@@MrPeterStevens same!! Nothing like a nice cup of Joe to go with some Joe. It’s such a cozy, happy place for me. I’m a coffee fiend, so coffee alone makes me very happy, but paired with a game sack video ..🤌🏼 perfection
Had already watched these individually when they came out but since I like Castlevania and Joe's content so much I just watched the whole thing again 🤣
Really appreciate these Joe. Game Sack is my comfort watch. I have it on in the background during various things, multiple times per week, then I always catch the new episodes before bed Saturday nights.
Hey Joe, I especially like that wrap-around filter you used for the end-credits video. Some really cool effects right there, definitely use that some more in end-credits, or other parts of future vids! Thanks for all your hard work brother.
One of my favorite videogame franchises of all time. Thank you!! Sigh...if only Konami would do something with this franchise besides re-releases and Pachinko.
I still feel somewhat blessed knowing that there is a 2 hour video on UA-cam, made by Game Sack, about Castlevania 😮 Seriously, it's great to witness it 👍
I literally watched all the castlevania videos yesterday. I guess now's as good as ever to see if there's anything I missed. I do love these compilation videos.
Probably should’ve mentioned the main draw of Harmony of Despair, that you can play as all the main characters of the IGA Castlevania games, and they all play using the mechanics they had in their own game.
Hey Joe! This is my favorite mini-series you've made. It's cool to watch them back to back, and I also appreciate the added intro! Also, the post credits scene for the 16 bit Castlevanias video is my favorite post credits scene in the entire channel! Keep up the good work!
I don't have a Castlevania T Shirt! Dammit! I love these CRUNCH episodes, real nice to put onthe tv right before bed and just veg out until fall asleep, then rewind the next day to where I left off and do it again
That outro, for the 16bit games, man, that was perfect. I had a good chuckle, from that. In Harmony of Dissonance, I think your characters name, is pronounced, as, Joo-stay. A notable takeaway, from Harmony, is, how tedious, the map design, can be and, it employs WAY more backtracking, than, any other Castlevania. My top two, are the same as yours. SoTN just feels so "rich and thorough", with perfect control and has, absolutely incredible, music, so, it gets my top vote. AoS gets my second, for the quick and solid gameplay, with excellent tunes, and an addictive soul system. Collecting the Tsuchinoko and Sky Fish souls, was satisfying, and the Game+ mode, was perfect.
Such a great trip down memory lane, Love the series and as much as I love SOTN I will always love the original trilogy for NES and yes I actually like Simon's Quest. One day I'll get my Castlevania NES boxart completed on my back!
A shame besides Igarashi's team we know nothing about the other Castlevania developers. Toru Hagihara was SOTN co-director and also made Belmont's Revenge and Rondo of Blood.This guy took the series to another level . Hitoshi Akamatsu created the series and directed all the games for the NES.Nobody knows what happened to him,he vanished.
When you were talking about the X68K Castelvania, I was thinking I’ve played this before. Then you said it was on Castlevania Chronicles, I’m like hmmmm. Dug out my old PS3 and sure enough I got this game on there. Score!
Awesome retrospective! Castlevania is my go to platformer, played all of them up to Lords of Shadow, which I didn't bother finishing. Hoping for a return to form some day!
I wanna see a 3D castlevania game done with the help of Platinum games where you play as either Alucard or Soma Cruze Bayonetta style, imagine how crazy that'd be!
Well, Joe, found a great time to binge-watch this one...in bed sick as a wet dog! Lol! Your production value is so damn good! It's a crime you don't have a larger following! Thank you for keeping me entertained while resting up!
on the PSP's game, you can unlock the PS1's Symphony of the Night game too. The PSP's game has actually 3 games on it. on Mega Drive's Bloodlines you can do a Spear Rotating attack as well.
Nice video! I love Castlevania the Adventure on gameboy. I beat it all the time when it first came out but I never knew it had a GBC release. Can't wait to play it!
@@tonberrymasta i found it on Teepublic. I believe it should still be available. *edit* it's still available. One shirt i recommended is one where it looks a comic book cover with Simon getting in Dracula's face.
