I just finished #Castlevania Dracula X (again), a game that I played as a kid.
Contrary to other games I've revisited in the recent past, this came without any muscle memory. This game is haaaaard. And I don't think I ever really got good at it, even though I remember finishing it as a kid and even seeing all the possible endings. 😅
But it's also a fun game and infinite continues make this absolutely playable even if you're not using savestates like crazy.
Fun fact: I played this game as Castlevania - Vampire's Kiss on the SNES first. Years later, I bought Castlevania - Dracula X for the PSP, without knowing that it was a 2.5D remake of the same game. The remake has a slightly different opening, with a prologue where Richter fights Death, while riding a carriage through the woods. But eventually it dawned on me that I was playing the same game I had played almost a decade earlier.
More fun facts: the PSP remake had the original and Castlevania - Symphony of the Night (the whole f-ing game!!!) hidden as easter eggs. This is how I first came to play Symphony of the Night. I don't think I ever beat the remake on PSP, but i played the shit out of SotN. 😁
Now, I'll watch a speedrun to figure out how to really play this game. 😅
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