People always say the prologue on Symphony is labelled Bloodlines incorrectly thinking they named the wrong game, but Richter's last level on Rondo is called Bloodlines.

When Gametrailers died I was afraid that all of these retrospectives would be lost. You're doing gods work by preserving these pieces of art.

@tigerwarrior2790

5 жыл бұрын

Phenominal222 how did gametrailers die?

@FfejTball

5 жыл бұрын

Tiger, there's a Jimquisition article that explains it pretty well.

@tigerwarrior2790

5 жыл бұрын

@@FfejTball I'll have to check it out, thank you so much.

@justicegear85

5 жыл бұрын

Yes. Chris Leathco, please continue to do God's work or else you perish for Eternity in the depths of Philips CD-i.

@FredMaverik

5 жыл бұрын

The quality is so terrible might as well be dead

These are still some of the best retrospectives on the internet almost 20 years later

12:37 crazy to think that an animated movie in development hell for a decade became the series on Netflix that kicks so much ass. Really shows just how far media has come in ways of reach, and a show doesnt have to be a "cinema" movie or "TV" show to reach international recognition.

@reginaldeberhart8521

3 жыл бұрын

And it's a great series

man... i miss these retrospectives.... gametrailers, thank you for the memories.

Castlevania is truly one of the greatest videogame series of all time. It also has the most spectacular musical scores ever created. This is one favorite GT retrospectives, thank you for combining all episodes into long video!😊👏

Makes me wonder how Castlevania Arcade would've fit into to this time line, this bizarre game came out back in 2009. It was an arcade cabinet game that was similar to Metroid Prime but on rails, while still being a metroidvania but only leveling up at the end of each level. Though I did find it odd that it was exclusive to Japan despite how all of the spoken lines were in English. Supposedly the idea to bring it to western arcades was scrapped and the three characters never had names were named as follows: Vampire Hunter, Lady Gunner, and Little Witch.

The replay of the last battle with dracula from Rondo of Blood at the starting of SOTN was NOT incorrectly labeled. The last stage was actually called "Bloodlines" in Rondo of Blood.

Rondo of Blood is one of those exceptional games where the boss's AI is done tricky and with surprising results; "Oh, you think you've beaten me?! You think I'm just gonna fall silently?! Well fuck you, because I'm taking you with me!!" these desperate moves that bosses will perform can be devastating if you're playing at pure vanilla AND if you only have 1 health point left; the absolute worst scenario is when you're also on your last life. this quick decision making can either give you bragging rights to your friends or make you rage out and toss your controller at your tv screen. Rondo of Blood's bosses teaches you to never underestimate your opponent; making you always cautious and keeping you on your toes so you can anticipate your opponent's next move. your enemy is never truly down for the count until it fades away before your very eyes.

@MrSoulChives

6 жыл бұрын

only shafts orbs can kill and they are easy to dodge

I watch this every Halloween season!!!

In Afghanistan I had this lil card for my d's that had thirty games or close to it. But I only really played Portrait of ruin. I loved that game and no doubt it's my favorite of the franchise. I think it was that one at least. The one boss legion I remember very well. Sitting in my shitty LAV hatch.

That was amazing such a great history of the classic Castlevania series it shows that they are passionate with their work and it shines in every aspect of the video.

@souljastation5463

4 жыл бұрын

But why have they ignored Lament of Innocence, one of the best Castlevania ever made?

@JackOfen

4 жыл бұрын

@Souljastation They didn't.... They talked about that game. Pay attention

My personally favorite series! I've been keeping with Castlevania since the 1986 NES game. Just picked up a Wii for Rondo of Blood and The Adventure Rebirth. I enjoy all Castlevania games with the exception of Judgment and possibly Harmony of Despair on Xbox Live Arcade. Even so, there are some I like better than others.

Masterful video. Entertainment and informative for over an hour.

Thanks! I could watch these multiple times.

@tawdryhepburn4686

5 жыл бұрын

Eff Three you literally can!

Great video! I’m very surprised your channel isn’t bigger. I look forward to the next video

Fuck I miss my DS and those 3 Castlevania games

I make sure to watch this every October.

when they got shut down, i wondered if this masterpiece would survive somewhere else.

Thank you for this!

I actually really love lament of innocence

@iqueda1420

4 жыл бұрын

@@MentatParadigm the clunkiness of those games kept them from being legendary and was probably what ultimately led to the abominations known as Lord of Shadows.

