53 I think invisibility potion is correct. In Simon's world, he's invisible to the enemies when he gets the potion. He flashes only for the player's benefit.

@NefariousWes 4 жыл бұрын

Exactly.

@GenerationGapGaming 4 жыл бұрын

Well put. That makes sense actually. Thanks man.

@armand4116 4 жыл бұрын

Almost 30 minutes about one one my favorite games of all time ? My weekend is complete.

@renevinet5770 4 жыл бұрын

I relive my childhood every say thanks to Castlevania Anniversary Collection. It is so awesome to watch my sons playmy childhood favorite. They love it as much as I do.

@jonbourgoin182 4 жыл бұрын

Damn I was hoping you’d do a Nightmare on Elm Street NES video but this is still good

@aroundthefur1210 4 жыл бұрын

I loved that game! I still remember the game genie code for it for unlimited lives. SUELSUVS lmfao, the stuff that sticks in our heads.

@evildeadmitch 4 жыл бұрын

I Love Castlevania.

@GenerationGapGaming 4 жыл бұрын

I do want to cover that one day for sure dude! I really do. Glad you enjoyed the video Jon!

@KorotasGeckoGamingCorner 4 жыл бұрын

"Arguably the best music released on any NES game" Games composed by Tim Follin: Am I a joke to you?

@tartuffethesprywonderdog5883 4 жыл бұрын

Look up the word 'arguably'.

@joesmith201212 4 жыл бұрын

Til this day I can not even begin to comprehend how the music was so mind blowing great with the 8 bit system

@TruthTheBarberArtist 4 жыл бұрын

Best KZfaq channel ever🔥🔥🔥

@GenerationGapGaming 4 жыл бұрын

Dude you are way too kind, but it really means a lot to me that you said that! 👊💪🙏

@TruthTheBarberArtist 4 жыл бұрын

GenerationGapGaming Of course brotha, keep doing what you do man it’s awesome!!

@chrisbonde7488 4 жыл бұрын

Agree 100%

@arcticdon2454 4 жыл бұрын

16:15 mullet boy !!!

@GenerationGapGaming 4 жыл бұрын

You found him first dude!

@hoosierflatty6435 4 жыл бұрын

web.archive.org/web/20021009004752/members.aol.com/ndarudy/mullet.html

@megadan2988 4 жыл бұрын

ur a badass william

@joeywall4657 3 жыл бұрын

The music alone tells so much of the story. This is one of the brightest gems of my gaming history.

@Aguyfrom225 3 жыл бұрын

I played this game a lot but haven't played it in a year or so. This video makes me want to play it again

@skylerishmael9159 4 жыл бұрын

Mullet Boy at 16:15

@GenerationGapGaming 4 жыл бұрын

You found him too and it was a close second place finish so I will give you a shout out next video too!

@hoosierflatty6435 4 жыл бұрын

web.archive.org/web/20021009004752/members.aol.com/ndarudy/mullet.html

@WarlockX4 4 жыл бұрын

16:14 Mullet boy! He's the axe subweapon!

@GamingAintEasy 4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video! All of these secrets and history videos are top notch! It makes me want to leave work right now and go play Castlevania. The intro with NES Complex was awesome! I believe MegaDan is not actually a human with how good he is at NES games (he must be a robot).

@megadan2988 4 жыл бұрын

Gaming Ain't Easy lmao ty austin!!!

@GenerationGapGaming 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Austin! Really glad you enjoyed it. NES Complex and MegaDan are awesome and really helped bring this video up about 10 notches.

@trentcc08 4 жыл бұрын

Man you brought back so many memories with this game! The many hours I put into that! That is definitely a all time classic! Keep up the great work!

@no_one_from_nowhere 4 жыл бұрын

I’m so glad you mentioned frank frazetta! I’ve been waiting for someone else to notice that!

@EvaFull 4 жыл бұрын

Got to love when you go through your feed and find a new Halloween special when your in the mood for something like that. Can’t wait to learn the secrets & tips.

