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Episode 9
Castlevania 2 : Simon's Quest is one of the most influential NES games ever made! Castlevania is such a big franchise for Konami, its easy to forget it all started with the trilogy of games on the NES.
This game was the first time that the Castlevania series would go full on non-linear, and it is this type of gameplay that would define future entries in the series, like the iconic Symphony of the Night. In fact, many of the ideas in this game would strongly influence that game.
Simon's Quest has amazing visuals for an 8-bit game, and features an incredible sound track. This would be the first appearance of the song "Bloody Tears" which would be used in many of the later games, and was even heard in the Netflix television series.
In this video we will:
* Find EVERY WEAPON and SUB WEAPON!
* Fight ALL of the game's bosses, with THREE different strategies for defeating Dracula!
* Understand the confusing geography of the Transylvanian countryside!
* Demonstrate a NEW path through the game that will make it MUCH easier!
* Explore the Day/Night cycle and how to take advantage of it!
* Learn a damage boost trick that can teleport you across the map INSTANTLY!
* Reveal all THREE different endings, and how to get them!
SPECIAL THANKS to viewer David Anber for not only suggesting this game as an episode, but for also sending me his personal map of the game!
NOTE: You DO need to collect the Red Crystal to be able to enter the final area. While it IS possible to complete the rest of the game without it, you'll be barred access to Castlevania. If you follow the path I recommend for the video, you should have no problem getting the Red Crystal, and finishing the game- just make sure you don't forget it!
Thanks for watching!
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@namaguederaz 3 года назад

What a nice night to have a walkthrough.

@UCanBeatVideoGames 3 года назад

That made me smile 🤣

@lucasmr3215 3 года назад

Olha um br

@namaguederaz 3 года назад

@@lucasmr3215 opa. É nóis! 😁

@lucasmr3215 3 года назад

@@namaguederaz huehue

@jamesmiller5331 Год назад

Helped me get through tOuGh tiMEs bro

@MurseSamson 2 года назад

About the Garlic: if you drop it on an enemy, it will deal 1 damage, without stopping, until the garlic despawns after ~20 seconds. It will stun-lock any enemy it hits. It is only usable on enemies who you can drop it on top of, or who will walk into it. Flying enemies are virtually immune to it. If you drop a second or a third garlic, the damage will increase to 2 or 3 points of damage per hit, until they expire. They're all on their own individual timers and the damage dealt will drop accordingly as they expire. This weapon is great to drop on top of dragon skeletons to perma-stun them, or two headed monsters. They'll stop Death too if he runs into it. And if you use laurels, you can also use this weapon to easily defeat Dracula just like all the other stunning weapons as well. It may take 4 rounds of laurels to do this but it can be done. It is also without a doubt, the most cumbersome way to defeat Dracula so... You deserve a lot of swag points for defeating the end-game boss with this hard strategy.

@jeremy2283 2 года назад

Just finished this game for the first time with your tutorial. Thanks! I always remember this being my first castlevania as a kid, so it holds a place in my heart. Now I have to finish 1 and 3. I can get to death on the first one, and now I gotta get over that hump.

@Koshea69 3 года назад

I came here to see the other endings as I got the slowest when I beat this game back in the day. Here I was waiting to see how awesome they were. Apparently the developers were thinking of me way back then!

@UCanBeatVideoGames 3 года назад

Ha, maybe they were!

@daveegeland77 3 года назад

I was so glad when I beat this as a kid. I never knew that the whip cracking jumps made you go further though or the warp. Nice watch.

@UCanBeatVideoGames 3 года назад

Thanks DE!

@SBaby 6 месяцев назад

One other note about the Eyeball is that if you don't already have the Sacred Flame, it will reveal it to you when you are on the screen it's hidden on.

@youcan2657 3 года назад

I love each and every vid you're doing man. Amazing effort, calm voice, great descriptions of my childhood games. Kudos

@thenoseguy Год назад

This is a godsend. I got semi-softlocked because I didn't have a good enough whip to fight off all the monsters in one part of the game. I had already taken the tornado so I had no way to get back. Thank you for making this, I don't think I would have the will to restart without this tutorial.

@benredfield6643 3 года назад

Hi, I just discovered this channel and I've watched 5 of your videos today! It's good stuff! You were asking why do you get Dracula's ring, and not some other body part? Well I think it's a reference to the Hammer Dracula movies. At the end of the first one, the last image as Dracula dies lingers on his hand as it turns to dust, leaving his ring. In the sequels, his ring is often highlighted as an artifact as the camera often makes a point of it. In a sequel, Scars of Dracula, his belongings were preserved and returned to him upon his resurrection. The ring was one of those items as he can be seen wearing it again. In further sequels, Hammer's idea was to have a successor follow Dracula in Taste the Blood of Dracula, wearing his cape and ring. Essentially this was a way to recast the role. A soft reboot by today's standards. But Christopher Lee returned to the role so the whole build up to the ring was half baked and ultimately dropped. So, I think Castlevania is referring to this, treating the ring as one of his possessions that must be returned to him to complete his resurrection.

