Super Castlevania IV (SNES) Playthrough - NintendoComplete
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- Опубліковано 21 лют 2015
- A playthrough of Konami's 1991 horror-themed action game for the Super Nintendo, Super Castlevania IV.
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A Link to the Past, Super Metroid and Super Castlevania 4 were my childhood. Still playing them today on my SNES Mini. Absolute masterpieces.
Good line up. Seriously that technology and expertise was just so cutting edge at the time.
For me it was OOT, Ssb 64, star fox 64, Super Mario 64 I also had mk snes and my dad old old games back in NES era.
My childhood was tic tack toe and observing walruses from afar.
Im playing them on my original snes
@@obivincinninninnina3041 Alaskan child?
I love the DRAGON BATTLES on Castlevania !!!!
This game captures the feel of old horror movies perfectly.
Wen you walk tô the final Room the toches spit up oq my fuckin god
Yes of course
Sure does.
This game is awesome...
Ué, kkkk
Num percebi isso
Never understood why every Castlevania game after this didn't incorporate the control scheme. The controls in this game are top-notch even when playing it almost 30 years later.
IKR? As neat as I found Symphony of the Night, it made zero sense why an ability as simple as attacking up, while mapping the sub-weapons to their own button, was apparently too advanced for the cutting edge PS1 game layered with RPG elements.
Aside from not being able to whip downwards while on the ground (which perhaps could have easily been solved, if crouching was mapped to an L/R trigger, or if Down+Whip was different from Down+Left/Right+Whip), plus the hassle of fighting enemies on stairs, I felt that SCIV’s controls were nearly perfect.
SotN (aka Igavania) became the standard after the meh 3D Castlevanias in Nintendo64. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy Igavanias. But I'm with you, I'd love to see this formula implemented. Castlevania:Rebirth is a fantastic game, but it uses the NES formula more than the SNES/Sega formula.
A man can dream, though. A man can dream.
Welp, time for another Super Castlevania IV run!
From what I understood, some of the original team split up with Konami and left to do their own thing. I love symphony of the night and I'm glad IGA is doing his own thing, imagine if the original SCV4 team united and made a new Castlegania game, or something like it.
Would've been tricky for Rondo of Blood since the PC Engine only had 2 face buttons on the controller. I agree though, the control scheme for SCIV is great.
30 years latter?
I get goosebumps watching the first minute. I'm a 37-year old man and it still makes me feel the same emotion as a kid. The creepy music in the beginning reappears at the 30:28 mark.
Agree.
Same!
I'm 37, n i also agreed with you
The nostalgia is overwhelming... how I miss those times.
I know the feeling man
This and Street Fighter II Turbo are like the only games I play on my SNES mini.
@BxxDxx Hoodoo Dude I go back further than that. Waking up Saturday Morning, watching those classic Saturday Morning Cartoons until mom woke up, made banana pancakes, spend all day on the NES or SNES, playing what we managed to rent from the local rental store (even before Blockbuster came onto the scene). Mom made sweet tea, drink cups of the stuff. Go to Saturday Mass, grab a cheap pizza from, again, a local chain afterwards, watch SNICK when we got back home, play the rest of the night away until Mystery Science Theater 3000 came on, go to bed after that.
That was my idea of a perfect childhood Saturday.
It's just memberberries, In 20 years you'll think that of 2020. Well maybe not 2020 specifically...
@@UmVtCg I think it pretty much stops at 80's/90's childhood...
when it was good to be a youth.
I remember having all the passwords written down on a piece of paper so I could jump in to my favourite levels whenever I wanted.
Same
Me too
yeah, did that with every game I had lol.
Thats how our generation rolled! Same.
Super Metroid was revolutionary in my young mind.
The music on this game was amazing
Out of all the Castlevania games, this one is my absolute favorite of all time and it will forever reign supreme….every level kept me on the edge of my seat….love it 😊
In my opinion This is the greatest Castlevania game of them all. Just a amazing game from start to finish
I'm with you
+Lilly Charlotte Tvedt Ditto.
Nope.
I agree.
My one and ONLY beef is that the 8 way whip is borderline TOO powerful. Makes you barely need all of the special weapons like the holy water and the axe for example. Other than that, I love it.
This game is a masterpiece!
