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NES Castlevania 1 Perfect Playthrough (No Hits, Every Weapon used)

My playthrough of Castlevania 1, featuring:
-No Hits, No Deaths
-Varied Weapon Usage
In particular a different weapon is used for each boss:
-Vampire Bat: Knife
-Medusa: Stopwatch
-Mummies: Boomerang
-Frankenstein's monster: Holy Water
-Death: Axe
-Dracula: Whip
This game in my opinion is one of the greatest of all time. I hope this playthrough helps illustrate the immaculate design of the game.
I tried to get all the secrets but still missed several. Please let me know if you know of any additional ones (first loop only)!

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  • @kilroy987
    @kilroy9878 жыл бұрын

    You jumped to freeze in midair at the score tally after a boss kill just like I use to! Made me laugh.

  • @Mysmero425
    @Mysmero4255 жыл бұрын

    Man I love the music to this game

  • @BeJaystar
    @BeJaystar9 жыл бұрын

    Aren't you supposed to be curing cancer right now? This was sick.

  • @whissama5659

    @whissama5659

    7 жыл бұрын

    Patalliro Wtf with your profile picture

  • @Ieatpaste23
    @Ieatpaste238 жыл бұрын

    No deaths, no hits play through, and I had to cheat to get to Death? I don't know if I want to punch the guy for humiliating me or have his children for being so awesome.

  • @demontropolis7742
    @demontropolis7742 Жыл бұрын

    Great job with the perfect run, I’m several years late but sharing secrets and exploits is timeless. At the hallway before Queen Medusa, stand still at the 4th blue arch you come across, and a secret money bag will appear. In the Mummy room, if you walk against one of the block walls, you will reveal a secret money bag, but it is unreachable. After you fight 2 skeletons in stage 13’s second room, run up against a right wall adjacent to stairs. It will reveal a secret 1-UP, the only one in the entire game. In Stage 14’s big laboratory room, there are 2 spots to stand still in to reveal secret money bags. The first is in front of the rightmost red science flask after you come down from the stairs. The second is at the leftmost wall (where the red gate is) before the door itself. I also noticed that Dracula’s second form never shot fireballs in the video. Is there a specific exploit tied to that?

  • @hsatin20
    @hsatin2010 жыл бұрын

    damn. That's some of the most impressive shit ive ever seen. No joke.

  • @slitor
    @slitor8 жыл бұрын

    Those floating heads made me rage so hard

  • @danieleriksson5728

    @danieleriksson5728

    4 жыл бұрын

    slitor god damn it I hate them!

  • @roaninlee7818

    @roaninlee7818

    4 жыл бұрын

    omg yeah, have you watched "Something about Castlevania"? the video captures the pain perfectly

  • @maidenlord6663
    @maidenlord66637 жыл бұрын

    This really takes me back this was the second game i got in the 80s when i was a kid

  • @timothystrann6742
    @timothystrann67425 жыл бұрын

    Watching your playthrough inspired me to revisit this game. I've killed the human form of Dracula but still need to figure out the toad bird one 😂. Amazing skills you've got there, you bend Death over your knee.

  • @ChromeCobra420

    @ChromeCobra420

    4 жыл бұрын

    Stun him with holy water, then jump and whip him in the face to do damage.

  • @2006arpg

    @2006arpg

    2 жыл бұрын

    Holy water

  • @laurencium
    @laurencium11 жыл бұрын

    02:33 Vampire Bat 06:30 Medusa 09:31 View of Dracula's castle and mummies fight 12:40 Igor and Frankenstein's monster 17:11 Hallway of Death and the Grim Reaper 20:16 Dracula

  • @onenerdygremlin
    @onenerdygremlin5 жыл бұрын

    You are a true Belmont, my friend

  • @dntlss
    @dntlss4 жыл бұрын

    That grim reaper is my favorite boss, F7 F7 F7 F7 F7 F7

  • @Matrim42
    @Matrim427 жыл бұрын

    That fight with Death was smooooooth

  • @hude7360
    @hude73606 жыл бұрын

    A true master. I am very impressed. Thank you for uploading!