@AmericanSpyFox 3 месяца назад

My 12 year old just got into retro gaming, so I get to help him beat the games I could never beat as a kid (with your help). Thanks!

@rtc3000 3 года назад

In my first dracula fight, i used garlic and stunned him like forever. You can sit back or go toilet. The humble Garlic does its job well. Dracula killed by a garlic

@TheTdw2000 5 месяцев назад

Vampires are supposed to be weak to garlic.

@lonreed9743 Год назад

The second was my first entry into the series and I loved it!

@zeroreyortsed3624 2 года назад

You nailed it on the disk system load time. that's why the transition was so long, but they never changed it for the NES release.

@SBaby 6 месяцев назад

3:15 - Well, here's the thing. Every weird solution is explained in red books you find throughout the game. Those clues never lie. It's just that you have to use Holy Water everywhere. There is a clue that says you have to kneel by the lake, and there is also a townsperson that mentions a cliff. And if you put the two clues together, you get a clear picture that you have to kneel by the cliff to get a result.

@Punkero245 10 месяцев назад

Idk, the third ending makes it seem like Simon didn't survive.

@Radman1889 3 месяца назад

Because they got the worst and middle endings backwards when it was translated

@Sledhead 3 года назад

I can't believe all the games on here you have covered that I had and couldn't figure out what to do when I was a kid. I could never get anywhere in this game back in the day

@UCanBeatVideoGames 3 года назад

As a kid, I actually wrote down all of the clues the villagers gave me, and especially random clues I'd find in the mansions - if I only I'd known they were full of lies!

@shadown5757 2 года назад

Excellent walkthrough, thank you 😎👍

@1989red13bfc 2 года назад

The fact you beat this game, that was so damn confusing back in the 80s, hats off my dude.

@katsurades 3 года назад

Excellent guide, thank you tons for posting it!

@UCanBeatVideoGames 3 года назад

Thanks!!

@RichTok308 Месяц назад

Getting ready to do a full playthrough of this

@Criminal.Lawyer 3 года назад

28:56 - actually, you DO necessarily need the red crystal to beat the game. I once tried beating the game without it and the game wouldn’t let you break the bricks to get onto the West Bridge to Castlevania.

@UCanBeatVideoGames 3 года назад

You're probably right - I can't say I've ever made it to the end without the Red Crystal. Now that I know how to get around without the Red Crystal, it sounds like something fun to test out - it's amazing that this game is so old, but there's still new things to learn about it!

@UCanBeatVideoGames 3 года назад

So I tested it - you are 100% correct! I wonder why the developers designed it that way. Did they know the damage boost in the graveyard was possible?

@Criminal.Lawyer 3 года назад

@@UCanBeatVideoGames i think it’s just part of the story that you need the cross and the red crystal as well as all parts to enter. On the subject of the story, if you want a rabbit hole to go down.... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-XiA8nGJvxgk.html

@Criminal.Lawyer 3 года назад

@@UCanBeatVideoGames I’m not sure about the damage boost - I’ve rationalized it as being basically getting up onto a cliff in the backwoods behind Bodley mansion etc see here: imgupload.io/image/DqbH

@UCanBeatVideoGames 3 года назад

Maybe they did know? The story explanation seems equally plausible. The geography does seem to check out, tho. If I were making the game I'd have required the Gold Knife, too, as proof of defeating Death.

@jtlemay4878 3 года назад

this is one of the coolest videos i have ever seen on here

@UCanBeatVideoGames 3 года назад

Thanks, JT!

@nofear8244 3 года назад

Ive never been able to beat this game. I had it as a kid and never figured it out lol thanks for the walkthrough

@mattcaine9938 2 года назад

SQ does not deserve the hate it receives. Game is solid all around. Very fond memories of beating this.

@Izmeiah 3 года назад

The way we figured out the red crystal/tornado trick ... we didn't we had some VHS tapes about "Mastering Games" and while watching them I was like WHAT!?

