Given when this game was made, these bosses are wildly innovative and creative - the concept of the different cards in the Death fight was one of the coolest of the entire series
Kinda unique that the boss fights/locations were based on the major arcana (Magician, Tower, Wheel, and Death.... technically leaving Dracula as Devil arcana).
@@garretmangio9756 Just now stumbled back onto this video and saw this comment - that's a great catch on that detail! Never even thought about how they related to the arcana cards.
As a 2000s kid, I absolutely loved this game. My uncle gave me a sega genesis and it would be a friday night, lights turned off. I turn on the genesis and the title screens pops up, bright and red. It was scary
Dude, same! I had watched my cousin play the first Castlevania for NES, but the very first one of the series that *_I_* played was this one. BOY, did it leave me wanting for more! (though I was also scared, because the atmosphere and blood in this game were like a horror movie to me as a kid)
When I was a kid, this was my first Castlevania. I deftly remember sucking horribly and being absolutely careless with my jumps. To me, it didn’t matter if it was on an emulator (in my case, the Gens emulator), or on actual hardware, just as long as I got to experience it firsthand, because I never owned an actual Sega Genesis until years later.
Love that the first boss uses a similar song from the first ever game just before you fight the last boss Dracula, makes you think you’re about to beat him until you go to his coffin that’s open and realise it’s a trap
That Zeus face boss right before the Moth Queen fight used to be a plague to defeat. And those skeleton gargoyles in the Leaning Tower of Pisa stage were troublesome.
No joke, I think it was the best boss theme out of the game. I like the main boss theme as well, but it actually feels less intimidating and nerve wrecking then the mini boss theme. The final boss theme is a joke, though. It almost sounds like it belongs to a different, more silly game. (well, heck, Dracula's very final form in this game is silly instead of intimidating/badass)
A game store had this one as playable. That first boss really made a scene. Honestly a really good game. Didn't have the branched paths and characters like CV3 but its a really fun game with a badass soundtrack
Dude, this game has some of the most creative bosses in the whole series, the only other I can think of on par with these boss designs is symphony of the night.
Bloodlines had this interesting contest of fan-designed monsters. Several creative ones like Silhouette Demon mid-boss(which was originally submitted as a stage hazard concept) are one of those.
How many subweapons are there in the game? (Planning on attempting on making a cosplay/run in Dark Souls as a Belmont from Castlevania, so this would sort of be crucial information to me... )
Hmm... well, I know what I can subsitute for the holy water, which is the spell Dragon's Breath, which has a similar animation... I dunno about the boomerang, but I know they also had throwing knives in some of the older games, and I can use a battle axe for the axe...
This game isn't even made by Treasure but has such a Gunstar Heroes vibe to it, lol, also it's composed by Michiru Yamane as well, now i know why i love the soundtrack so much
>Sees Bone Serpent/Dragon Wow, he used to be a boss? ...and not even a particularly threatening one either. I would say 'How the mighty have fallen', but I can't even say that since it's no more threatening than the non-boss version in future games.
***** No no. Actually not. Let me quote from the wikipedia article of the YM2612: "However, its sixth channel can act as a surrogate PCM channel by means of the 'DAC Enable' register, allowing the chip to play 8-bit PCM sound samples. This replaces (disables) FM output for that channel. PCM data is written to the channel via an 8-bit register."
This certainly appears to be a combination of Castlevania, Contra, and Dynamite Headdy so there you go. And all the bosses are bouncy because they're made of balls.
Well; the armors injured noises sound so cartoony that no one could take this game seriously. And it seems the death noise for half of the bosses sound like someone rocking on an electronic drum set too much.
Yeah, not the best Dracula, and the golem had a bit of a "my body is stone hamburger patties" thing going on, I loved this one for the gameplay though.
