[TAS] NES Castlevania II: Simon's Quest by zggzdydp in

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This is a tool-assisted speedrun. For more information, see tasvideos.org/3400M
TAS originally published on 2017-05-23
If science fiction is to be believed, the ultimate evolution for biological beings is to discard the physical body and become an entity of pure energy. For video game characters, it seems to be the ability to zip through walls.
In this latest TAS by zggzdydp ( tasvideos.org/Users/Profile/z... ), Simon Belmont joins the league of characters possessing this ability.
Castlevania II: Simon's Quest is the story of Simon's horrible weekend
without sleep. Two years after defeating Dracula, the hero is physically
weakened by Dracula's curse. He must gather Dracula's remains and
incinerate them at the ruins of Castlevania in order to end the curse.
This movie is 85 seconds faster than the previous effort by the same author. We recommend to read his comments ( tasvideos.org/5418S ) for explanations on how this improvement was achieved.
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This movie has a full Atlas Map encode ( • Castlevania II: Simon'... ), which shows the standard encode overlaid on a zoomed out map.

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  • @Arntonach
    @Arntonach7 жыл бұрын

    What a horrible night to have to grind

  • @wraithcadmus

    @wraithcadmus

    3 жыл бұрын

    The RNG manip has vanquished the horrible grind

  • @hosdelgato1

    @hosdelgato1

    Жыл бұрын

    @@wraithcadmus

  • @samuraichilton
    @samuraichilton3 жыл бұрын

    After the game an interviewer asked death how he felt. Death replied "I have never been so insulted."

  • @edsaloru1
    @edsaloru13 жыл бұрын

    Simon dying at the very last moment when killing Dracula is epic. It adds mystery to which one is the true ending. Of course Dracula always lives again and another vampire killer will come

  • @TheBanishedWind

    @TheBanishedWind

    Жыл бұрын

    The ending in this video does it because it's implied Simon hasn't yet had Juste's parent (possibly his father?) due to how his wounds from the first game harassed him. With the curse broken, he can now get back to actually living.

  • @edsaloru1

    @edsaloru1

    Жыл бұрын

    @@TheBanishedWind yeah, or maybe even Simon had children even before Castlevania 1. With his líne of work, it is logical to have children before going on a quest against the lord of vampires.

  • @TheBanishedWind

    @TheBanishedWind

    Жыл бұрын

    @@edsaloru1 While at the same time, he was only 22 in the first game, and 29 here. Still enough time to have that kid to ensure Juste exists.

  • @edsaloru1

    @edsaloru1

    Жыл бұрын

    @@TheBanishedWind wow I had no idea of his age, thanks for the data

  • @jackfrost0331

    @jackfrost0331

    Жыл бұрын

    Isn't Juste the grandson of Simon? But Juste's parents are unknown or not even introduced.

  • @RX-8GT
    @RX-8GT5 жыл бұрын

    The soundtrack of this game is awesome!!! The flashbacks man 😵

  • @glowingunknown5625

    @glowingunknown5625

    4 жыл бұрын

    Castlevania 2 & 3 - best game soundtracks of all time.

  • @CrasherX2000

    @CrasherX2000

    3 жыл бұрын

    While Akumajou Densetsu (Castlevania 3) has the best ost of the trilogy, this soundtrack, while limited, is pretty cool

  • @hunterlembo5661

    @hunterlembo5661

    3 жыл бұрын

    yeah good sounds C2 but the game SUCKS BALLS TO PLAY!!

  • @zierin705

    @zierin705

    3 жыл бұрын

    Especially Bloody Tears (the Overworld/Day theme). You can't have Castlevania without Bloody Tears.

  • @RX-8GT

    @RX-8GT

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@zierin705 definitely, that is the first song I ever heard.. well because Simon's quest was the first game of all I played, in fact.. other than Mario Brothers on Nintendo, castlevania2 was the first game I bought and boy was it a journey 👍. I love that game

  • @letcreate123
    @letcreate1237 жыл бұрын

    That end with Simon and Dracula dying at the same time was amusing tbh

  • @Supermario0727

    @Supermario0727

    6 жыл бұрын

    letcreate123 Shouldn't this run end with Simon living, since he completed it in a short time?

  • @MrZangetsu468

    @MrZangetsu468

    6 жыл бұрын

    John Stuart it does

  • @dickmarx1298

    @dickmarx1298

    5 жыл бұрын

    I cracked the f up. That was harsh.