@voodoocustompickups2547 3 года назад

It's great to see that I'm not the only one who throws out their whip when I jump over obstacles

@JJJinks 3 года назад

In my childhood, I never knew that weird multicolor effect was Simon leveling up. Now I know! Also, I never thought about the ins and outs of the underground garlic market. I wonder if there's some lore there...like, is that a garlic speakeasy? Is there knock-off black market garlic that's really just bad onions? I'm only 20 minutes in and a little drunk, I'll probably have more questions

@UCanBeatVideoGames 3 года назад

🤣 I think it's just like once people are sure Vampires are real, suddenly the demand for Garlic skyrockets. Stakes, too. That's why there's always people trying to scrape by selling them in the various mansions.

@JJJinks 3 года назад

@@UCanBeatVideoGames I had that thought too! Who are these crazy mofos hanging out in graveyards and shit? You go into a haunted mansion and there’s this guy, “hey man, I got these wooden stakes” Fast forward to Castlevania 4 and this guy’s Elon Musk

@wesgeorge4112 3 года назад

Awesome job. Have you ever considered doing this series with 16 bit era games?

@jamesharris9528 3 года назад

Why is this so relaxing to watch?

@matthewgrove-jones3001 3 года назад

It's his voice.

@joseph1150 3 года назад

I beat this game as a kid, took tons of time to figure it out, but only needed a couple hints in Nintendo power (not the full guide) to beat it. Bought it at a thrift shop just after the SNES came out and everybody was dumping their NES stuff, but before I got my SNES (for Christmas a year later). I would say it was in the top 10 games in terms of how much I enjoyed it. But I can't go back to it. The NES was punishing on control inputs. I beat Battletoads, TMNT (the first one) and this, some of the harder popular games on the NES. But I no longer have the patience to play them. I do miss the difficulty though, with only a few games that I've played since that really reward players for their efforts (other than fighting games, which are the most rewarding of skill games there are).

@zacharyjoy8724 2 года назад

Thanks for this. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed AVGN and his glorious diatribe, but this game doesn’t deserve *only* hatred. It just happens to be extremely challenging, particularly without a guide. Fortunately, that’s why we have you, right? 😊

@alteredstates927 2 года назад

Damn I wish I'd known that whipping mid-jump extended your jump I had such a hard time with those water blocks all this time

@alteredstates927 2 года назад

I also didn't know the red orb still filled the function of the blue orb

@msarilyn7677 2 года назад

Yeah, the ring is weird you'd think it would be Dracula's ring finger instead making it a body part. Wish it had a use too.

@ADR69 Год назад

Love how salty you are at the ring 😂

@chriscripplercruz1833 3 года назад

I'm glad I watched this video since I was a kid I always thought the two headed creatures were werewolves my entire life now I can see they are actually two headed monsters lol haha

@Lastjustice 2 года назад

I believe those two headed creatures are supposed to be lizardmen.

@the_j_brett6734 2 года назад

love your videos, have you done the Karate Kid yet?

@exodous02 3 года назад

This game has some of the most useful hacks and re-translations out there that make this game much much better and probably how it should have been released in the first place.

@robertburchenal2902 5 месяцев назад

Didn't know the boss of Laruba Mansion was named Vampira, I always assumed it was Carmilla.

@sparkypack 3 года назад

Funny.. Resident Evil 8 followed the same concept like Simon's Quest, but it's the protagonist's baby rather than Dracula.

@Giffsen 3 года назад

Nice video and nice voice too sir. Keep up with the good work. Also if you accept a suggestion for a future video, I'd recommend Paladin's Quest, Getsu Fuuma Den and Blaster Master.

@UCanBeatVideoGames 3 года назад

Thanks, Giffsen! Good news, I already covered Blaster Master. I think it's one of my best videos: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Y3T_IaoezHg.html LOVE that game! I'll have to check out Paladin's Quest - I'm not familiar with it, and its not every day I hear about a game I don't know. UPDATE: I looked up Paladin's Quest, and it looks super cool. Getsu Fuuma Den is a cool game that I personally like, but I have a just a ton of less obscure games I need to cover before I can get to that one. I would love to cover it, though - I hope to be doing this channel for a long time.

@Giffsen 3 года назад

@@UCanBeatVideoGames Oh sorry for that lol, I'm a new subscriber so I didn't see Blaster Master over there. And it's fine, It's just a suggestion after all haha

@UCanBeatVideoGames 3 года назад

I'm totally trying to buy a copy of Paladin's Quest now. Looks a little bit like Earthbound, but with some interesting twists. Not sure how I missed this one. Don't know if I'll ever get to covering it on the channel, but I definitely want to play it.

@Giffsen 3 года назад

@@UCanBeatVideoGames it's a personal favorite of mine on the system haha Also there's a sequel, called Lennus II, which was released in Japan only but you can easily find an english fan translation for it (and put in a repro if you play on the original hardware).

