Topic: Castlevania: The Adventure is out for the 3DS eShop in the U.S. now!

[Dark Nemesis]

Yep, in order of quality the GB games go Belmont's Revenge > Castlevania Legends >>>>>> Castlevania The Adventure
It's a shame really, "Adventure" has possibly the most under-appreciated theme in the whole franchise (Battle of the Holy) and a lot of memorable set pieces. But the programmers just way overestimated what the Gameboy was capable of. As a result the game is an almost unplayable, laggy and unresponsive mess. Far and away the worst Classicvania imo, even though it may be the first one I ever played. Not helping matters is the fact that this game doesn't have a password system or even infinite continues. Though I'll wager the digital re-release has added a save feature to make it more palatable to modern audiences.

Castlevania The Adventure, has infinite continues.

[Ratty]

Adventure over Legends, in my opinion. I can't even really think of any good ideas Legends had... maybe mini-boss fights? Other than that, I thought the over-bloated stages really brought the game down. The stages are very long, and their design isn't near inspiring enough to justify their great length. So I guess the main culprit to me is just really uninspired design. The enemy regeneration can be a pain, too. Like the other two GB games it has a nice soundtrack, though.

Nailed it. The magic you get from bosses is an interesting idea, except the game is linear besides Stage 5, so it doesn't matter much at all. The Burn Power was pretty OP too. Legends could really use a ReBirth style upgrade.

CVA is very bare bones and slow, but I really dig it for some reason.

Just couldn't disagree more. Legends has a far better story with a much more interesting and unique protagonist, the gameplay is sometimes bland but it's totally functional and feels like Castlevania. All I see when I look at Adventure's gameplay is crippled controls that barely function wrapped in a horrible, laggy mess of unfair challenge where your greatest enemy isn't Dracula, but a slow and unresponsive Christopher.
But to each their own of course. "De gustibus non est disputandum"

Castlevania The Adventure, has infinite continues.

Are you sure? It's been a while since I've played the game but according to Mr. P's Castlevania Realm it doesn't, someone should let him know so he can correct that if it does.

[Dark Nemesis]

Trust me, it was the first Castlevania i have played and i can assure you about that.

[Bloodreign]

I got this bad boy boxed and mint from a friend a couple years ago, may pull it out and play it sometime on my GBA.

It's not great, but damn it, I like it. I tend to like some other games folks don't like (though shit like Jeckyl and Hyde I'd not spend a penny on).

[P/\/\\/o]

Finished this bastard after 22 years!