  • @TheMixedPlateFrequency

    @TheMixedPlateFrequency

    5 жыл бұрын

    Actually i think in this ending, it did end with Simon living.

  • @mamacofeliz6025

    @mamacofeliz6025

    5 жыл бұрын

    Is this a motherfucking JoJo reference?

  • @MarginalSC
    @MarginalSC2 жыл бұрын

    "Don't you know who I am boy? I'm..." Simon just walks by.

  • @parimabartender
    @parimabartender3 жыл бұрын

    Soundtrack in dracs castle. I still remember the first time I heard it

  • @dantedeloden
    @dantedeloden4 жыл бұрын

    true ending, both die therefore both legends will be spoken throughout the ages!

  • @DJChipsandGarlic
    @DJChipsandGarlic4 жыл бұрын

    First Castlevania game I played when my dad randomly bought me it. I never finished it as a child , I think people trying this game now would have real difficulty.

  • @brock8061

    @brock8061

    3 жыл бұрын

    I’m starting an nes collection and this was was one the first games I bought and I think retro castlevania is really cool

  • @samuraichilton

    @samuraichilton

    3 жыл бұрын

    It is on the switch with featured like rewind and quicksave. I beat it for the first time earlier this year.

  • @D-Fens_1632

    @D-Fens_1632

    Жыл бұрын

    Hell I got the first one in like 88/89 and still haven't beaten it.

  • @Dekaide44

    @Dekaide44

    Жыл бұрын

    I remember that, just like most NES games back then, you started, and you really didnt know what to do without Nintendo power. No google back then

  • @TheTdw2000

    @TheTdw2000

    2 ай бұрын

    The game is basically impossible to beat without a guide. MAYBE you could randomly stumble upon the solutions after enough time, but it'd be a miserable experience and would take forever.

  • @beardohickritiquetm8096
    @beardohickritiquetm80964 жыл бұрын

    Thank God for people who don't talk during these.

  • @glowingunknown5625

    @glowingunknown5625

    4 жыл бұрын

    meh. commentary is the best part of watching speedruns.

  • @irurwurst

    @irurwurst

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@glowingunknown5625 only if its text on the screen.

  • @wallacesousuke1433

    @wallacesousuke1433

    Жыл бұрын

    @@glowingunknown5625 no

  • @chriswinkler284
    @chriswinkler2844 жыл бұрын

    Sure, I'll take you to a TAS. Heh! Heh! Heh!

  • @avalonjustin

    @avalonjustin

    3 жыл бұрын

    I've made a mistake. LET ME OFF THIS BOAT!

  • @HappyMealBieber
    @HappyMealBieber3 жыл бұрын

    what a horribly night to have a horrible night

  • @CJHElectro
    @CJHElectro4 жыл бұрын

    I always thought the robed guys had a big mouth on the front. Can't unsee.

  • @chriswinkler284

    @chriswinkler284

    3 жыл бұрын

    I think I know who you're talking about...The ones in the poison marsh that shot fireballs at you...I think they were called Slimy Barsinisters.

  • @1tonyvalle
    @1tonyvalle3 ай бұрын

    19:48 "Belmont! We meet again, at last! Though you may have beaten me once before-- Huh-Hey! Where do you think you're going? I'm talking to you here, you rude miscreant!" 20:02 "Oh, there you are again. You know, that was pretty rude of you to-- Hey, come back here! Don't think I'm finished with you!"

  • @domovoi2861
    @domovoi28615 жыл бұрын

    xd casually walks past Death

  • @reedr7142
    @reedr7142 Жыл бұрын

    I also appreciate no commercials. Thank you.

  • @hygrave2892
    @hygrave28926 жыл бұрын

    22:13 Believe it or not, that's Simon exchanging a crystal with himself. The sprites look the same for a reason, that is, a Simon from a different time period.

