![]() ![]() ![]() Wielding the Holy Whip, the Vampire Killer parts ways from the local Graveyard until reaching Dracula in Castlevania, defeating him and trying to seal him away for another 100 years, but the efforts of Christopher were not enough. The first chapter on the Game Boy portable console was a commercial success, but the game featured clunky animations and stiff controls.Ĭhristopher Belmont, the ancestor of Simon, continues the tradition of his clan to hunt down the evil Count Dracula when he resurrected in Transylvania in the year 1576. Battle of the Holy – Castlevania: The Adventure (1989) (Composed by Nori Hanzawa)| Game Boy, 3DS Virtual Console You can feel the urge of not falling down the steps with this one.Ĩ. “The Discolored Wall” is the theme of the third stage, the Leaning Tower of Pisa the scenario is a plethora of technical exploitation, and it features an unsettling music that it is a mix of free jazz and organ spookiness. The romantic music approach of Yamane was very welcome by the Konami developers, and she continued with them in the famous Symphony of the Night. The soundtrack is very characteristic due to the Sega Genesis chip, but it also had great music along all the impressive stages. While it still had the intensely difficult action platform extravaganza, Bloodlines also had the first work from the series by composer Michiru Yamane. Even when the series had a relative simplistic premise, this was one of the best stories of all the games. Along their quest, both of them will know what lies in shadows of the War and the true nature of the Holy whip. Alongside the Spanish fighter, Eric Lecarde, they both set off to Europe to investigate and vanquish the rise of violence during the start of World War I, because rumors said that an enchanting aristocrat lady was behind the assassination of the Crown Prince of Austria. To tie it up with the Bram Stoker novella, the Konami team developed Bloodlines, in which the Vampire Killer whip is passed to Quincy Morris’ son John, and the Belmont lineage mysteriously disappeared. The Discolored Wall – Castlevania: Bloodlines (1994) (Composed by Michiru Yamane)| Sega Genesis Even with the sugary sparkles, this song makes you kick ass.ĩ. The hopeful and sweet approach made it to be associated with Maria Renard, and it’s now her unofficial theme. “Slash” is the theme of the fourth stage and has a very upbeat pop theme with a melodic pattern over the delicate string riffing. Who thought a little girl could out-power a Belmont? It also featured the introduction of Maria Renard, a young magician captured by the Count that can control different spirit animals the comic side of the game was that you can unlock her as a character and play all the stages and finish the game in a simpler manner. Considered one of the best games on the series, it has simple gameplay, animated cut scenes with voice acting, and a unique twist: the scenarios have double paths that can be unlocked by discovering hidden roads on the stages. In Rondo of Blood, Richter Belmont had to rescue his girlfriend and two other maidens of his native village from the grips of a recently revived Dracula. Slash – Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (1993, Japan only) (2010 in America and Europe) (Composed by Jigokuguruma Nakamura) | PC-Engine and Wii Console To complement our friend Leif’s submissions into the column Spooky Soundtracks, I will lend him (and you) my monster slaying skills whipping my way through my favorites of all Castlevania songs.Ĭome with me and prepare your Holy Water, we are going to vanquish the horrible night:ġ0. Along with the intense gameplay and the memorable 2D graphics, there was one thing that I suddenly realized after a few hours of wandering around the innards of those dreaded castles: I was humming and drumming those sick MIDI beats. Good memories, indeed!Ī few years later, I had the pleasure of playing Castlevania Chronicles and Castlevania Symphony of the Night on a borrowed PlayStation 1. ![]() The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) version of the first chapter of the Castlevania series was one of the coolest pieces of media my tiny mind enjoyed. I still remember how I managed to skip the candles with the daggers and how to properly use the throwing axes to unleash my vampire hunter fury against the Giant Bat boss. It was one of the first videogames I ever played, and it was a swift kick in the butt with absurd difficulty, awkward controls and satisfying ghoul slaying attitude. “Die monster, you don’t belong on this Toilet!” ![]()
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