Castlevania: The Complete History | RETRO GAMING DOCUMENTARY

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  • It's time to pick up your whip AKA ya NES controller and control Simon Belmont in everything Castlevania! Leading up to the Genesis / MD & SNES games too, Rondo of Blood, and everything in between.
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    Castlevania: The Complete History is a 2 part retro gaming documentary series discussing every single game based within the world of Akumajō Dracula
    You probably already know of the 1986 action-platformer created by Konami for the Famicom Disk System (and eventually the Nintendo Entertainment System) But what you may not know is who made the original trilogy of NES games, what inspired them, why they made them, and what they are doing now!
    In today's episode, I plan to answer all of these questions as well as cover every other game too including its follow-ups such as Simon's Revenge and Dracula's Curse on the same system. But also cover the strange Arcade ports such as Haunted Castle and the Playchoice 10 cabinet too.
    We will cover its obscure releases on the original Game Boy such as The Adventure (plus it's Wii remake) & Belmont's Revenge, the even more bizarre Vampire Killer, and Akumajō Dracula on the sharp x68000
    And of course, we will be giving special attention to the Mega Drive / Genesis release of Castlevania Bloodlines AKA the New generation before digging deep with the super Nintendo classic Super Castlevania IV before ending on probably the greatest Castlevania ever for the PC Engine AKA the Turbo Grfx16 game Rondo of Blood!
    The less said about Castlevania Dracula X AKA Vampire Kiss... THE BETTER!
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  • @slopesgameroom
    @slopesgameroom  3 роки тому +26

    Check out Part 2 right now...
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    • @johnaraya3761
      @johnaraya3761 3 роки тому +1

      Happy new years d.j.

    • @greenhowie
      @greenhowie 3 роки тому

      @@dadeleemurphy85 Damn, I thought people preferring "search action game" was a meme.

    • @Dargonhuman
      @Dargonhuman 3 роки тому +3

      @@dadeleemurphy85 Why? In what way is it an inaccurate description of the genre that was pioneered and popularized by Metroid and Castlevania? And what would you replace the term with if "Metroid-vania" was abolished?

    • @Christian_Sandoval
      @Christian_Sandoval 3 роки тому +1

      @@Dargonhuman Castleroid

    • @Dargonhuman
      @Dargonhuman 3 роки тому

      @@Christian_Sandoval That sounds like a medical condition...

  • @jeffersonia
    @jeffersonia 3 роки тому +105

    My favorite part is him casually opening up sealed copies of games to show what was included. Absolute mad man.

    • @sockan85
      @sockan85 Рік тому +1

      Was thinking the same 🤣🤣🤣

    • @gimmethegrass2493
      @gimmethegrass2493 Рік тому +13

      Surely somebody has to open them at some point. Otherwise you just own a brightly coloured piece of cardboard wrapped in cellophane. Then you sell it onto the next person who gets to admire the box for a while. Until you open the box, the cartridge both exists and doesn't exist.

    • @rockmanfan5104
      @rockmanfan5104 Рік тому +6

      It's all going to be dust one day. Why not enjoy it

    • @pferreira1983
      @pferreira1983 Рік тому

      Krang or whatever his name is tends to pick up sealed games so he can unbox them.

    • @tripgiannini1892
      @tripgiannini1892 Рік тому +3

      Nah bro leave it in the box. Sell that nonsense to someone who appreciates it and buy a loose cart.

  • @mjolnir_swe
    @mjolnir_swe Рік тому +11

    I had forgotten how absolutely perfect the NES soundtrack was. Not only the melodies, but the chip sounds themselves really convey whats happening. That is the work of a master artist.

  • @holiggan2008
    @holiggan2008 3 роки тому +180

    The fellow Silent Hill fans totally understand your pain, brotherly Castlevania fans...

    • @OtakuUnitedStudio
      @OtakuUnitedStudio 3 роки тому +18

      The best thing we can both say at this point is, at least we're getting ports and collections...

    • @cubanref9670
      @cubanref9670 3 роки тому +9

      I'm a fan of both. 😔

    • @holiggan2008
      @holiggan2008 3 роки тому +7

      @@cubanref9670 same here, I've played the GBA and DS Castlevanias countless times! And I have the original 4 SH games on my pc too...

    • @jimmyju76
      @jimmyju76 3 роки тому +1

      FU sSH ppl, the castlevania guy is still making games 😂😂😂😂

    • @straussenei1
      @straussenei1 3 роки тому +13

      Having no new entries in a franchise is far better than getting Metal Gear Survive, imho.
      Lets not forget that "Contra Rogue Corps" was a thing

  • @TrexelCat
    @TrexelCat 2 роки тому +12

    Castlevania II: Simon's Quest was the first game I ever competed/beat. It's especially memorable for me as my mother helped me beat it by reading the map book and guiding me.

