Castlevania - Versions Comparison (HD 60 FPS) 

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Man the Arrange version of Chroincles goes HARD on the music

The Sharp X68000 never ceases to amaze me, there's a reason why they are still so expensive

I wept tears of joy when I saw the Amiga version. Actually, no - I just wept.

49:56 this soundtrack still gives me a cold shiver. So good.

Amiga is my fave computer of all time, but come on everyone together "WHAT WERE THEY THINKING".

The guy even divides the video in named time stamps for us... Bro, thanks for the great work! Sub and liked, as always!

no Castlevania Harmony of Despair? Stage 10 is literally the whole NES game adapted to the new gameplay mechanics

Vampire Hunter for the MSX looks like an interesting take on the game with adventure elements.

I originally played the arcade version way back when before we for a Nintendo. Convinced my dad to get it as our second game. He was skeptical, but fell in love with it. Also, the Amiga version always makes me laugh. Instead of a castle, it's like Dracula lives in a town house with a bunch of jumping redheads instead of zombies. Lol.

This sure makes appreciate the nes version of Castlevania, I’m not going to criticize other releases but for me the nes holds a special place in my heart. Thank you for your fantastic work.

I like the X68000 Version the most. I like how the footage of the PC MS-DOS version has the correct aspect ratio. The MSX version however was clearly running on PAL 50Hz, you have to set the region to japan so the game runs as it should.

Why does the DOS one sound like how I imagined an 80s club would sound?

I think the Sharp X68000 is the best "refresh" of the original. It's not a complete re-imagining. Just the same game with a fresh coat of paint. There's some new ideas in there, but they're kept sparse. With Super Castlevania, but nothing held back upgrading the core game. In this case I honestly like the overhaul better, but respect the sharp version's excellent presentation.

Finally a video about Castlevania 1! I hoped you'd do one.

"Oh god, there's a C64 version? At least, the music's bound to be goo... nevermind." Seriously, this Kris Hatlelid sure is no Hülsbeck, Hubbard or Follin.

Thanks for this video comparison!!!

Until today for me, Super Castlevania IV continues to be one of the best games ever.

Famicom: The original. A nearly perfect game. NES: Lacking features, but otherwise is just as good as it's Disk System counterpart. Playchoice 10: Why didn't they make the timer match the one in-game? Vs.: Making the in game timer go faster works, too. Amiga: I wanna like the graphics, but the sound, music and the enemies are all messed up, and the gameplay is so choppy. DOS: Well at least they used Vampire Killer for the opening level. Too bad it's making me wish they had forgone the music entirely. C64: You know, this doesn't look bad for a Commodore game. I bet it's probably more fun than most of the other PC releases. Sharp X68000: The exception being this one. This is definitely the best PC version, even if it's not a 1:1 port. It's still a great remake. Chronicles (both versions): The Sharp version, but on a system that already had Symphony of the Night. I feel like a port of Rondo was obvious considering the connection to SotN, but I can't complain with Chronicles being so good. GBA: Squished, but still a solid version. Java: It's Java. Wasn't expecting much, and didn't get much. I kinda like Simon's sprite, though. Anniversary: A great emulation. I particularly enjoy the Record feature so I can watch my best runs. MSX (Vampire Killer): There's a reason Kojima had to invent a new genre to get a good game on this thing. The exploration is kinda cool, but Castlevania isn't really a game that the MSX can do justice. Arcade (Haunted Castle): I like the music. Everything else? Not really. Once you learn the game, it can be fun, but it's not what I would call a good game. SNES (SCV4): A great game, to be sure, but I dont think it's as good as the game it's a reimagining of. Level 3 can go fuck itself, but the others are pretty good. The whip and jump controls are improved, but I like the old whip better. The jump is fine, but why use subweapons unless its a triple Cross for boss fights? Your whip is just too good, and it makes the subweapons mostly useless. If you want a game that improves the jump, but keeps the whip while improving subweapons, Rondo of Blood is a perfect example. Even Bloodlines got it right by limiting the angles you can whip and when you can hit from those angles. I like Super Castlevania, but I dont see what makes it the best like some people have said it is.

The Amiga version cracks me up.

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Imagine if there was a Castlevania Chronicles on the 32X... That would have been a good port that makes use of all the audio and visual capabilities if it wasn't for the Super 32X not selling well and it being released at, uncomfortably, the same time as the Sega Saturn. Although the Sharp X86000 sounds too good to be translated to Mega Drive code, there are still tricks and clever design that can be used.

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Amazing video ^^ That's gonna be an hour well spent ^^

Great video. Question: Was Vampire Killer for the MSX considered since is a parallel version of the FDS version?

Awesome comparison. \m/ castlevania is one of my favorite video games. from this video, I personally like the nes version, the ps1 version, the arcade version, and the snes version.

