> CASTLEVANIA by Konami

COMMENTS:

• Brendan: To be honest - I like this ending, the graphics are poor and look way earlier than 1990 but the end is done really good. Animation of the castle being destroyed to the ground, a little tune (pretty poor to be honest) but some great movie like end titles. All in all I am surprised by the ending and would rate it slightly above average.
   
• Vinny: I have to agree with Brendan and say that I like the ending, but for a 1990 release it could have been a little more polished. It still has the air of a good ending an so I too would score it above average (average for me being 5).
   
• Andy Vaisey: This game is new to me as well, so I've done some research and apparently it's a conversion from the NES, that version being from 1988. And unfortunately it shows. Castlevania looks and sounds like a mid-80's game and the 1990 release is a bit of a joke in my opinion considering the advance in C64 code, GFX and sound by that point. I've played it for about an hour now and find it a little dull and uninspiring; maybe I'll return to it in the future to give it a proper (and fairer?) bash.
  
  The ending is similarly very mid-80's. The sound grates on my ears I'm afraid and the castle collapses in a rather unrealistic manner. 3/10 for me, just for the effort.
   
• Matt Rogers: I only discovered the arcade version fairly recently on MAME and had no idea it had been converted! I like it - it may be worth checking if it's the same as the arcade...I can't remember what that end was like.
   
• Andrew Fisher: It was converted in the USA by Konami from the NES version, but never released over here (a bit like Metal Gear). Not bad - I like the joke names in the text (all inspired by old horror movie stars).