Classic Game Room - CASTLEVANIA THE ADVENTURE for Game Boy review
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- čas přidán 14. 10. 2024
- Classic Game Room reviews CASTLEVANIA: THE ADVENTURE for Game Boy from Konami released in 1989. This straight forward 2D platformer has you playing as an ancestor of Simon Belmont hunting down that bad guy Dracula! This CGR video review of Castlevania The Adventure has gameplay from Castlevania The Adventure on Nintendo Gameboy from 1989.
I still own "CastleVania: The Adventure" for GameBoy, I also enjoy the game!
I've beaten it several times, and it's a tough game to finish! The jumping requires goo timing and accurate landing; the projectiles all have flight patterns you can exploit, and of course bosses have their specific ways of being defeated.
A good game, for sure. Very tough and it could have used more responsive controls, but it's fun once you know your way around each stage and each foe!
I like your narration. I had more fun watching your review than I did playing this Game Boy game.
I've beaten Castlevania 1, 2 and 3 many times on the NES, as well as Super Castlevania 4 on the SNES...this fucker, however, I've never been able to finish somehow. And I hear people say it's easier than the NES games. WAT? It's so hard!
The second Gameboy game is a bit easier, but I still think it's harder than any of the NES games.
0:21 Seriously! How good is this music! I just love it!
Love this game, (due to nostalgia)... it was the 2nd addition to my collection. Wow.
Going back some years now. I was 12 at the time. YIKES!
Another great review! But I've always wondered, what do you use to record your games and then edit them?
You know what I love about the new comments section?
The sound the like button makes.
You tricked me, well played, well played
Simon's Quest was the first game I bought for the NES. The good o'l days!
the moment he mentioned simo'n's quest, AVGN cross my mind almost immediately lol
Same. Lol
You should try the sequel! It'll rock your socks off. It's a little more forgiving, but I think the controls are better, too.
I could imagine Mark reviewing a parking lot full of cars. Mark says "this is the biggest parking lot of all time, check this car out, it has TURBO" I want mark to make a video of him shopping somewhere, anywhere!!! I love classic game room, more than I love chickens, ha ha ha ha
The music in this game... just WOW!
Castlevania II Belmont's revenge has an even better soundtrack. I am eager to reproduce that soundtrack on rock instrumentation!
This game is, oh boy. But the music is spot on. Oh, Mark calling "Simon's Quest" the bomb? Mark is the bomb, cause "Castlevania II: Simon's Quest" rules and is my favorite Castlevania entry in the long running series.
I had this game! The epic soundtrack brings back many frustrating memories lol
Oh you like Simon`s Quest? I heard a lot of negative reviews of it from other people.
I remember liking it when I was younger, but it was so long ago I can`t really be sure.
@Zhylo I can't believe you guys can't see the distinct difference between this slow as molasses game and the other castlevania titles available, even during that time.
@syxx573. Played Simon's Quest? You don't really move at the degree of speed you'd normally do in other platformers from that period.
This was the very first gameboy game I bought in 1989 when I got my gameboy. It was so damn hard!!
The Castlevania Adventure should have an option to use regular boots instead of Link's iron boots. Seriously. The way he walks and jumps makes it feel like Castlevania but with Link's iron boots. Sometimes I can miraculously jump from the first to second rock in the second stage, which are shown at 1:45. Unfortunately, there are about 10 rocks, and it would take 10 miracles for me to make all of those jumps. I can't do it, at least not with the boots.
@Zhylo i didn't know one example you gave from the series means "always"
"before it needed to be in 3d" hahahahahahahahahaha.... that's a good one Mark.
Man, do I miss this channel
Best way to play this one is in the Konami GB Pack - it's faster and more responsive, I think. And it comes with Probotector/Contra. You really can't go wrong.