29:14 - Somecallmejohnny - It's party time!

Let’s Compare Castlevania 1: Famicom Disk System (1986) 2: NES (1987) 3: Arcade (Playchoice-10) (1987) 4: Arcade (Vs Castlevania) (1987) 5: Amiga (1990) 6: Pc Dos (1990) 7: Commodore 64 (1990) 8: Sharp X68000 (Castlevania Chronicles) (1993) 9: Playstation (Castlevania Chronicles) (2001) 10: Playstation (Castlevania Chronicles) (2001) 11: Game Boy Advance (Classic NES Series) (2004) 12: J2me (2004) 13: J2me (2004) 14: Castlevania Anniversary Collection (2019) 15: Msx (1986) 16: Arcade (Haunted Castle) (1988) 17: Super Nintendo (Super Castlevania Iv) (1991)

The zombies from the Amiga Versions really creeps me out, they are so strange looking!

The C64 port, actually ain't half bad.

That Sharp x68000 version looks and sounds amazing.

Not going to look at opcode's Colecovision port of Castlevania? It requires Super Game Module (2 I think) but it's hella impressive

C64 version looks and sounds fairly good.

Title Screen, Game Start, Stage Start, Boss Battle, Stage Clear, and Game Over

Veo que me falta jugar algunas versiones como la Amiga, PC DOS, Mobiles. 43:13 La MSX lo probe una vez, pero me parecio tedioso estar buscando llavecitas para encontrar la puerta correcta, parecia un RPG, y casi lo comparo con el CV2, al final no lo pude pasar, no por la dificultad, si no porque me aburria estar buscando llaves ocultos en paredes de donde menos lo pienso y a veces me perdía.

I always wondered why some ports of games put music in wrong levels? like the Amiga port of this for example has the 3rd stage theme instead of the 1st.

where to get the j2me port? also, is that the android soundfont you're using?

The Java version may look kinda bad but God does it sound good.

@ retrosutra 19:10 WOW! I didn't know the Sharp X68000 was capable to handle the music so well in that version with only 8 FM channels and 1 channel for 16-bit DAC samples... and it's not even a version, it's much better than that considering that is a major remake/remastered version of the original game! If that version should be ported to the SEGA Genesis/Mega Drive, this could make the console very succesful to handle all of this good stuff from the X68000, especially the game's OST if they made it right. 28:48 I love how the enemy boss theme and the Stage Clear music sounds much better and different in this remake than what the NES/FDS version had and I also love the way they have remixed the theme of the original game in the Arrange Mode of the PlayStation version, it's just... SO DOPE! AND OH, THAT MIDI GUITAR IN THIS REMIX... IT SOUNDS SO REAL!!! Those developers at Konami must have worked THIS hard to make the X68000 and the SNES versions REALLY stand out from the competitors in a good way, especially the original NES version!

13:14 Ah, the days of DOS... The days when every human character had literal white skin.

You couldn't wait 2 more days till spooktober when this would have been perfect

Castlevania Chronicles (original style) was my favorite because they reimagined Classic Simon in a new outfit

The NES gave me so much Nostalgia when i came to the 3th Stage called wicked child i fell so good by caming to the 3th Stage with the Great Sound Track

Dude! Why couldn't we get a port of the Sharp X6800 version of Castlevania on the Castlevania Collection for current-gen consoles?

Wow I only had the nintendo version!! Didn't know there were so many other console versions of this game!

Wait, are you sure those were the EARLIEST J2ME versions? I swear there was an 8-bit version with non detailed graphics.

Missed the opportunity to add Castlevania HD texture pack for NES as a BONUS

Hi, can you tell me how to play the mobile phone versions?

On Commodore 64 Simon Belmont walks with some level of funk

They all do a passable job on the chiptunes too. They understood how important and good the soundtrack was.

I'm a huge Castlevania fan. Used to own Chronicles for the PS1 and didn't think much of it at the time. Looks like he's power walking all the time.

Don't see any difference between first 4 versions. The one of famicom, on nes and other two on arcade (playChoice) and vs castlevania, is the same game.

There is one missing from this list. Castlevania: A Spectrum Interlude for the Spectrum 128K. I've played it on my ZX Spectrum Next and it's good.

If you want to get technical you have to put in haunted castle in your video as well cuz that was the first version of Castlevania and it was for the MSX

Good comparison, but I would've added the Intellivision hombrew version; it's really impressive considering the system's limitations!

Played NES and Chronicles games. I like boss theme in Chronicles arrange mode the most.

I'm surprised the C64 port looked and sounded as good as it did.

No Bloodlines (Genesis)? The first stage is also a remake of the NES one and I would say it's a lot more faithful than the SNES one.