The Castlevania I laughed at back in the day when I was a Nintendo fanboy, it didn't look like one in screenshots in EGM. Then my cousin asked me to beat a stage for him in this one, Tower of Pisa (did it in 1 try too), my opinion changed entirely. I bought a Genesis 2-3 years later, Contra Hard Corp, and this freaking game, I was hooked. It felt like Castlevania after all, just on a console I recently had given no chance to. Wish I had gotten his copy, his was clamshell case, mine's cardboard box, it and Hard Corp were Majesco reprints, Toys R Us had them in 1998 for 10 bucks a pop, both games have long exploded in price now though. Come to think of it, I didn't laugh at the Contra screenshots as much, it looked like Contra. Castlevania's I own: NES trilogy PC pack with the trilogy and the first 2 NES Contras CV 4 CV Drac X SNES CV Bloodlines the Gameboy trilogy Circle of the Moon GBA Lament of Innocence Symphony of the Night Castlevania Chronicles Drac X Chronicles PSP Rondo of Blood Wii VC and the spinoff Kid Dracula on FC Yes Psycho Mantis, I do indeed like Castlevania, thanks for telling me all those years ago.
Gear Steamer is possibly the most non threatening of the bosses I've ever seen in any of the videos of the games you've played. So far at least. It seemed far more whimsical than dangerous.
Nice video shadowserg! Also a tip for anyone who hasn't watched the video yet, If you like your ears don't watch the first boss lol..... but for real though
My favorite 16 bits Castlevania i love that game so much. It was my first castlevania too. Objectively Rondo of Blood is better but the SNES episodes aren't. The Best castlevania game to hit the western audiences in the 16 bits era. Period
OH wow same with me. BLoodlines is my fav and was my first castlevania game I ever played. For me I personally feel that lament of innocence was the best game, as far as I have played. I havent played most of them though
Death was a real jerk here.. Instead of the scythess he made you redo every boss before him. But I think it's a good sub final boss tactic. Something different from the other games. Did a good job trying something different
Hang on guys .. kids today like my ten year old get super excited about the latest castlevania season on Netflix, and as a good dad I download and play those old Konami games with him and he loves them all , and that’s the beauty of it , today’s ten year olds don’t understand the one upmanship of which system from 30 years ago was better. Cv3 kids today like , bloodlines ditto and cv4 they think is good. Because they are timeless games
This is hands down the most difficult game in the series for me, even Castlevania 1 give you a good amount of breathing room and just tells you what will kill you.
After watching a boss run of Rondo of Blood earlier today as of watching this one, I am kinda disappointed with Dracula's final form. It just looks a little bit skinny while in Rondo of Blood, he's a hulk of a monster!
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When I played this as a kid, the bosses scared the shit out of me. I even shut the game off one time.
HAHAHHA thanks, you've made my day 😂
Which boss
Even the title screen theme, lol
me too fuking bat . knight. centaurus.skeletons
@@pipolonidas134 don't forget the Hellhound.
Given when this game was made, these bosses are wildly innovative and creative - the concept of the different cards in the Death fight was one of the coolest of the entire series
Kinda unique that the boss fights/locations were based on the major arcana (Magician, Tower, Wheel, and Death.... technically leaving Dracula as Devil arcana).
@@garretmangio9756 Just now stumbled back onto this video and saw this comment - that's a great catch on that detail! Never even thought about how they related to the arcana cards.
The card within that battle that has you fight on a rotating tower was also really neat
So, basically, get the axe.
It's hilarious how easily you can bully dracula with the axe, honestly
The Hellhound is one of my favorite boss, despite the terrifying howl, that shattered the window glass.
The spinning effect on the bat boss looks great.
I haven't even gotten to that boss yet
Wow. Unique sound effects for each boss, crazy creativity...these might be the best set of 16 bit bosses I've ever seen.
Contra Hard Corps: am I joke to You?
Alien Soldier: did someone mention me?