You're my favorite UA-camr Joe, thank you so much for keeping the sackage going, I love watching your videos while eating some delicious cereal with milk
My first console that I got that was actually mine was an NES in 1988, and the first game I asked for was Castlevania. Before that I played the game in one of those tabletop arcade cabinets in a local Pizza Hut, so it blew my mind that I could play the game at home.
Thanks for the great videos. Konomi was one of the greatest game developers for nes and snes games. Loved all their series like Gradius, Silent Hills, and Castlevania. Somehow I only finished playing C1-3 and keep going back to those games.
As a pretty big fan of the series since the NES, I came around to Harmony of despair on Xbox 360. You're right that, single player alone, it's not amazing. But the multiplayer is one of my finest memories with the franchise. Especially with Soma. But having all sorts of different characters to play, all online with friends was a blast. Leveling up your abilities, farming bosses for rare drops (Dual Wielding Valmanways was amazing), playing levels from various Castlevania games... Just great. And the DLC was reasonable by today's standards. I think it was $2/character when they added them, and levels were like $4 or $5. They got difficult since you had to play on the hardest difficulty to get the best drops (Valmanway+1 was extremely rare). Me and a friend of mine used to go back to it every now and then. They eventually made it backward compatible on Xbox one. I really wish they would make a newer one. If Konami came back and made true new 2d Castlevania in the same vein as what they did for the TMNT franchise with Shredder's Revenge, I would be all in. I also enjoy the compilations they've released so I can play on Switch. Really hoping they find a way to do the DS games.
Great stuff Joe! I'm a big of this series so I have my personal favorites: From the original trilogy: Castlevania III From the 16-bit games: Super Castlevania IV From the GBA games: Castlevania: Circle of the Moon From the 3D-games: Castlevania: Curse of Darkness I also gotta say that I didn't hate Lords of Shadow. It's a flawed experience for sure, but I thought it was more good than bad. The ambiance, the visuals and going back to earlier levels to get hidden power-ups felt Castlevania-ish enough for me. Not to mention the Castle area where you go against the vampire queen, that's as Castlevania as you get. It also helps that Gabriel was voiced by Robert Carlyle, an underrated Scottish actor and one of my favorites, he did a excellent performance for the game.
game sack is like a recliner that's so comfortable and familiar you can't help but sink into it.
You have obviously never been in a steiner recliner before.
Beanbag?
It is usually part of my Sunday morning ritual. Coffee + game sack.
@@MrPeterStevens i can dig it. I'm more of a Game Sack before bed kind of guy myself.
@@MrPeterStevens same!! Nothing like a nice cup of Joe to go with some Joe. It’s such a cozy, happy place for me. I’m a coffee fiend, so coffee alone makes me very happy, but paired with a game sack video ..🤌🏼 perfection
I always start my day with a bowl of Castlevainia Crunch!
Shameful comment, you should be ashamed of yourself
Pour the cereal before the blood
I love the Medusa head marshmallows! Wow!
Pass the box I got a bowl too!!
Part of your complete breakfast.
I appreciate you recording new intros for the crunch videos. Not everyone takes the trouble. Ok, time to binge!
Well, I wanted to be productive this Monday. Guess that isn't going to happen. This video won't watch itself. Lol
😂🤙
sho won't
😆
2 hours and 18 minutes of Joe and Castlevania. What more could you ask for? Thanks for the good times! :)
Dave
Oh man, the Dracula X vs Rondo of Blood skit was spot on! I'll always have that speech between Richter and Drac etched into my memory.
It is getting that time of year where I play Castlevania and Super Ghouls and Ghost. They always remind me of fall and Halloween.
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Zombies Ate My Neighbors is also good at this time of year :)
GNG resurrection was fun 2 player but tough even on easier levels. I do like the art books and sound in both castlevania/advance collections.
Happy castlevania season!
For me too especially in the winter
Had already watched these individually when they came out but since I like Castlevania and Joe's content so much I just watched the whole thing again 🤣
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bring it on punk
Rondo Of Blood is truly the purest embodiment of what Castlevania stands for as a franchise.
Rondo Of Blood is tough as hell. I can't get past stage 2.
@@slipwagon7944 Did you unlock Maria?????
@@orangeslash1667 Trying too. That part after you fall down the hole is difficult.