  • @deoglemnaco7025
    @deoglemnaco7025 3 роки тому +101

    I have a lot of mixed feelings about this game. When I was a child my parents took me to one of those "trendy" churches. You know the kind, where the pastor tried to "connect" with youth, and "rap" with them.... Ugh it was so embarrassing by proxy. Well this was of course in the 1980s and Nintendo was in full-swing. He had a Nintendo in the basement of the church and used to sit with us while we played games during youth group.
    Well, one day he picked up a copy of Castlevania, and of course we really liked it! David or "Davy" (the pastor) really ran with this. I guess he thought it fit in well with youth group as it was Christian oriented, and you were fighting evil on behalf of God. After a few weeks, he started coming to church dressed as Simon from the video game. Eventually he brought a whip, and started to try to whip stuff around the church. For instance, would try to whip "out" the candles etc. He was never really good.
    One day he was dressed up at Simon and was giving the Sermon (this time in front of all the church, adults etc) and he was trying to make a point... pulled out his whip and tried to whip one of the lights... but on his backswing he caught a child in the eye. That child eventually lost her eye unfortunately. It was real sad, especially considering the insurance the church carried wouldn't cover this; it was considered an individual matter.
    I don't know what happened to the pastor, but the little girl who lost her eye is doing okay now, and certainly cracks a small smile when she sees videos like this :)
    That little girl is me.

    • @slopesgameroom
      @slopesgameroom  3 роки тому +24

      Wow, that sure was quite the history piece. I'm not sure if my video bringing up this memory was a good thing on not... regardless, a huge thank you for your comment and support

    • @StripedAssedApe
      @StripedAssedApe 3 роки тому +6

      Marry me.
      If that pastor can officiate.

    • @deoglemnaco7025
      @deoglemnaco7025 3 роки тому +3

      @@StripedAssedApe would you be okay with my eye?

    • @angrytheclown801
      @angrytheclown801 3 роки тому

      Sorry about your eye. That place seemed like a trip.

    • @deoglemnaco7025
      @deoglemnaco7025 3 роки тому +9

      @@angrytheclown801 one of the sermons (lol!) he had recorded about a 2.5 hour clip of him playing the game. He died a lot too, it wasn’t like a master walkthrough or anything. It was on videotape.
      So many adult and old people were uncomfortable and bored. One of the elders tried to stop it and he got really mad and started to yell. Then he rewound the tape so we could all see “this one part” that we missed when the elder spoke up.

  • @Froban
    @Froban 3 роки тому +6

    That Vampire Killer footage looked familiar...turns out my hunch was right. Nice to see my scrappy review footage helped with this documentary. Looking forward to part 2.

  • @BugsyFoga
    @BugsyFoga 3 роки тому +94

    "WHAT IS A MAN , A MISERABLE LITTLE PILE OF SECRETS "

    • @TheBloodswordsman
      @TheBloodswordsman 3 роки тому +4

      Shhh.... Wait till Part 2.

    • @fitnessabcvideo
      @fitnessabcvideo 3 роки тому +2

      Love it, the cheesy lines was what made it, I really didn't like the "revised script and acting in the later rereleases.

    • @OtakuUnitedStudio
      @OtakuUnitedStudio 3 роки тому

      @@fitnessabcvideo Yuri Lowenthal does Alucard justice, but even still, Robert Belgrade will always be my favorite to play him.

    • @ReinaHW
      @ReinaHW 3 роки тому

      "What is a to be continued but a miserable little pile of waiting? But enough talk, let's go back to the beginning!"

    • @greenblackswerl
      @greenblackswerl 3 роки тому +1

      I feel like this quote, and vampire killer are the only things people talk about from this game. Vampire killer is actually one of my LEAST favorite songs in the entire series. SO much better music that never gets any love.

  • @sludgefactory241
    @sludgefactory241 3 роки тому +48

    I'm just gonna bare my soul here and make a confession to the interwebs. When he showed off that immaculate castlevania collection, something happened........
    I got nintendo hard.

    • @slopesgameroom
      @slopesgameroom  3 роки тому +12

      NINTENDOOOOO HARD

    • @Dargonhuman
      @Dargonhuman 3 роки тому +4

      Bare your soup? I'm sure that's a typo, but it's an absolutely hilarious one.

    • @sludgefactory241
      @sludgefactory241 3 роки тому +4

      @@Dargonhuman unfortunately it is a typo. I corrected the mistake. Got nintendo hard as a rock and grammatical mistakes were made.

    • @Dargonhuman
      @Dargonhuman 3 роки тому +2

      @@sludgefactory241 Understandable. I still like the idea of someone baring their soup though.

  • @chowe5379
    @chowe5379 3 роки тому +37

    Opening those sealed copies in front of me when I can't afford the used game only copies is torturous... Lol 😂😐😭

    • @philovermyer6166
      @philovermyer6166 3 роки тому +1

      I threw up in my mouth a little bit, considering how much factory sealed games can go for. The only reason I could see for opening sealed copies ever is if you sealed them yourself, otherwise you're just setting fire to money to watch it burn and damaging a collectable.