@@Nparalelo Alien Soldier deserves a lot of love
@@SquerolBoss Well both are from Konami, so we can say that 16-bit Konami was overflowing with creativity
Shinobi 3?
Pretty cool that Bloodlines shows it's subweapons as single instead of dual candles. The spear dude was absolutely badass too.
@MecherWulf Indeed. Such maneuverability. Would be awesome to have him in a metroidvania with his own equipment and abilities.
As a 2000s kid, I absolutely loved this game. My uncle gave me a sega genesis and it would be a friday night, lights turned off. I turn on the genesis and the title screens pops up, bright and red. It was scary
I forgot how pretty Sega Genesis graphics were.
Yes but the sound and tne miusic was terrible
And I forgot how fucking horrible the sound was ...it pierces my ears with headphones hahaha
Yes super castlevania 4 was a Master piece
Ah, Nintenkids on Sega videos, it never gets old.
@Tayebz Tayebz :3 its ok but super castlevania 4 its in another level
First Castlevania i played in the series, and still a personal favorite. Love the soundtrack!!!!
Dude, same! I had watched my cousin play the first Castlevania for NES, but the very first one of the series that *_I_* played was this one. BOY, did it leave me wanting for more! (though I was also scared, because the atmosphere and blood in this game were like a horror movie to me as a kid)
When I was a kid, this was my first Castlevania. I deftly remember sucking horribly and being absolutely careless with my jumps. To me, it didn’t matter if it was on an emulator (in my case, the Gens emulator), or on actual hardware, just as long as I got to experience it firsthand, because I never owned an actual Sega Genesis until years later.
God. So true.
Same.
@@diegordi1394 At 6:04 What kind of a thing is that please?
@@isaacmontecillo7948 An amalgamation of gears with a ball in the middle. Or a gear golem for short.
Love that the first boss uses a similar song from the first ever game just before you fight the last boss Dracula, makes you think you’re about to beat him until you go to his coffin that’s open and realise it’s a trap
That Zeus face boss right before the Moth Queen fight used to be a plague to defeat. And those skeleton gargoyles in the Leaning Tower of Pisa stage were troublesome.
Always liked the sub boss theme a lot
It sounds so sinister
And unsetling.
The final boss theme is very nail biting.
No joke, I think it was the best boss theme out of the game. I like the main boss theme as well, but it actually feels less intimidating and nerve wrecking then the mini boss theme.
The final boss theme is a joke, though. It almost sounds like it belongs to a different, more silly game. (well, heck, Dracula's very final form in this game is silly instead of intimidating/badass)
Me to
It's honestly one of the best in the series I believe, and I've heard all the soundtracks and over a decade of remixes.
5:57 Yeah that's a Sega Genesis boss.
the devs must've been really proud of that gear dude
he just stunts on you the whole time
The gear dude is epic. It's a fun fight. And you're right. He has all kinds of moves.
"Show me your moves!"
A game store had this one as playable. That first boss really made a scene. Honestly a really good game. Didn't have the branched paths and characters like CV3 but its a really fun game with a badass soundtrack
This game had the most unique boss designs by far. And the game was so lengthy and engrossing
17:12 Hey! It's Ganon's teleport sound from a link to the past!
Its also Hypno's cry from pokemon😂
I'll always love how this game just sounds.
Dude, this game has some of the most creative bosses in the whole series, the only other I can think of on par with these boss designs is symphony of the night.
Bloodlines had this interesting contest of fan-designed monsters. Several creative ones like Silhouette Demon mid-boss(which was originally submitted as a stage hazard concept) are one of those.
Damn , John Morrison was Strong despite not being a Belmont .
Love the screaming sounds when the gear steamer is defeated so satisfying at 7:06
Wow, you _really_ like the axe subweapon
dryzalizer because it is effective against most of the bosses.
How many subweapons are there in the game? (Planning on attempting on making a cosplay/run in Dark Souls as a Belmont from Castlevania, so this would sort of be crucial information to me... )
Holy Water, Boomerang and Axe.
