Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (NES): Bloody Tears (Extended) 

The MORNING sun!

AVGN: ASSSSSSS!!!!!!

its my favorite version and I was born after this game came out, never even played it lol.

I feel the same way. I just listened to a few “epic” versions of this, but there’s something oddly satisfying about this version

@@Curse_of_the_moon Isn't weird that it doesn't sound too dated or compressed? (Not sure if that's the correct term). The Dawn of Sorrow, Judgement, Netflix and Smash Bros. versions are pretty fun though. I'm drawing blanks at the moment, but I'm certain there are other classic game tracks whose debut hasn't aged as well.

@@bikeman223 examples? The nes music era is, surprisingly, the one that aged less, since it's sounds are so simple.

The problem with the remixes is that they always add garbage affectations like guitar and generic, synthetic choir as opposed to an actual choir in conjunction with orchestra, harpsichord, and organ. They always turn this piece into a shitty "Gothic rock" thing, and I fucking loathe it.

truly it is ,that's why I don't need a remix

🥰🥰🥰nostolgic

This isn’t the original, the FDS version is.

Same, all the remixes and people doing covers on guitars are all nice and well, but to me - they cannot compare.

It's punchier, and that makes it perfect

*Striding*

But you'd have to do the right, power walk. The "Belmont strut" as it were. (Simon, Trevor, and Richter all walk the same way, it's kinda funny tbh)

Bench pressing music.

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In all honest though, why can't any of the Castlevania heroes swim..?

​@@charmanderlover6433most likely, it is eaten immediately by mermans

Exactly, so unique and technical

Great game, fun spin on the original format.

@@BrosinsMusic nah, the old castlevania games sucked, broken, and relied on obsolete arcade mechanics

@@CoolestSwordFighter Dont hate on my childhood

@@BrosinsMusic ok

@@CoolestSwordFighter Great , now would you like to play me in Blades of Steel.

U right

Ong!!!

The version from Dawn of Sorrow is pretty good if you ask me. It's not the OG but it's very enjoyable.

Yea this is peak NES music

Boomer… have you heard the Netflix series version?

The same goes for me

It’s daytime theme So it’d be more like: The morning sun had vanquished the horrible night

I recommend if you play the first or second game (mainly the 2nd) to watch a guide for it. They are pretty hard and the second one requires you to do stuff that are near impossible to figure out. A good guide I know is U Can Beat Video Games, he goes into good detail the most efficient way to beat these games.

@@frozenburst6463 "the most efficient way to beat games" - anyone who talks like that lacks a private life. Normal people like to enjoy games and dont give a shit about playing them efficiently.

@@saudude2174 By playing efficiently, I just mean the youtuber makes a guide that doesn't make you waste time wandering aimlessly looking for something to try and beat the game or 100% it. Because many people in this day might not like how hard a game is with their difficulty and secrets.

@@frozenburst6463 I believe that wandering and searching is the fun part.

@@saudude2174 Yeah, for the most part, I too do find it fun, satisfying, and rewarding for finding secrets on my own. But when it comes to games like Castlevania 2, it is a different story. Like how you are supposed to know to kneel on a cliff with the red crystal to summon a tornado. Moments like those are where the wondering around is not fun.

For curiosity, I went to the 10 hour video and saw your comment there too, and yeah: that one video has the song looping too early (even tho I myself didn't notice that difference in drums when extending the song), whereas mine plays a note 2 times when looping (mistake that I could have fixed probably). Does all of this translate in what you said here? I know pretty much nothing about music and terms associated with it.

@@castlevaniamusicforever hehe yeah thats it you got it. I usually hear it when i played the game.

This is actually an interesting curiosity... I noticed the staccato bassline on here too, when I play the game it doesn't happen to me.

fun fact: the original version is the disk Famicom version. the NES version (this one) had an improved PCM channel and more voices leading to the rocking percussion in this version.

Assuming this is a rip of some kind, it's probably a matter of what audio emulation was used.