@UCanBeatVideoGames 3 года назад

@@Giffsen This idea that magic comes from HP sounds like an interesting mechanic. I wonder if they should have just called the English version Lennus? Sounds more exciting.

@Trephining Месяц назад

I remember thinking there was something messed up with the different endings being what they were. I will admit I never got that first ending, the fast one, without some definite assistance from Nintendo Power.

@VAIZEN 3 года назад

Can get the name of the song at the beginning please? I know is Bloody Tears but which version?

@UCanBeatVideoGames 3 года назад

It IS Bloody Tears - you got that right! Its the version from Dawn of Sorrow on the Nintendo DS.

@noodlechrist4958 3 года назад

Leaving a comment for the algorithm

@Bruuuuuh620 3 года назад

have you reached out to AVGN about a possible collab? He rants about a game and then you show him how to do it. throughout the video. multiple examples as he goes through the game.

@jamiesmith4293 2 года назад

5:54 the walkthrough starts here.

@SinsOfScience 2 года назад

This game has always made me curious about one important thing - Is there a GOOD night to have a curse? Also, in regards to the endings, if what I read is correct, the text for the different endings got shifted during the translation process, which made it so that each ending screen has the wrong text. It's probably more of a theory, since I can't even remember where I read that, but it seems pretty likely, given how sloppy the localisation process was. lol

@Hilipinapixili 2 года назад

Apparently, the original Japanese version also had Simon dying in the normal ending, so it wasn't a localization error. Most likely, the code itself is referencing the wrong piece of text instead, hence why it seems to be wrong in both versions.

@corgibuttz2550 3 года назад

Nice dog!

@SlayerRunefrost 3 года назад

CV2 is really underrated. The only thing really wrong with it is the absolutely abysmal translations that make it almost impossibly cryptic and yeah, I could do without the long ass text bubble every time it switches from day to night and back. Anyone who liked this game but could never quite get passed these flaws, I encourage you to check out the redux ROM hack version.

@UCanBeatVideoGames 3 года назад

i totally agree! The game is sweet, it just has some minor flaws. Would I have liked some better bosses? Sure, but it's like they made Castlevania into a whole world to explore, and that was really cool.

@SlayerRunefrost 3 года назад

@@UCanBeatVideoGames I want a non-liner follow up to CV3 where you have to go around the Wallacia county side fixing everything Dracula fucked up. But I want it in the style of the 8 or 16 bit games or possibly Rondo of Blood's style. All someone would have to do is ROM hack CV2 where you could play as Trevor, Alucard, Sypha, and Grant and change up the look of the environments and enemies.

@SlayerRunefrost 3 года назад

@@UCanBeatVideoGames btw, please tell me you plan to do one of these for CV3. I know, with all the branching paths it would be a long video and would take forever to do but I think it needs this treatment.

@XX-sp3tt 3 года назад

I hate games that insist on a time limit when at the same time encouraging exploration.

@jedgrahek1426 3 года назад

At least this is just different ending screens, none of which is that big of a deal... the worst offender for me is Star Control 2. I went from loving to hating that game so quickly as a kid, when I realized everything I had done was meaningless if I couldn't beat one space battle, and no matter what that save was essentially bricked and any plans I had for exploring other parts of the map would need to be left for a new game... which I would never enjoy as much as I had enjoyed my time playing when I felt free to explore. At least it's been modded now, but I always thought that was such a strange choice, to not even include like a free exploration mode you can unlock by beating the game normally, or anything like that...

@P5dfsf64g36 Год назад

58:20 just use the garlic you don't need to spam fire on that one

@steveg9088 3 года назад

At the I didn’t understand Simon quest and I HATED IT, I use to stage 1, 2 etc. After years now understanding open world it’s actually awesome.

@galacticaphantom1332 2 года назад

I feel like chapters would be very convinient on these videos

@Emberson-9000 Год назад

I always thought the boss you call Vampira was named Carmilla. Is she called Vampira in any official sources? Maybe it's a localization thing, or I'm thinking of a boss from Rondo of Blood who looks nearly the same. I assumed they were both Carmilla.

@beavinator Год назад

She is referred to as Vampira in the English NES game manual, but other sources confirm what you are fighting there is an unseen Carmilla controlling a floating mask.

@Curseius 3 года назад

3:48 if you want to

@FreakEating 3 года назад

You play through the games we all grew up on. It's great to see the legacy of these games preserved.

@YoungBideo 3 года назад

Hahaha been watching you since like 2014 with that group you hung with, I believe it was wreckless eating. Imo you're a cool dude and your channel is interesting af.

