/vr/ - Retro Games

Death?? More like METH, because you need to take speed in order to beat this fucker and his stupid cheap boomerang attack. WHAT a FUCKING joke!! How were you supposed to beat this as a kid? I can barely beat it now!! Especially having to walk through all the Medusa heads and battle your way through two knights right before the fight, you don't GET A FUCKING FAIR CHANCE TO BEAT THIS BONER BASTARD

yeah fuck this shit

And this is where I’m filtered. I really want to complete this game as it’s possibly my favorite NES title but I just can’t get past this boss. Am I retarded or is it pretty common to have trouble with this guy?

I can't beat him bros

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This thread convinced me to replay Castlevania. Only hard part is carrying holy water to the boss which makes that whole level easy anyway. You have checkpoints that help you practice each section after character death. You have infinite continues. You have a way to cheese the boss with holy water. Hell, I accidentally beat him with the boomerang on one run which is how I remember doing it the first time. The first game doesn't compare in difficulty to Castlevania III, Rondo of Blood, or even Super Castlevania IV. You learn that holy water stuns enemies and even bosses early in the game. Observant players would notice the importance of holy water and it's completely natural then to lob it at the platform Death materializes above at the the start of the fight. It definitely wasn't a secret and I don't even honestly believe it's truly cheese. It feels like the intentional best way to defeat him. Has to be by design seeing as how they clearly knew it was effective against all of the bosses and enemies. In hindsight this level actually makes the game much more replayable than it would otherwise be. The whole game is a complete cakewalk. You could argue that Dracula presents a challenge, but how hard is he when you can infinite continue with full health in front of his door?

I played Castlevania a lot as a kid and only ever beat him twice.

How do you guys deal with games being Nintendo hard?

Pic related but lots of /vr/ stuff has bullshit difficulty in parts

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