  • @woodywood304
    @woodywood3045 жыл бұрын

    Wow!! As many times as played this game as a kid, not once did it cross my mind to take out the mummies like that. 😮

  • @husenpredvc2841
    @husenpredvc28417 жыл бұрын

    yes. the sound by the final character... legendary!!!

  • @laurencium
    @laurencium11 жыл бұрын

    Hello, thanks for pointing out the other secrets. I've just played the game again and confirmed that they all work (there's in fact one more in the area right before the one in 15:47). I'm going to incorporate getting these into my habitual playthrough from now on, please let me know if you know of any more. As for save states, I assure you that none was used because I despise them. Honestly if I were to use them I wouldn't even move so conservatively against the medusa heads and crows!

  • @Sakanuian
    @Sakanuian9 жыл бұрын

    Very Impressive! I turned this video on to compare strategies and maybe find some more secret areas, and well... Dang you are very good at this game. This game is amazing though still play it on my top loader on a daily basis. Very good.

  • @blackspiraldancer6
    @blackspiraldancer610 жыл бұрын

    Like how you handled those mummies, damn...

  • @PouchMaster
    @PouchMaster5 жыл бұрын

    I was so impressed with myself the first time when I accidentally beat the grim bastard! Finally I'm good at something I thought to myself! Best the game at 10 years old! Dracula is nothing compared to the Grim! Raised my self-esteem!

  • @retroblasting
    @retroblasting9 жыл бұрын

    An inspiring watch! Man this was cool!

  • @Muppio
    @Muppio9 жыл бұрын

    I just love the fact that this has a 1080p option.

  • @MrRubmeister
    @MrRubmeister8 жыл бұрын

    #respect . I'm terrible at classic castlevania games. You are just awesome.

  • @esands36
    @esands366 жыл бұрын

    I've always preferred the boomerang/crucifix as my subweapon.

  • @seekerfound9150
    @seekerfound91506 жыл бұрын

    gg man, that fight with death near the end was awesome

  • @thesnare100

    @thesnare100

    5 жыл бұрын

    I thought the player was going to use the holy water/fire bomb to do it, did it a harder way without getting hit.

  • @metalinas
    @metalinas10 жыл бұрын

    Jugar castlevania: lord of shadow 2 y ver esto... Nunca olvides tus inicios :')

  • @ross3490
    @ross34909 жыл бұрын

    I could never get past the reaper amazing

  • @thesnare100

    @thesnare100

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Steven Coy Jackson yes, keep him paralyzed with it and you can win without taking a single hit.

  • @MrRubmeister
    @MrRubmeister8 жыл бұрын

    #repect. Just plain awesomeness.

  • @RetrophileTV
    @RetrophileTV11 жыл бұрын

    I have to ask: Was this a TAS playthrough? There were some extremely close calls in this video. If not, I'm absolutely stunned. The Mummies trick you used was downright awesome. I'll definitely keep that in mind for my next playthrough. :]

  • @oskarmartinez3974
    @oskarmartinez39747 жыл бұрын

    17:40 #respect

  • @danieleriksson5728

    @danieleriksson5728

    4 жыл бұрын

    Oskar Martinez I know right? Bought the anniversary version to the switch after I saw this video, figured it couldn’t be that hard. Hate the Medusas, the jumping thingies (even more when they’re dropped from the skies) and then they pull this shit? Still haven’t managed to kill Dracula but I’m getting there.

  • @yngwe8257
    @yngwe82578 жыл бұрын

    Well done! I did a couple of playthroughs without subweapons and no death, they are on my channel, but this was really cool too. I like the idea to use every subweapon and nice that you choosed the axe against Grim Reaper. No damage, maybe I should try that some time.

  • @likeanuuk6612
    @likeanuuk66127 жыл бұрын

    cant believe no one is talking about all the secret items he's showing us. i cant believe this game had so many.

  • @rikusora50
    @rikusora5011 жыл бұрын

    Goddamn. Good run. Props to using all the weapons (especially some of the more useless ones)

  • @IronSoulElf
    @IronSoulElf9 жыл бұрын

    man, I loved playing this!