@davidprice7162 2 года назад

Update: I tried finishing Blaster Master by watching his videos. Didn’t work, I still died again and again and again.

@doncardegena326 9 месяцев назад

@@davidprice7162😂😂😂😂😂

@thepolacek 2 года назад

I had this as a kid, in the 80s. I didn’t hate it. I never knew where to go, but played it anyway.

@josephreid4352 Год назад

I too was wandering around and I still thought it was fun. UCBVG make the game even better since explaining

@KhaiNguyen-ru7lk Год назад

@Soidog23ah yes google in the 80s I'm sure they had reliable sources to learn how to beat the entire game

@benjaminstueck5464 11 месяцев назад

I would play for HOURS and have no idea what I was doing, making no actual progress…just finding all this stuff that didn’t seem to do anything… I think I maybe one time beat the first mansion. But I loved this game so much, I was a kid and would just make up my own story lol

@thepolacek 11 месяцев назад

I did beat a mansion. I never did find a boss, though. @@benjaminstueck5464

@RaiceGeriko 11 месяцев назад

I'm pretty sure a lot of these games were designed in such a way you were expected to call the Nintendo Hotline or subscribe to Nintendo Power. Nintendo Hotline was very expensive. Nintendo Power was just a normal magazine subscription. Point is, unless someone told you how to do the things, you would never have figure it out.

@wingedhussar5528 3 года назад

You know Romania has got problems when you can walk through a toxic swamp like a boss but water is an instant kill.

@UCanBeatVideoGames 3 года назад

Good old video game logic - Water is worse than poison!

@JEFFALITY 3 года назад

Waters deeper... Duh Lol 😂

@wingedhussar5528 3 года назад

@@JEFFALITY You'd figure a guy operating in Wallachia a region surround by mountains, rivers, and lakes would take some time for a swimming lesson or two.

@1980999chris 3 года назад

To be fair, simon is probably wearing armor that is too heavy to swim in. Actually, history is filled with examples of battle commanders using this very example to their advantage. Such as using calvary to push armored soldiers into rivers and such.

@wingedhussar5528 3 года назад

@@1980999chris Good point actually. Only issue I have is that he would also not be doing a lot of running and jumping in full armor.

@CodePrime8 3 года назад

Thank you for doing these play throughs! I was young when I first played. I didn't understand all the mechanics. I remember watching my mom play through, and wondering how she knew all the little hiding spots. :) Thank you for the memories! I have subbed.

@UCanBeatVideoGames 3 года назад

What a cool experience to share with your mom! Thanks for the sub, Heath!

@boodro2122 3 года назад

Not only do I share that sentiment with my own mom, but her Maiden Name is Haskins. Small world...

@eppskevin 3 года назад

FINALLY someone mentioned that the early reviews for Simons quest were positive. Because other channels act like simons quest wasn’t a big thing for a bit back then

@xBINARYGODx 3 года назад

it was advertised like crazy and sold a bunch - also, hating on it is more meme that deserved - Zelda 1 is also a nintendo power game with some nonsense, but you dont see people shitting all over that one, for the most part.

@eppskevin 3 года назад

@@xBINARYGODx exactly man

@postplays 3 года назад

@@xBINARYGODx I'll take Zelda 2 over 1 just because how cryptic 1 is. The NPCs in every town in Zelda 2 have useful information and pretty much tell you where every secret is and what to do next.

@wilmoney4619 2 года назад

What!!!! That was one of the biggest games. Every kid wanted it,

@eppskevin 2 года назад

@@wilmoney4619 wasn’t even captain Ns Simon based off of simons quest as well?

@robertanderson2898 3 года назад

Stake through the heart, and Simon's to blame, he gave Drac, a bad pain ( guitar solo)

@UCanBeatVideoGames 3 года назад

🤣

@rodrigoibarra613 3 года назад

That was just awesome..even Bon Jovi would be proud.

@AshBloodfire 3 года назад

Personally I would have written it as "And Sy's to blame", because "Simon" has a hard two consonant tone, where as "You're" is more smooth and the harder two consonant Simon throws off the original song's tune.

@robertanderson2898 3 года назад

@@AshBloodfire I agree, it still does fit if you say it fast. "He played his part, Simon ruined his game, he gave Drac a bad pain." (hehe had to finish).

@wesleyoldham-cartoonsandtv1962 3 года назад

I know this is Castlevania, but I still see Hellsing Ultimate. 🤣

@ThrawnTheater 3 года назад

My friend and I always used to call those enemies Freddy Kreuger, so I'm surprised and pleased to learn that they're actually called Freddy's

@UCanBeatVideoGames 3 года назад

That's awesome!

