This game had such great music. Tracks: 0:00 - "Monster Dance" 3:00 - "Dwelling of Doom" 6:00 - "Within These Castle Walls" 9:00 - "Last Boss" 12:00 - "Game Over" 12:06: - "Message of Darkness" 15:06: - "A Requiem" 16:38: - "The Silence of Daylight" 19:38: - "Bloody Tears"
Iconic game. Iconic NES trilogy. Wow, I’m 43 but still play Castlevania I, II, and III. I love all three. Simon’s Quest took some risks with the open game format but it paid off. I remember the greatest enjoyment for me was the journey, not so much the beating the game. Flame whip was awesome! Great memories!
Kneeling with a blue orb to summon a tornado was something I heard about during lunch at school in the early 90s. I thought my friend was messing with me. But there it was. Blew my mind.
The Message of Darkness plays before you start the game. The screen is very dark also. It always creeped me out a little. But in the best way. Love this game.
Can't get enough of these tunes, I go through these randomly every few months to get my fix. This was one of my fav nes games from my early teen years. Thanks for putting this up here.
I have had "Blooby Tears" as my ringtone for YEARS. Got the tune from VGMUSIC back in the day and had it on a specific usb stick that I still have. Even during the switch to Mp3 ringtones and everyone having their favorite song playing. My Sidekick was blasting chiptunes. I remember the day I got a "Smartphone" and it wouldn't play midi for a ringtone. I busted out the NES, connected it to my PC with an old af capture card and recorded an mp3 of the tune just to still run it on my phone. It is still my ringtone to this day. From my Sprint flip phone (My first color screen and ability to hook it up to my pc) to my current Galaxy S23. I don't know how long that is, but I remember taking a whole day to make that mp3. I still use the same usb stick. I have many OST's from many rereleases now days, but always use the ripped sound I made. Some of the releases are off, but my original rip from NES has a sound that still gives me goosebumps when I get a call. Sometimes I am too busy enjoying the tune to answer in time.
I love "Bloody Tears". It's a great song on one of the best video game soundtracks of all time, but...I actually prefer the daytime town theme, "The Silence of Daylight". My brain will always associate that music with my 1st experience with a Castlevania game. I remember watching my friend play it and the music really stood out. He had rented it and brought it over to my house...I had never played Castlevania 1, so I didn't know what the game was about. We both sat there playing, trying to figure out what to do and where to go. To this day Simon's Quest is my favorite game in the CV series, and I don't care what the AVGN or anyone else says, it's a goddamn good game! P.S. Every Friday this October I will be reviewing a different Castlevania game. The review for Simon's Quest will be this Friday, 10/9.
Unlike u i did start off from the very 1st one, however till this day the track that always clings to me is this exact one u mention, so it truly shows how a catchy masterpiece it is esp back then at its time! I'll give ur review a shot if i get the time. ofc bloody tear is unquentionable and the wannabeish new bloodstained comes no where near it, makes it even sad to know all those backers exist now while none did back in the days.
@@DefinitelyReagan it's weird...I rarely pay attention to a video game's soundtrack while I play modern games, unless it's a Zelda or Mario game or something like that, but those old chip tunes were catchy and memorable. They had to do a whole lot more with a whole lot less, and the creativity really shines through.
@@Tom_Van_Zandt Nail on the head frankly - they had to do more with less. Tunes then had to carry an entire vibe with them, support the atmosphere in lieu of actual ambient sounds, and the experiences were better off for them frankly.
You'd actually be hearing either Bloody Tears (Day Theme) or Monster Dance (Night Theme) as you get the Fire Whip, not The Silence of Daylight (Town Theme).
@NO PATS JIM Me *playing normally* *game pauses* |_________________| | "It's a terrible | | night to have | | a curse" | | ________________| *Screen fades* *I end up landing on a zombie in town and dying*
This game had quite a different atmosphere than the other two. It was darker, creepier, and depressing. You could tell the towns people lived in a very dangerous world. The areas were fun to explore. I think there's a few tricks (a secret jump in the cemetery that gets you to beat the game quicker), as well as a dead end called Denis Marsh, where the strongest enemies are. It served no purpose, had an invisible stairway to get you back to the other side.. interestingly, it's "behind" the first mansion you encounter according to the paper map. There's a few remakes of the game. If someone were to insert a secret passage that leads you back to the first mansion, it would be an epic troll move on the player, who would then have to travel all the way back to castlevania's bridge.
I don't think you can finish the game with just that cemetery jump. It's a glitch, you're not supposed to be able to make that jump. Pretty sure you would still have to do the tornado or lake kneel parts to finish it.