This is amazing, I always go back to watch them all because they are so incredible, being in one video is a treat and absolute joy.
Thank you.
Really appreciate these Joe. Game Sack is my comfort watch. I have it on in the background during various things, multiple times per week, then I always catch the new episodes before bed Saturday nights.
Hey Joe, I especially like that wrap-around filter you used for the end-credits video. Some really cool effects right there, definitely use that some more in end-credits, or other parts of future vids! Thanks for all your hard work brother.
You should see his stop-motion animation of the innards of a RetroN5. It is creative and a display of great skill.
I appreciate the attention to the super Gameboy and details like differences between releases. Awesome show. Thanks!
One of my favorite videogame franchises of all time. Thank you!!
Sigh...if only Konami would do something with this franchise besides re-releases and Pachinko.
I still feel somewhat blessed knowing that there is a 2 hour video on UA-cam, made by Game Sack, about Castlevania 😮
Seriously, it's great to witness it 👍
Love this channel. I hope it keeps going for many years
beer is ready, time to watch 2 hours of Castlevania
Dude you referencing the line from Castlevania Rondo of Blood at the end of the 16 bit part was funny and great :D
I love this time of year - Hyper focus on the spooky games!
Happy castlevania season!
I like all of your videos Joe! Game sack is my favorite retro gaming channel
Great job, I love those kinda videos
I love all your videos, but I really appreciate all the work you put into your stop motion shorts, you must have the patience of a jedi
You are fake news son
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Ahhh another Game Sack crunch to fall asleep to...just in time for Halloween🎃. Thanks Joe. 👍😎
OMG, you said FEWER appropriately instead of LESS. Joe, THANK YOU.
That aside, I love this compilation.
I literally watched all the castlevania videos yesterday. I guess now's as good as ever to see if there's anything I missed. I do love these compilation videos.
Probably should’ve mentioned the main draw of Harmony of Despair, that you can play as all the main characters of the IGA Castlevania games, and they all play using the mechanics they had in their own game.
Brilliant starting my day off with game sack and it's Castlevania! What could be better 😄
Me and my friend has been recently hooked on this series
Thanks for this video! This is one of my favorite series' of all time! Growing up, I always thought the sword and snakese were chandeliers too! Haha!
Hey Joe! This is my favorite mini-series you've made. It's cool to watch them back to back, and I also appreciate the added intro! Also, the post credits scene for the 16 bit Castlevanias video is my favorite post credits scene in the entire channel! Keep up the good work!
I don't have a Castlevania T Shirt! Dammit! I love these CRUNCH episodes, real nice to put onthe tv right before bed and just veg out until fall asleep, then rewind the next day to where I left off and do it again
That outro, for the 16bit games, man, that was perfect. I had a good chuckle, from that.
In Harmony of Dissonance, I think your characters name, is pronounced, as, Joo-stay.
A notable takeaway, from Harmony, is, how tedious, the map design, can be and, it employs WAY more backtracking, than, any other Castlevania.
My top two, are the same as yours. SoTN just feels so "rich and thorough", with perfect control and has, absolutely incredible, music, so, it gets my top vote. AoS gets my second, for the quick and solid gameplay, with excellent tunes, and an addictive soul system. Collecting the Tsuchinoko and Sky Fish souls, was satisfying, and the Game+ mode, was perfect.
I like your subtle sense of humor. Great videos man.
Great show Joe! I'm a Castlevania fanatic... Always have been... Perfect timing on the Hallow's Eve stuff, and Yes! The Music❤🔊
Awesome compilation of games. Another video that comes a close second is the old Gametrailers Castlevania retrospective
Such a great trip down memory lane, Love the series and as much as I love SOTN I will always love the original trilogy for NES and yes I actually like Simon's Quest. One day I'll get my Castlevania NES boxart completed on my back!
Oh hell yeah. Booting up the collection and getting comfy for this one!
I'm mad at myself for not discovering Game Sack sooner.
A shame besides Igarashi's team we know nothing about the other Castlevania developers.
Toru Hagihara was SOTN co-director and also made Belmont's Revenge and Rondo of Blood.This guy took the series to another level .
Hitoshi Akamatsu created the series and directed all the games for the NES.Nobody knows what happened to him,he vanished.
