Speed run of Castlevania, European version, done on April 29 2005.
Castlevania is one of my favourite NES games, so when i was looking for a game to run, i figured this one suited me best. After 4 days of non-stop gaming, i got a time that im happy with, but is certainly beatable.
Sure, i made some mistakes, as i get hit a couple of times, but nothing thats really time consuming.
I'd like to comment on the levels of the game:
Level 1: Pretty easy, nothing really difficult. I could have won about 10-15 seconds if i did a batjump trick to jump over the wall in 1-2, but that was so random that i had to restart a lot, so i decided to just take the underground route and make sure the rest of the run was good.
Level 2: Another easy stage, which i complete without much problems. I think my Madusa battle could have been a little better.
Level 3: In this stage i pick up the Holy Water weapon, which i have to keep until Stage 6. This was one of the stages that had been giving me some problems as i hate those crows because when you miss them they start to fly around at random. The Mummy fight was ok, and i picked up the Double item which i need for the boss off...
Level 4: This stage i found more irritating then hard, because those **** monkeys/hunchbacks/whatevers in 4-2 have a tendency to drop axe weapons, which by accident you can walk right into, which makes Franky & Igor really hard to beat, if you dont have Holy Water. 4-3 wasnt good, but Franky & Igor went down pretty fast.
Level 5: I really hate the beginning of this stage. The monkey-thing always drops Triple Item, which offcourse i pick up to make the Death battle the easiest in the whole game. Im pretty satisfied with this stage.
Level 6: The Giant Bats gave me a hard time, because of their random moving. Sometimes when you walk beside the 1st one, he just stays where he is, but often he also comes at you, which causes you to fall down the pit (And you have to restart again) I think my Dracula battle could need some work, but i dont know a way to finish him off faster.
Im pretty satisfied with this run, but as i said earlier, it's beatable. I hope somebody beats it, so i can try to beat that time. I hope you like the run, and you will be hearing from me in the future.