    • @chowe5379
      @chowe5379 3 роки тому

      @@philovermyer6166 🤣 right?!

    • @sleepydumbdude
      @sleepydumbdude 3 роки тому +2

      Agree 😂😅 I was thinking “you really don’t have to do that”

  • @WrestlingWithGaming
    @WrestlingWithGaming 3 роки тому +15

    This is criminally underviewed. It's so good I had to watch it again. Now on to part 2... again.

    • @slopesgameroom
      @slopesgameroom  3 роки тому +6

      Its opened my eyes to make more like this... my latest script says resident evil at the top!

    • @azure5584
      @azure5584 Рік тому

      Don't you just hate it when people have a 2-part series but never include the "part 1" in the first part's video title, so you have no fucking idea that the 2nd part exists, lol.

  • @EricVillarreal
    @EricVillarreal 3 роки тому +15

    I grew up on Castlevania Bloodlines, love that music.

  • @orinanime
    @orinanime 3 роки тому +35

    I've got an autographed copy of Castlevania Dracula X Chronicles. Signed by Koji Igarashi

  • @Shikaku11373
    @Shikaku11373 3 роки тому +3

    Video game collectors all around are passing out watching these classic games being opened today.

  • @MellowGaming
    @MellowGaming 3 роки тому +13

    I'm outraged by all the unsealing of retro treasures. They should have already been unsealed! Awesome work dude. Such a mammoth undertaking.

    • @OtakuUnitedStudio
      @OtakuUnitedStudio 3 роки тому +4

      I like your attitude. Keeping things sealed just so they'll be worth money later is a bit antithetical to being a fan of something, innit? "I like Castlevania so much, look at all these games I've never played!"

    • @paxhumana2015
      @paxhumana2015 3 роки тому

      @@OtakuUnitedStudio and @Mellow Gaming, people like you ruin humankind more than the Coronavirus.

    • @Dargonhuman
      @Dargonhuman 3 роки тому +4

      @@paxhumana2015 Nah, hobbies are meant to be enjoyed now. If you're more worried about damaging the potential future value of your collection than enjoying it, then you're not a hobbyist, you're an investor and would be better off looking into trading stocks. Toys are meant to be played with and loved, not put on a shelf in their box to collect dust.
      I've got a massive collection of old school Bionicle toys that's worth close to $4,000 in their "used" state - it could have been worth double or triple that but then I wouldn't have had countless hours of fun building them, playing with my nephews and making MOCs with the pieces.

  • @GameBoothUK
    @GameBoothUK 3 роки тому +6

    I couldn't help flinching when the flap came off the NES

    • @RC-nj1by
      @RC-nj1by 3 роки тому

      Meh.... They come off easy enough...snap back on.

    • @jamesb9578
      @jamesb9578 3 роки тому

      @@RC-nj1by his didn't look like it snapped back ON :P... that shit is B R O K E N... I was like.. All these years I didn't know you had to rip the flap off to play nes games :P

  • @tripgiannini1892
    @tripgiannini1892 Рік тому +2

    The game design on the OG Castlevania is so tight. It’s a joy to play.

  • @patrickduke226
    @patrickduke226 3 роки тому +1

    Simon's quest is super underrated in my opinion and one of my favorite Castlevania's of all time. Thank you for the great video and keep up the quality work!

    • @lutherheggs451
      @lutherheggs451 3 роки тому

      Kinda like how Super Castlevania is super overrated....The game is another remake of the first game, whipping in 8 directions is just easy baby mode and isn't that great, the sound is terrible I always hated the SNES because of its weak, muffled music and sound effects. Hell the "rotating" level isn't that great either. Bloodlines was better than Super as were Rondo and Symphony

  • @Flabby555
    @Flabby555 3 роки тому +19

    Finally,a new complete history video

  • @MugMan
    @MugMan 3 роки тому +13

    There are a lot of UA-camrs I would love to meet, but it would be a huge honour to meet DJ Slope. There are many content creators who put in a lot of work into their channel, but the amount of time and dedication that DJ Slopes puts into these videos is outstanding and invaluable. Thank you so much, Daniel, for all the great content and all the hard work you do for your viewers!

    • @slopesgameroom
      @slopesgameroom  3 роки тому +4

      Ahhhhhhh dude. You made my day. Hoping to get to plenty more expos when the world gets back to normal.
      Hopefully meet one day

  • @reagandow850
    @reagandow850 3 роки тому +3

    How many people were screeching every time he cut into one of those sealed treasures?? Best Video Ever!

    • @jevansturner
      @jevansturner 3 роки тому

      I bet there was a huge miscommunication and the owner did not actually want the sealed items to be opened.