The sound effects when putting games into consoles on Game Sack are underrated.
When you were talking about the X68K Castelvania, I was thinking I’ve played this before. Then you said it was on Castlevania Chronicles, I’m like hmmmm. Dug out my old PS3 and sure enough I got this game on there. Score!
Btw I needed to say thanks for all the years of content - What's amazing is your content keeps getting better. GG on that, no small feat. imo
LOS 1&2 are masterpieces , lament of innocence is also one of my favorites .
The 3D/PS3 era games were sick. This video was awesome!
so i was currently watching your Cool Compilation and Anthologies video and then you uploaded this crunch, perfect timing i guess
That skit was all elite.
This is just the kinda crunch I need in my life.
Thanks buddy!
Yes! How nice is this. Thank you Gamesack 🤩
I do have a Castlevania T-shirt, I'm wearing it right now. Great vid, good job!
Awesome retrospective! Castlevania is my go to platformer, played all of them up to Lords of Shadow, which I didn't bother finishing.
Hoping for a return to form some day!
Awesome content as always. Finally getting my Mister
kit today so will at last get to play rondo of blood.
Castlevania Crunch: the breakfast cereal General Mills should work on RIGHT NOW.
Sounds like a lost late 80s and early 90s cereal trying to cash on on the sucess of the Nintendo Cereal System.
You don't think they'd get sued by Quaker for stealing their "Crunch" IP?
Watching this while waiting for hurricane Ian to make landfall. Thanks Game sack!
Great job Joe, great video. I have a Castlevania t-shirt it states "What a Horrible Night to have a curse". I love it.
Gamesack, joe u are the shit to put a two hour plus video together for us castlevania fans thank u for the killer upload
Glad to see some love for Dante's Inferno. Never understood the hate for it when it was released, as I enjoyed it from start to end.
I wanna see a 3D castlevania game done with the help of Platinum games where you play as either Alucard or Soma Cruze Bayonetta style, imagine how crazy that'd be!
John!!! Another quality video on my day off?! Over two hours!!! You rule
Well, Joe, found a great time to binge-watch this one...in bed sick as a wet dog! Lol! Your production value is so damn good! It's a crime you don't have a larger following! Thank you for keeping me entertained while resting up!
on the PSP's game, you can unlock the PS1's Symphony of the Night game too. The PSP's game has actually 3 games on it.
on Mega Drive's Bloodlines you can do a Spear Rotating attack as well.
gamesack is simply awesome. ive been watching for some time now and will definitely continue to
I do NOT have a Castlevania t-shirt... I need a Castlevania t-shirt.
Nice video! I love Castlevania the Adventure on gameboy. I beat it all the time when it first came out but I never knew it had a GBC release. Can't wait to play it!
"It's got Castlevainia for crunch, whip for punch, and it stays crunchy, even in milk."
I've never thought of myself as being a substandard Castlevania fan for not having a Castlevania T-shirt, but I guess that is indeed the case.
Good point, applies to me too
I'm a fraud.
I'm wearing a Castlevania shirt right now. Not an official one but it has the map from Castlevania 3 with all 4 characters underneath walking along.
@@derek-64 That actually sounds really awesome!
@@tonberrymasta i found it on Teepublic. I believe it should still be available.
*edit* it's still available. One shirt i recommended is one where it looks a comic book cover with Simon getting in Dracula's face.
Love Castlevania and loved the video! Hope to someday see a similar video but for Metal Gear.
Great work Game Sack and Joe, excellent video, Love it!!
You're my favorite UA-camr Joe, thank you so much for keeping the sackage going, I love watching your videos while eating some delicious cereal with milk
Sounds like a new breakfast cereal!
I'll take a box of castlevania crunch for sure!
Every box contains a miserable little pile of secrets
Can't lie your Screen transitions are unmatched anywhere online!
The Treasure room music in Super Castlevania is the best song of all of the SNES games! :)
Dracula's theme is still good. Haunting and eerie. When you walk into that room be prepared for a showdown with The Prince of Darkness!!
im glad youre still rocking and makin videos
Ain't even watched it yet and know...ITS THE GREATEST VIDEO EVER!!!
