Topic: Your very first Castlevania experience

[SilentCircuit]

The first one I played was Symphony of the Night. Then I went back and played most of the classic ones and then the GBA/DS ones.

[BushidoViking]

The first one I played was Symphony of the Night. Then I went back and played most of the classic ones and then the GBA/DS ones.

Apparently that is fairly common, Ive found out.

[Lashen]

To be fair, I'm hearing more people express their first Pokemon experience as Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald these days.

We're getting old.

[BushidoViking]

To be fair, I'm hearing more people express their first Pokemon experience as Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald these days.

We're getting old.

Man I still remember all the other kids having red and blue. I had yellow.

[son_the_vampire]

i was 8 yrs old and Bloodlines was my first shot at CV. Once i got it that christmas, it never came out of my Sega even when said Sega broke and got thrown away :^(. i never beat the game but i had an issue because my only controller was stuck in the up/right position. Long story short, i never got past the third level... i hated it so much (until i got SCIV) because I always would swing it wrong. now that i think back though, im pretty awesome to get that far so young... it was fun for the most part, i would love to play it again and finish it

[PyramidHead]

My first Castlevania was the original - Castlevania from NES. The only thing I liked about the game was the soundtrack. Everything else was kind of "normal", nothing special at all. Several days after I had a chance to play Simon's Quest - I fell in love with this game instantly. It had everything I was looking for in video games. Most importantly the game gave me the feeling of the world. Not a big one, but still.. It was fun to explore this little world while trying to figure out "what should I do with an "oak stake" or a "graveyard duck".. Later I decided to replay the 1st one. That time I had enough interest to actually beat it.

[Tuxedo Mark]

Sometime after I got my NES (Saturday, November 3, 1990), my friend, Mike, let me borrow CV1, and I remember feeling a sense of accomplishment when I actually beat the bat at the end of stage 1 and actually got to stage 2.

When I got CV3, I remember thinking this is MY Castlevania, something that Mike doesn't have.

Of course, when he came over to my house, he ended up getting further than I could.

[Profbeanburrito]

I think one of my favorite things about being young and playing video games is that sense that you think you're farther than you actually are. I r,ember thinking the swamp level in Draculas Curse was far when I was 5 , or thinking I was at Dracula already but then it turned out just to be alucard...

[Shiroi Koumori]

To be fair, I'm hearing more people express their first Pokemon experience as Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald these days.

We're getting old.

We are old. I think the castlevania fans are old. We need more new blood!
But to be honest, a lot of the kids/ younger people I know these days have never heard of castlevania... /sob (/ _ ; )

[TheCruelAngel]

We are old. I think the castlevania fans are old. We need more new blood!
But to be honest, a lot of the kids/ younger people I know these days have never heard of castlevania... /sob (/ _ ; )

It could have something to do with kids these days would rather be smooching vampires than killing them. I mean, observe!





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[Pfil]

Hi to everyone! I'm new here and this is my first post, but I have been a usual reader for a few years now.

I started playing with Symphony of the Night, back in 1999 when I acquired my forst console, the PSX. I was 10 years at that time (now I'm 23). I was always a fan of horror and vampires, and that game literally blew my mind! Then I started searching the other games, and eventually I could play them all, almost. I enjoy a lot all the new games that came out after SOTN, and I also enjoy the old ones, being Simon's Quest and Rondo of Blood my favourites amongst the "old games". Portrait of Ruin and Order of Ecclesia are my all-time favourites, and Legacy of Darkness my 3D favourite.
And, so far, I don't like the MS games.

[Fofa]

My first game was Portrait of Ruin. I saw it on the shelf of the EB games (what Gamestop is called in Canada) and bought it, wanting to play a new kind of genre to try. I immediately got stuck at Dullahan and didn't play it for a while until I learned that you had to knock his head around to keep him from doing that instant death attack (derp). I eventually beat the game after that.

The only other games I've played are the other two DS titles, and Order of Ecclesia is the one I haven't beaten. I also have Super Castlevania IV and Rondo of Blood on my Wii, but I haven't played much with them yet (with Rondo it's because Richter has the agility of an ice cream truck driving in a sea of molasses).

To be fair, I'm hearing more people express their first Pokemon experience as Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald these days.

We're getting old.

I've played Pokemon since Gen 1. Now that makes me feel old.

[JR]

I had my dad rent the first game when I was a kid and I died. A lot!! 

DAMMIT Castlevania!! *throws controller*

[Lelygax]

I had my dad rent the first game when I was a kid and I died. A lot!! 

So... tell me more about the afterlife.

[flaumi mcflaum]

My first experience was Castlevania on the NES when I was 6.
Before I played it, i watched my uncle playing it and learned from him how tho play.
He didn't let me play, so I played it when he wasn't there .

The stage with and the Grim Reaper was the hardest, yes it took my many hours.
And Dracula, dammnit he was tough.
Super Mario Bros. (NES) wasn't that hard.

I'm proud that I beat Simon's quest without any help in the age of 9 where all my friends stuck (didn't know how to use the red crystal but found it out ).