@@Foxentails I recall getting stuck at some point, and some expert gamer at school told me I had to go all the way to the left and kneel by some wall, I think with a specific item in hand. No internet to figure that stuff out back then!
My favorite one of the series Listening to this takes me back to my childhood days I'd play this game for hours when I would stay up all night on Fridays and Saturdays I accidentally figured out the kneeling at the cliff before I seen it later in a Nintendo Power Magazine Awesome music for it's soundtrack "What a Horrible Night to have a Curse"
I don't think people fully grasp the impact this soundtrack had. Kenichi Matsubara only worked on 2 games for Castlevania in the late 80s, early 90s, and he is credited as the original author of "Bloody Tears", one of the series' most well known tracks to date. I was born in '87, so this was one of the first games I played as a toddler, as I had a brother 10 years older than me who had this in his arsenal. Happy to say I still have that same copy and play it from time to time. It's a great game, and many consider it to be the first open world RPG complete with NPC dialogue. It wouldn't be nearly as good without Kenichi Matsubara's contribution. Apparently he's still alive, but lives in a secluded village somewhere in Japan, far west of Kyoto, I can't find any info on it.
I remember was little being in the video store seeing this on the shelf i love the art work I told my father I want this game I never beat the game I was stuck on one part in the game
Idk man there are some parts of this game that are just absolutely perplexing aha. With the game guides and stuff you can figure it out but as a kid I had no fucking idea what I was supposed to do for so many parts
@@samlibutti I would always watch my dad play this and I always wondered how the fuck you would ever figure some of it out on your own. Like crouching down with a specific item in your hand will open a staircase or crouching at a dead-end would have a tornado teleport you to the other side. He said they had game genie at the time to help lol
Jesus…. I just time traveled to 1988 back into to my old house !!! What a trip!…. I played the living puss outta this game! I loved the ost ! Sounds like Stryker or Trojan!… 🤙🏼😎
While I have mixed feelings for this game in general, I really love its soundtrack. It has a lot of great compositions, including the iconic "Bloody Tears", which would be used in every other installment of the series beyond this game.
Wah ha... I rented this game from blockbuster like 5 times before finally going to the crazy nerdy guys house knocking on his door and reading all his Nintendo power till I finally solved the tornado... After that it wasn't tough
Funny how no matter remixes come out, the originals are still the best. Though I'll give a shoutout to CVIII's rendition of Bloody Tears with the extra chip
avgn is satire, admitting it was a good game and that his show was simply for gags. the game is actually a great game for those who know how to play it :P
Debatable. AVGN is good because his humor comes from how he's good at showing (throught his use of cinematography) the Realistic pain and experiences of Bad games (LJN, DickTracy, PlumbersDon'tWearTies), and dumb gaming products (Weird NES accesorios, bad consoles). He's not much older than me, so i've been throught similar gaming experiences as him as a child, so Trust Me, i should know his videos are not parody exxageration 👑
I'd rate the mansions easier than say a Zelda dungeon. A lot less cryptic. However the game has it's share of what I call CUBS (cheap, unfair bullshit) like standing right in the middle of a wide platform and still getting knocked off.
This game had such great music.
Tracks:
0:00 - "Monster Dance"
3:00 - "Dwelling of Doom"
6:00 - "Within These Castle Walls"
9:00 - "Last Boss"
12:00 - "Game Over"
12:06: - "Message of Darkness"
15:06: - "A Requiem"
16:38: - "The Silence of Daylight"
19:38: - "Bloody Tears"
my favorite one is "Monster Dance", the one heard when night falls. (WHAT A HORRIBLE NIGHT TO HAVE A CURSE).
@@matthewrivera5923 That's a good one. Mine is probably that, Bloody Tears or Dwelling of Doom.
@@matthewrivera5923 My favorite on Simon's Quest is Monster Dance, too :)
of all the Castlevania games I've played, I think this one has the best music!
@@torgover-l1n The Silence of Daylight is great too
Iconic game. Iconic NES trilogy. Wow, I’m 43 but still play Castlevania I, II, and III. I love all three. Simon’s Quest took some risks with the open game format but it paid off. I remember the greatest enjoyment for me was the journey, not so much the beating the game. Flame whip was awesome! Great memories!
Kneeling with a blue orb to summon a tornado was something I heard about during lunch at school in the early 90s. I thought my friend was messing with me. But there it was. Blew my mind.
UA-cam stop asking if I'm still watching. I'm not dead. I'm in the zone
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What's with this comment?
I LOVE THIS COMMENT Lmao! Always how i feel.
Just listening to this is putting me right back in about 3rd grade. Loved having fun and being scared at the same time. Still do and I am almost 40.