@MizfitZer0 3 года назад

I was only 4 when my mum bought my dad a NES. The games he got with it were Super Mario Bros 2 and Castlevania 2 Simon’s Quest. My dad played Simon’s Quest over and over again and I would love watching him play it... i memorised his playthroughs so much that when I played it for myself I actually beat it as a kid :) I will always love Simon’s Quest and Super Mario Bros 2, they were the 1st NES game I experienced. After that I was a gamer for life

@stacychamness9077 2 года назад

Castlevania 2: Simon's Quest and Super Mario Bros. 2 are among my favorite NES games too. I'm also a gamer for life!! 😎👍🎮🏆

@Mr.StarSearch 3 месяца назад

@@stacychamness9077 ❤️

@andrewlivingston1590 3 года назад

The manual doesn’t tell you what the heart does, no, but it does mention that the ferryman takes you to different places depending on which Dracula parts you prossess.

@JulianCommodus 3 года назад

The first ending shown is the best one: in the second one (Day 8-16), Simon succumbs to his wounds, but at least makes it out of Dracula's castle, and that he is seen at the gravestone during the day means that he's still under the effects of the curse at night and the curse hasn't been fully lifted; in the third (Day 16 and on), it could be inferred that Simon didn't make it out of the castle, as he isn't seen at Dracula's gravestone and the text in this ending is a eulogy for Simon and the curse is still a blight on the land with no one knowing that it's still present. In the first (Day 1-8), Simon is at the gravestone during sunset, meaning the curse no longer has any sway on him at night. This is the only ending that we know that Simon is alive at the end on the game, and his curse broken, despite Dracula (who will always come back) clawing out of his grave.

@dansmith1661 2 года назад

The endings are not in order. There is a thing about this game where you should never trust people or your eyes since everything could be an illusion because of the curse.

@snakyYT 9 месяцев назад

What's Simon's curse?

@GOFLuvr 9 месяцев назад

@@dansmith1661 I'm pretty sure the text to the endings was merely the result of lack of playtesting.

@trueakuma777 3 года назад

Thank you for the detailed walkthrough for this game. I tried playing this on the NES years ago as a kid and while I felt like I did okay and got fairly far into the game, I never finished it and after watching this realize I still had quite a ways to go before I would have been able to beat the game. I'm planning on trying to play through this again now that I own the Anniversary Collection on PC, and I'm sure I'll find this guide extremely helpful. You've earned another subscriber! :) Thanks for the wonderfully useful video and stay safe out there!

@bradenhogan2 2 года назад

9:16 where’s everyone going? Bingo? In all seriousness, love this series. It’s so cool how you have key items and descriptions on the side, like a game manual and video guide rolled into one!

@kimjanek646 Год назад

I always loved the day/night transitions of the game. It’s so ominous 😮 The day/night cycle is also a very cool mechanic of making the night actually scary, by making the game more difficult. It has this nice survival horror vibe 🙂

@ESLTeacherTom 3 года назад

How did you get so good at these games?

@SlayerRunefrost 3 года назад

Like a lot of us, he's been playing them for damn near 40 years.

@uptownroy9127 3 года назад

@@SlayerRunefrost hahaha facts were Nintendo we went thru the trial and error as kids

@travezripley 3 года назад

Practice?

@UCanBeatVideoGames 3 года назад

Some of these games I've beaten dozens of times, other ones I do have to practice, but having played a lot of Nintendo it helps me get good pretty quick. Thanks, Tom!

@wesleyoldham-cartoonsandtv1962 3 года назад

We had a WII U set up in our college's common room. Students would spend hours playing Smash 4 before and after classes. Someone brought in an NES, and all of the students who went to college straight out of high school kept getting killed on level one of Super Mario Bros. When it was my turn, I made it to 8-3 (using the warp pipes), and told everyone to hold down the jump button when stomping on goombas to get more air. Most of them had been tapping it, and falling into the second goomba when groups of them appeared. It's those little things we pick up from playing these classics endlessly.

@renaldomillerrm 2 года назад

Brother you're awesome for this. I've never beat this game as a kid because of the puzzles. And just the memories you brought back turned be back to 9 years old again. You got yourself a new sub. You're channel is a literal time machine. Keep up the good fight dude.

@claudeisyes 2 года назад

Honestly, this one was always my favorite one, spent the most time playing it, and still love the soundtrack!

@johnboats9075 Год назад

Me too. Its a great game

@robertanderson2898 3 года назад

You now prossess the ability to conquer Castlevania II: Simon's Quest ! Beautiful game, it does have it's flaws though.