Yes!!!! Music is the BEST of gameplay
Indeed
You know Dracula is gonna freak out, when he finds all the tables and chairs have been destroyed. Those were rentals!!
I had this game almost 30 years ago, played it all the time. The music was incredible for a console from the early 90’s.
Still is!
I bet his cart, where ever it is, is still working too.
Still is, bud.
It still is one the best scores a game has ever had
Just completed this game today, the final boss took me over 2 days to beat. Probably harder than Castlevania 3's.
One of the greatest SNES soundtracks ever u could listen to this in your car on a long trip and go down memory lane and just enjoy yourself
I put it on a tape. I still have that tape.
I listen to this music of this game as I'm workingout or driving sometimes...am i the only one that do this?
Nope .. you are normal ....
Def not. I came here just to listen to fall asleep. esp @ 45:10 which was one of my favorite stages. The music in this game was insanely good and still is. Brings me back to my happy place
Not at all
Not at all. Music is music everywhere, and this is one fo the best on his genre.
You got bats in the bellfree I tell thee
Master piece of gaming history on the super nintendo. It make me feel like a child again . Being the vampire slayer. And then we grow up and find out what being a adult is like . With all the worries of the world on your head. I want to go back to my child hood ..when you just couldn't wait to get home and play your fav game and dream on . The music in this takes me there again.
Amen🙏💙 brother!! Your comment brought tears to my eyes.. Your honesty is Godlike. Good for you🙌and God bless you.
Your comment could not have been more true. That feeling that you got when you've returned home and you switched on your Super Nintendo with this game (or any other consoles with Castlevania to be honest, except Aria/Dawn of Sorrow) and you imagined yourself being the mighty hero defeating Lord Dracula once and for all.
I am sure you can return to your childhood in another dimension and I hope you have fun with it. May God be with you all the way, sir. :-)
Yup.
This and symphony of the night for the ps1 was the best.
Man the beginning sound track of this game was so hype.
I listen to it for my workout!
Like the 80s cartoon intros
one of the greatest game ever made
The music during the credits is so nostalgic. Brings back memories of the great gaming days in the 90's!
It’s epic
the only piece of video game music that i still am uncertain of the feelings it gives me. credit music is so good!
yes still a wonderful piece
@@drunknewsguy 👍👍
@@cherokeefit4248 this game difficulty is so hardcore. 😉
THIS WAS MY FAVORITE CHILDHOOD GAME. I STILL OWN AND PLAY IT.
One of the very first and greatest games from the SNES to show 360 Rotation.
It was called mode 7... me and my friend used to always talk about it when we were in our teens.
@@armandsmith1027 Indeed back then Mode 7 among other SNES specs. Separated it from the Saga system, Many people felt Nintendo was the superior system. At that point Nintendo won the 16 Bit Wars. Today it's all about X-Box vs PlayStation. Glad I was there to see it. Glad am here to see these Console Wars.
@@ZeroGRacer we won't even get into that Star Fox and the FX chip... that's a whole nother story we have to sit around a campfire and talk about.
@FinnMc2 Regardless this was still impressive at it's time.
Isn't this game basically a snes remake of the first one.
Nintendo blew their load with this game, and everything else on SNES. They’ve never been able to top the SNES days.
@soul seeker That's because they marketed it so well, everyone bought a Wii, and everyone's dog, and everyone's grandma.
I made a fugue of Simon's theme from the 1st level.ua-cam.com/video/xHYhuDHK8NY/v-deo.html
Honestly, it seems the Switch is topping it, and surpassing it.
@SOUL SEEKER Success in sales doesn't mean better.
The '90s was the peak for Nintendo. It's not the same anymore these days, even they still occasionally make good games.
I loved this game. And the soundtrack is amazing, too.
This guy is too good lol
I kind of love it how the music for Drac's third stage is "Simon's Theme." Instead of ominous, threatening music for his FINAL FORM, instead the soundtrack itself is telling Vlad to prepare for the whipping he is about to receive.
Lol. "Whipping."
@@multimeter2859 Better than wiping
Simon is half vampire like Alucard for some reason.
@@kakashihatake326 sounds like Lords of Shadow.
@@kakashihatake326 Lords of Shadow lore is bullshit, someone's wet dream. Simon is human, but very, very powerful. Simon is also not eternal, so he can's be a vampire. I swear these Lords of Shadow shitshows totally ruined whatever timeline and story arc Konami already had set for the series.