  • @Bloodreign1
    @Bloodreign16 жыл бұрын

    Still have this one in the collection, bought it years ago, boxed (box not in the greatest condition) at a pawn shop for under $10. I used to beat it regularly, and got to the point I could 1 life the game on a real console. Sadly those days are long over though, still can play the game as I still have 2 NES models (toaster and toploader) but the skills have eroded due to age and nonpractice.

  • @alateos
    @alateos6 жыл бұрын

    Nice run! My latest accomplishments were: - Beating Frankenstein (up close start) with a whip without getting hit once - Beating Frankenstein (far start) with a whip without getting hit once - Beating the Grim Reaper with a whip without getting hit once My new challenge is to beat the Grim Reaper (second time around) using only whip, and without getting hit. Let me know if you would be interested in taking this on. It's really challenging.

  • @farisali9205
    @farisali92055 жыл бұрын

    I wandered why does Dracula transform in to that blue monster when he dies

  • @pankero1
    @pankero19 жыл бұрын

    I hated those jumping chupacabra-hunchback-things

  • @esands36

    @esands36

    6 жыл бұрын

    Alberto Mora Blood Skeletons are worse imo. Axe Knights are terrible too.

  • @ryanschmidt3913

    @ryanschmidt3913

    6 жыл бұрын

    @@esands36 Nah, bro. You just have to be aggressive with the axe knights. You can hit both elevations of axe while standing as well, so you just whip them, take a few steps, whip them, and repeat. I'll agree on the skeletons though. They're probably the only enemy in the game I can't completely avoid still.

  • @lettuce674

    @lettuce674

    5 жыл бұрын

    They're called Flea Men

  • @ryanschmidt3913

    @ryanschmidt3913

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@lettuce674 They've been officially referred to both ways, actually.

  • @maulaucraw1209
    @maulaucraw12095 жыл бұрын

    Ditto. Thank you for playing

  • @davidgn40
    @davidgn403 жыл бұрын

    Legendary

  • @sithlordmikeyp
    @sithlordmikeyp7 жыл бұрын

    you're a beast, brother.

  • @joescout
    @joescout2 жыл бұрын

    Master!

  • @DETTO33
    @DETTO338 жыл бұрын

    man this game were my first game that i finish.

  • @maginot5693
    @maginot56939 жыл бұрын

    I wanna see you play this the second time through. I can't get past the second level after beating Dracula.

  • @matthewbeavis5188
    @matthewbeavis51884 жыл бұрын

    You make this game look easy. But it's sooo not. Good run 😁

  • @jays8790
    @jays87903 жыл бұрын

    I’m still trying to figure out how you used the boomerang to kill the knight at 3:57. I can never throw it at that guy in that direction while facing down the stairs.

  • @foughtthelol
    @foughtthelol10 жыл бұрын

    I can only dream of beating Death like with such ease. I absolutely can't deal with him.

  • @SabbatMoon
    @SabbatMoon11 жыл бұрын

    amazing job !!!

  • @STINKERMCGEE
    @STINKERMCGEE6 жыл бұрын

    Simon belmont finally in smash bros. is going to be sick.

  • @failspec1775
    @failspec17757 жыл бұрын

    This is inspirational

  • @jacobkim1555
    @jacobkim155511 жыл бұрын

    Shout outs to ethan being free as fk at this game.

  • @Aphotic_Ktulu
    @Aphotic_Ktulu4 жыл бұрын

    GG not too bad

  • @acmilanacmilan9659
    @acmilanacmilan96596 жыл бұрын

    shit this player doing so perfectly awesome

  • @Red05x
    @Red05x4 жыл бұрын

    Excellent video. Is there a way that you upload it again at 4K 60fps?

  • @naterade32
    @naterade322 жыл бұрын

    looks like you are using a turbo button...

  • @Eldritchfan
    @Eldritchfan5 жыл бұрын

    Amazing

  • @rikusora50
    @rikusora5011 жыл бұрын

    At ALL games, not just this one. REMEMBER THE EDUN EMBLEM!

