Topic: Your first time ever beating Castlevania (NES/FAMICOM)?

[Claimh Solais]

Just curious as to when others beat the first Castlevania. How they felt about it and such.

I was in a waiting room at a dentist's office, and there was a Konami arcade machine in there, so I went over to see what it was, and it had like 30 different games on there, Castlevania being one of them. So I started playing it. Around Stage 3, there was a line of people behind me, and someone asked, "Hey, can you hurry up? Can't you see others want to use it?"

And I was like, "Hold on, man. I'm in the middle of a stage."

So someone else said, "Don't worry. We'll just wait until he dies or something."

And like that I was motivated. I kept on playing and I beat the game, having only died once (against Dracula, which made me mad cuz I lost all my hearts). But like a boss, I finished that game and right afterward, I was called in by the dentist.

Probably the proudest moment of my life. No joke.

[PFG9000]

Nothing that exciting for me.  I first played CV around 1987, when I was 6.  I couldn't get past the crushers on the second stage, but I loved the game.  I didn't play it again until I bought my first NES around 1997.  Castlevania was one of the first games I bought for it, and I beat it in a few days.  It wasn't nearly as difficult as it had been for me as a kid, but I wouldn't have been able to beat it without the infinite continues.

[uzo]

I was in a waiting room at a dentist's office, and there was a Konami arcade machine in there

Seriously? That is one badass (and strange) dentist.

Nothing so glorious for me. I beat it when I revisited it much later in the age of emulation, looking back to the classic games once more.

[JR]

I never beat the game until adulthood, either. I don't think I ever got past the mummies as a kid, then Igor and Frankenstein's Monster were where I got stuck as a teenager. I think I first beat the game when I was about 23 or 24, and I'm sure it took me at least 90 minutes.

After all these years, I still spend just as much time stuck at Dracula as I do playing the rest of the game. 

[CrashDiary27]

Sounds like the coolest dentist...ever...

[Dark Nemesis]

That dentist knew what he was doing........keeping the children occupied with the game so he could make his work easier.....

[GuyStarwind]

First time I played/beat CV was on the gba. I recall it being hard as hell. I also recall beating it at my grandmothers house. However, now it's super easy.

[Kaori]

As a kid, I never had the original Castlevania for the NES. I did have Dracula's Curse, but never the first game. I didn't get the first game until about 3 years ago(I had played around with it on emulation before then, but never really beat it cause I wanted the actual game on the NES). The first time I beat it 3 years ago, I remember how I wanted to bash my TV in with the controller because of Death. It took me forever to beat Frankenstein monster too, but Death was far worse of a problem for me. I had quite a bit of trouble with Dracula too, but when I finally beat it...I felt like a kid again. I was so excited!

I wish I could have experienced this game in my childhood, but at least I got to experience Dracula's Curse back then. 

[X]

Never got the chance to play the original Castlevania until around 97 or 98 when my brother bought a used cart. My family didn't exactly have internet at that time and when we did get it I was unaware about game emulation for at least another two years or so. Nothing nearly as epic as your trip to the dentist though.

[Neobelmont]

First time I played/beat CV was on the gba.

Same I do not recall my brother having the first two for the nes only III but I enjoyed it nowadays I play it on the nes instead of my gba yet at one point I was going to do a let's play at one point


castlevania gba test

but that damn dazzle did not work in the end so any hopes I had of becoming a let's player/ reviewer anything just burned and went to the deepest parts of hell and I believe I could have done one hell of a job too 

[Chernabogue]

I beat the GBA port. Made it to level 99.

[Claimh Solais]

Made it to level 99.

This.

This is something I have only thought about doing. I can't even handle Stage 3 the second time you get there... D:

Sounds like the coolest dentist...ever...

Pretty much. There was a Sega machine, too, but I much preferred the Konami machine. If it wasn't Castlevania I was playing, it was Contra.

(There was also a Golden Tee machine, but my guess is you gotta be really bored with the other two machines to go to that...)

Never got the chance to play the original Castlevania until around 97 or 98 when my brother bought a used cart. My family didn't exactly have internet at that time and when we did get it I was unaware about game emulation for at least another two years or so. Nothing nearly as epic as your trip to the dentist though.

To be honest, I really wish I could get to play through Castlevania on an actual NES with the flat little NES controller... I'd kill to have one of those.

[Gecko]

That dentist story is fantastic Solais!

I first beat the original Castlevania a few years ago in my college dorm on the Wii virtual console. I was at the clocktower stage, and had been hanging out with some friends, one girl I knew told me she had played the first Castlevania and had no trouble getting through the game. I have a bit of a competitive personality, so that night I refused to sleep until I beat that damn game. So I finally beat that level, and made it to Dracula, who I learned how to properly fight after several attempts, and BAM! I won! I'd had that game in multiple formats, but that was the first time I'd actually won.

After that I made it my goal to beat every version of the game that I had, and so I did. I played through the GBA port, replayed the virtual console release, then when I got home for a weekend, I hooked up the NES, and beat that one too.