Awesome, man me too. I turned 40 4 months ago. This music used to scare me playing at 12 at night in a silent dark house. Memories
The Message of Darkness plays before you start the game. The screen is very dark also. It always creeped me out a little. But in the best way. Love this game.
I can still remember the first time experiencing the darkness in this game. Gives me chills down my spine!
Same here, bro
One of my ALL TIME favorite games just the excitement of what will happen next! And searching for all the different parts of Dracula.
i really enjoyed this game and it still holds a special place in my soul. The music is iconic.
💯💯💯
who else used to pretend to be sick so you could stay home from school and play castlevania while your parents were at work?
Brings me right back to being 12 years old and looking at my Nintendo Power magazine to get through the game
NES Atlas for me
my favorite soundtrack. I loved this game.
Can't get enough of these tunes, I go through these randomly every few months to get my fix. This was one of my fav nes games from my early teen years. Thanks for putting this up here.
Was seven when i played this game and the soundtrack still haunts me
I have had "Blooby Tears" as my ringtone for YEARS.
Got the tune from VGMUSIC back in the day and had it on a specific usb stick that I still have.
Even during the switch to Mp3 ringtones and everyone having their favorite song playing. My Sidekick was blasting chiptunes.
I remember the day I got a "Smartphone" and it wouldn't play midi for a ringtone.
I busted out the NES, connected it to my PC with an old af capture card and recorded an mp3 of the tune just to still run it on my phone.
It is still my ringtone to this day. From my Sprint flip phone (My first color screen and ability to hook it up to my pc) to my current Galaxy S23.
I don't know how long that is, but I remember taking a whole day to make that mp3. I still use the same usb stick.
I have many OST's from many rereleases now days, but always use the ripped sound I made. Some of the releases are off, but my original rip from NES has a sound that still gives me goosebumps when I get a call. Sometimes I am too busy enjoying the tune to answer in time.
lol blooby tears
I love "Bloody Tears". It's a great song on one of the best video game soundtracks of all time, but...I actually prefer the daytime town theme, "The Silence of Daylight". My brain will always associate that music with my 1st experience with a Castlevania game. I remember watching my friend play it and the music really stood out. He had rented it and brought it over to my house...I had never played Castlevania 1, so I didn't know what the game was about. We both sat there playing, trying to figure out what to do and where to go. To this day Simon's Quest is my favorite game in the CV series, and I don't care what the AVGN or anyone else says, it's a goddamn good game!
P.S. Every Friday this October I will be reviewing a different Castlevania game. The review for Simon's Quest will be this Friday, 10/9.
Unlike u i did start off from the very 1st one, however till this day the track that always clings to me is this exact one u mention, so it truly shows how a catchy masterpiece it is esp back then at its time! I'll give ur review a shot if i get the time. ofc bloody tear is unquentionable and the wannabeish new bloodstained comes no where near it, makes it even sad to know all those backers exist now while none did back in the days.
It got way too much hate. I always enjoyed Simon's Quest too.
Fully agree that "The Silence of Daylight" is a criminally underrated track, dude.
@@DefinitelyReagan it's weird...I rarely pay attention to a video game's soundtrack while I play modern games, unless it's a Zelda or Mario game or something like that, but those old chip tunes were catchy and memorable. They had to do a whole lot more with a whole lot less, and the creativity really shines through.
@@Tom_Van_Zandt Nail on the head frankly - they had to do more with less. Tunes then had to carry an entire vibe with them, support the atmosphere in lieu of actual ambient sounds, and the experiences were better off for them frankly.
Loved this game! All these old games and their soundtracks automatically put a smile on my face. I'm a teenager again!
Best nes music of life
19:38 - Bloody Tears
You're welcome ;)
thanks
Came here for that :D
Exactly!
it sounds too fast I turn it to x0.90
I just...need to here damage sound effects though and the occasional "bwip" from taking damage.
"Message of Darkness." Damn, what incredible music for a video game! All of the music in this series was iconic.
No feeling in the world like hearing this song 16:38 as you got the fire whip. ❤️
You'd actually be hearing either Bloody Tears (Day Theme) or Monster Dance (Night Theme) as you get the Fire Whip, not The Silence of Daylight (Town Theme).
Invest in laurels ?