  • @MrRckstdy77
    @MrRckstdy7710 жыл бұрын

    You made that look easy

  • @mattwilliams4807
    @mattwilliams48076 жыл бұрын

    I tried to push the Start Key

  • @laurencium
    @laurencium11 жыл бұрын

    Hello and sorry, but what's a TAS playthrough? Which places did you find were close? Often there's a trick involved that forces the computer to behave in certain ways (most famous being the bats in the last level), maybe I can point them out to you. Lots of them are useful even in other kinds of playthrough!

  • @thesnare100
    @thesnare1005 жыл бұрын

    thinking most people found out the hard way the time-stop watch doesn't work on any bosses past Medusa. Only thing is I think the player uses some kind of glitch to kill the mummies so fast, could that be considered cheating?

  • @ChromeCobra420

    @ChromeCobra420

    4 жыл бұрын

    The hit boxes basically double up for each when their paths cross, enabling a ton of damage in a very short amount of time.

  • @guardian08527
    @guardian0852710 жыл бұрын

    Im playing this on an emulator site and Dracula V2 here is NOTHING like the version im playing. 1: It takes more than 2 whip hits to drop an HP point from him. 2: There is no fucking way Simon can run under him. He doesn't jump high enough and I end up running into his legs. I know this game is legendary for it's difficulty, but I even had the holy water, and I thought I lucked out when I picked up an X2 from one of Drac 2's fireball projectiles. Guess what? Even spamming him with holy water at twice the speed to stun him, and he still let loose with the fireballs and killed me. Which brings up another question, why isn't he using his projectiles in this playthrough video? I thought I was playing a direct portr of the original NES game but something is definitely off here. Also, the zombies in level 1 that I have been facing, are blue skinned with white cloth. Not the pink guys in this version. Edit: Just beat this fucker. I lucked out and picked up another 2x for the Holy Water. Just spammed the shit out of it and my trigger thumb was cramping up trying not to give that bastard Dracula V2 one second of attack time.

  • @ThEcAnDyCrAcKeR
    @ThEcAnDyCrAcKeR9 жыл бұрын

    I couldn't even get passed the first stupid boss >X3

  • @kikeuchiha95

    @kikeuchiha95

    7 жыл бұрын

    noob

  • @thebermangrit8815

    @thebermangrit8815

    7 жыл бұрын

    ThEcAnDyCrAcKeR The game literally gives you the Axe in one of the candles before it and a Double Shot power up in the boss area.

  • @valdin5679

    @valdin5679

    6 жыл бұрын

    Flying bosses are cancer in every game

  • @Thewolfguys.cartoons2000

    @Thewolfguys.cartoons2000

    6 жыл бұрын

    that boss is too fucking easy, always you have to do is use the clock timer thingy and then press b and a at the same time

  • @Jukeboksi
    @Jukeboksi4 жыл бұрын

    1st time seeing this, nice showcase, great patience shown going through the situations with delicate moves.

  • @Yeowtch
    @Yeowtch5 жыл бұрын

    muito bom!

  • @danielzavesky9911
    @danielzavesky99119 жыл бұрын

    your op man

  • @kanasas2
    @kanasas25 жыл бұрын

    jumped up megaman style

  • @Hameruu
    @Hameruu10 жыл бұрын

    And i still havent finished this game T^T

  • @Thewolfguys.cartoons2000

    @Thewolfguys.cartoons2000

    6 жыл бұрын

    i beat this like 10 times

  • @ramsesjfg7668
    @ramsesjfg76683 жыл бұрын

    11:58 Oh.

  • @sternwarte5042
    @sternwarte50425 жыл бұрын

    Hey could I use your video for a lo-fi remix that I did? :)

  • @brandonblue-eyes1938
    @brandonblue-eyes19382 жыл бұрын

    Subscirbe because you didn't do the Mystic Water/ Triple Shot combo on Death, Which is the only way I survived.

  • @davedee7315
    @davedee73159 жыл бұрын

    That was some epic shit...if u didn't cheat that is

  • @daytonasayswhat9333
    @daytonasayswhat93336 жыл бұрын

    Savage

  • @FolgaPenoplast
    @FolgaPenoplast5 жыл бұрын

    did he just one shot mummies?

