Let's Compare Vs. Castlevania/Castlevania NES/Haunted Castle
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- Опубликовано: 17 окт 2024
- Castlevania had an arcade port one year after its release called "Vs. Castlevania." It also had an arcade sequel/spinoff called "Haunted Castle" one year later. Lets look at all three and compare.
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The Pizza Hut near my house growing up had a table top arcade version of Castlevania. You could eat your pizza on the glass top with a TV mounted underneath and controls right in front of you. Growing up in the late 80s was so different than now!
The Pizza Hut near my house had a table top arcade also, but it was Altered Beast. It also had a PlayChoice bar top near the exit!
They're called cocktail cabinets.
I never seen that version of Castlevania, that must have been an awesome experience.
Growing up in the 70’s was so different from growing up in the 80’s as well 😂
Was that arcade in Illinois?
I had the honor of playing the VS. system version on its actual arcade cabinet back in 2013 at the Barcade in Jersey City. It was only for a few minutes though as I had a pizza cooking next door that I was waiting for to take back to my father's apartment. The next time I went in there a few years later they didn't have it anymore. At least I got the Arcade Archives edition now and I got an arcade controller for my Switch too.
Worth noting: In Vs Castlevania, once you get to the prison, the clock time and difficulty of the NES version are identical from there on out. Only the levels before it have decreased time.
Goes to show how much of a bitch that stage is normally
For those who want to play it, it has been digitally released as part of the “arcade archives” series. (Both VS Castlevania and Haunted Castle)
Also Haunted Castle in the Arcade Archives re-release has the option to disable the limited amount of continues, making it a little bit easier overall, as you can put your health to the max allowed at the expense of losing continues... WITHOUT losing said function in case you get a game over (that limited continues disabled option CANNOT be changed in the Konami Arcade Collection... because it doesn't appear at all... which to be honest is good as otherwise people would stop playing the game whenver they die and see they had to restart the game from square one with the limited continues rule... something that BOTH Contra and Super Contra in both Contra Anniversary collection and the Arcade Archives version (as far as I know) don't allow, you still have limited continues on those 2 Contra games like the good old days of the Arcades).
That rare moment you find an NES game that looks better than it's arcade version 😂
Welaa Elrafie if there is one thing making this video has taught me its that I’m totally wrong when it comes to my preference to the vs. version
Esoteric Arcade to each their own. I might fuck around and pop this in tonight.
That's actually common for Konami games. Contra Arcade looks washed out compared to the vibrant color pallete of the NES games, which is important in these games.
There is an actual arcade version of the original Castlevania ,that has arcade graphics..
There is no actual arcade castlevania ever than this port. You had the actual nes version on the play choice ten or you had the vs stand alone game. I’m one of the rare people that never played the nes game. I played the arcade game first and was wowed that an arcade game of castlevania exactly existed. The game I played wasn’t a play choice ten or red tent, it was in a dedicated stand alone cab. Wish I had one so bad .
If you think about what type of game Castlevavia is, then richer colors do it no favors. This is one of those rare cases where the NES version is better than the arcade. But then, the NES vesrsion did come first.
But some things do look better in the arcade, for ex: The Bat boss and the zombies look more vibrant and detailed
Fun review to watch. I never really though much about any of the VS. games especially as it was usually timed arcade gaming, which didn't ever seem to be popular in my area.
Thanks for the video!
Played VS Castlevania in the arcade for the first time today. I prefer the NES’s darker pallet, but I was surprised on how comfortable I was playing it with an arcade stick.
Original NES/Famicom/Famicom Disk System pallete fits better than the VS arcade pallete (but arcade stick is more comfortable when it comes to movement).
On VS. Castlevania, you basically get three hits from all the enemies until you're dead! I played it last night at a bar and got to Stage 12 before they shut the game off due to 'last call'. lol.
People saying the NES version looks better but there is no mention of where the arcade footage was captured from. Could be an emulator where maybe the settings were not tweaked right.
I never an arcade castlevania game existed, let alone Haunted Castle. Very cool.
Same big fan here never heard of either. I was kind of an arcade rat back in the day too.
The arcade version looks like it has Vaseline smeared over the screen
thanks for the video! however, I have to respectfully disagree about the colour palette. The arcade version looks over-saturated and garish to me. Not really in keeping with the horror theme in my opinion.
Castlevania actually isn't a horror game. It's action/adventure.
Okay o.o
I think there is a bug in some of the colors when the arcade version is played in MAME.
Honestly I'm not seeing this richer color palette, at least not in the video you're showing us. The NES version looks a lot better. Thanks for the video.
