Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (NES)

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Product Details

• ASIN: B000A4T1U6
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 4 x 2 inches ; 1 pounds
• Media: Video Game
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,886 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

The exciting sequel to the original smash hit "Castlevania" for the NES.

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11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "What A Horrible Night To Have A Curse", January 22, 2006

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Joy (Fairfax, VA USA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (NES) (Video Game)

Castlevania II: Simon's Quest is my favorite Castlevania game of all time and always will be.

You are Simon Belmont with the classic whip, trying to defeat the one who wants to keep the world shrouded in darkness, Count Dracula. As Simon, you go to different towns talking to different townspeople, going to Churches to replenish life, many different mansions to gather the different parts of Dracula. You get many different kinds of whips, including my favorite, the Flame Whip. You also get the classic subweapons like holy water, knife, and cross.

The mansions that you go through have one of the best pieces of music ever in a Castlevania game. As well as the title screen where you input the password and the music Bloody Tears. This game also lets you level up but it's still the adventure game. It's more action and adventure than anything.

The classic Ferry Man is reason enough to own this game. The classic line "I'll take you to a good place, heh heh heh" was one of the coolest things in the game. Along with the lines "What a horrible night to have a curse" at night and "The morning light has vanquished the horrible night" at daylight. I'll never understand why so many people hate this game. I keep hearing "it's not like the original." Oh please! I must be the only person who doesn't compare games and just plays games as their own. Whoever cannot appreciate this masterpiece is just very closed minded.

Oh yeah, there are 3 different endings for this and this game is so much better than 99% of the games out there today. Graphics don't mean a thing, it's the amazing platforming and adventure elements that make this game a must own for Castlevania fans!

If you have never played Simon's Quest, play it! And if you've played it before, play it again! It's one of a kind!!


"What A Horrible Night To Have A Curse!" Ha Ha Ha!

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best of the series, May 7, 2008

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James - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (NES) (Video Game)

Castlevania II was the first in the series to take the free roaming approach to the game, and does it quite well. Symphony of the Night for the Playstation owes a great debt of inspiration from this game. There are a great many secrets to this game, some of which must be known about to even survive. Other situations can be worked around without knowing the secrets by clever use of the inventory system, a new addition to the series. The boss battles are quite fun, resembling Mega Man and of course the original Castlevania. Also added is a time mechanic, where all the shops close down, the townspeople all stay inside their homes, and all the monsters enter the city much stronger than usual whenever nighttime begins! "What a horrible night to have a curse"

The sounds and music score are on par with most of the rest of the Castlevania series; in short, fantastic. If you are new to the series or were never impressed by other installments of the game, give this one a shot. You will not be disappointed.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My favorite NES game!, September 25, 2009

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Maitland (Santa Cruz, CA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (NES) (Video Game)

When you are 7 years old in the deep south, and it's the 80's, sometimes you just have to play whatever games they happened to have at K-Mart...

For some reason, Castlevania II never seemed to be one of them. None of my friends had it either... However, they did have CV2 at the video rental store... But my mom always said that only "lower-class" people rent from video stores.

Therefore, as much as I really wanted this game. As much as I wished and yearned for it, I really only got to play it a couple of times as a child. Surely not enough to really even get past the 2nd mansion...

Oh! But the graphics! And the music!! And the non-linear gameplay!!! Ooooh it was so great in my head when I was not playing it! (which was pretty much all the time).

Well, I just scored a copy from Amazon, and I must say that it really is everything I remembered it to be! Here is to resurfaced childhood memories in a tangible format! yay!