Kyle Never Played Castlevania | Part I: Entering the Castle

Konami’s classic NES game, Castlevania, was released on September 26, 1986 first for the Famicom Disk System in Japan. The game follows protagonist Simon Belmont, of the Belmont clan (a family of vampire hunters), as he enters the titular Castlevania to destroy Count Dracula. Yielding the Belmont family’s Vampire Killer, Simon must defeat ghosts, zombies, skeletons, and the other terrors that await him as he climbs to the top of the castle.

Kyle had never played the original Castlevania, let alone any game in the now 28 year old series. In an attempt to rectify that, we sat down and put his skills and patience to the test. In the first part of our series, Kyle begins his journey to the top of Dracula’s Castle, and tries to adjust to the rigidness of Simon Belmont’s action. He fights zombies that he mistakes for actresses, he learns the terror of the Merman, and ultimately he succumbs to the bite of a vampire bat.

Stay tuned for Part II to see how Kyle deals with flying Medusa Heads…