Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness (Actual N64 Capture) - Henry Playthrough

This is a capture of me playing through Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness on the Nintendo 64. This is not an emulator. This footage was captured directly from my Nintendo 64 using an actual Legacy of Darkness cartridge. I'm playing through the game on hard mode using Henry.

Here's the final playthrough that I needed to post for this game. Henry is the second available character in this game and is used to unlock Reinhardt and Carrie from the first Castlevania game on the Nintendo 64. Unlike the other characters, Henry simply rescues six hidden children in specific stages and doesn't have to complete the game. I'm rescuing all of the children in this video.

After beating the first Castlevania game on the N64 (around 2000 or so), I was so impressed that I decided to pick up Legacy of Darkness shortly afterward. Although I had read that this game was simply a more complete version of the first game and had recycled most of the same content, I didn't care. I wanted to see the new character, Cornell, and all of the changes the developers had made.

I managed to find a copy of the game at a small electronics store (either Electronics Boutique or KB Toys) in a shopping mall about 30 minutes from my house. The store had one copy left and it was only $30. I purchased the game immediately and when I got home I played through most of the game that night.

I was not disappointed. Legacy of Darkness managed to fix a lot of the flaws present in the first game, such as a piss-poor camera and sloppy controls. It also added a decent amount of new content while making small but noticeable changes to other portions of the game (such as having power-ups alter the look and sound of Reinhardt's whip much more). Some of the levels, such as Duel Tower and the Tower of Execution, had been vastly improved with new designs as well.

I have played this game countless times and it never gets old for me. However, there is one noticeable flaw in this game. The high resolution mode, which makes use of the Expansion Pak, drops the frame rate down to unbearable levels. So the mode is essentially useless. Other than that though, I think it's a really good game.

Although I love playing through this game with the other three characters, I find Henry's quest to be boring and unnecessary. Reinhardt and Carrie should have been immediately unlocked after completing Cornell's quest. Henry doesn't really serve any purpose, so I hardly ever complete the game with this character.

Recorded with the Hauppauge HD PVR and the official N64 S-video cable. I used a Toshiba model D-R550 DVD Recorder to upconvert the N64's native 240p signal to 480i so that the Hauppauge could capture the console's audio/video signal.

I'm using a Sharkpad Pro 64 turbo controller.