I still have this game. Daaaamn it has ZERO mercy!
good, someone else that likes simons quest...I loved that game as a kid
I bought the castlevainia hand held collection on my ps4 i love them all!🎉
Brutally hard i beat it today after a total of 30 mins on the first 30mins on the second about 2 hours on the third and about 5 hours on the last level. Completely true that there is only one way to complete the levels and its about finding that way. It was totally worth the effort though and was extremely satisfying once i beat Dracula. Worth picking up if your an extreme old school platforming fan.
We need more Original gameboy reviews :)
This was like the first or second game (after Tetris) I got for my Gameboy as a kid. The controls were so frustrating I actually preferred the Medusa heads and deathtraps from the original Castlevania game.
Jon just really warned me about this game. Thank you, Jon.
Aah, that brings back memories!
mark, you officially make my day :)
Yes; level memorization is very important when you're playing games that are nearly impossible.
Symphony of the Night still holds the title of the best Castlevania game. Btw, you can get this on the E-shop for $3.
I love John Tron's drunk review of this game.
i bought a gameboy just for castlevania.
as always great review mark.
wasn't the original gameboy in black and white? how does it look in the original?
@Juggler1711 Remember when Ray was still around cgrundertow, there was a poster (well a sheet of paper with two other game's crossed out) that sometimes had Fester's Quest wrote on it? Yeah Mr. Rolfe disagrees there as well.
@DejectedPanda true but the Medusa heads are the most frustrating enemy in any castlevania game; even if you memorized their attack pattern...you are still gonna get hit and turn into stone.
@syxx573. The other Castlevania games are not really that fast-paced horizontally speaking, compared to parallel game-titles in that era.
I could never ever finish this game. There was one jump. After the spikes that move upwards that you have to climb over, the spikes start coming from the right and you have to run/jump to the end of the level. There was always one jump that I could never make it was so frustrating!
Alright everybody, James Rolfe has admitted to loving Simon's Quest as well. He just really thinks it had some faults with it.
It took me 6 months to beat this back in 1989. I beat it at least 20 times.
Luis Moro beast
@kekke2000 Gotta love the game over music!!
I really like the soundtrack, and the only bad part about the remake is that, at least for me, I think they didn't pick the proper virtual instruments to match it's awesomeness
@Guernicaman He has some behind the scenes videos he's done where he shows his capture equipment, editing computer, etc. Search his vids for "Behind the Scenes", and also "Remaking of OMEGA BOOST lost review" to see him editing a video.
Oh snap screen transitions!
i loved using the cinema frame on super game boy! awesome choice.
>Part with bats
>It's so serious
Hah, I get it.
I'm getting this one if/when it releases for 3DS on the Virtual Console. Rigid yeah, but still solid action platforming. And great music. I have the "remake" on the Wii.
This CastleVania game was remade to the Wii,so that may be much faster to play!
He could review one of his reviews and it would be worth watching.
@syxx573. I was more of a Sega-kid, so I guess I did't play many of the "slower" Nintendo-games. Although in my eyes there are games that move quicker than Castlevania.
@BacktoBasics88
looks like an epic 1989 hand held game to me :)
01:28 A cane or an umbrella?
@thebaggedavenger you've never heard anything good about Simon's quest?
I only had a Gameboy growing up, so these are the games of my child hood.
Castlevania 2 was a million times better.
james rolfe likes simons quest, he just doesnt like certain aspects, he's mentioned it in a video before
@thebrainstorm9803
I couldn't disagree more. The game boy had amazing graphics all thing considered. It came out in 1989, with a processor from the lat 70's, but somehow they kept making games for it, for 11 years!
That Castelvania game looked exactly like the NES games.
@Zhylo this was the 3rd game boy game I owned
0:05
That's what Castlevania is all about.
Now this is a classic game review
I love it when games are available ebayisibly
Who brings a cane to a theatre to watch Castlevania? Dr. Gregory House does.
Tom Servo, Crow and Mike would like to be in the Super Game Boy audience.
Wait until you play Castlevania Legends, which has pitch-perfect controls and yet somehow manages to suck even more ass. If you want Castlevania on the old Game Boy, it's Belmont's Revenge all the way.
i bet the cane guy was a pimp watching some castlevania
Maybe they release it on the Game Boy Download thing they wanna release soon, with 3D effects.