  • @Runicbeast
    @Runicbeast7 жыл бұрын

    That crisp playback though... oh my my

  • @erikinmanhattan7775
    @erikinmanhattan7775 Жыл бұрын

    the reason this game is different is because it was originally intended to be something else. It was supposed to be a game about resurrecting Lucifer but the FCC turned it down as it was deemed too "Satanic" so they turned it into castlevania 2 instead but Dracula still looks like Lucifer in the end lol

  • @wallacesousuke1433

    @wallacesousuke1433

    Жыл бұрын

    And I like the open world and day/night cycle concepts in this game and wish they were carried over and expanded upon in other games, beats the boring corridor-like design of most classic Vanias

  • @Dekaide44

    @Dekaide44

    Жыл бұрын

    Yea It never made much sense to get all his parts to res him and then kill him.

  • @Dylan_thebrand_slayer_Mulveiny
    @Dylan_thebrand_slayer_Mulveiny5 жыл бұрын

    Thought...what if the people in Transilvania just...moved...then Dracula wouldn't have to die and everyone wins.

  • @irurwurst

    @irurwurst

    4 жыл бұрын

    then he takes over the world because no one stopped him.

  • @waynedrew7074
    @waynedrew70745 жыл бұрын

    Epic brother

  • @ABCDEFGHdumbo
    @ABCDEFGHdumbo6 жыл бұрын

    i love the buildup starting at 23:35 to that long jump @ 23:44 !!

  • @dickmarx1298

    @dickmarx1298

    5 жыл бұрын

    I was all wtf while cracking up

  • @metsuke
    @metsuke5 жыл бұрын

    killing and getting killed by draculla, that is epic!

  • @startinguptoday
    @startinguptoday4 жыл бұрын

    Dwells away in a corner of a dungeon to give away these laurels. What a pitiable soul 7:51

  • @EthanTypically

    @EthanTypically

    3 жыл бұрын

    LMAO

  • @dkillalegend
    @dkillalegend8 ай бұрын

    There was once a minor discovery at 5:23 where zggzdydp broke two blocks (instead of going down the stairs) which saved an extra 190 frames at the least.

  • @joseluisbrionesrodriguez5035
    @joseluisbrionesrodriguez50354 жыл бұрын

    Jugador experto totalmente perfeto impresionante jamás vi algo igual

  • @joseluisbrionesrodriguez5035

    @joseluisbrionesrodriguez5035

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Caizerox cielos!!! Con razón, esto raya practicamente en la perfección y bueno pues muy muy difícil que un jugador lo logre.

  • @joseluisbrionesrodriguez5035

    @joseluisbrionesrodriguez5035

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Caizerox entiendo, pero para mi gusto es mas complicado por mucho este castlevania que cualquier Mario, analizalo con lupa y veras, y por lo tanto lo dudo mucho que exista algún gamer que logre esta jugada, en ese tiempo. Yo soy super fanático de este juego y lo conozco perfectamente, y por eso me atrevo a decirte que no creo que haya algún gamer que iguale o supere esta jugada

  • @wraithcadmus
    @wraithcadmus3 жыл бұрын

    13:08 - Did he just do a "Minnesota Ope" as he squeezed past that eyeball?

  • @ivanzhr7
    @ivanzhr74 жыл бұрын

    Perfect!!!

  • @heavyrush7635
    @heavyrush76357 ай бұрын

    best of 8 bit Castlevania

  • @StevenQBeatz
    @StevenQBeatz Жыл бұрын

    Wouldn't it be faster to do the "blob glitch" to warp instead of taking the tornado?

  • @Hakedouma
    @Hakedouma7 жыл бұрын

    5% fun 95% farming !

  • @msp720
    @msp720 Жыл бұрын

    Isn't there a skip somewhere so you don't have to take the tornado with the red crystal? I think I've seen a speedrun that does that.

  • @MurseSamson
    @MurseSamson Жыл бұрын

    The battle, ... is consummated! 🧛⚰️💀🦇 💥💥💥💥

  • @TheMixedPlateFrequency
    @TheMixedPlateFrequency5 жыл бұрын

    I always enjoyed this game.

  • @Eldoofus

    @Eldoofus

    2 жыл бұрын

    The music alone, man.

  • @retro3188

    @retro3188

    Ай бұрын

    @@Eldoofus Yep; Bloody Tears, Monster Dance, Within These Castle Walls, Last Boss, Game Over and Requiem are my personal favorites!

  • @LauWG
    @LauWG5 жыл бұрын

    Here I'm like "It's one of the NES game I have, and I have no will to play through all that" XD

  • @GequibrenArte
    @GequibrenArte Жыл бұрын

    Insane

  • @jackkoffin1
    @jackkoffin14 жыл бұрын

    Is this the first game where grinding and farming was a big part of the strategy?