Cant hear thr opening without thinking of the Nerd
I believe that's acceptable.
fuck farts
This game sucks
same though
@NO PATS JIM
Me *playing normally*
*game pauses*
|_________________|
| "It's a terrible |
| night to have |
| a curse" |
| ________________|
*Screen fades*
*I end up landing on a zombie in town and dying*
This game had quite a different atmosphere than the other two. It was darker, creepier, and depressing. You could tell the towns people lived in a very dangerous world. The areas were fun to explore. I think there's a few tricks (a secret jump in the cemetery that gets you to beat the game quicker), as well as a dead end called Denis Marsh, where the strongest enemies are. It served no purpose, had an invisible stairway to get you back to the other side.. interestingly, it's "behind" the first mansion you encounter according to the paper map. There's a few remakes of the game. If someone were to insert a secret passage that leads you back to the first mansion, it would be an epic troll move on the player, who would then have to travel all the way back to castlevania's bridge.
I don't think you can finish the game with just that cemetery jump. It's a glitch, you're not supposed to be able to make that jump. Pretty sure you would still have to do the tornado or lake kneel parts to finish it.
@@Foxentails I recall getting stuck at some point, and some expert gamer at school told me I had to go all the way to the left and kneel by some wall, I think with a specific item in hand. No internet to figure that stuff out back then!
19:38 Netflix Castlevanis series uses this track in season 2, 2nd to the last episode, when Trevor, Alucard and Sypha raid Dracula's castle.
all those characters you mentioned are in the next Castlevania game for NES after this one, Dracula's Curse.
that scene will always be one of my favorites of all time for that reason
My favorite one of the series
Listening to this takes me back to my childhood days
I'd play this game for hours when I would stay up all night on Fridays and Saturdays
I accidentally figured out the kneeling at the cliff before I seen it later in a Nintendo Power Magazine
Awesome music for it's soundtrack
"What a Horrible Night to have a Curse"
I call 🧢 on figuring out the tornado yourself.
Great soundtrack, great version.
the kick sounds amazing!
I don't think people fully grasp the impact this soundtrack had. Kenichi Matsubara only worked on 2 games for Castlevania in the late 80s, early 90s, and he is credited as the original author of "Bloody Tears", one of the series' most well known tracks to date.
I was born in '87, so this was one of the first games I played as a toddler, as I had a brother 10 years older than me who had this in his arsenal. Happy to say I still have that same copy and play it from time to time. It's a great game, and many consider it to be the first open world RPG complete with NPC dialogue. It wouldn't be nearly as good without Kenichi Matsubara's contribution. Apparently he's still alive, but lives in a secluded village somewhere in Japan, far west of Kyoto, I can't find any info on it.
Absolutely love this game and it’s music
Will always love this soundtrack of Castlevania. Not this game just the soundtrack only can just listen to it and takes me back:)
The order in which these tracks are aligned is superb
This brings back alot of memeories I remember going to Shopko with my grandma and picking this game out and spending hours playing it
RIP Shopco 😐
The soundtrack for this game is pretty damn Metal if you ask me \m/
One of the top video games for “at that time” that’s existed. Literally.
3:00 Dwelling of Doom is the sickest Castlevania track EVER
16:37 you're welcome
This was the track in my head that brought me here.
yep yep..
Haha, how did you know??
That's the one! Thank you, sir.
Ty Bardy not as good as bloody tears tho
Haven't heard this since I was maybe 5 or 6. Wild. Brings me back to my friends super creepy and cozy basement. Watching Star Trek, drinking Kool aid.
Hands Down, the BEST NES music ever!! Metroid and mega Man 2 follow it.
Ninja Gaiden probably comes in 2nd for me.
@@drewn5271 not a bad choice,
Actual Wizards to come up with beats like this with the limits they had.
12:06 came on a lot on Captain N when Simon Belmont would show
I remember was little being in the video store seeing this on the shelf i love the art work I told my father I want this game I never beat the game I was stuck on one part in the game
You should pick it up on an emulator or something and give it a go.
I was stuck at a spot for a long time till i figured out the blue crystal by the lake was.
So proud to still have this game cartridge in my collection 😁
My favorite game of the series
I never prossessed that game, but it was awesome
The absolute most best OST of the NES era and overall gaming history
And yes i know that you are also there Castlev 3 Dracula's curse
💙
Arguably the best rendition of bloody tears in the series.
Best song in the series that was not composed by Michiru Yamane
3:00
Thank You !!
I'm 13 but I like old games and this one is the best of Castlevania.
This and Legend of Zelda always had the best music....LONG LIVE THE BELMONT CLAN!
I love Monster Dance.
same here brother
19:44
YESSSS
THIS
THIS IS THE ONE
I TRIED LOOKING THRU THE ENTIRE FIRST SOUNDTRACK TO FIND IT AHAHA
This soundtrack is a banger!
I'm actually listening to this while playing Dark Souls Remastered 😅
I just found the whip in Blighttown too 😅
Message of Darkness, A Requiem and The Silence of Daylight are great IMO. Never played the game.