Had to re-watch this after finishing Netflix's Castlevania

@thedrewdog

7 жыл бұрын

Jon Robinson Same

@MrSoulChives

6 жыл бұрын

ya coulda played them

@jharvey62778

5 жыл бұрын

I was pissed they left out grant he may have been nerfed in the us version but he is still one bad ass character

@montemontague2998

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrSoulChives.wx X Xavi m1m1¼um1m2mm

@Kaptinkumar

3 жыл бұрын

Same here

The MSX version was only named Vampire Killer in Europe. In Japan it was still called Akumajō Dracula like it's original Famicom version.

How can they bring up Symphony of the Night without even so much as mentioning the music. Still one of the best gaming sound tracks I've ever heard. At the time it was mind blowing. They had all that space on the disc and used it for fulling orchestrated CD audio tracks. It was fucking fantastic!

@JackOfen

4 жыл бұрын

Did you only play Symphony or something? Every Castlevania game has amazing music (except maybe Harmony of Dissonance). So mentioning that a Castlevania game has good music is redundant.

@luckyrockmore2796

3 жыл бұрын

@@JackOfen Agreed, anyone around since the Nes days knows Castlevania has always been synonymous w terrific and very unique music.

My favorite video game franchise.

I never knew there were so many games in this franchise.

Gametrailers, we miss you.

@shannonbateswillis5022

8 ай бұрын

I don’t know if you know this, but under the mantle of Easy Allies, GameTrailers is reborn! I usually only play games that they give 7 or 8 at the very least out of ten!

Rest in peace, Castlevania. You will be missed.

@RagnarokMic

4 жыл бұрын

Long live Bloodstained.

As much as I loved the ps2/xbox era, I also fucking hated it because game devs felt like they *had* to switch to 3D which put Castlevania in a temporary slump, and absolutely slaughtered other beloved franchises that relied on side-scrolling like Mega Man. I'm so glad that we're seeing less and less game devs who are only concerned with following the times and instead just sticking with the tried and true Metroidvania and top-down RPG formula. Mega Man 11 was an instant classic, Metroid: Samus Returns was a breath of fresh air, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night looks fucking KILLER, and that's not to mention recent Zelda titles and other top down adventure games and RPGs coming out. It's a great era for games right now, and I hope to see more devs stick to classic formulas while trying new things, as opposed to just following trends.

just subed ..love that video game history..

2:55 James Banana was a reference to English composer James Bernard, who was known for his 1958 score for Terence Fisher's Dracula (Known in the US as Horror of Dracula) Starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. Just FYI.

@HeadacheCentral

4 жыл бұрын

He also once composed his own very score for Nosferatu, as well as composing the scores for The Curse of Frankenstein, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Mummy (1959), The Devil Rides Out, Dracula: Prince of Darkness among only a few Hammer movies. All very good stuff.

very nice work!

Nice I used to love these

I know the N64 Castlevanias get a lot of criticism, but I recently played Legacy of Darkness and it's not that bad honestly. I actually had a lot of fun.

@pr0xy87

3 жыл бұрын

Ugh...

@JackOfen

3 жыл бұрын

@@pr0xy87 Ugh? What are you trying to say Mr. Caveman?

@pr0xy87

3 жыл бұрын

@@JackOfen This caveman has better taste in games than you do.

@JackOfen

3 жыл бұрын

@@pr0xy87 Whatever you say my little caveman buddy :)

@pr0xy87

3 жыл бұрын

@@JackOfen Called it

Big error right at 1:24 Hamilton Deane’s Dracula play was written in 1924, not 1942, and it in fact was the basis for Universal’s 1931 version.

I thought the Belmonts disappeared because the whip got cursed after he was possessed by shaft. Either that or something about a prophecy where they vowed to return in the future and that's why they gave the whip to the Morris clan.

@MechReaperofKhaos

5 жыл бұрын

Ernest Tam the whip was tainted, the sisters tell Johnathan of the story in Portrait of Ruin, before making you face off against Richter.

best videoooo thank you

My bad apparently it did come to the west but only three arcades have them. Brookfield, Illinois - Galloping Ghost Arcade Littleton, Colorado - Round One Arcade Dos Hermanas, Spain - Arcade Planet Though honestly I have to say My favorite classic Castlevania game is Rondo of Blood Original and Remake. For my #1 favorite Metroidvania it's Order of Ecclessia

I can't be the only one who thinks that Simon's Quest was the best of the series. The atmosphere was creepy but memorable, the gameplay was borderline RPG, the world was as open-world as a side-scrolling game can be and its soundtrack was awesome.