  • @Kryptic1046

    @Kryptic1046

    Жыл бұрын

    The first Castlevania game with grinding, yes. First game to ever feature grinding/farming as part of progression? No. Dragon Warrior came before it and you needed to grind that game for XP and gold.

  • @tomypower4898
    @tomypower48985 жыл бұрын

    castlevania 2 nes I love it

  • @EarlFaulk

    @EarlFaulk

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah so do I :p. I think the only reason why everyone rags on this game is because its popular to do so because of AVGN. Its almost like everyone just completely forgot about word of mouth and the magazine industry back then lol.

  • @alexbelmont3475
    @alexbelmont34755 жыл бұрын

    0:33 how do you do that? I tried to do it over a thousand times and I never succeeded... what is the secret?

  • @ebobolina9780

    @ebobolina9780

    3 жыл бұрын

    You are not a machine

  • @EarlFaulk

    @EarlFaulk

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hes probably glitching it with frame perfect inputs. A human might get lucky and do it by accident once.

  • @joeyk107

    @joeyk107

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@EarlFaulk one time I did it by accident and I fell through the floor into water

  • @justinmitchell6488
    @justinmitchell64885 жыл бұрын

    6:38 Music got all upbeat and shit.

  • @AboveEmAllProduction
    @AboveEmAllProduction2 жыл бұрын

    How he got hearts from every enemy? And why doesn't speedeumners do that

  • @joescofield1086
    @joescofield10863 жыл бұрын

    I want to hear this played with magfest

  • @mathissweeney7812
    @mathissweeney78124 жыл бұрын

    Phantom Blood

  • @mrc7489
    @mrc74892 жыл бұрын

    I still have the original cartridge 😄

  • @glowingunknown5625
    @glowingunknown56254 жыл бұрын

    What a horrible night to have diarrhea.

  • @wagnerramosmidichannelabso514

    @wagnerramosmidichannelabso514

    3 жыл бұрын

    What a horrible night to take a diarrhea dump in the Angry Video Game Nerd's ear.

  • @profesorealvarez
    @profesorealvarez Жыл бұрын

    Wow 😮

  • @user-yk3zy9jd6x
    @user-yk3zy9jd6x4 жыл бұрын

    How did he skip first level up (0:28 L - 00; 08:17 L - 01)?

  • @kunteper94
    @kunteper946 жыл бұрын

    Yet this is still probably the only game where the protagonist can step on every stair.

  • @lifeisstr4nge
    @lifeisstr4nge2 жыл бұрын

    Imagine missing one jump...

  • @SuperSlyKing
    @SuperSlyKing4 жыл бұрын

    Nintendo should add this in next nes games update for Nintendo switch online

  • @snozer6966
    @snozer69666 жыл бұрын

    The infamous crouch is at 23:33, you know a truly amazing game was here but there was just so much stupid shit in it to the point where it ruined because of it.

  • @jasonthomas6684

    @jasonthomas6684

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yep agreed...like who would guess that they needed to do that? Bullcrap.

  • @EarlFaulk

    @EarlFaulk

    2 жыл бұрын

    There were lots of magazines and kids talking about secrets back then. I remember seeing that tip in nearly every third party mag at the time. Im sure NP had it as they published maps of every area in vol 2. Game wasnt nearly as hard as everyone makes it out to be because of that

  • @noside.foxhound
    @noside.foxhound3 жыл бұрын

    23:44 How did you do that jump?? 😱😱😱

  • @TheBanishedWind

    @TheBanishedWind

    Жыл бұрын

    Believe it or not (hell I discovered this on my own the other day) the game has an inertia engine and technically Simon was moving during the tornado scene.

  • @noside.foxhound

    @noside.foxhound

    Жыл бұрын

    @@TheBanishedWind Oh I see. 🤔

  • @PhilLeotardosGhost
    @PhilLeotardosGhost4 жыл бұрын

    Most impressive shit I've ever seen!

  • @varsityathlete4786

    @varsityathlete4786

    4 жыл бұрын

    My estimation of you as a man just fukkin plummeted.

  • @PhilLeotardosGhost

    @PhilLeotardosGhost

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@varsityathlete4786 20 years lost in Transylvania on Simon's Quest, I wanted to meet Dracula, I compromised, I watched Simon Belmont meet him here instead.