One of the greatest games of all time, with some of the greatest music of all time.
I agree.
You a brand new fan?
@@maxovrkll4440 I am! I also noticed that!
Yup.
@@maxovrkll4440 the devil and god are raging inside of me
As a kid, that graveyard imagery from the story at the beginning, used to send shivers down my spine. I always thought there was some place like that in this world. Now, as an adult, I cant stop thinking that someone envisioned it because he saw it in real life...
I remember first seeing that rotation level I was amazed at the graphics.
Same! It blew my mind, and the music for it (that starting bass line) combined to make it so memorable.
Especially the spinning room 😄
When you heard the organ playing in the final stage, you knew s*** was about to get real.
Damn Straight!
Delicious straight.🧛♀️
Dun-dun-DUUUUUUUUN
Hell Yeah!
Indeed!
Such an epic, atmospheric game and soundtrack. One of my favorite Super NES games!
They've created masterpieces back then. I miss these times.
I could never forget the soundtrack
I love it when games use the music from the first level during the final bossfight. This is so cinematic.
this was my mom's favorite SNES game back in the 2000s. loved watching her playing this.
This is one of the best in the series. The music is amazing the whole game. They finally let you whip in all directions also.
This game had some awesome levels like the Treasury, Castle Halls/Ballroom, Stables, and Clock Tower. The bosses, although easy, they were memorable.
Grim reaper was always the hardest lol
Easy? 🤣
@@boxingandrum Depends on what you're using. As you can see in this LP they're not so tough if you use the crosses.
Yeah since you had so much mobility you could basically whip circles around them
Yea bosses were the easiest part of this game. I mean I died to a few of them at times but the stages were way harder than the bosses
This one is a masterpiece.
It was a blast to see the game in 1992 in German department stores! The intro 0:39 - 3:04 is especially eerie, atmospheric and horror-like, similar to Forbidden Forest (Commodore 64)!! Goosebumps! Amazing music!
So glad I found this awesome channel. Brings back a lot memories of times I played most of these games with my late father
That's awesome.. I am sorry for your loss my friend.. .🙏😇👑💙🙌🎮😎 God speed to you and God bless you.
I love how there is a "calm before the storm" level just before you enter the castle proper. It's really atmospheric.
Was a huge Castlvania fan as a kid. This is my absolute favorite Castlevania, and one of my favorite games ever!
Diagonal whip was so revolutionary. I remember playing the first few castlevania in NES and they didn’t have that. It’s been so long. Am I right or is there something wrong with my memory?
The Deadly Dancers: Fred Ascare and Paula Abghoul.
That's funny😂😂
Oh yeeeaaah I remember that
Duuuude, when the music changes to Simon's theme... CHILLS
I miss watching my brother playing this game. He's the only one who completed the game. RIP brother 🙏❤
Sorry to hear that...
Sorry lianyi hime
I am sorry for your loss.. .😇🙏🙌
Hands down the best music compilation for a video game in the history of my childhood!
The BEST OG Castlevania. Graphics, sound design, music (oh the music!) and atmosphere and that whip have never been surpassed. An absolute gem of the 16-bit era.
45:10 came here for the nostalgia. Stage 8 was one of my favorites, the music makes me time travel back to those times. Nice gameplay man thanks
Imo this is the Castlevania with the most melancholic atmosphere. It's also the first i've played.
I can remember my Dad taking me to blockbuster to rent this game and how amazed I was at the sound and graphics. Still holds up today to nice play through
Best 16 bits Soundtrack Ever. So Creative, So Unique, So Magic. Even 30 years later.
Possibly the biggest videogame franchise ever; not only for the number of games along the years but also for its simple concept: Good vs. Evil in their rawest forms. It's classic.
Apologies for the God of War and Batman Arkham games, but this one marked my life forever.
I think both Mario and Pokemon are far bigger franchises than Castlevania.
@@StuUngar 🤣🤣🤣 I like your sense of humor
@@wallacesousuke1433 ??? Its true, Castlevania is nowhere near other franchises such as Pokemon, Mario or Sonic. That doesnt mean Castlevania is a bad franchise tho.