Hmm... well, I know what I can subsitute for the holy water, which is the spell Dragon's Breath, which has a similar animation... I dunno about the boomerang, but I know they also had throwing knives in some of the older games, and I can use a battle axe for the axe...
darksouls.wikidot.com/white-dragon-breath
Here's the spell descriotion
This game isn't even made by Treasure but has such a Gunstar Heroes vibe to it, lol, also it's composed by Michiru Yamane as well, now i know why i love the soundtrack so much
Really hilarious how you had John stomp on Bartley's remains repeatedly! Talk about salt!
The werewolf looks SO AWESOME!! And his HOWL!!
Hellhound, not werewolf.
Soma Cruz my ears hurt
Werewolf was the scariest for me, watching his dead parts moving was like so awesome, this intro really got me into the game
@@somacruz7759 Dogs are just domesticated wolves, Lord Soma.
@@herohamza1196 I know.
I think bloodlines has the best death animations
@Flandre Scarlet is he impaled by his spear or the spear is on his side?
@Flandre Scarlet i think him turning a skeleton would be cooler
@Flandre Scarlet Or just copyright, to avoid sues by Capcom for "using their idea"? I dunno if that was as big of a problem back then as it is today.
I saw Eric's Artwork of Bloodlines, damn looks like he's a Girl.
The monster @5:34 looks like he is going for a job interview 😂
There's just something about the movement of bosses like 1:15 that makes them creepy.
They really tried some interesting things with the Genesis hardware. Pretty cool.
>Sees Bone Serpent/Dragon
Wow, he used to be a boss? ...and not even a particularly threatening one either. I would say 'How the mighty have fallen', but I can't even say that since it's no more threatening than the non-boss version in future games.
It's called a White Dragon.
TrombeX2 it appears in the first game.
TrombeX2 there were non-boss versions of them in this game too.
I have to admit the music in thhis one has to be some of th creepyiest in any Castlevania game
The creature boss is probably my favourite boss. His attacks are awesome
Bloodlines creature actually looks more intimidating than his other forms in the series
@@CB-L yeah true, he looked pretty imposing and had a really good attack pool
@@Slimblue Too bad PoR creature had the classic Rondo sprite. would've been really awesome to see 2 creatures(nest of evil) in this version..
The tallest incarnation of Frankenstein
Nice; this is a pretty amazing game.
Programer: His thingy has to spit out knives and fire.?
Boss: Make it have teeth too!
the firt boss make my ears hurt =(
Even misspelled so the word "first" was not in the comment
give ruzaos a root beer, good for him.
Yeah, playing actual samples on this machine was never really supreme. The SNES had the better hardware for that.
The unfortunate limitations of FM synthesis.
***** No no. Actually not. Let me quote from the wikipedia article of the YM2612: "However, its sixth channel can act as a surrogate PCM channel by means of the 'DAC Enable' register, allowing the chip to play 8-bit PCM sound samples. This replaces (disables) FM output for that channel. PCM data is written to the channel via an 8-bit register."
Who else thinks castlevania has the second creepiest bosses? Contra is the creepiest.
Sans Le skele i recommend to check out wiz n' liz.
Sans Le skele check out dynimate headdy if you want wacked out bosses
This certainly appears to be a combination of Castlevania, Contra, and Dynamite Headdy so there you go. And all the bosses are bouncy because they're made of balls.
but how about splatterhouse
@@MydrecTeni splatterhouse is too much
Happy to see this. My very first Castlevania game that got me to the franchise.
Eric: I have an axe to grind with you, Dracula ! Dracula: Uh oh !
That man is so swoll! He can't be a Belmont.
Nnnnot a Beltmon~ Thanks for the heads up cap.
Siddharth Nadig And the descendant of Quincy Morris from Stoker's book.
