Castlevania No-Death Playthrough (Actual NES Capture)

[Note: This video and description were originally posted on Youtube on October 31, 2014.]

This is a capture of me playing through Castlevania on the NES. This is not an emulator and was not played on the Wii or Wii U Virtual Console. This was recorded directly from my front-loading NES using an actual Castlevania cartridge.

I typically upload a bunch of Castlevania videos each October to celebrate Halloween, but this time I wasn't able to do that due to my vacation and the fact that I was waiting on Youtube's 60 fps upgrade (you'd be surprised how many games run at 60 fps).

However, I at least managed to record new footage of the original NES Castlevania, and this time, the video is playing at 60 frames per second (the game's native frame rate). My gameplay is also arguably a little better since I completed the game a couple minutes faster than before. This is once again a no death run.

Like I said before, I used to rent this game as a kid, although at the time I preferred Simon's Quest. I later purchased all three NES Castlevania games from a guy selling his NES games to Funcoland in the late '90s, which rekindled my interest in the Castlevania games. I then sold those cartridges and replaced them with complete, boxed copies from Ebay.

Enjoy the newer, higher quality footage.

Recorded with the Hauppauge HD PVR and a composite connection at 60 frames per second. I used a Toshiba model D-R550 DVD Recorder to upconvert the NES's native 240p signal to 480i so that the Hauppauge could capture the console's audio/video signal.

I'm using an NES Max turbo controller.