Akumajou Dracula (X68000) - No Death Walkthrough
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- A full walkthrough of one of the best games in Castlevania series. It was released on Sharp X68000 and later on PS1 as CV: Chronicles (original version was also included along with a remake).
The game is very hard. Mainly because enemies begin to give 4 points damage very early - on third stage of eight. While there is a herb item that can heal some damage, it is very rare and takes insane amount of hearts for a single use so it is much better to take a weapon instead of it - like axe or cross.
If you are interested in certain stages, here they are:
1:28 - Stage 1.
5:14 - Stage 2.
9:41 - Stage 3. This stage is one of the hardest. While the beginning is not too difficult, ice floor in the last part of this level gives many problems.
15:30 - Stage 4.
20:45 - Stage 5. Probably the most difficult level in this game. And to make things even worse, the boss here is very fast and its attacks are mostly random.
26:40 - Stage 6. Nothing too hard. But do NOT approach boss while you have any hearts.
32:10 - Stage 7. Very long stage, yet it is not very cruel to player. A good place to calm down a little before the final battle.
40:12 - Stage 8. Hard. The only healing item on the whole stage is hidden just before its most dangerous part. Also, Dracula is a very difficult boss and his second form can easily corner you - this almost certainly means quick and painful death. 
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I do like how Blood Skeletons are actually bloody in this version, as opposed to the other versions where they just crumble into a pile of bones.
The x68000 was just such an awesome machine. It seems about 5 years ahead of its time as this looks (AND SOUNDS FOR SURE) nicer than most arcade machines of the time
X68000 is basically arcade machine in home computer form. CPS1 hardware is exactly this.
Cultists in purple robes resurrect Dracula at the start, then Belmont is attacked by purple-clad zombies in the first stage.
Coincidence!?
the bloody tears remix on this game is awesome, great playthrough!
"no death Walkthrough"
so he's skipping the death fight?
Even on a crappy modern MIDI synthesiser, the music still sounds awesome.
14:59 Pentagrams...something we wouldn't see on American computers until Doom LOL
+Nelsun Erdison (eXOdus) It's funny because DOOM was released the same year as this version of Castlevania...But that was the point of your comment, wasn't it?
NEON 7 haha yeah
That just made me think, was Doom popular in Japan upon release? I think someone who could play 16-bit Castlevania on an uber-powerful arcade specs computer might not even blink an eye at Doom at the time lol
Ultima games... They mostly featured hexagrams, but I'm pretty sure there are pentagrams in those games too... Akalabeth (often called Ultima 0) even has a pentagram on the cover.
this version is amazing
Picked up this game yesterday for the PS One. Can't wait to play it ;-)
The enemy AI is really impressive - developers, take note!
It's quite obvious that the hardware is much more advanced than the SNES (despite being 2 years older!)
This was a computer, and computer always were better than consoles.
Not always. Compare the MSX to the NES. MSX is better in a few areas but it's a business machine so despite the hardware being similar the NES tends to be better when it comes to gaming.
Never heard of this game or console before. It looks great. Seems like the X68000 had quite a few good games too.
Thank goodness you're playing the Japanese version. The North American version was altered for some reason. In the North American version the subweapons were not able to break blocks, and the Japanese voices were cut out.
The X68000 was almost identical to the Capcom CPS1 hardware that the likes of Street Fighter 2 and Final Fight ran on.
It was used as the dev kit for this arcade machine as well.
Castlevania running on arcade hardware.
What sound module did you use? The OST sounds like the SC-55 but the instruments seem more synthesized.
what soundchip did you use while recording this?
This doesn't seem like the proper aspect ratio for the game? How was it captured? Emulator?
The PS1 is a carbon copy of this one? I heard a while ago that konami screw up ps1 version and that it was a inferior version of the X6800 version. I never end up confirm this weather it was true or not. But u saying is an exact version of this game? If that's the case then i'm definetly trying the PS1 version, bc i haven't been able to get this sharpx6800 emulator to work.
1:29 epic pose simon belmont hes like: IM COMIN TO YOUR CASTLE!!
Is the X68000 difficult to emulate? Or should I just get Castlevania Chronicles for the PSX?
Are u using the emulator to play this game? I'm having a hard time getting the Sharp X6800 emulator to work. It loads the rom but all i hear is the music playing with a completely dark screen and nothing more. I have the (WinX68kHighSpeed_eng) emulator and the bios and everything. Any help would be greatly appreciate.
From what I know, the music here was used were done like MIDI's, using MIDI sounding instruments.
25:24 GOOD GRIEF, SHE'S NAKED!
How did society function back then without Sony San Mateo to protect us?
@ArekTheAbsolute I can't believe I'm just now finding out about this system. Arcade quality !!! Very nice. Would you happen to know if TMNT is on this system? Thanks. Bye. ...H__H...
man the final stage simons theme is so epic cause it has organ parts!
MikeMic productions sooo you like Simons organ?
can't believe they messed up the original castlevania music.