    • @Asobitech
      @Asobitech 3 роки тому +3

      @@jevansturner It's all good, I said he can open my collection, how else was he going to play and test them all.

    • @OtakuUnitedStudio
      @OtakuUnitedStudio 3 роки тому +1

      @@jevansturner He got the games so he could get footage and show them off.

    • @OtakuUnitedStudio
      @OtakuUnitedStudio 3 роки тому +3

      @@Asobitech Thank you for your contribution. It's one thing to have a bunch of games sitting around in the boxes, it's another to have them playable.

    • @SlackerKite
      @SlackerKite 3 роки тому +1

      @@Asobitech you're braver than I am lol. If something stayed sealed for THIS LONG I'm dying with it sealed LOL

  • @DrySushi
    @DrySushi 3 роки тому +7

    This is probably your best work yet Dan, can't wait for part two.

  • @WilliamEndo
    @WilliamEndo 3 роки тому +17

    But you haven't looked into Castlevania: The Cereal RPG where every bite gets you closer to Dracula's room.

    • @Pensive_Scarlet
      @Pensive_Scarlet 3 роки тому +7

      That sounds like such a genuine product of the 80s that I had to search just to be sure it wasn't a real thing.

    • @OtakuUnitedStudio
      @OtakuUnitedStudio 3 роки тому +2

      Watch out for the skeleton, medusa head, and flea-man marshmallows!

    • @Dargonhuman
      @Dargonhuman 3 роки тому

      Well, this _is_ only Part 1...

    • @cthulhupthagn5771
      @cthulhupthagn5771 3 роки тому

      Except Dracula in this case is diabeetus

    • @tactknightgaming2066
      @tactknightgaming2066 3 роки тому +4

      Count Chocula was a missed opportunity to promote their game.

  • @Zulthunda
    @Zulthunda 3 роки тому +24

    Opening everything felt like sacrilege.

    • @deadseveredheads
      @deadseveredheads 3 роки тому +6

      Sacrilege would be not playing them.

    • @handlesarestupid154
      @handlesarestupid154 3 роки тому +2

      @@deadseveredheads there's plenty of ways to play Bloodlines, he didn't need to kill the video game equivalent of an endangered species

    • @CyberDragon10K
      @CyberDragon10K 3 роки тому

      I _sure_ hope the guy that loaned out his collection knew this would happen for the sake of B-roll footage...

    • @BarronVonSchnoot
      @BarronVonSchnoot 3 роки тому +2

      @@handlesarestupid154 collectors that keep stuff in the plastic do not actually appreciate what they have. When a collector item sits on a bookshelf encased in cellophane, it’s just a savings account waiting to be sold.

    • @handlesarestupid154
      @handlesarestupid154 3 роки тому

      @@BarronVonSchnoot and that's perfectly valid

  • @franciscocaro9596
    @franciscocaro9596 3 роки тому +4

    You have an amazing collection behind you! I’m actually a bit envious but also psyched to see so much Castlevania awesomeness in one location. Way to go!

  • @HybridAngelZero
    @HybridAngelZero 3 роки тому +30

    A new Complete History
    And its on Castlevania
    It's almost an hour long
    And its only part 1.
    Dang, Slope really be bringing us Christmas presents in January, huh?

    • @Dargonhuman
      @Dargonhuman 3 роки тому +1

      My birthday is 2 days after this video went live, so it's like a birthday present for me lol. Considering my birthdays are historically terrible to the point that I've learned to hate them, this was a nice thing to look forward to this year.

    • @HybridAngelZero
      @HybridAngelZero 3 роки тому +1

      @@Dargonhuman I'm sorry to hear your birthdays have been so rough, but I'm glad this one was at least a little better.
      Here's hoping you can get some good ones in the future, too

    • @Dargonhuman
      @Dargonhuman 3 роки тому +1

      @@HybridAngelZero Oh no this one was awful too, but being able to watch this made it slightly less awful lol.

    • @HybridAngelZero
      @HybridAngelZero 3 роки тому +1

      @@Dargonhuman Damn :(
      Well, here's hoping you have a good birthday one of these years

  • @TrainerCTZ
    @TrainerCTZ 3 роки тому +3

    Rondo could have single handedly changed the history of the Turbo Grafx in the states

    • @slopesgameroom
      @slopesgameroom  3 роки тому +1

      It would have made such a difference for sure

    • @sludgefactory241
      @sludgefactory241 3 роки тому +1

      Gonna play devil's advocate here and say it probably wouldn't have changed much. Honestly don't think it would've.

  • @spooky_electric
    @spooky_electric 3 роки тому +2

    I'm 1000% in the Bloodlines > Super IV group. That said, that rotating Mode 7 room is really cool.

  • @VideoHeadMan
    @VideoHeadMan 3 роки тому +26

    I hate the whip's perfection in Super Castlevania 4 never stayed as a permanent edition of the series

    • @dsgarland
      @dsgarland 3 роки тому

      Yep.