  • @varsityathlete4786

    @varsityathlete4786

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@PhilLeotardosGhost charles Schwab over here

  • @PhilLeotardosGhost

    @PhilLeotardosGhost

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@varsityathlete4786 Because I got an empty fuckin' stomach.

  • @varsityathlete4786

    @varsityathlete4786

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@PhilLeotardosGhost eat a breadstick

  • @RedWolf-jm3mv
    @RedWolf-jm3mv5 жыл бұрын

    Nivel ninja 😲

  • @GhostSlimeOficial

    @GhostSlimeOficial

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ele usou TAS (Tool Assistment Software) pra facilitar a vida

  • @mokkorista
    @mokkoristaАй бұрын

    23:30 what were they thinking? 😂

  • @Criminal.Lawyer
    @Criminal.Lawyer4 жыл бұрын

    Maybe this is an elementary question but how does a Tool manipulate the heart drops like that

  • @stuff5499

    @stuff5499

    4 жыл бұрын

    save states

  • @Dekaide44

    @Dekaide44

    Жыл бұрын

    @@stuff5499 is that really how they did it. Just saved states until it dropped?

  • @johnkalyvas4838

    @johnkalyvas4838

    11 ай бұрын

    It could also be tied to the frame count. Many NES games had enemies drop items if they died in specific frames, instead of using RNG. For example an item drop that was intended to be 1/16 chance could be programmed with a counter that goes up every frame and resets to 0 when it hits 16. If an enemy dies when that counter has a specific value, then the item would be dropped.

  • @user-lx7lw9mh4z
    @user-lx7lw9mh4z7 жыл бұрын

    なかなか進まねぇww

  • @therealityrawcastiii8066
    @therealityrawcastiii8066 Жыл бұрын

    SIMONS QUEST SAINT SIMON HOW FUCKING DARE YOU HAMMERDROP 222 CANCLD

  • @ericdrei
    @ericdrei7 жыл бұрын

    "What a horrible game to make a TAS."

  • @Supermario0727

    @Supermario0727

    6 жыл бұрын

    On the other hand, the morning sun has vanquished the evil record.

  • @ameliashultz738

    @ameliashultz738

    4 жыл бұрын

    Low key tho i enjoy thos game

  • @AntJayRod25
    @AntJayRod259 ай бұрын

    "This game sucks..." Famous first words

  • @GamerGee
    @GamerGee2 жыл бұрын

    1:51 Avgn

  • @00jcl
    @00jcl3 жыл бұрын

    Hacked game Items don't drop that frequent

  • @dickmarx1298
    @dickmarx12985 жыл бұрын

    Watch this at 2x speed. Your sphincter will thank you Your pants, not so much.

  • @Detector1977
    @Detector19777 жыл бұрын

    How does he kill enemies with 1 hit from holy water?

  • @newartmov

    @newartmov

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@dee_ess_eff Can we get a tutorial?

  • @angelobelmont9379

    @angelobelmont9379

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@newartmov dude it's simple just get enough hearts and buy the items

  • @lexa_2195
    @lexa_21953 жыл бұрын

    Welp! I came to conclusion, that i suck at these games.

  • @lexa_2195

    @lexa_2195

    3 жыл бұрын

    @goggles789 this makes me feel slightly better, thank you.

  • @user-yk3zy9jd6x
    @user-yk3zy9jd6x5 жыл бұрын

    100% drop! Hack?

  • @AshkarBehek0

    @AshkarBehek0

    5 жыл бұрын

    Nope. RNG abuse.

  • @chilenglau1285

    @chilenglau1285

    2 жыл бұрын

    Shut up kid

  • @christsavage9119
    @christsavage91192 жыл бұрын

    Hated this version no real rymme or reason just wander until you find what you need to move forward

  • @anhyeumautim

    @anhyeumautim

    Жыл бұрын

    Trò chơi gì đi lang thang kô có mục đích như thằng khùng đi toán loạn xà ngầu kô xem kô biết chơi ra sao

  • @oasis9615
    @oasis96154 жыл бұрын

    This game sucks.

  • @It-is-a-Smash-Hit
    @It-is-a-Smash-Hit4 жыл бұрын

    this game sucks

  • @xileo17
    @xileo174 жыл бұрын

    Nice HACK!)

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