Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness (Actual N64 Capture) - Carrie Playthrough - Part 1

This is part 1 of my 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 Carrie.

I'd like to upload playthroughs of this game using all four characters, so here's a remaining playthrough that I still needed to do with Carrie Fernandez. Since Carrie was in the first Castlevania for the Nintendo 64, this playthrough should show you all the changes and improvements that were made to her quest in Legacy of Darkness.

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.

I typically don't play through this game using Carrie because I prefer Cornell and Reinhardt, but the improvements in Legacy of Darkness helped make Carrie's quest more enjoyable than the prior game.

In this first part I completed the Foggy Lake area.

Serpent boss fight - 9:15

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 standard Nintendo 64 controller.