    • @beltube
      @beltube 3 роки тому

      @Super Mario nah, the whip needed to be limited. it's an intentional game design choice to incentivise sub-weapons!

    • @Ageleszly
      @Ageleszly 3 роки тому +2

      The Whip in SC4 was simply too powerful, made the game too easy.

    • @VideoHeadMan
      @VideoHeadMan 3 роки тому

      @@Ageleszly It's cheap without it. It's like releasing all the Resident Evil games without motion controls after RE4. It's laziness meant to prolong a game needlessly.

  • @ArcherBodkin
    @ArcherBodkin 3 роки тому +2

    An excellent upload. A whole lot better and enjoyable than others telling the series' history that I've watched in fact.

  • @petehobson1054
    @petehobson1054 3 роки тому +1

    Another amazing video. Never played the games (please don't hit my face!) But your videos are so entertaining and interesting I am gripped everytime! I have watched many Complete History vids numerous times.
    Did you know that Simon Belmont was a character in the great "Captain N: The Game Master" Saturday morning cartoon?
    He was the arrogant comic relief character who, if I remember right, had a chin that put Bananaman's to shame!

  • @douglasbaker1817
    @douglasbaker1817 2 роки тому

    It was fantastic to meet you today, Thanks for coming into our store :D

  • @martinmiers8227
    @martinmiers8227 3 роки тому +2

    Slopes I just want you to know, I discovered you in lockdown and I think you're amazing. I've run a retro game shop for 30 years, you seem to have the same love as myself for games, your passion and enthusiasm glows in your videos.. I want to take this opportunity to thank you so much... Please, please keep up the amazing work...

    • @slopesgameroom
      @slopesgameroom  3 роки тому +1

      Wow, what an awesome thing to read. Thank you so much... plenty more on the way

    • @martinmiers8227
      @martinmiers8227 3 роки тому

      @@slopesgameroom I love the way you're so honest about everything, I had a master system just to play outrun (my parents got me it for xmas, i used to nag and nag for them to take me to the arcade to play my fav game).... Once I saw Super Shinobi for megadrive in import section of mags that was it..

    • @slopesgameroom
      @slopesgameroom  3 роки тому +1

      @@martinmiers8227 WHAT... A... GAME!!!! Super Shinobi is fucking fantastic :)

    • @martinmiers8227
      @martinmiers8227 3 роки тому

      @@slopesgameroom Yuzo Koshiro, super (revenge) of Shinobi... The music will stay with me till the day I die.

  • @Sniperbear13
    @Sniperbear13 3 роки тому +6

    oh Konami, you were once so great.

    • @paxhumana2015
      @paxhumana2015 3 роки тому

      @retro game fan 1 , take out the Yakuza assholes that are running Konami now and you can have greatness back again.

  • @Damarain69
    @Damarain69 3 роки тому +12

    Why did they BREAK THE BLOODY PLASTICS!! I cried every time in my soul when I saw them taking off the sealed plastic...

    • @Rountree1985
      @Rountree1985 3 роки тому +3

      Games are meant to be fucking played.

    • @Asobitech
      @Asobitech 3 роки тому +12

      Because I told him to, it's my collection and I told him to open the games.

    • @DannySchnarre
      @DannySchnarre 3 роки тому +2

      @@Asobitech I was really hoping he had your permission to do that, and didn't just go for it to make the video more interesting... that would have been a terrible thing.

  • @Pensive_Scarlet
    @Pensive_Scarlet 3 роки тому +2

    For what it's worth, Dracula XX/Vampire's Kiss works incredibly well as a complementary experience to Rondo of Blood. If you play it right after mastering Rondo, it feels sort of like a challenge-based DLC or fan game/hack. Personally, I would love to see it remastered, with a playable Maria and maybe a couple more level branches.

  • @darktetsuya
    @darktetsuya 3 роки тому +2

    first off thanks for the fb message! this was definitely worth the wait to watch... defintely been a longtime fan of the series as far back as the nes original! most of the original games i didn't even get around to finishing until that classic collection konami put out recently! definitely the best way to play those (since they include the vastly superior Japanese versions) also yeah shout-out to dracula x: rondo's god-tier soundtrack (and i had heard johnny 'turbo' brandstetter talk on twitter about trying to get rondo localized to no avail, heard he was really fighting for that one! shame it never arrived but at least konami wised up after the fact and re-released it at least three times after the fact.)
    this was defintely the biggest and best complete history you've done and I can't wait for part 2!

  • @zackschilling4376
    @zackschilling4376 3 роки тому +1

    Never knew why they dont always stick with the R button(or just a separate button) for the item usage instead of up+whip.