@UCanBeatVideoGames 3 года назад

I like the random places where they learn how to spell possess, then forget again.

@kazejah1014 2 года назад

@@UCanBeatVideoGames 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

@ryanglaser5336 2 года назад

The flaws and premature unpolished & seemingly unfinished release just didn't matter! Nintendo knew we would buy it anyways, and so they just wanted to spit out new games. The graphics & sound in 1988 made up for it 🥴 We just dealt with the frustration, bought Nintendo Power at the grocery store, and fillled out the postage paid white tear-out card inside (with check or money order included) for a monthly mail order subscription!!🤩🤠

@xauerincauerosh8751 2 года назад

Is "prossess" a combination of the words "process" and "possess"? Does this then mean that one must go through the process of possessing all of Dracula's body parts prior to destroying Dracula altogether to end Simon's curse (or quest, for that matter)? Perhaps, then, the word "prossess" would be intentional if this is the case.

@zedorda1337 3 года назад

Dracula's ring gives you a free hit when you are full health before deducting hp. It does not need to be equipped to function just looted and maybe equipped once. It's significance is related to the bloodstone and it's lore connection to vampires in parts of folklore.

@shannonhill3356 3 года назад

Whoa sweet. I was wondering about that, and then even he mentioned not knowing what was really up. Thanks!

@Koettnylle 3 года назад

47:40

@andrewlivingston1590 2 года назад

If you found that in a Reddit thread, I’ve seen it and people dispute the claim there. Isn’t it great that the game is so mysterious and dizzying that we’re still arguing over its mysteries decades later?

@msp720 2 года назад

I can confirm this isn't true. It's a rumor that's persisted for decades. It's likely that it originally had a function but they took it out of the game.

@HylianFox3 Год назад

Your defense increases as you level up, meaning you won't always lose health when getting hit. It has nothing to do with Dracula's Ring. All the Ring does (along with the Cross) is allow you to enter Castlevania.

@MysticMike 3 года назад

@54:06 I like to point out this part with the up and down blocks. If its going up and you jump off you get bigger height but if its doing down as you jump off you dont get as much height. I always jump off them as its going up. I never need to go to the edge and jump. This tip makes this part so much better.

@NetworkedOuija 3 года назад

After your video I bought a copy of Simons quest and finally beat it. I love your videos. Thanks for the walkthrough!!

@UCanBeatVideoGames 3 года назад

That's awesome!! Thanks, Dean!

@anthonybernero9720 3 года назад

It's really funny that Dracula's rib can sheild you from anything but bones.

@UCanBeatVideoGames 3 года назад

That is funny. Bone on bone violence.

@retro3188 Год назад

Walkthrough begins at 6:00. Recently got the Anniversary Collection as a present, and am going through Castlevania 2 at the moment.

@thenoseguy Год назад

Same, just beat the og yesterday

@vhscopyofseinfeld 3 месяца назад

Same. Finished CV1 last week and just finished CV2. Now onward to Dracula’s Curse.

@scipio8866 3 года назад

I watched this once two nights ago. Then once yesterday morning. Hours later, I beat it in a couple of hours without having to look anything up 👍

@UCanBeatVideoGames 3 года назад

Wow, that's awesome! Thanks, Nicholas!

@JyoAnime 3 года назад

As long as you jump off the floating blocks when they are moving upwards, you will gain that push to jump higher

@Hadmin 2 года назад

I figured that out as a 9 year old back in the day, I'm kinda stumped that people still don't know how game physics work, and is something i try in pretty much any platformer i play when i get the chance

@missinglink_eth 3 года назад

This is one of my favorite games of all time. The music is fantastic!

@MichaelAhlers 2 года назад

Castlevania's theme music, building up to the fight with Dracula, still gives me chills.

@ChaoticMeatballTV Месяц назад

I just played this for the first time and its crazy how 20 years since the AVGN video this game is considered bad. Antiquated by modern standards, yes. A heck of a Metroidvania to kick off the idea of the genre? Absolutely. I had fun with CV2 despite the faje blocks and lack of challenging boss fights, but it definitely should be regarded as one of the higher quality games in the NES library

@bensheekey9305 3 года назад

I always used the diamond to kill dracula. The room is fairly small so if you spam the diamonds, it becomes a bullet-hell for dracula

@WalkingRoscoe 3 года назад

The best soundtrack at the time for the NES. Then again, the CastleVania franchise never had an issue with that. Great review, as always, sir!