@lacurapuneta I think he gets most of the games he reviews though gamefly, and that game's in such high demand right now it's hard to get. I know I have a gamefly and they have it listed as low availability
i totally suck at precision platformer games, it had atmosphere tho, ....well i think it had honestly :D
the best game ever created in history just blows my mind
It looks like the enemy that killed the Belmont at the very end was tea-bagging him >_>
Oh shit, I knew Castlevania Rebirth looked familiar. It's based on this game!
This game was remade for the Nintendo Wiiware as Castlevania The Adventure Rebirth
Castlevania Legends review next?
Simon Balmont is a Sadist, whips and chains ehh there Simon?
ProtoMario that was Christopher
I love the remake!!! Anyway, the theater theme reminds me of certain moviesh things in CV III
Real Vampire Hunters pimp walk through the castle.
Wanna know why CGR is so awesome? Shit, he just reviewed a 3DS game... now this, 3 or 4 handheld generations before ;)
I made it to Dracula a few times as a kid. I never could beat him and I'm still pissed.
+Ryan Powers I have the same problem but I have it now not as a kid but still undead motherfucka's HARD!
@bestfilmz He could help everybody choose between paper and plastic... I fonly he did the the same with Pokemon Red and Blue
@roundtr1p
^ flame, flame, flame.... actually I agree. I do find Mark very funny, but this kind of review is best.
Holy shit Mark, how do you have time to eat and wash when you review so many games?
Another nice video by the way.
I had this game as a kid, never knew the name though because the sticker on the game cartridge was ripped off when i my grandma taped it (yes taped) to our front door when we were gone one day. I could've just have read the title screen, but didnt.
i remember this game i used to have it ;)
Well, Rolfe has said he actually likes SQ. He often exaggerates his opinions when he is within the AVGN persona.
@thesoup292 you think this s a cod rip off or was it supposed to be a joke? i am confused xD
James actually also likes Simons Quest. He said it in 'What was i thinking" epsiode of AVGN, but still finds it annoying, and yeah i know that your comment wast posted almost a year ago :D
@bestfilmz Yeah... A platic bag is amazing on it's own...
You are a true fan if you watch Mark's reviews in the highest quality because he didn't pay a lot of money for a HD camera for nothing just so it would go to waste. Just saying.
Yeah, Mark is a good reviewer. :)
There's a patch for this game that makes Christopher walk faster, and not have his whip downgraded when he gets hit!
In case anyone was wondering, here's the equation to explain how awesome CGR is...
CGR >= CGRundertow + Sexy Mark voice >= bad sex > Superman 64
Hope that helps.
with the cinema backdrop it reminds me of ms3tk
lol how could I not guess Mark would love Simons quest!? Is there any game he doesn't like? lol I wish I was as easily pleased
@CheapBeer09 Those are a little hard to record unless you have emulators
Underrated game. It's not as good as the 2nd on the Gameboy, Belmont's Revenge, but is stil ok and much cheaper.
Yeah belmond walks soo slooow as if he's is tired from all day working.
Yeah those fucking jumps needs to be pixel perfect, but if you jump on moving platforms you will fall like a rock, this is sooo annoying, also there,re parts were you have be in time to reach another part because if you,re just 1 nano second to late,you will get crunched.
Graphics, sound and music are AWESOME!!
A soft landing at the bottomless pit XD
@Juggler1711 you do know that review was satirical right? I mean the game has it's flaws, but overall if you know what to do (or have Gamefaqs open while you play :P) it's pretty easy. Plus even if you don't know what to do, hell i had a fun time just whipping the crap out of teh zombies!
I got a done of replies to my comment about the AVGN and Simon's Quest. I just thought it was interesting that two of my favorite reviewers had the opposite opinion on a game. I've never played it so I wouldn't know. I just thought it was interesting. And I know the AVGN is just a character, I've probably watched more of his videos than most of you.