  • @keeratisatian
    @keeratisatian5 жыл бұрын

    Watch me whi-

  • @Kuodo79
    @Kuodo7911 жыл бұрын

    Hi Laurencium. I read your thread in faq regarding Elf build for Dragons Crown. I would like to discuss some points regarding that build but I couldn't find your email anywhere. Hope you reply soon. Thanks.

  • @tainted5674
    @tainted567410 жыл бұрын

    How could u kill the knights with 1 holy water ? :O i threw like a thousand and it didnt hurt em, mabye i hit the shield but who know :/

  • @munsi0121

    @munsi0121

    9 жыл бұрын

    Probably inaccurate shots because i hit them on the shield and it works the shield is just decoration really

  • @sluming2672
    @sluming26722 жыл бұрын

    hi youtube.

  • @iamcarpetpython
    @iamcarpetpython7 жыл бұрын

    suspicious how he killed the mummy bosses with one hit.

  • @formula091

    @formula091

    6 жыл бұрын

    it's doable with a glitch that causes enemies to take damage on every frame if their sprites overlap. maybe check up before leaving stupid comments

  • @mathewhorodner2000

    @mathewhorodner2000

    5 ай бұрын

    I have seen this before if you hit them in the right spot

  • @thomas83lin
    @thomas83lin8 жыл бұрын

    first time playing it, I could only make it about half way 11:34

  • @joshuagalvan681
    @joshuagalvan6816 жыл бұрын

    I’ve never played this game before. But this game is only half an hour long?

  • @averagegamer2471

    @averagegamer2471

    5 жыл бұрын

    If you're good lol. Some can beat it in 15 mins. The challenge is brutal.

  • @jasonmerced718
    @jasonmerced7184 жыл бұрын

    HOW?

  • @hotmilfsinurarea2762
    @hotmilfsinurarea27624 жыл бұрын

    How did you get the chest to appear at 4:40?

  • @jays8790

    @jays8790

    3 жыл бұрын

    Just stand in that same spot that he did in the video for a few seconds and it appears. There’s a few secret items throughout the game that you have to just stand in a spot and wait and they’ll appear.

  • @brandonperez4847
    @brandonperez48473 жыл бұрын

    I hate stage twelve dragon snakes

  • @danielzavesky9911
    @danielzavesky99119 жыл бұрын

    could you do it on the arcade version though i wonder :P

  • @jermzii

    @jermzii

    8 жыл бұрын

    no because the Playchoice 10 only lets you play for 10 min

  • @jermzii

    @jermzii

    8 жыл бұрын

    oh you meant Haunted Castle ..sorry my bad

  • @slitor
    @slitor8 жыл бұрын

    Screenplay by Vran Stoker?

  • @_Cleck_

    @_Cleck_

    8 жыл бұрын

    My guess is that they did that to pay homage to the classic books and movies w/out asking for or getting a copyright or something. They're all plays on famous people involved. www.gamefaqs.com/boards/578318-castlevania/51699461

  • @IvanHernandez-gf8lz
    @IvanHernandez-gf8lz7 жыл бұрын

    Como lo descargo para IOS???

  • @danielzavesky9911
    @danielzavesky99119 жыл бұрын

    no deaths was pro i dont see how you didnt have any damg or deaths

  • @Laffey99
    @Laffey9910 жыл бұрын

    ***** Why did you dislike his video it;s like al his really hard work for nothing, how would you like it if someone disliked your video because f the same thing?

  • @ethan90235

    @ethan90235

    10 жыл бұрын

    me and him are friends i didn't actually disliked the vid just teasin him

  • @liderghost3673
    @liderghost36737 жыл бұрын

    RESPECT + 1000000000000000 PERFECT NOT RUGAL XD

  • @Tymbee
    @Tymbee7 жыл бұрын

    Tool assisted?

  • @jaiwaway
    @jaiwaway6 жыл бұрын

    Ez boss haha no do anything jump and jump only haha

  • @serjicus
    @serjicus11 жыл бұрын

    Your claim to have gotten all the secrets is false. You missed no less than 3 secrets. From looking at your strategies and movements I got the feeling that you were using save states as well. Missed secrets are 6:22 14:10 15:47