Nice video there, I didnt even know about Haunted Castle thanks
I actually played Haunted Castle on Konami Arcade collection on the Switch and my God, it's so @#$%king hard. The fact you get only one life makes the game tedious to play and those damn annoying stupid bats that are way too small and hard to hit, really pisses me off. I like the game because of the sound track and it plays like a true Castlevania game but I wouldn't say I love it.
Cool! I think I still prefer the NES version, I like the gritty look. I'd never seen Haunted Castle before. Seems clunky?
Haunted Castle is awesome! It is a bit clunky though. Jsut bought it a few days ago. I really enjoyed it.
"When the boss takes away 1/4 of your health each hit"
*Laughs in Castlevania 2nd quest*
I played The Arcade at Chucky Cheese/ Showbizz Pizza in 1989 it was very similar to the NES Version just higher difficulty
I remember Haunted Castle at Hills they used to have a arcade game in the part where you can get hotdogs slushees popcorn shit I remember the game demo being extra loud also drawing ppl the come play it but it was definitely creepy watching the title screen
Simon's walk/stairs cycle in Haunted Castle is so weird
I must ask. When it comes to Haunted Castle, which version of it are you playing? There's actually two versions, Version K and Version M. Version M, from what I hear, is insanely difficult and a lot of enemie's will cause your character to die in two hits. Version K is more lenient in that regard. Try Version K
When he said Richter instead of Simon I cried from instant depression...
He said "Richer" not "Richter"
"Richer color palate"
Richter is pronounced Rick-ter anyway
I see Haunted Castle was re-released last month in Japan on the PS4. I wonder if it will come over to the states.
Super Castlevania was a remake of Haunted Castle. Many of the same enemies and obstacles that are unique to HC are also in Super.
I actually ran into this game in a grocery store once a long time ago. I wasn't a fan of Castlevania much when I saw it, so I had no inclination to play it. Of course (at the time) I didn't think it was a big deal to see NES games show up as Arcade games, that was just kind of normal for me as a kit, they seemed to be everywhere, between the Vs. Systems and the Playchoice 10 units.
Really good stuff man, I had never heard of Haunted Castle. Just subbed!
Arcade Archives Haunted Castle, Arcades Archives VS.Castlevania and Castlevania Anniversary Collection are all available on PlayStation 4 Pro and backwards compatible with PS5.
Also on the Nintendo Switch!
Dude, just like any arcade game, its designed to ear your quarters.
in the arcade version, you can change the difficulty level easy - hard
VS. Castlevania would be a good arcade archives release for the switch...
Dead Account Yep, now it’s out and I used my eShop coins to get it, even though I have the collection of the franchise. But TBH, I like that the Vs. version does adds in a challenge with small time limit and slightly more damage from enemies. Also, I’m highly interested in beating high scores from other players.
I remember player VS Castlevania at a skating rink. I could have sworn they turned the difficulty up even higher (dip switches). I'm pretty certain I remember all the enemies doing six bars of damage but that could just be poor memory.
EDIT: I was wrong. VS Castlevania does have a hard setting: it causes the enemies to do 8 damage (half your health) 😲
I like the darker dingier version better. Looks more like a dark damp dungeon basement of a castle.
so this is the haunted castle looks like when u play it huh. cooooOOOOL !!! i can't wait to download it. Lol I'm done playing playing castlev 1 belmont 2 simon quest and 3 Belmont, but this oh man I wanna play it now
Nes uses a yuv color pallette while the Vs uses a true rgb pallette
How much harder is haunted castle then cas4? Thinking getting haunted castle
matt mutchler haunted castle is a lot harder than super cv4 because your continues are very limited and the controls are nowhere near as good.
Esoteric Arcade is harder then castlevania 3 or ninja gaiden?
That haunted castle intro is do ghost n goblins
So haunted castle is its own game? It's not a remake of NES Castlevania??
Interesting video. I never heard of an arcade Castlevania & Haunted Castle.
There is actually another arcade Castlevania thats much more recent where you swing a whip controller. I'll be doing a vid on it soon.
Esoteric Arcade I just watched a gameplay video of it. It almost looks like House of the Dead.
played the arcade version all the.time!
the arcade version and the NES version are graphically the same the sprites and graphics are also the same, just readjust the brightness of the NES footage as it's clearly too dark compared to actual NES footage. then you may have a harder time telling the difference.