  • @dnakatomiuk
    @dnakatomiuk 3 роки тому +9

    Castlevania symphony of the night is one of the best games ever period the music in that game alone. Shame the PS4 edition is the psp version and it's been redone for talking but least the music is still the same

    • @customsongmaker
      @customsongmaker 3 роки тому

      Xbone has the Xbox 360 downloadable version, which is exactly like the ps1 version. Even the sword brothers librarian glitch works.

  • @shinjinanahara
    @shinjinanahara 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you for this. Been looking forward to watching this vid for so long now!

  • @gospelx
    @gospelx 3 роки тому

    Don't forget that Rondo of Blood was also released on Wii Virtual Console a year after the PSP release. It was a day 1 purchase for me and immediately became my favorite Castlevania title. Still is today.

  • @lonewolffang
    @lonewolffang 3 роки тому +8

    "You're a dude with a whip that has to get to the end of the game."
    Classic Castlevania: Oh sweet child, you have no idea what you've stepped into.

    • @slopesgameroom
      @slopesgameroom  3 роки тому +3

      Never has a simple idea of game taken this long to do a video on

    • @lonewolffang
      @lonewolffang 3 роки тому +2

      @@slopesgameroom Castlevania is a long and well beloved franchise, it deserves this live and appreciation unlike how Konami is treating it now. Still one of my favorites and would love it the series to come back badder and better and hopefully not like Contra Rogue Corps. So many great titles and Konami would rather they be pachinko machines.

    • @sludgefactory241
      @sludgefactory241 3 роки тому

      Wish they would just sell the videogame rights of their beloved ips off to someone like way forward. 2d CV by way forward? Gettin' nintendo hard just thinking bout it...

    • @paxhumana2015
      @paxhumana2015 3 роки тому

      @@lonewolffang , at least Contra Rogue Corps is not Contra: Legacy of War or C: The Contra Adventure.

  • @jkroon8200
    @jkroon8200 3 роки тому +1

    Just came across your channel, and I have to tell you, you’re awesome. Thank you for making these vids!

  • @BlastProcessing
    @BlastProcessing 3 роки тому +2

    Brilliant video mate, as expected! Given the dearth of Castlevania games coming out these days, it's bittersweet to remember how prolific the franchise was in the past. Looking forward to the next part!

    • @slopesgameroom
      @slopesgameroom  3 роки тому +1

      The next one is seriously information overload lol

  • @WhatAboutZoidberg
    @WhatAboutZoidberg 3 роки тому +1

    Just wanted to say this is a new high point for the channel, this video was fantastic and cant wait for more content. Well done.

  • @adventuretaco7140
    @adventuretaco7140 3 роки тому

    YO FINALLY!! TY dj slope! Happy new year homie!

  • @nopenop1495
    @nopenop1495 3 роки тому +1

    50:09 Me, I'm one of those people. It's my personal favorite classic style Castlevania and I consider it a must play not only for action game and Castlevania fans but anyone who owns a Megadrive/Genesis; it's just that good.

  • @vallaurianv6024
    @vallaurianv6024 3 роки тому

    What an amazing video! You put some amazing content out but this was exceptional. That it covered a series I love was great. Thank you.

  • @nathninetyone
    @nathninetyone Рік тому

    Dude. This is such a great video.
    Quality work!

  • @defbear
    @defbear 2 роки тому

    I love the random breaking of the door on the Nintendo at 10:40

  • @ThePerradox
    @ThePerradox 3 роки тому +2

    Really excellent video Dj Slope. Great work.

  • @kreyz1
    @kreyz1 2 роки тому +1

    Headphones as soon as you said I put em on! Good call!! Great videos!!

  • @WrestlingWithGaming
    @WrestlingWithGaming 3 роки тому +1

    You absolutely killed it with this one!

  • @mark_spurs
    @mark_spurs 3 роки тому +1

    👏👏👏👏👏👏 Congrats Dan. This is one hell (no pun intended) of a part one! Great work..

  • @FantasticDizzy1
    @FantasticDizzy1 3 роки тому +2

    You have done it again! Absolutely stunning and so detailed. I enjoyed every moment thank you. I loved the bit where you LCD yourself!
    Best wishes.

    • @slopesgameroom
      @slopesgameroom  3 роки тому +3

      Hahahaha I was well chuffd when I worked out that bit

    • @chrisbfreelance
      @chrisbfreelance 3 роки тому +1

      Yeah that effect looked top notch!

  • @LJAndrews1986
    @LJAndrews1986 3 роки тому +2

    I can't be the only one wincing watching all this collector value go up in smoke. Hope whoever this collection belonged to was compensated. Bar that enjoyable vid but I still can't believe you did all that jesus.

  • @ASAN2042
    @ASAN2042 3 роки тому

    Just came across your channel... Always late to the party... Amazing stuff, my friend! Nothing shy of articulate, thorough, and incredibly entertaining! I'm sub'd!