@The_NES_Chronicles 4 жыл бұрын

If you like Castlevania and retro gaming, check out the NES Chronicles here: m.kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ipemp9uX3tyydWQ.html

@asadadon 3 жыл бұрын

That music makes you feel like a hero.

@jsnug42 4 жыл бұрын

I'd love to see a video done about the history of Faxanadu, a game which no one seems to talk about at all.

@TBelly 4 жыл бұрын

My most anticipated video this season. Great job GGG. Loved it. MegaDan was whipping tail in his gameplay.

@megadan2988 4 жыл бұрын

TBelly ty tbizzle!!!

@GenerationGapGaming 4 жыл бұрын

Tbelly is in the building!!!! Thanks so much for taking time to comment dude. I better be seeing from Sega CD content from you soon lol.

@eversosleight Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the help especially on Draculas final form! I was stuck on him until applying your strategy 😃👍

@robertworkman1419 4 жыл бұрын

I'm 43 and just unboxed my original NES. It's time to try and beat this gem.

@jasonsauriol2606 4 жыл бұрын

I only have castlevania 3 on hard copy but this got me to begin playing through the game on the nes classic. I feel like I’ve missed so many years of great games by ignoring this series. Great video!

@NipseyEternal99 4 жыл бұрын

First game I ever played with multiple ending!! 👍 Great job on the video, I can't believe I missed this when it was uploaded

@raggeragnar 4 жыл бұрын

Wow !! I’ve been playing this game since it came out , but here was a whole bunch of things I didn’t know about. Thx 4 upload.

@StrongStyleNinja 4 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite NES Games. Thanks for the memories

@acidreighn 4 жыл бұрын

The "Fire Bomb/Holy Water" killed me. (i was spazzing until you finally said Holy Water) great video guys

@DjCeez 4 жыл бұрын

Dude me too. That's holy water forever til the end of time.

@mskiara18 3 жыл бұрын

I express my thanks for the videos you share sir, I enjoy learning the trivia of some of the games I have played and wanted to but did not get the chance.

@dirge341 2 жыл бұрын

Fun facts, you can skip the underground section of stage 1 by damage boosting off the bat. You can also one shot the big bat, medusa(holy water), and the mummies (boomerang.) Bonus!! There IS IN FACT a hidden 1up in this game. As far as anyone knows, it's the only one.

@marvelousmaker 2 жыл бұрын

I remember finishing the game with dry red eyes and seeing the credits roll feeling like I ran a marathon and seeing the sprites of the characters when I blinked.

@chrisgleis2821 4 жыл бұрын

Great.Thus brings back memories of playing and watching with my buddies at like 9 years old.Man I miss those times.

@GenerationGapGaming 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Chris. Those memories are special man. Now we are just getting old lol.

@thedrunkmonkshow 4 жыл бұрын

Although I've been playing this game for nearly 30 years now I was shocked at how many other hidden treasures there are in the game that I didn't know about. Intuitively I know to test my whip out on blocks to discover the pork chops but the ones where you stand for a moment, or kneel for a moment, or walk against a wall for a moment is why I never found those. The only time I kneel is during combat and with the timer combined with the difficulty I rarely stand still anywhere for too long. Thanks for this wonderful and comprehensive video! :D

@WalkingRoscoe 3 жыл бұрын

This was put together very well. Really enjoyable to watch and remember the game. Talking to my son about games that I played, well before he was born, is fun.

@cvbabc 3 жыл бұрын

This is one of the BEST video game videos I've ever seen! It's kinda funny to hear a Southern drawl explaining Castlevania, but it reminds me of my own childhood playing it when it was a new game!!! One of my best memories was spending a weekend completing it with my best friend.

@GenerationGapGaming 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Clint!

@itslouiemoo8018 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome retro review, i just recently bought one of those 3 in one systems that plays NES, SNES and Genesis games and the first NES game i bought was Castlevania. Definitely ine of the greats.

@elvistwatty 3 жыл бұрын

Just a wonderful game and wonderful memories. Soundtrack is great. Only ever got to Dracula

@bryanmuster5662 4 жыл бұрын

Love this game! Always been my fave. Still play it to this day. Awesome video!