@MechReaperofKhaos

5 жыл бұрын

I think what it needs is a proper remake.

@jakobfel2

5 жыл бұрын

@@MechReaperofKhaos Agreed! If I had a team and could get in contact with Konami, I'd absolutely offer to partner with them to release a remake. Sadly, I don't have a team and have no contact with Konami haha

Thank you for this. I'd love if you dove a bit more into the lore but it was still an awesome watch for a long time fan of the series. Makes me want to fire up some of them for sure!

I thought we were watching dark castle for a second.

Damn! The pc engine was the OG PS5 😂😂😂

I don't care what anyone says, DS had the best Castlevania games.

@MechReaperofKhaos

5 жыл бұрын

Casper317 Idk I really like the GBA ones, but all the GBA/DS games are good af.

@nateblack8669

5 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah. Order of Ecclesia is the first Castlevania I bought since I owned an NES in the early 90's, and it's the game that truly got me into Castlevania and encouraged me to check out other past titles I had completely missed out on. Not to mention the soundtrack and the protagonist in OOC, who is one of my all time favorite playable characters. Her absorb ability could serve no purpose and still kick ass because of how awesome it looks. Anyway, I love all Castlevania games I've played, but I owe it to one of the DS games for getting me back into the series.

@RagnarokMic

4 жыл бұрын

Symphony of the Night is *THE* best, but DS has the all of the next best.

@JackOfen

4 жыл бұрын

Symphony, Aria and Ecclesia are the best Metroidvanias, while 3, 4 and Rondo are the best Classicvanias. In my opinion

@bradydavis5791

4 жыл бұрын

I don't care what you say either. It didn't. Lol

Damn I miss the good old days of GT, EP, and X-play on television

@acidfruitloops

5 жыл бұрын

Can find many of the tech tv and g4 lineup of shows here on youtube braa

@monojuice

3 жыл бұрын

G4 too

You know, I actually think HoD has some damn good music even if it sounds like garb. The composition in general is pretty good - just needs a remaster is all!

@dungeonwallmeat2113

4 жыл бұрын

Ever heard Geoffrey Gunn's rendition of Juste's theme? Beautiful-

Hi, Your Retrospective Videos are all very good. Can you do one with Mortal Kombat ? Thank you Andre

Im not huge fan of castlevania games but SOTN, (NES) 1 2, dracula X and Bloodlines are awesome

@afterglow-podcast

3 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed 3 on NES as a kid, but really got into the GBA games. Later in my late 20s I finally discovered SOTN

@SoftComet

3 жыл бұрын

@@afterglow-podcast Symphony of the night fits easily in top 3 best ps1 games ever :) like i said im not castlevania fan but damn i enjoyed that game.

Ive never tried castlevania games. I hope this will inspire me to try!

@doger235

7 жыл бұрын

Alex Olmsted Definitely try the Nintendo DS ones

@joeyclemenza7339

7 жыл бұрын

the NES and SNES versions respectively, are just your basic side scrolling adventures. if you really enjoyed the metroid series, i'd say give Symphony of the Night a go first.

@tawdryhepburn4686

5 жыл бұрын

CeaveGunner did you ever try out castlevania?

Cool the like numbers spins super fast for every hundred like and Kim the 2,100th like awesome thanks for the retrospective

Castlevania 64 was very under-rated... second best sound track in the series.

@ReluctantWarrior

5 жыл бұрын

Not to mention it had the balls to be closer to the classic formula when it would have been an easy decision to just make a 3D SOTN.

@FredMaverik

5 жыл бұрын

"easier to make a 3D SOTN". Yeah sure. That's why they never made it (maybe Lament comes closer)

@ReluctantWarrior

5 жыл бұрын

@@FredMaverik You missed my point, I wasn't speaking from a game design prospective, but rather that with SOTN's success, it would have been easy to say "well, we'll make a 3D Castlevania with its design philosophy." I'm glad they didn't though, seven metroidvanias was enough, no need to cram any more down gamer's throats.

@FredMaverik

5 жыл бұрын

@@ReluctantWarrior back when 64 was released there wasn't 7 metroidvanias though. It was literally, just Castlevania in 3D, they just fail trying to make a true metroidvania 3D.