  • @kitestar
    @kitestar 3 роки тому +6

    Sounds like "the complete history of" has just entered it's Konami arc

  • @computron100
    @computron100 3 роки тому

    Omg thank you for this one . Been waiting for castlevania history!!!

  • @shinjinanahara
    @shinjinanahara 3 роки тому +1

    Great video. Really appreciate these complete histories

  • @CoreyDeGrandchamp
    @CoreyDeGrandchamp 3 роки тому +1

    This is awesome, and this collection is mindblowing, great video!

  • @bojackson3073
    @bojackson3073 3 роки тому +2

    I've been waiting my entire life for this moment.

  • @jaxcellentvideogames689
    @jaxcellentvideogames689 3 роки тому

    I really enjoyed this one Slope, thanks alot for making this great content!

  • @JA-re8gi
    @JA-re8gi 2 роки тому

    Excellent video my first title was Simons Quest, which I played at a friend's house. My favorite is Super Castlevania 4, part of the the fun is how OP Simon is in that game. That multi direction whip makes the game easy but a blast to play. SOTN, ROB, and Bloodlines follow closely behind.

  • @rodimus580
    @rodimus580 3 роки тому +1

    Glad you did this, I’ve been missing castlevania like crazy recently too. I hope it goes back to what it used to and a new game that is reminiscent of that comes out soon. 😔😞

  • @Menleah
    @Menleah 3 роки тому

    Seriously, your series is awesome. Great job!!

  • @Darkdaej
    @Darkdaej 3 роки тому +5

    No need for headphones, I have the music committed to memory :)

    • @Dargonhuman
      @Dargonhuman 3 роки тому +2

      Yes! I can hum the entire OSTs for the first three games in whole from listening to them on my mp3 player so often, and I converted the mp3s myself from the ripped NSF file using the highest quality settings, so they're as close to the original chiptunes from the carts as possible for mp3 compression.

    • @Darkdaej
      @Darkdaej 3 роки тому +1

      @@Dargonhuman I used to have a music player that would rip the .nsf files from the roms and play them directly. I wish I remembered what it was called so I could get it again...

    • @Dargonhuman
      @Dargonhuman 3 роки тому +2

      @@Darkdaej The one I used was Winamp modified with special plugins that allowed it to play NSF and other chiptune formats. That's actually how I converted them into mp3 format back in the day.

  • @computersupport8360
    @computersupport8360 3 роки тому

    Love these "Complete History" vids, keep 'em coming!

  • @bmkretrogaming7634
    @bmkretrogaming7634 3 роки тому

    Great documentary Slopes! Castlevania is a fantastic franchise I've just recently gotten into some. Will be interested to see what all you cover in Part 2.

  • @EterniaWolf
    @EterniaWolf 3 роки тому

    Ah, my all time favorite game series! While I already pretty much know just about everything about the series, I did not know about some of those obscure Amiga and DOS versions of the original Castlevania. I definitely want to look into those now even if they aren't good. Also, that collection of Castlevania games is so beautiful and makes me jealous lol. Looking forward to part 2, great job on part 1!

    • @slopesgameroom
      @slopesgameroom  3 роки тому +1

      Hope you enjoyed it... part 2 is very much information overload with all the games I talk about :D

  • @MississippiMike
    @MississippiMike 3 роки тому +1

    What a well-timed video for me! I'm currently going through all Castlevania titles, just finished Dracula X (after playing Rondo, loved both) and playing Adventure Rebirth right now on my Wii, loving it as well, it looks and sounds beautiful. Such a great franchise, I look forward to soon play Symphony of the Night on my PS1 for the first time ever. Thank you for the video, and kudos for the impressive collection.

    • @slopesgameroom
      @slopesgameroom  3 роки тому +2

      Thats awesome... you got a lot of awesome games ahead of you

    • @MississippiMike
      @MississippiMike 3 роки тому

      @@slopesgameroom Oh boy, do I! I put the Wii one on hold to play both modes on Chronicles and also Vampire Killer first, as I wanna get through the oldest ones first. Those games are awesome, I was simply testing a sprite swap hack on Dracula X yesterday, but ended up playing the whole game again in one sitting - you can't put 'em down! Thanks for replying and making this awesome video, I learned a lot.

  • @greenhowie
    @greenhowie 3 роки тому +2

    It's nice to see someone enjoying the retro games instead of driving up prices (and I'm not mentioning MetalJesusRocks there, did you see? I didn't mention him AT ALL)
    I know I joke around a bit but this video must have taken a lot of effort and it's appreciated.

    • @Asobitech
      @Asobitech 3 роки тому +1

      Agreed. Games are meant to be played.

  • @RetroSho
    @RetroSho 3 роки тому

    10:41 Yeah, break that damn front loader NES! 😂😂😂👀 Excellent video!

  • @erikrick
    @erikrick 3 роки тому

    Awesome. Thanks for putting this together.