I feel like the movements were too stiff in this one.
"Akumajou"
Seriously? That's the title ol Draks is going by these days? He's finally proclaimed himself the Devil?
But... Dracula owns the castle. So if the castle belongs to the devil, it means Dracula is the devil.
45:31 is that blood holy water or the wine or blood that dracula drinks?
13:40 Nosferatu/Star Wars Carbonite reference?
25:20 : chick was: "OH YOU GONE GIMME MY CHILD SUPPORT!!"
39:28 proves the title wrong.
S2076 gay
Epic...
That second stage boss fight is so cheap. Any mistake you fall down and have to go all the way up again. Ridiculous.
Dracula looks like Batman's Joker !!!
Now why didn't they port this game to the SNES? It already looks and sounds like it should be on SNES.
gamephreak5 The SNES Used 8 ADPCM channels.
I like the graphics and the music, but I find the game itself kind of dull. The simon Belmont sprite looks and walks weird too.
PS1=X68K
I got both games and they are identical.
Shimon Berumondo. :V
oh that stinks but thhanks for the info!
What emulator did you use to play this on?
WinX68K 0.95
But what's your setup. I have the same one and it can't save and every enemy only does one bar of damage throughout the entire game.
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Can't say anything about saving but the damage thing is most likely present because of the hacked rom. Try this one:
mega .co .nz/#!GBNQRI7R!_Zzsn2vIVmd3INBL8kkgjqNUk_BvcGuNHRojeUt33is
What's the decryption key?
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Everything needed for link to work was included in it. Well, I'll just upload somewhere else (I hope this one works without problem):
s000. tinyupload. com/?file_id=09932316243446688145
great playthrough. 5 Stars have u played castlevania 2 revamped?
MIDI jams got me sweatin'
If anyone is wondering, the dolls at 29:00 say this:
Waking up - "Who are you?(rude)"/"Welcome(polite)"
Evading - "Stop it!"
Death - "No!"
Quite impressive you can hear that, I can't make out a single syllable over the music.
Wow that's fucked
Thanks!
Ah, now it makes sense what they're saying. Thanks!
I heard "nya".
39:30 I was promised a no Death walkthrough!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA SUCH A FUNNY JOKE HAHAHAHAHAHA
Ohhhh I get it!
For 1993, this game looks incredible.
Well this game was made for a computer that costed as much as a car so it’s not that far fetched to expect a product this visually pleasing for a system made in the 80s that has specs similar to 5th gen consoles
@@christiandevincenzis5055 you answered well.... 5 years later 😂
When I saw it, I thought "hey this game looks gorgeous" buuuuuuut I thought it was from 88-89. When I realized it's from 1993, I just went back to believe Super Castlevania IV is the best of them all. It also plays so much better. And it's from 1991!
Back when Konami was still good. This is the Konami we choose to remember.
19:10 - Stained glass golem = badass.
46:00 - Is it just me or does Dracula look like the Joker in a black suit and cape?
Simon's walking like he's got a load in his pants, but the castle graphics remind me somewhat of SoTN.
13:40 Nosferatu!
he was flecking the lights
Zodd
WHAT THE FUCK???
LISTEN TO THAT REMIXED MUSIC, HOLY SHIT.
Wow, this is like a super-hard "greatest hits" Castlevania game. Good play through.
So, question: what happens if you approach the stage 6 boss with hearts?
He'll spam same subweapon you currently have at the cost of your remaining hearts.
@@ArekTheDragon Oh yuck. I hate bosses like those.
The dolls say, お前はだれ！？WHO are YOU!? 帰れなさいLeave here
Simon has such an awkward walk cycle in this game. It looks like a limping version of the Belmont strut.
+Pan Z He has a Backproblem from all the whipping
Pan Z they modeled his walk cycle after you.
part of the issue is the aspect ratio, everything is squeezed horizontally, look at the orbs and gears and you'll see.
I remember someone commenting on a video of haunted castle, which is like an arcade version of this, that "he walks like he really needs to take a shit" LMAO
4:13 That insane bass riff during the Giant Bat fight is nuts. My fingers hurt just thinking about playing that fast slapping and plucking.
Why were all the best Castlevania games released on obscure consoles?
Is this another remake to the first Castlevania game?
+Isaac Adam no a port of Castlevania 3: Dracula's Curse
Yes
Story-wise probably - like Vampire Killer, 3 and 4 - but the levels, enemies etc. are totally different except for the first one.
Hurray for Simon Belmondo
43:52 that must've felt so painful...
He sure relies on that axe for every boss battle. Wondering what would happen if he lost it.
It's near-impossible to clear.
Wow, what an awesome version! The X68000 never ceases to amaze me.
ahh castlevania fans i love you guys !!
Castlevania fans unite! :-)
This game made me ragequit so many times lol.
The soundtrack on this system sounds awesome.
The were-wolf ... is a woman? (cue PMS jokes)
I love the midi soundtrack
WHEN ARE YOU GOIN TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR KIDS!? *throws clock hand
very nice!
