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CASTLEVANIA II: SIMON’S QUEST RETROSPECTIVE: Why Everyone* Was Wrong About Simon’s Quest

#SimonsQuest #Castlevania #SimonsQuestRetrospective

Common Gamer Knowledge: Castlevania is a masterpiece, and Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest is a disgrace of a sequel, a steaming pile of diarrhea dookie farts, and only with Castlevania III, Konami course corrected to make a “proper” sequel.
It’s hogwash, and largely the result of the massive influence of early video essayists and YouTube game critics that has invaded and usurped the collective unconscious.
Time to talk about Simon’s Quest and how incredibly forward thinking, innovative and trailblazing it really was when it came out in 1987.

* The Asterisk in the title:
A *lot* of people were actually right about it. Game Journalists at the time and the player base at large really revered this game for what it was. Until the YouTube Hivemind took hold.

Castlevania II Retranslation by bisqwit
https://bisqwit.iki.fi/cv2fin/

How to Extract ROMs from the Castlevania & Contra Anniversary Collections on Steam
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1018020/discussions/0/1629665087674849653/

Romhacking Dot Net Castlevania II Browser Based Patchers
https://www.romhacking.net/games/710/



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00:00 The Sophomore Slump
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06:23 Bad Moon Rising
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47:24 RagnarRambles, Credits
50:42 Shoutout Thank Yous

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US Gamer Interview with Koji Igarashi

https://web.archive.org/web/20181001030938/https://www.usgamer.net/articles/castlevania-symphony-of-the-night-wouldnt-have-happened-without-castlevania-2-simons-quest


Footage Credits

"Vampire Killer" CastleVania Cover | 楓月テツヤ-Tetsuya Kazuki-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRK0p8TvqPY

"Bloody tears" CastleVania Cover | 楓月テツヤ-Tetsuya Kazuki-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_Q1rXhHL6g

World of Longplays:

NES Longplay [020] Castlevania
Played by: xRavenXP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRcHk8ixyKE

NES Longplay [021] Castlevania II - Simon's Quest
Played by: xRavenXP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1VNQRQ6wfc

PSX Longplay [001] Metal Gear Solid (part 1 of 2)
Played by: RickyC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpG9XIfFkE0

PS2 Longplay [131] Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (US)
Played by: Spazbo4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AA_PiR5-VI

PS2 Longplay [001] Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (part 1 of 9)
Played By: RickyC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHSH8O4QhlE

NES Longplay [040] The Legend of Zelda (1st Quest)
Played By: BimmyLee83
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ6hgzzk_o8

NES Longplay [100] Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (Part 1 of 2)
Played by: Valis77
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY-YryVEXZQ

SNES Longplay [022] The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Played by: Tsunao
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6hjG6MCcZ8

Gintendo stream #07: Castlevania II: Simon's Quest [Famicom Disk System] | Jeremy Parish | Video Works
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EliSYPFtNKg