What's the best 8-Bit Castlevania? 10 Games Head to Head!

What is the best 8-bit Castlevania title? Watch to hear my opinions.

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Opening "Sega" jingle is from "Astal" for the Sega Saturn. Courtesy of Sega Corporation.

Ending Music during the credits is from Batman The Video Game for the Sega Genesis. Courtesy of Sun Corporation.

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By: Jan Neves
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Episode Notes:

1. A few different capture methods here. The arcade and MSX footage is emulation. The NES footage is FPGA. The Gameboy footage is real hardware.

2. No, I do not consider the PC Engine 8-bit. It's a 4th generation console.

3. If you like Castlevania II Simon's Quest, look up one of its many fan hacks. They really improve the game.

4. I beat Simon's Quest back then with the help of a guide. There was no way I would have done it, otherwise.

5. I own every NES and Gameboy version in this video. I even own the PS2 version of Haunted Castle.

6. The MSX2 version of Vampire Killer feels like it takes a fair bit of inspiration from Konami's Goonies for the Famicom.

7. I genuinely dislike Haunted Castle. It's too hard, doesn't play well, the sprite looks awful, and the sound effects are ear-grating. Konami did the series a great disservice there.

8. Some people are asking if the arcade Haunted Castle was 16-bit. It uses an 8-bit CPU. I'm not 100% sure about the graphics sub-system since all that Konami stuff was custom, but I added it for fun either way since the timing was right for its release and it wasn't in my 16-bit episode.