@@icelevelsenjoyer these garbage series for kids and manchildren didn't bring anything of value to the industry, they are like the mobile gaming of console gaming, they make profit off people's stupidity and nostalgia trip. Been gaming since the 90's and never cared about these piles of trash and cringe at grown ups who like them (and Nintendo stuff in general).
Castlevania and Metroid will always be greater and more important franchises due to their immense contributions to the gaming industry, regardless of whether they sell poorly, popularity =/= quality, it just means that most people are dumb.
@@wallacesousuke1433 Run through some Zelda games and maybe a few galaxies from Super Mario Galaxy series and then say this bull shit. All of these nintendo franchises brought a lot to the gaming scene, but the reality is that Castlevania reaches the hearts of players significantly less than franchises like Mario and Zelda. Why? Not because they are for kids, but because they were and are innovative for their time. Both games mentioned are equally as difficult as Castlevania at times, but then also a lot more relaxing, which can cater to a wider audience.
I love that Konami sound. You knew you were gonna have fun
The Dracula final battle music is a masterpiece that still stands strong to this day.
That music tho.. after all these years. Still as powerful and amazing as ever. I just bought a copy of the game in near mint condition! For me this was the golden age of gaming. ❤
at times I forget this one is real. I am a fan of many of the titles, and yet everytime I come back to this one im just amazed at so much they did for this game. from music to animation and to framing of the credits. so Unreal for a castlevania game at the time
9:30 stage music is epic epicccc I remember playing this with my big brother man that was the days
The attention to detail is so exquisite for a Snes game, the soundtrack is powerful. The bosses are incredible, the controls are responsive!
How I miss these days,this game was so good and still holds up.
one of the best games i've ever played.
Still throw this in about once a year and play it over a few days. Maybe the best soundtrack for any game ever.
I love final fantasy 2 and 3 soundtracks
Yuzo Koshiro and the Streets of Rage series would like a word.
That's my BEST GAME i ever played when I was a kid growing up......specially the Music
I wish could be a kid again ......miss those DAYS .
I love how this game lets you freely swing your chain to "block" incoming attacks if an enemy gets too close. So cool!
Just beat this game today. Music playing during Dracula fight was badass. Even the credits music was really good
So many memories with this game. I want to play it again.
same here .. bring me back to 1990s
Galactic Magic emulation much?
@@elijahhodges1575 It's on the SNES Classic!
Same
I’m running in the 90’s for this game.
Remember playing this when I was 5 or 6 (I’m 30 now) and I never forgot that intro/level 1 song… straight banger
One of the most epic intros in a game I've ever seen in my life. And...when Konami can get better localization for Japanese-to-English translation in 1991 than many games can get today.
it was hard to find good translators back then hahaha
One of the best games ever! I always loved the music in this game. Brings back great memories.
Ditto. Great music. Great memories
The Cross is really good in this game.🧐
Even the password/name input OST is amazing. Definitely one of my favorite Castlevania games of all time.
Man, music so good it still gives me chills and goosebumps
The stage with the swinging chandelier that music was soooo epic 🔥🔥🔥🔥
I DENT LIKE IT
I'm Sega Genesis fan. But SNES is also a GREAT console. Cool.
I love both consoles, I prefer SNES but Genesis/Mega Drive have great games too. These consoles was the gold era of 16 bits.
Glad to hear somebody loving BOTH sides.
I played this growing up. Having the boomerang was always the best weapon to have. My brother's and I loved this masterpiece. He still has it . I'm 45 years old and was a teenager back then 😊
One of my favorite Castlevania games
57:56 Stage 10-1
1:03:47 Stage 11-1
1:04:52 Stage 11-2
1:06:48 Stage 11-3
1:09:51 Final Boss
10 -1 my favourite
1:09:52 Dat feel when the final music starts to play. Your palms are sweaty. You are nervous and fearful as all get out. Still you press left on the d-pad. Time for the final boss. Time to face Dracula.
33:43 secret break away in the floor, secret room.
I still love playing this game
Brilliant game. Brings back so many memories..
The music on this game was amazing. I remember you could play the tracks on the game. Used to listen to them all the time.