Uh... Simon's Quest IS an amazing game wtf you talking about lol

@@chrisburgess7066 Well, it's a good game for sure, but was flawed, it suffer from slowdowns, translation errors, typos... In the Japanese version, the town people are deliberately liars, they give false infomations and very few of them give the true, in the American with the translation errors, it's almost IMPOSSBILE to understand what they say. There are some parts that are just so cryptic, like kneeling down using the red crystal to summon a tornado, or kneeling down at a lake with the blue crystal equipped, I don't think anyone was supposed to figure that out, making the game damn near impossble to beat without a guide, but still, it's a very good game

Castlevania 2 Redaction is you answer.

@@adamdenardis5438 Does it add bosses to the game?

@@megamanzero3486 that makes so much sense now, had no idea.

help me and others understand your cadence. where do the lyrics start? where do they end? greatness awaits...

@@gh0stykins Kinda hard to explain how lyrics line up with musical notes via text, dude. I'd have to have some way to paste them directly under the sheet music for Bloody Tears. Just try mentally singing the lyrics alongside the song, beginning RIGHT from the very first note of the song. That's the best I can do as far as an explanation.

@@IgnatianMystic i was basically asking when to start. knowing when you end helps as well. using these two simple guidelines makes following your cadence much easier for any rhythm savvy person to work with. you answered the first question which should do... maybe be a little less standoffish when someone is praising you.

@@gh0stykins Sorry if it came across that way. I wasn't being standoffish at all, bro. Just straightforward. * Shrug *

@@IgnatianMystic i still love you

I don't know about that. The blade techno theme still rocks too.

I will try it out

@@robertowoodson4625 Do it and give us an update!

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Why do you tell the Legend of the DOOMSLAYER here?

The classical inspiration is a clever tie to Fugue's style, if I'm not mistaken, which includes the Funeral March that everyone knows all-too-well. The tie is there to create a symbolic tie to several catholic symbols, without getting *too* verbose about it, allowing the flexibility for the rest of the song. The lighthearted treble line is well-complimented by dark undertones, each being representative of the sides in play - Simon's lighter, treble side using the rhythmic drive to push forward with a (mostly clear - he has human moments) purpose, while the darker side maintains the subtle conniving to keep the listener on their toes, and not easily resolve on any one key. There's a bit more involved, I think, but it would absolutely enter the territory of "stretching" - and I intend to take care of that in the morning.

I dunno, some of the OG Final Fantasy theme should be up there too. Battle with the 4 Fiends for instance.

Netflix!

@@FranciscoRodriguez-iq9cb Imagine

The problem is i can't

@@Meirdom yep

@@thedarklord5129 The SNES remake of the song is also good but the NES is just better

Agreed

I didn't know that.

While it is primitive, the NES seems to work well for songs that would translate nicely to rock or metal or jazz. This is a neat rock track of the 80s, Mt. Itoi is a nice death metal track, the Mario series is known for jazz, etc. It is probably because the harshness of the soundfonts of the NES work well as a guitar sound equivalent, and the fact that NES songs had to rely on catchy phrases to create interesting music because it could not be so complex paralleled how jazz/rock/metal did those very same things. Though admittedly Mysidia Tower in Final Fantasy 2 does have a neat mystical effect, and plenty of song can be happy and like pop. It’s just that the most popular seem to be like jazz, rock, metal or mystical.

How is it shitty?

@@joaonitro5149 Because the NES doesn't have a dedicated sound chip and can only put out five channels three of which are just beeps in different frequencies.

@@Avatarbee And? It's just average, not shitty. May i remind you that before this most video games didn't even had music.

@@joaonitro5149 Lol no reason to get all offended. NES sound quality is just plain shitty when you compare it to modern systems.

*Laugh’s in castlevania 4*

Not even in the top 5.

@@meganick4382 *ahem* THAT’S your opinion

curse of darkness >yes idc what anyone thinks

Def a top 5 the legend that gave birth to every RPG today