+Dainsleft Rovera Gotta be a Joestar
Ace at least it's swol as jonathon
John's the Chris Redfield of Castlevania, for sure.
iT Took me this long to find out out theres a castlevania for the sega
Dracula's last form looks super silly.
I know right xD He shoots boomerangs from his crotch.
Seeking exploding crotch boomerangs no less.
Well; the armors injured noises sound so cartoony that no one could take this game seriously.
And it seems the death noise for half of the bosses sound like someone rocking on an electronic drum set too much.
Yeah, not the best Dracula, and the golem had a bit of a "my body is stone hamburger patties" thing going on, I loved this one for the gameplay though.
@@GregoryWeagle Come now, don't give Death crap for his hobby. He's dang good on those electric drums now, this is just his early work.
Crystal clear video. Brilliant as usual Shadow.
This was the first Castlevania game I ever played and like many others who played this gem sparked a love for the franchise that still stands.
That first boss is disturbing with the looks of it
5:33 FRANKENSTEIN IS FANTÁSTIC
I played this game a lot when I younger, but I never got past that water boss.
The Castlevania I laughed at back in the day when I was a Nintendo fanboy, it didn't look like one in screenshots in EGM. Then my cousin asked me to beat a stage for him in this one, Tower of Pisa (did it in 1 try too), my opinion changed entirely. I bought a Genesis 2-3 years later, Contra Hard Corp, and this freaking game, I was hooked. It felt like Castlevania after all, just on a console I recently had given no chance to. Wish I had gotten his copy, his was clamshell case, mine's cardboard box, it and Hard Corp were Majesco reprints, Toys R Us had them in 1998 for 10 bucks a pop, both games have long exploded in price now though.
Come to think of it, I didn't laugh at the Contra screenshots as much, it looked like Contra.
Castlevania's I own:
NES trilogy
PC pack with the trilogy and the first 2 NES Contras
CV 4
CV Drac X SNES
CV Bloodlines
the Gameboy trilogy
Circle of the Moon GBA
Lament of Innocence
Symphony of the Night
Castlevania Chronicles
Drac X Chronicles PSP
Rondo of Blood Wii VC
and the spinoff Kid Dracula on FC
Yes Psycho Mantis, I do indeed like Castlevania, thanks for telling me all those years ago.
Bloodreign1 If you still haven't I recommend the DS Trilogy,
John wouldn't die after battle with Dracula , because Sir Shadowserg played it .
02:08 😂😂😂 sounds like a ball bouncing😂😂😂
nice victory jumps 😄
Man that's some seriously pumped up medusa up in 13:37
always hated the second midboss before Dracula. aka. Elizabeth.
Really Tedious AF huh?? (I Knew it😏)
@Flandre Scarlet YEAH I GET! Elzabooth is Tedious AF!
Quickly hit her to destroy her orbs before she used her attack
Such a weird sound when the Two Faces boss is damaged.
Such weird sounds in this game in general. It's unfortunate, because the music is spectacular.
The three Armor Lords makes this boing sound.
Gear Steamer is possibly the most non threatening of the bosses I've ever seen in any of the videos of the games you've played. So far at least. It seemed far more whimsical than dangerous.
He's like the dumb drumb from the Castlevania series
He even taunts you by dancing wildly on Player Miss lol
Some of these Characters could be easily redone as cosplays in Dark Souls :P
1:24
Oh now you're just showing off lol
Okay, the Two Faces is really creative and nice concept, actually
You mean Silhouette Demon.
On Boss 12 Death, that cards moving and that was so funny and making laugh
When the mid boss theme sounds like the end-stage boss...
5:58 Now that would make a good YuGiOh card!
I know right I don't know why Konami didn't even think about that in the first place
Who else came to see Elizabeth Bartley after watching Castlevania Nocturne??