Vs is the best version of Castlevania. It's perfect.
este castillo de dracula almenos el comienzo se puede jugar en muchas versiones de castlevania, que hermoso :)
Contra for nes is also better than arcade version
Thanks for sharing! I think I may have played Haunted Castle at some point during my childhood because I think I remember the scene where Dracula steals the bride away... Hmm. Thanks again. Hey, go to my channel to listen to my recording of the Castlevania 2 Worlds Of Power book I'm narrating on. Or there's a few guys who did their recording of it.
Great video, man.
Thank you!
I have a port of “Haunted Castle “for the PS2 (Japanese Only )..
Estas viendo el castelvania en un emulador, si lo ves en un TV CRT no apreciaras la diferencia entre ellos
Castlevania Chronicles?
Duke Togo - Pitchokey666 that was a PS1 port of the graphically overhauled Sharp X68000 port of the original CV. Hence the similarity!
Haunted Castle looks like an early bad Genesis game.
Never played Haunted Castle but I have a feeling that hiw slow the walking is would just irritate the fuck out of me.
I can see why Konami decided to technically let this one go without any kind of home release. It looks bad, the main character is hunched over, he looks stiff, and the cut scene is just laughably terrible.
I've only seen the Castlevania arcade game once, back in 1989-90. The limited time forces you to rush through each level. Haunted Castle is just a broken mess; poor collision detection, slow and fragile player, and you have to memorize most enemy encounters if you hope to get past stage 2.
_Haunted Castle_ a.k.a. "Rastan With A Whip"
I love castlevania. I bought it from the Nintendo Wii Store . I used to have it as a kid. Probably on my top 5 favorite games of all time on any system and in arcades. #1 SUPER MARIO BROS. #2 GTA 3 (when it was more simplistic and not ridiculously hard to complete, don't get me wrong GTA 5 is awesome but all I do is drive around, I'm not into talking on a headset listening to people arguing and whatnot. Vice city was great . I didn't like San Andreas, for some reason I felt the graphics were like PS1 graphics...yeah I'm an old school gamer I still say GRAPHICS! I'm a 39 year old guy so I was about 4 when NES 8 BIT system was released..perfect timing.
Anyways rambling on ...sorry, not that anyone will ever even read this....
#3. CASTLEVANIA (I never play part 2 cause it sucked!!! - 3 is ehhhhh nah #4 WWF WRESTLEFEST ARCADE GAME (greatest wrestling game ever made...better than any new WWE 2K bull. It takes like 38 button taps to do a suplex). #5 WWF NO MERCY N64. (Closest in best controls next to WRESTLEFEST). The graphics were funny cartoonish looking but the game play was so much fun....so easy. I wish whatever company made it ..was it AKI or something THQ maybe....whatever engine they used, if it was put into a Wwe 2k ps4 game , then THAT would be the greatest wrestling game ever made, because it'd have the easy controls....plus the REALISTIC graphics it has....it's really amazing but so sad about its game engine. Now that I've written this for nothing...or maybe a few people will reply and call me an a hole or this and that ...so be it. There's someone out there who understands what I mean. HAPPY RUSEV DAY!
The NES version is way better than the Arcade version.
the NES ver looks alot better to me
I've heard of Haunted Castle, but know little about it. But it actually looks like a bad Castlevania knockoff. Lol.
I don't know about you but it looks and feels more like a Better Version of Castlevania
it isn't itd just a harder (outer hellish if you ask me ) version of the nes game
1) the health bar is wayyyyy too feeble
2) enemies come out of nowhere and thanks to point1) you're not gonna pass level 1
3) checkpoints don't exist so if you die at stage 5 you're booted back to stage 5 only once! then you restart from the beginning
4) you know how arcade games lend you help when you put a quater while playing? this game does it... for the first 32 then it ignores the rest ; it just expands your health bar up to 64 hp but due to point 1) and 2) you're not gonna be happy to see what happens
Well there's always Castlevania 4
Here's one of the earliest examples of Konami being greedy. In a time when micro-transactions and loot crates didn't exist, the only way they could make you keep paying for a game more and more was to tweak the Arcade port to be way harder or just to create an original Arcade game that's really unfair and difficult and, unlike most Arcade games, the coins just restore your health, you can still get a Game Over and be forced to start all over.
You must not know much about the arcade era- every arcade game was made to syphon quarters from players with cheap deaths and high difficulty. Everyone did this from day one, it wasn’t a Konami thing.
I though Nes version is badly but arcade is badly lol
The walk animation in Haunted Castle is terrible!
It’s true, I think it looks like he got stabbed in the stomach and is walking accordingly.
the arcade look like a$$
Arcade looks horrible.
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