Castlevania II: Simon鈥檚 Quest (Nintendo Entertainment System, 1988) 83717110040

The first Nintendo game I saw in 1986

I was seven years old when I played a friend's Nintendo for the first time. Castlevania was game I played, and it blew me away. Until that point, my video game experience was limited to Odyssey, Intellivision, and Atari. This was way beyond any simplistic game on those platforms. The sound and music theme gave a whole new dimension to the video game experience. The music was the what stuck with me, and echoed through my thoughts for weeks after. The graphics and color were also a huge leap from what I was used to. The Sprite animation, and enemy interaction, especially the bosses, made the game so hard to put down. The frustration level was always overcome by the desire to hit that continue option, and receive more abuse on the part of the game designers, who were maniacal geniuses. And make no mistake, this game is hard, but is clearly designed to make you want to come back and try to push past your prior failures. You will get frustrated with this one, but you will also find it difficult to resist the urge to come back later and try to surpass your previous best. If your good enough you will eventually start doing speed runs. I love Castlevania. It was my first foray into the NES experience, and opened me up to a love for the series and many other titles in the 8 and 16 but eras. If you are a nostalgia nerd like me or just want a good challenge, you will love this game. If you are a collector, well I don't think I need to tell you. You already own this one, most likely.

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