Boss List
Boss 01 Rowdain 8:32
Boss 02 Medusa 12:39
Boss 03 Orphic Vipers 21:25
Boss 04 Kornoat 28:00
Boss 05 Dancing Specters 38:18
Boss 06 Sir Garkut 44:15
Boss 07 Frankenstein 49:39
Boss 08 Golden Phantom Bat 56:37
Boss 09 Akmodan 1:02:46
Final Boss Count Dracula Vlad Trepes 1:10:37
You forgot Sloaga, Gaibon, and Death
@@yeremiapatuan4877 Oh, it doesn't matter.
Sir Graskull, not Garkut ?
*Koranot, Grakul, Zapf Bat
the first skeletons used to give me chills down the spine when was a kid lol. awesome game
I loved this game! Brings back memories.
The first time I heard just the opening "Jazzesque" theme in 1991 I melted. The entire game is a masterpiece, but the music, just too good.
The music really makes the game it gives it the perfect atmosphere love love this Game!!
Whenever I beat Dracula in this game and that orb fell from the air in his chamber, I would always try and jump up and grab it while flailing my whip, so I could get that cool frozen action shot. 😁
But yeah, this game brings back memories. The music, the graphics. Wow, this takes me back.
I still do that whenever I play this game lol
One the best games ever
Modern games are good and all, and maybe they're the best games have ever been, but I always come back to these retro games. After the PS2/XBox/GameCube my interest in keeping up with modern gaming started to wane, and I started playing fewer and fewer "new" games. I have the PS4/XB1/Switch and what do I play the most? The NES/SNES/Genesis Classic consoles, and I can't wait until the TG16 comes out next year. The Switch is really the only modern console I play...it's not that there aren't any modern games that interest me, it's just that there really isn't a pick-up-and-play element to most modern games. You have to sit down and invest time into the game, the controls, the story, etc...When you're in your 40's you don't have the benefit of a whole lot of free time. To sum it all up in the simplest of terms: Retro games FTW!
As someone in their 40's, free time is valuable as goldwhen you get it, but you don't get a lot of it either.
Im only 28 as of January this year man, and i completely agree with you. I grew up on retro systems cuz im a 90's kid and i still always come back to these classics no matter how much new games and technology saturate the market
Plus modern day games offer very little challenge, and gameplay in general. I find myself watching cutscenes or reading dialogue 60% of the time. Cut the bs and give me some action!
Right, right!
I'm 22 and I feel you. I don't mind a long grind now and again (assuming it's worth it of course), but I still prefer my Gamecube over my Switch if that makes any sense.
Crazy thing is I watched this because I knew it was a good game.. but even relooking at it now and I'm actually blown away at how phenomenal this game ,not was, but IS!!!
I cant believe this was a launch title!
Well played, man 👍🏼 I love the music of this game
The organ music and Simon cracking his whip at the gate are forever burned into my memory then the gates rise and his theme plays. This game and Symphony I like how both of them the castle "Wakes up" when you arrive in Symphony the lights come on and music starts
This game really showed off all the things the Super Nintendo was about:-
Sprite rotation
Sprite scaling
Mode 7
Transparency effects
Synthesised instrumental music
Didn't like the look of it at first glance (in particular thought the first stage was ugly), but once you persevered for a while, the game really started to show how good it was.
@@soundspark Couldn't care less how the effects got there as long as they got there.
Great music. I can see mario working his magic on mario paint.
1:09:55.
The music when you make your way to dracula . Memories.
Such a sinister score .
That music starting the 2-1 level...beast. Memories.
I used to watch my sister play this when I was little. Always loved the music especially from the ballroom level.
This takes me back to when I was 10. I got this for XMAS 1992. Fond memories.
Probably the BEST GAME EVER MADED !!! None other game can beat it !!! Feel my heart, when I'm playing !! What a love !!! The gameplay is the best ever maded !! The bosses are awesome. I love the Dragons. This is a Instant Classic !!!! The music is F..CKing awesome !!! Fantastic Dragons and skeletons. Good game for Halloween !! You see !! You don"'t need effects, to make a world best game !! An instant Classic !! Make the game addictive !! Like drugs !! The gameplay is so important !!!
*100 years later*
Simon: "Time for me to whip some bastards"
Konami: "I got you" *The greatest theme ever*
Dracula: *Nervous laugh* "I'm in danger"
LMFAO!!!😂😂😂 THAT'S HILARIOUS