The Silence of Daylight is the Greatest Castlevania song ever!!!!! Change my mind 🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Proof you don't need anything fancy to make great music
fuck, the nostalgia is unreal
What a horrible night to have a curse.
The easiest game of the Castlevania-series, but the best in itself of its gameplay. And great background musics.
Idk man there are some parts of this game that are just absolutely perplexing aha. With the game guides and stuff you can figure it out but as a kid I had no fucking idea what I was supposed to do for so many parts
@@samlibutti I would always watch my dad play this and I always wondered how the fuck you would ever figure some of it out on your own. Like crouching down with a specific item in your hand will open a staircase or crouching at a dead-end would have a tornado teleport you to the other side. He said they had game genie at the time to help lol
Jesus…. I just time traveled to 1988 back into to my old house !!! What a trip!…. I played the living puss outta this game! I loved the ost ! Sounds like Stryker or Trojan!… 🤙🏼😎
Frickin awesome soundtrack and game!
12:06 Message of darkness 💯🤘🏾
All day👍🏽
While I have mixed feelings for this game in general, I really love its soundtrack. It has a lot of great compositions, including the iconic "Bloody Tears", which would be used in every other installment of the series beyond this game.
This might be the most hated Castlevania game, but it definitely has the best music in my opinion!
I gave up on the game and mostly just played the "sound test" personally.
Wah ha... I rented this game from blockbuster like 5 times before finally going to the crazy nerdy guys house knocking on his door and reading all his Nintendo power till I finally solved the tornado... After that it wasn't tough
I can't be the only one who walks around listening to this pretending to be Simon
BARKERVILLE
This and Dragon Warrior are easily the best ost for nes out there
Bloody tears is great
I still love listening to this. I liked the music more than the game.
Thank you GameOST 💯🎮🎵
Тишина дневного света просто шедевр
нет шедевр єто Bloody Tears
@@ДенисСергеев-щ3о нет
I love this game & music
Great 👍music 🎶
Funny how no matter remixes come out, the originals are still the best. Though I'll give a shoutout to CVIII's rendition of Bloody Tears with the extra chip
NES has the best soundtracks utilizing only limited resources
ВЕЛИКОЛЕПНО
19:38
Oh, but the knights take NINE hits. NINE FUCKIN HITS.
Good soundtrack; could've used a few more songs because 95% of the time you will be listening to day or night theme.
The password screen and music used to creep me out.
Love this tune
A band should play this at a show.
prog rock at its finest
rock fusion actually, which is less eclectic and has more form, but those genres are close.
Take this: 19:37
try slowing this down about 10% (so it's at 90%) , sounds better
The father of SOTN.
If ever there was a game that needed a full reboot. Too much for the NES to handle
You came for 19:38
no.
Yeah
I actually didn't, but Bloody Tears is an indisputable classic.
I actually came for 0:00
I actually came for message of darkness, but ended up liking other tracks more
the password theme song is super erie
Who used the NES Atlas to get through this? ✋
Good night
Well the loops are too longs but pretty high quality :)
Epic
I think this game is downright awful but the music is the complete opposite of that. 10/10 soundtrack, absolutely bangs
@@anotherland2462 don’t be cringe
When i ran Curse of Strahd in Dungeons and Dragons, i had a duck running around a graveyard with a bag in its beak to give the players.
avgn is satire, admitting it was a good game and that his show was simply for gags. the game is actually a great game for those who know how to play it :P
Debatable. AVGN is good because his humor comes from how he's good at showing (throught his use of cinematography) the Realistic pain and experiences of Bad games (LJN, DickTracy, PlumbersDon'tWearTies), and dumb gaming products (Weird NES accesorios, bad consoles). He's not much older than me, so i've been throught similar gaming experiences as him as a child, so Trust Me, i should know his videos are not parody exxageration 👑
Great game
I'd rate the mansions easier than say a Zelda dungeon. A lot less cryptic. However the game has it's share of what I call CUBS (cheap, unfair bullshit) like standing right in the middle of a wide platform and still getting knocked off.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🌙💙🐺
one of the worst games ever get's one of the best soundtracks ever
I actually dont mind the game. Its not as good as 1 or 3 but still enjoyable
For Castlevania NES trilogy, yes, it's the worst.
What a stupid order for the tracks!
This order would make more sense:
"The Silence of Daylight"
"Bloody Tears"
"Monster Dance"
"Dwelling of Doom"
"Within These Castle Walls"
"Last Boss"
"A Requiem"
"Game Over"
"Message of Darkness"
The original import version is better
Didn't really like this game - at least not as much as the original