@Minnan1

5 жыл бұрын

The game was praised and rated pretty well when it released. It just didn't age well. At the time, people loved it. It became cool to hate later on.

thanks for uploading this! Will you be uploading the others too?

@afterglow-podcast

8 жыл бұрын

Final Fantasy is already up. I am loading Resident Evil, Metroid, and Metal Gear retrospectives as well. Unfortunately, the Stat Wars retrospective has missing videos that I haven't been able to find

28:00 ... that was done in Brainlord on SNES ... companions that is.

@JackOfen

4 жыл бұрын

Who gives a f*ck? They never implied SotN was the first game to do it. Plus, I'm sure other games did that before Brainlord

what IS that song that plays at the beginning? I remember finding the source before but it's been so long I forget what it's called

Great video!! Really enjoyed seeing cousins I have never seen before. It is amazing how much so many cousins resemble each other and have never even met each other! Dave Hurley looks so much like my brother, Dennis Kibler, My mother Margaret, and Betty were sisters.

@dewinter1411

7 жыл бұрын

Huh???

@felicia4017

7 жыл бұрын

Wrong video?

Harmony of Dissonance is vastly underrated

@jasonmalice

5 жыл бұрын

and i dont care what anyone says, but aside from Lament and Curse on PS2, Harmony has one of the best musical scores. Ever.

@JackOfen

4 жыл бұрын

I think you didn't listen to many Castlevania soundtracksif you say that

1:14:23 what is this theme? (edit)Nevermind I found it almost instantly lol. It's Crimson Blood from Harmony of Despair.

Thx for preserving this. Seeing the early games makes me sad about the latter ones that totally forgot their roots and instead became more anime like with crappy melodrama plotlines and hip girly men protagonists...

@samuelwolch1302

5 жыл бұрын

Eener1000 i like both. Also the old games had anime in them. Look at Rondo of Blood

@Eener1000

5 жыл бұрын

​@@samuelwolch1302 Rondo of Blood was great and I don't think all anime influences are bad. It just seems that later anime influences are more highschool melodrama. It's not just Castlevania having this issue, more games have this. Might be some general change in anime culture. I simpy miss the older Castlevania style that was more influenced by the old Hammer movies and also had more consistent and believable worlds (like Rondo of Blood which is a good example) Levels in later games felt copy paste and kinda flat and fake (Like they are very obviously stages, each just with a different texture pasted over each area instead of a breathing world with unique areas)

A retrospective about a Platformer makes no sense to me but whatever I see some people like it.

@waltersobchak7275

2 жыл бұрын

@Tom Ffrench I was stupid younger and 48 when I wrote that. Covid has taught me the joys of platformers. Seriously best medicine in the world. Rest assured I’m mentally right now. Thanks for bringing this back to my attention buddy.

The GT people still exist under a different name on youtube go support them

Castlevania died along with Gametrailers. It's rather fitting that this was one of their last (and best) Retrospectives. But if the series should somehow revive (preferably from Mr Igrashi himself) it'd be great to get the Demon Castle War game fans wanted.

my favorite castelvania IV for me the best episode of saga i like the episode is very very funny

I don't care what other people say, Lords of Shadows 1 & 2 was awesome! I really want Castlevania to come back; Konami, What the F are you doing?!

@gc6096

29 күн бұрын

Agreed

And Fred Fuchs...

@JackOfen

4 жыл бұрын

Fuchs is just the german word for "Fox"

I'm confused by the part that says Symphony of the Night failed to sell well. I specifically remember owning the Greatest Hits version. I assumed a game had to sell a certain number to get a Greatest Hits release.

@MechReaperofKhaos

5 жыл бұрын

Smarmee 500k for GH and 1m for Platinum.

The Vampire Killer theme song at 1:32:25 is fucking awesome,wats the name?

Dracula must have disliked this.

Fucking amazing!

Why is it ironic that the turbo graphix launched on halloween? I don't understand what is ironic about that?

Released with the "play choice 10"? Wasn't that arcade system just a cabinet set up to play 10 nes cartridges that were on the inside?

@scottblanchard7542

5 жыл бұрын

yes, and they were typically set up with best-selling games. i know the color palette is unique to the PC-10 hardware, but from what i know it runs the games the same as an NES.