  • @SPac316
    @SPac316 3 роки тому

    Great video, can't wait for Part 2!

  • @jeenkzk5919
    @jeenkzk5919 3 роки тому +2

    PatmanQ might prove to be difficult to top his history of Castlevania but I’m still interested to see your take

  • @AndrewJShirley
    @AndrewJShirley 2 роки тому +1

    When your friend gets mentioned as lending part of his game collection to these guys haha.

  • @bezerker99
    @bezerker99 3 роки тому +2

    I still have my Tiger Electronics Simon's Quest handheld lol good times

    • @slopesgameroom
      @slopesgameroom  3 роки тому +1

      Hahaha I'm sure it was good for back in the day

    • @OtakuUnitedStudio
      @OtakuUnitedStudio 3 роки тому

      @@slopesgameroom As a former and current owner of Tiger Electronics games... not really, lol. They were and are good for a lark or if you've got few other options, but even back then I'd rather play just about anything else. I got a Power Rangers Tiger game back in the day, and while I played it a lot it was usually when my dad was hogging the NES.

  • @serginhobb07
    @serginhobb07 3 роки тому +2

    Nice content! By the way, this video looks very demanding to create. Research, writing, video capture, audio and video edition, and so on. Man, you really deserve more followers.

  • @kresimirkirasic5721
    @kresimirkirasic5721 3 роки тому

    You, Sir, are a king of content! Love your videos.

  • @mikethegrunty5968
    @mikethegrunty5968 3 роки тому +2

    The music on this is fantastic

  • @80s_Gamr
    @80s_Gamr 2 роки тому

    This has got to be one of the best documentaries I've ever seen. I also liked actually seeing you ... not just the Avatar.... Hello You!

  • @OtakuUnitedStudio
    @OtakuUnitedStudio 3 роки тому +1

    I don't think either Vampire Killer or Castlevania 1 is a sequel. That's like asking if Dracula X or Rondo of Blood is a sequel, when they're two different adaptations of the same concept. They don't play the same way, sure, but they've both got roughly the same story - Vampire Killer and Castlevania 1 are about Simon Belmont hunting down and killing Dracula, Dracula X and Rondo are both about Richter Belmont fighting Dracula. That's how the official timeline treats them.

  • @TomeLopes
    @TomeLopes 3 роки тому +1

    Epic video! Random add-on: the name of the character 'Alucard' is Dracula backwards

  • @Zerohour2k12
    @Zerohour2k12 3 роки тому +1

    Awesome Work Yet Again Man!

  • @dupirechristophe7703
    @dupirechristophe7703 3 роки тому

    1:50 Dracula looks like he wants you to bring him closer to God x'D

  • @2Tweedledee
    @2Tweedledee 2 роки тому

    I love your energy and your enthusiasm.

  • @biiigbearrrr
    @biiigbearrrr 3 роки тому

    AWESOME video man! This made me want to get into the franchise! will be playing SCIV and symphony. CHeers!

  • @warmachine68
    @warmachine68 3 роки тому

    Thanks for making this! Gonna be amazing

  • @carloszagal1934
    @carloszagal1934 3 роки тому +1

    FINALLY A CASTLEVANIA VID! thank you :3

  • @RoseTintedSpectrum
    @RoseTintedSpectrum 3 роки тому +1

    Excellent production on this one, very well done.

  • @VyceEcho
    @VyceEcho 3 роки тому

    Superbe choice buddy! Awesome stuff, enjoyed every sec

  • @FoxMcCloudFF7
    @FoxMcCloudFF7 3 роки тому +6

    Damn Slope, I'd say you sound just like Ashens there in the intro... :P

  • @crassbandercoot4343
    @crassbandercoot4343 3 роки тому

    First time visitor to your channel.
    Had to subscribe. I love me my retro gaming

  • @adamfrazer5150
    @adamfrazer5150 2 роки тому

    For such a deep dive into beloved territory, you sir need to be recognised 😎 many, many thanks 👌
    ** especially with the inserted original commercials, really appreciate your eye for things like that - makes a good video a great doc, cheers 🍻

  • @kirbymarchbarcena
    @kirbymarchbarcena 3 роки тому +1

    No matter how large and big the castle was, it still lacks the comfort room every human character needs to go to

  • @Mintcar923
    @Mintcar923 2 роки тому

    Nuttin like gearing up for Halloween with some classic Castlevania..

  • @rvfiasco
    @rvfiasco 3 роки тому

    Awesome! One of my favorite series ever!

  • @AndrewBell
    @AndrewBell 3 роки тому +2

    The production is absolutely incredible. If I could subscribe again I would.
    I hope UA-cam gives this the exposure it deserves.

  • @EsotericArcade
    @EsotericArcade 3 роки тому

    Amazing work here! I would love to see a book with all of those concept drawings. Ideally it would include some you could frame!