I think best action game of X68000
stage17 dolls word "omaewadare=who are you" "kaerinasai=get out!" "iya=no!"
Way better-looking than Super Castlevania IV!
The sprites, animations and color combinations in scenarios are superb
Hey wait, the title says no Death walk through, but you fought Death. Click Bait...LOL!!!
I didn't know this game was so beautiful.
I had no problem beating it for the first time today. But now it is the second round and i can say it is Hard and the enemys are very fast!
A Masterpiece
Just curious which music/sound devices was chosen for this playthrough?
the dungeon area is pretty damn morbid. christ..... thats the bloodiest i seen of a 2d castlevania.
poor bastards.... whatd they do to incur draculas wrath, i wonder?
Try Rondo of Blood. Especially the Dracula X Chronicles. Super Akumajou Dracula on SFC is quite bloody at times too. I don't mean the snes version, which is shit, as is the aforementioned console unlike the SFC it is based on. The original is the glorious uncensored gory one, but it along with Seal of the Curse on FDS (the better version of Simon's Quest) are in dire need of fan translations for English speakers like with Devil's Castle Legend (Dracula's Curse) and the PSP versions of the two Dracula X games including the remake they are part of.
@@lionocyborg6030 Lol, There is no "Super Akumajou Dracula" for the SFC.
Actually the game is called just "Akumajou Dracula"
I mean without the Super. 😂
Comic Book Guy I already know that, idiot. I call it "Super Akumajou Dracula" because just reusing the title of the original game gets confusing, especially as Konami also did that not just for the Sharp port here, but the MSX2 one and even the N64 game, which isn't even a port of the first one.
So adding "Super" to the title informs the player that it's the Super Famicom version specifically.
@@lionocyborg6030 Just saying Akumajou Dracula for the SFC is enough dumbass !
SFC means Super Famicom and that indicates to the people who read your comment which Akumajou Dracula you are taliking about. There is no need tu add Super.
We are not idiots like you.
Autentic X68 version!
This is not "Chronicles, old style" version
Some of the music feels like it should belong in DOOM.
I Swear the x68000 is what the Nintendo SuperCD Playstation could have been
It would've been glorious
Not the same hardware at all.
Not a fan of the external midi. Not judging. But you should have used the FM synthesizer.
Thanks, I was wondering why the music sounded wrong
I love how Dracula's head falls off after the first form is defeated.
It's a recurring trend for some reason. Must be very loosely attached at this point.
Two things I noticed in this version versus the "original" version included in Chronicles. 1. All graphics move faster and smoother. 2. Midi here sounds a bit different, it sounds like the 2nd midi sound (there were 3 different sound modes for Chronicles) but different.
This game is pretty weak for a Castlevania title. Graphics are detailed, but kind of weird. Simon just looks and moves odd. Gameplay is a little slow.
Thank you, I actually gave up, on this emulator a year ago. lol! I have the game, but for the PlayStation emulator instead, the game is the same as the x68000 version of the game. Great game. I'm playing right now another castlevania game for the Xbox 360, castlevania harmony of despair . I'm playing hard mode and, Man that's some tough game.
Castlevania Chronicles was a remake of this game :)
Soma Cruz A remake of a remake of a remake :)
Thank God for the native save file function in this game, it would be ridiculous if you had to do all levels in a row with 3 lives.
At 29:23, there's a joke of a turkey leg among those blocks to the left. When whipped, it will fall down to the lower level, re-spawning all the enemies there as you drop down in a hurry to collect it before it disappears. Even when I need it, I never even bother... I hate that room in general - nothing but flying enemies and stairs, everyone's favorite cocktail in CV.
Dracula looks like the Joker in this game.
Nope.) In fact, it was my intention to take stopwatch - makes final part much easier and I could not afford to lose any more life points.
I think this version has the best sound track.
*THAT BLOODY TEARS MIDI REMIX IS A FUCKING BANGER*
Imagine them remaking the original Castlevania in hd with Trine style visuals and adding more stages!
No. 5 directions total: left-right and three directions for downward attacks during jumps.
Best sound of Castlevania
Have you used any MIDI modules, CM-64 or SC-55?
I came here from the PS1 version. Why wasnt this product released outside of Japan?
Poor Simon...the guy goes to all this effort time and time again (Castlevania, Vampire Killer, Haunted Castle, Super Castlevania IV, and Castlevania Chronicles), and what thanks does he get for it? A lousy curse...on on the most horrible nights, too.
the things I'd do to get my hands on an X68000... this game is beautiful.
Is there something wrong with the holy water in this version or something?
This is a really cool version of Castlevania
the only thing I don't like about this music is that they changed the boss music. I like the old one that sounds like Bach
Drives me crazy when they remake a song from one console and add shit to it.
The music sounds a bit different comparing to the ps1 original version.
there is a secret sound module option
Was this the remake that added a bunch of terrible new level design?