Older 3D games are no good because we can't judge the distance properly and jump to our death. Dracula alway looked constipated. Diet of blood is bad for digestion

I am watching some weird video about music around 3 am at night. My eyes are so sleepy I can barely keep them open! Then, I fall asleep, still with my pc emitting bright light throughout the night. I wake up next morning, and find that my pc lost all it's battery throughout the night, which leads to me quickly figuring out that I fell asleep, forgetting to turn it off. After a good day of normal life, I open up my pc again after it has been charged fully, and I find that I have been watching this video about something I don't have any clue on what is in any way. Around the 40 minutes mark is where my pc died. I think it's kinda funny to think about!

@SquidProQuo80

4 жыл бұрын

This is a documentary on imho the best video game ever... the music was just phenomenal and the soundtracks are legendary. This was the first horror video game I ever played and began my fascination with the genre and also with classical and baroque music. I remember these games from as far back as the late 80's and are a huge part of my childhood.

@bennie1079

4 жыл бұрын

@@SquidProQuo80 what happened to it?

What is the music in the intro?

They kinda forgot Order Of Shadows, despite being Mobile, its actually Canon.

@MechReaperofKhaos

5 жыл бұрын

I just wish I could find it to play it.

what version of Bloody Tears is that?! @38:35

7:30 isnt that from YS? or yngwie malmsteen lol

"bell-nades"

At 2:05 what game is that cutscene from, I can’t figure it out.

@super88cloud

2 жыл бұрын

it´s probably a castlevania game from the msx or turbografx

12:37 and thusly a new castlevania animated series was created.

1:16:43 anyone know what song this is?

What's the song at 17:08?

Castlevania and bloodstrain is best games.

Ursa bed bathory and beyond

18:14 That is so pretty!

@DaedalosC9

7 жыл бұрын

artist name: Akihiro Yamada. He also made the artwork for Mystic Ark, the spiritual sequel of the infamously difficult 7th Saga

it's a shame we'll not get a 720p rendition.

Anyone knows the name of the track that plays at 32:17?

@Zenryth48

5 жыл бұрын

It's the theme from Castlevania Judgment; "Darkness of Fear."

@Crisamandroid

5 жыл бұрын

@@Zenryth48 Thanks!

Funny enough we now have the castlevania 3 animated series now

Kyrie Elehson

castlefuckingvania

lords 3

Circle of the Moon and SOTN were by and far the best two. I have no idea why they thought COTM wasn't a hit. Harmony of Dissonance is all around shit compared to COTM

@ibrokeyourlamp6995

7 жыл бұрын

Wrong.

@kvltizt

6 жыл бұрын

Circle of the Moon is my favorite GBA Castlevania. I liked that it felt like an Old Castlevania mixed with Metroidvania.

@JackOfen

4 жыл бұрын

They didn't just "think" it wasn't a hit. They just stated facts. The game didn't sell. No matter how good it is, if it didn't sell it wasn't a hit.

OST at 47:08?

@super88cloud

2 жыл бұрын

lament ofinnocence

Calls Dracula X a port. Fail.

this video was uploaded in 2016 and isn't HD what?

@afterglow-podcast

5 жыл бұрын

Because some of us uploaders only have a DSL connection and realize more people are interested in the content than the video quality. Where I live, broadband isnt available.

Konami is fucking up

Why on earth is the Hero on evry Gamecover from the 80's a former Bodybuliding Champion :-D

@tblscene

4 жыл бұрын

@Southern Fried Cynic thats true :-)

@JackOfen

4 жыл бұрын

@Revel Heir There are only three Castlevania games with anime artstyle lol DoS, PoR and Judgement.

the first 3 games are the only real games. all the others are not castlevania.

@Ghostman80

7 жыл бұрын

I liked Super Castlevania 4 on the SNES and Symphony of the night, those were real.

@MrSoulChives

6 жыл бұрын

wow thats some high tier puruist bullshit

@cjrichards4342

6 жыл бұрын

Lmao. First of all, Rondo of Blood is closer to 1 and 3 than 2 was. Secondly, 1 is a relic and 2 was complete trash. 3 is the only one that's really worth playing, as 4 is a retelling of 1 that feels a lot better and more rewarding to play anyway unless you're a masochist. Finally, like it or not, the IGA games ARE Castlevania. They aren't just part of the series. They define it. Get over.

@jharvey62778

5 жыл бұрын

I loved the Gameboy one too

Shit video recording at 480p brings this down