Incredibly Epic video. Was ready to throw hands when you started trash talking bloodlines but you, of course, redeemed yourself.
Díky!
Thanks Joe for years of fun with GS. I’ve been watching your show since 2015. Keep up the good work. Greetings from the Czech republic. Tom.
Thanks Tomas. Hopefully you'll keep enjoying it as long as I keep making it. :)
😳wooaaah...this came unexpected😉
Perfect Crunchy-NES Castlevania-Galore with Special Intro from my Fav Game Sack👍...so whip'n cool🎊
Oh heck yes! Wasn't expecting to see this until after the 1st!
Rondo of Blood is still my favourite castlevania of all time.
I don't remember the last time I was awake while watching a Game Sack video. I mean, I always watch them. I am just, never awake......
What an amazing episode, Joe!
Just coming from your latest video but I’ve already liked this so. Great new video I love Game Sack! Keep up the awesome videos
Even though I literally watched all these over the weekend, you can bet your ass I’m watching this again.
I saw the title of this video and I was like Jessie spano (I'm so excited!). love me some castlevania and joes perspective/knowledge.
my favorite series!
just what i needed at this moment. stop reading my mind! (no actually, please continue)
Castlevania Crunch… sounds like a cereal I missed out on in the 90s!
They had a batman cereal, that was absolutely great!
Great idea for a long form video , thanks joe!
Thank you for this comprehensive look at these games!
I came to UA-cam to listen to Symphony of the Night while I did work and....this was on the front page waiting for me.
Found an error.
31:18, that waltz is fantastic!
Gonna have to start over from scratch. ;-)
J/K, love this content.
My first console that I got that was actually mine was an NES in 1988, and the first game I asked for was Castlevania. Before that I played the game in one of those tabletop arcade cabinets in a local Pizza Hut, so it blew my mind that I could play the game at home.
Damn, no t-shirt here. The passion is amazing to me as always!!!
“The Castlevania crunch “sounds like a dance or a breakfast cereal.
I'm so excited to sit down and watch this tonight
I don't have a Castlevania T-Shirt, but dude this video was awesome!! Thank You!
Thanks for the great videos. Konomi was one of the greatest game developers for nes and snes games. Loved all their series like Gradius, Silent Hills, and Castlevania. Somehow I only finished playing C1-3 and keep going back to those games.
As a pretty big fan of the series since the NES, I came around to Harmony of despair on Xbox 360. You're right that, single player alone, it's not amazing. But the multiplayer is one of my finest memories with the franchise. Especially with Soma. But having all sorts of different characters to play, all online with friends was a blast. Leveling up your abilities, farming bosses for rare drops (Dual Wielding Valmanways was amazing), playing levels from various Castlevania games... Just great. And the DLC was reasonable by today's standards. I think it was $2/character when they added them, and levels were like $4 or $5. They got difficult since you had to play on the hardest difficulty to get the best drops (Valmanway+1 was extremely rare).
Me and a friend of mine used to go back to it every now and then. They eventually made it backward compatible on Xbox one. I really wish they would make a newer one.
If Konami came back and made true new 2d Castlevania in the same vein as what they did for the TMNT franchise with Shredder's Revenge, I would be all in. I also enjoy the compilations they've released so I can play on Switch. Really hoping they find a way to do the DS games.
Great stuff Joe! I'm a big of this series so I have my personal favorites:
From the original trilogy: Castlevania III
From the 16-bit games: Super Castlevania IV
From the GBA games: Castlevania: Circle of the Moon
From the 3D-games: Castlevania: Curse of Darkness
I also gotta say that I didn't hate Lords of Shadow. It's a flawed experience for sure, but I thought it was more good than bad. The ambiance, the visuals and going back to earlier levels to get hidden power-ups felt Castlevania-ish enough for me. Not to mention the Castle area where you go against the vampire queen, that's as Castlevania as you get. It also helps that Gabriel was voiced by Robert Carlyle, an underrated Scottish actor and one of my favorites, he did a excellent performance for the game.
I can't wait for the inevitable "It's almost like Castlevania" episode one day.
0:55 Haha, thanks 🙂👍😂
btw: 1:08:58 right next to the clock you can chop through the giant rock for goodies as far as i can remember