@johnathanlett4094 4 жыл бұрын

Never beat this game in my life but gave it many runs. Awesome video and can't wait for your next one. Keep it up!

@robertanderson2898 2 жыл бұрын

Wow I didn't know about that 1-Up in the Grim Reaper level, and I had the game soon after it was released...... cool. THANK YOU.

@xMasterSparku 4 жыл бұрын

I think what helps your videos a lot is that you cover the games pretty extensively, history, manuals, and then your own knowledge on how to handle it. Can make some veterans learn something new be it history or exploits and it makes it so much easier for someone new to get a refresher and then try to follow the guide and learn from there when they start playing. I would have loved this channel growing up haha, I hope this manages to get some younger fellas to try the games you cover.

@GenerationGapGaming 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I really appreciate that feedback. I try to make the videos valuable for anyone watching and hoping people could sit down together as a family and have fun

@soterioncoil2163 4 жыл бұрын

Great video! I've been playing this game since it first came out and I've beaten it countless times. I never knew about that one up or several of the secret triggered treasures! I didn't know about defeating the Mummy Men or the Grim Reaper with the holy water. I'll definitely want to make note of these things for future playthroughs!

@IllmatikRebelTV 4 жыл бұрын

I remember playing castlevania for the first time way back in 1987. Before that, I was heavily in to Super Mario Bros and other fun colorful games. It was definitely darker and spooky. And VERY DIFFICULT. But definitely worth my time

@williamfajardo6152 4 жыл бұрын

This is your best video so far! Great intro and meticulous enjoyable coverage of this incredible game !

@GenerationGapGaming 4 жыл бұрын

William it really means a lot for me to read your comment. Glad you appreciate the detail in the video. I try my best to give you a presentation worth your time.

@SpearAndMagicHelmetYT 3 жыл бұрын

Just dropping a note of appreciation for these reviews. I love them - thanks for sharing this content with everyone!

@GenerationGapGaming 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. I appreciate you taking time to tell me that you enjoy the videos. It means a lot to me 🙏

@BeerBourbonandGames 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing video. I've never been able to beat this game but with all these tips I want to try again. Keep up the amazing work. Mega Dan is insane and Chris did amazing on that intro. Good work everyone.

@chrisbonde7488 4 жыл бұрын

LOVE your channel, I'm 40, so I grew up on all these games. Great nostalgia.

@moandaindesigns 4 жыл бұрын

Great video. I may try to beat this one with all the help you gave in this video.

@Lord_Muggs 3 жыл бұрын

I do love me some Castlevania 3, which makes watching the Netflix series all the sweeter.

@BIZARBIES 4 жыл бұрын

I adored this game as a kid. Played the mess outta it, very frustrating at first, but once you play it a couple hundred times it gets a little less frustrating! I remember beating it the first time... glorious day! We had a rotation of games, and were very blessed to have what we had growing up. Cherished memories.

@Dragonramenplays 4 жыл бұрын

Bro this is an amazing video thank you so much for posting it I’ve always had a problem with this game and you just made me wanting to go through it again and again and again keep doing what you do and bro it’s the Lords work

@schnarfschnarf5886 4 жыл бұрын

Less than 5 minutes in and I've already learned two tidbits! Nice

@wildbillstatone 4 жыл бұрын

That controller is boss! Thanks for the video and the play through. The first Castlevania is my favorite NES game, and it’s always good to see others enjoying it and encouraging others to do likewise! Thank you!

@GenerationGapGaming 4 жыл бұрын

Russ did an amazing job on the controller.

@arcticdon2454 4 жыл бұрын

This is such a great video. You did such a wonderful job with this. I am very impressed with the detail and the quality of this one mate. This game and series is one of my three favorites ever. I never get tired of playing this series. Countless play throughs and still learning much about it. Man I love watching this channel grow and can’t wait for more. Happy Halloween to you and yours mate. Cheers!!

@GenerationGapGaming 4 жыл бұрын

Happy Halloween to you too William. Loved this comment. Really made me feel good reading. Thanks my friend!