Nice video shadowserg! Also a tip for anyone who hasn't watched the video yet, If you like your ears don't watch the first boss lol..... but for real though
My favorite 16 bits Castlevania i love that game so much. It was my first castlevania too. Objectively Rondo of Blood is better but the SNES episodes aren't. The Best castlevania game to hit the western audiences in the 16 bits era. Period
Raeglin Le Grand what about super castlevania IV
OH wow same with me. BLoodlines is my fav and was my first castlevania game I ever played. For me I personally feel that lament of innocence was the best game, as far as I have played. I havent played most of them though
Raeglin Le Grand shame john died after the victory
@stylus850 what makes bloodlines Better Is the gameplay, Castelvania 4's whip sucks.
Yeah!
That s a great game!
I remember when I was a kid, and I never beat it.
I hope I try it soon x3
great gameplay great soundtracks, simply my top castlevania games
WoW death can bring back the old boss and fight them again XD
Love me some crunchy Genesis sound effects
I always believed that the main bosses should appear a little late in this game because of the pattern of the theme. It would fit better like that
1:41 I've done this exact thing and miss 80% of the time and drown.. the timing must need to be perfect
Death was a real jerk here.. Instead of the scythess he made you redo every boss before him. But I think it's a good sub final boss tactic. Something different from the other games. Did a good job trying something different
Hang on guys .. kids today like my ten year old get super excited about the latest castlevania season on Netflix, and as a good dad I download and play those old Konami games with him and he loves them all , and that’s the beauty of it , today’s ten year olds don’t understand the one upmanship of which system from 30 years ago was better. Cv3 kids today like , bloodlines ditto and cv4 they think is good. Because they are timeless games
I've never seen someone use the axe that well in this or any Castlevania game.
My favorite castlevania game! :D
I swear the music of the 3rd stage is creepier than hell itself
This dude pro AF
The gear golem reminds me of bosses in Gunstar Heros
Used the Boomerang last time i beat this game all the way through
I love the art of this one
He sure makes it look easy to defeat the bosses.
I had to look up the two faces part. Had no idea what I was aiming for.
for a frankenstein monster, the creature looked like he was made for attending formal occasions instead of fighting
I really dig his suit. Literally the first thing that caught My eye in that bossfight.
Did the german soldiers captured the creature and kept him locked in the munition factory from terrorizing their town?
He's rocking that smoking.
Grim Reaper is beast with his card tecnique
Played this a lot 28 years ago.
This is hands down the most difficult game in the series for me, even Castlevania 1 give you a good amount of breathing room and just tells you what will kill you.
I have played through this game countless times and have never once encountered the Creature (Frankenstein’s Monster). How is this?
U played it on easy
After watching a boss run of Rondo of Blood earlier today as of watching this one, I am kinda disappointed with Dracula's final form. It just looks a little bit skinny while in Rondo of Blood, he's a hulk of a monster!
The return of the 🧛♀️
I always thought that boss 13 was Elizabeth Bartley until I completed it and it turns out to be medusa according to the end credits.
First boss,cool graphics, sound
Castlevania Bloodlines one of the easiest castlevania games i played but has real good gameplay and has sick weapons.Too bad this one's underrated
This castlevania is My 4th favorite
Isn't that odd? Killing Grim Reaper with sickles and scythes. The same weapons he always uses.
When you fight Elizabeth, what was the purpose of those floating orbs? It looks like they do nothing.
The Hollanesian If you don’t hurry and attack Elizabeth, the orbs will come together and attack, each orb breaks when you hit her
7:47 I used to call it 'The Pillar of Gemini' or the 'Evil Pillar'
Am I the only one who thinks the gear monster is cute
The second to last boss (the one before True Dracula) is actually Drolta Tzuentes.
Fun fact: The Princess of Moss is based on Marie Antoinette and her second moth form is based of Mothra from Godzilla.
The gear boss reminds me of a cut Ratchet and Clank boss that was supposed to be a huge clump of bolts.
Nintendo: Family mode.
Sega: Hardcore mode.