Topic: How long has the ride been?

[crisis]

To be honest, I don't really even remember the very first time I placed the cartridge in the nes & turned on the TV. It was so long ago, I could only recall my cv experiences like the 2nd or 3rd time afterwards. It was truly mind-blowing.

I also remember being scared to play Ghosts N Goblins in the beginning, for some reason.

[Vatican29]

To be honest, I don't really even remember the very first time I placed the cartridge in the nes & turned on the TV. It was so long ago, I could only recall my cv experiences like the 2nd or 3rd time afterwards. It was truly mind-blowing.

I also remember being scared to play Ghosts N Goblins in the beginning, for some reason.

BUWAHAHAAA!  Yes yes, that's classic!

[Abnormal Freak]

There was a pretty good thread on this subject a number of months ago:

http://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/index.php?topic=2571.0

I don't recommend posting in it, since mods around here seem to shun resurrecting old threads :p but you can check out the responses there.

[Vatican29]

There was a pretty good thread on this subject a number of months ago:

http://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/index.php?topic=2571.0

I don't recommend posting in it, since mods around here seem to shun resurrecting old threads :p but you can check out the responses there.

I can respect that, for sure....

It's just....tedious...given that this forum is probably one of the most extensive ones out there.

I do not want to piss off the Mod Gods...My apologies.

[AwkwardGamer]

My first game was Super Castlevania IV, and that was in 1999 when I was like, 3. I'm 14 now, still like playing Super Castlevania IV.

[Dremn]

Got into the series a year or two ago, I always knew this franchise existed but I never gave it a shot until recently.

[Oralox]

Symphony of the night when it first came out. It was a christmas present for one of my brothers. I really liked it.
At that time I never even heard of the other castlevanias until sometime in 2001.

[Mystic Myotis]

I was three when we got an NES in 1991, and I watched my parents play.  Sometimes I'd walk around the starting town in Simon's Quest.
I started playing more seriously between the ages of 5-8.

[JR]

I first played the series in '88, I think. Started with Castlevania, then played Simon's Quest (the intro music actually scared me, playing it in my room upstairs and alone.    ) Somehow I never got to play Dracula's Curse back then. Then I played SCIV, then later CV64...started to realize how good the series was, but still wasn't a full-fledged fan. Played Symphony of the Night, beat it without knowing about the inverted castle, still liked the series quite a bit, but somehow forgot about it.

Then my sister bought me Lament of Innocence for a birthday present...probably when I was 22 or so...she recognized the series name from when I used to play NES as a kid. I've been a huge fan of the series ever since. Yes, LoI finally made me a huge fan, although my recollection of the previous games probably mattered more than playing LoI itself.

And also, the Castlevania series is a very big reason why I now have games for 11 systems and 4 handhelds. I'd say it's the biggest reason why I got back into retro gaming.

[Vatican29]

I first played the series in '88, I think. Started with Castlevania, then played Simon's Quest (the intro music actually scared me, playing it in my room upstairs and alone.    ) Somehow I never got to play Dracula's Curse back then. Then I played SCIV, then later CV64...started to realize how good the series was, but still wasn't a full-fledged fan. Played Symphony of the Night, beat it without knowing about the inverted castle, still liked the series quite a bit, but somehow forgot about it.

Then my sister bought me Lament of Innocence for a birthday present...probably when I was 22 or so...she recognized the series name from when I used to play NES as a kid. I've been a huge fan of the series ever since. Yes, LoI finally made me a huge fan, although my recollection of the previous games probably mattered more than playing LoI itself.

And also, the Castlevania series is a very big reason why I now have games for 11 systems and 4 handhelds. I'd say it's the biggest reason why I got back into retro gaming.

Good points....My controller took flying lessons when the castle flipped.  I had already put in 24 hrs of gameplay trying to get map coverage and level enough....  It's kind of sick to know I still have that playthrough saved and now has over 200 hours of random play on it, trying to collect drop items.    I like that the series has been somewhat of a gaming inspiration for many of us here.

[Thunderbrand]

Christmas, 1988. I recieved CV1 and CV2 that day. I had heard of both before, but never played them. Needless to say I was hooked from that point on.

[Jorge D. Fuentes]

I'll allow this thread only 'cuz there's new people... but yeah my response is inside Freak's thread link, and I've written it a few times soooo yeah.

[Vatican29]

I'll allow this thread only 'cuz there's new people... but yeah my response is inside Freak's thread link, and I've written it a few times soooo yeah.

=(

Sorry Jorge!  I apologized for being lazy.  I appreciate the consideration.  New blood got me curious is all. 

[Jorge D. Fuentes]

No that's OK, I don't mind the thread.  Again, we've got an influx of new people so the thread is warranted.
I'll just copypasta my previous response.

EDIT: Bwaaahahahaah, that thread doesn't have my response! XD  Ok...

The first Nintendo game I ever played was Castlevania, actually.  When I was very young, I guess around 7 or 8 years old, I came to the USA from Ecuador.  In Ecuador, the Atari was the system that was mostly played, until the big videogame crash, which didn't actually affect South America 'til a few years later, and by then my brother-in-law already had a wall of Atari games.  Having been raised on joystick and red button, to games like Kangaroo, Pole Position, and Donkey Kong, holding the Nintendo NES controller felt so weird.  I actually said "Wh-where's the Joystick?", haha, foolish me.  Ironically I'm terrible with joysticks now, and ask for the D-Pad if it's available.

I thought the name was curious.  I played the game at a party for the son of a friend of my parents.  At the time I hadn't met Mr. Super Mario yet, so my first character was Mr. Simon Belmont.  At first I had no idea whipping the candles would give you items.  I thought it was just a 'race to the finish without dying' type of game.  I learned how to jump, whip, but didn't know how to use stairs for a while (gimme a break, I was young).

I was the first kid to make it to the Merman's Lair, where I died, haha.

So that was my first CV Experience.  Had to be 1988 or so.  I got a NES a year later and found out I could rent games from a local vhs store.  I played and beat CV1, CV2, and CV3 afterwards.  Happy Days!

[Profbeanburrito]

I was 4 in 1990 when I played Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse. Still the best game in the series