If someone could mesh together the MSX and NES/Famicom versions I believe it would be a true masterpiece

The C64 and DOS conversions by Unlimited Software sound like the arranger only ever listened to the NES version only once while piss drunk, then wrote all the notes from memory.

I didn’t know there were castlevania arcades. Cool Also whoever played all this had got some skill

Love this channel, amo este puto canal

The best version was saved for last, love it!

the msx version was the only "vania"?

You forgot to include the SC-55 music in PSX Castlevania Chronicles. That music was the best, better than arranged imo.

Why does both Haunted castle and Chronicles have that weird hunch?

Weird to call the one on the 68000 chronicles when that is the PlayStation title and it is just Akumajo Dracula so I guess using the translation everyone else uses it would just be Castlevania again.

Simon got the animan studios walking

Castlevania (NES) US and Japanese versions are my favorites.

First look at zombies on amiga, and you already know that they f****d it up hard.

Is it just me or does the music in the Commodore version slap

The arcade version could not be compared to any other because it was shrunk down to fit 15% of the screen so you can't see it. But thanks for sharing.

Please,link to 2 J2ME versions!

So we just gonna ignore how the cross chases you in the DOS version?

The Amiga version feels so uncanny, because it's so close to being an accurate port, but every difference sticks out like a sore thumb

1094 Castlevania Lament of Innocence 1476 Castlevania III Dracula's Curse 1479 Castlevania Curse of Darkness 1576 The Castlevania Adventure 1591 Castlevania II Belmont's Revenge 1666 Castlevania Resurrection 1691 Castlevania 1698 Castlevania II Simon's Quest 1699 Super Castlevania IV 1748 Castlevania Harmony of Dissonance 1792 Castlevania Rondo of Blood 1797 Castlevania Symphony of The Night 1810 Castlevania Order of Ecclesia 1830 Castlevania Circle of The Moon 1844 Castlevania Legacy of Darkness 1852 Castlevania (Nintendo 64) 1897 Dracula 1917 Castlevania Bloodlines 1944 Castlevania Portrait of Ruin 1999 The Demon Castle War 2035 Castlevania Aria of Sorrow 2036 Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow

Looks like someone tried to play the C64 version on a PAL machine. You need to put your emulator in NTSC mode for NTSC games, please. It's running at 4/5 normal speed, that's why the music sounds weird.

The Arcades with Nintendo Games inside called Play Choise 5 it has famous NES Games in Gaming Halls with Billiard

i just notice Simon B have a sword with him why he not using it ?

msx-2 version is at the wrong speed. you run it on 50HZ(pal) while it must be run at 60hz (ntsc)!

The SharpX is the best looking and sounding, but my favorite is still Super Castlevania 4. Also, is it just me or is that not a very strange version of "Wicked Child" playing in the Amiga version.

The MSX version had great background music. However, the game could not be interrupted because there was no way to save the game, even though the levels were large. The content was also different from the NES version, which was frustrating for children who could not play the NES version.

Super Castlevania is just the best looking and playing game here.

I'm sure it's been said, by now, but _Castlevania Chronicles_ was not a port. It was a reimagining, just like _Super Castlevania IV_ and _Haunted Castle._

Amiga: Such an awesome soundtrack Dos/Como64: My ears are bleading..... X68: What a badass version

I think the Amiga version looked really interesting, its a shame the scrolling is a bit weird

I'm looking at 15:14 and I was like "wait, was that cross boomerang is supposed to do that in DOS?" "TAKE MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE"

Very good job ! But where is "Castelvania Rebirth" ??? (WiiWare) Is the must version...

Despite all the parts that came after, and even if the Lords of Shadow/Mirror of Fate Roobot series tells the best story for me - Super Castelvania IV - still transports the most coherent atmosphere.

Those zombies in the amiga version 🤣🤣🤣

46:37 This is my jam!

The MSX 2 version was actually harder. You have to look for those keys.

the aspect ratio is stretched a bit wide. Just FYI.

I love this game!

En los recreativos de mi barrio hubo una placa de haunted castle pero con el nombre vampire killer como en msx.Una versión bastante desconocida de la franquicia

And here I am, thinking it's just jarring that neither whipping candles nor getting hearts or other power-ups gives you score directly. It seems that in modern gaming doing just about anything that has an impact on the level gets you score, and that's if the game scores you at all. But speaking of torches and hearts, why didn't you whip more torches, kill the last bat in block 1-2, or whip while collecting the orb until SCV4?

DOS music made me want to jab pencils into my ears. Goodness.

MSX Version is being emulated in an european MSX with 50hz... music is just slower because of this. has to be emulated on american msx or japanese for the right sync

The AMIGA versión looks like if it was made by the guys from Dark Castle

Do Solid Snake across every Kojima Metal Gear Games