@UCanBeatVideoGames 3 года назад

Thanks Roscoe

@worsethanhitlerpt.2539 Год назад

I think the music is better than part 3 also which supposedly is the bomb soundtrack

@Faygris 3 года назад

Oh my god, before you said it, I never realized the Castlevania part at the end is really supposed to be stage 5 of the first Castlevania 🤯 You even cross the bridge before, that you cross in the other direction in Castlevania 1. And then the entrance hall is the infamous hallway before the Death fight. There's even roughly the same amount of pillars, each with one window in between them, just like in Castlevania 1 🤯 It really blows my mind

@derickramdeen4796 3 года назад

I think Simon died in the third ending that’s why he isn’t present at the grave and the people are remembering him

@UCanBeatVideoGames 3 года назад

Maybe?

@pallmall5495 2 года назад

Nice and calm walkthroughs.It took me 30 years to beat this dang game.I would have never known about the red crystal and the tornado.I would still be standing at the cliff trying to hit it with my head.

@jedirayden 3 месяца назад

I remember when I was a kid finding the "clue" that said to hit your head against Deborah Cliff and one day I went to the cliff and was trying to figure out a way to "hit my head" against it, and I knelt down (in the game) a bunch of times and then my friend said something to me and while I was looking at him talking to him, I was holding down on the D pad so Simon was still kneeling... Voila! Tornado. I was in shock.

@EMM-dd1vs 3 года назад

Wow. Lots of comments already on this video. The channel is growing. Keep it up! Platforming games with knock back damage drives me crazy!

@UCanBeatVideoGames 3 года назад

I know you've been watching since the beginning - thank you so much for your support!

@mikeconner3684 3 года назад

This was easily my favorite Castlevania game. I had a Nintendo Power that had a code to get to the very end. You had every item and just had to ride the tornado. Good times.

@sssjjjttt 3 года назад

You play through all these classics like a man prossessed!

@zypherwtempest8691 3 года назад

the name of the big mask boss vampira is actually Carmilla from the castlevania time line/franchise or so im told

@UCanBeatVideoGames 3 года назад

That def makes sense as a retcon. Thanks, Zypher!

@scruggy3337 3 года назад

Subbed for doggo :)

@UCanBeatVideoGames 3 года назад

Thank you!

@switchemcee3775 3 года назад

Same

@Fender178 3 года назад

Also The Golden Knife's dmg scales with what ever whip you have equipped. So if you have the Chain or Morning Star whip it will only deal dmg of those whips. However you are correct that once you have the Flame Whip the golden knife is the ultimate sub weapon in the game in term of dmg. I use it all the time against Dracula.

@pizletwizzler198 3 года назад

Mysterious Voice: "YOU NOW PROSSESS DRACULA'S HEART!!" **Simon examines then confusedly puts the pointless kidney into his pouch** Me as a kid:🤯

@cannabiscovepnw 3 года назад

So happy I’m catching back catalogue entries Dude! Keep up the great work, I jam to this in between my gaming and smoking sessions!

@UCanBeatVideoGames 3 года назад

Awesome!! Glad you're enjoying it!

@matteodegasperi1468 3 года назад

I remember a game named "Dust: an Elysian tail", where you have to do the same thing with a red crystal equipped. The first time I saw it, I said: "Hey, It's like Castlevania 2!" Great video, very useful.

@WhiteRhinoPSO 3 года назад

I feel like "Slimy Bar Sinister" has to be a reference to Simon Bar Sinister, the main villain of the old Underdog cartoon from 1964.

@UCanBeatVideoGames 3 года назад

It probably is. Not sure if the programmers intended that, or if the person who wrote the instruction manual was an Underdog fan.

@erichegwood239 3 года назад

Yet another homerun with this video. Watched the entire thing. I’m feeling nostalgic so I think I’ll try to beat CastleVania 2 since I never beat it as a child. I don’t know anyone who ever did. How on earth would a child know where to kneel and what to hold without the aid of the Internet. Which wasn’t around in 1989 lol!! Thanks for another amazing video! Can’t wait to see the next one.

@Varg69420 3 года назад

I think youtube recommended me your videos after i started looking up stuff on Ys III for the SNES, glad to have found it! You put a lot of effort into this and my favorite things are the information you put into the negative space of the video, what a clever use of that 4:3 image.

@UCanBeatVideoGames 3 года назад

Thanks, Varg! BTW - I really like YS3 - I played it on SNES and TurboGraphix (the TG version is on CD and has an amazing enhanced soundtrack with voice acting for all of the characters except Adol - he always talks in text for some reason). Cool game!

@kennethsnyder6849 3 года назад

The Eyeball actually reveals ALL hidden items in the game like the Sacred Flame and books outside of the mansions. It's nice to see all the endings back to back.