When I watched I Finished A Video Game’s 7+ hour Castlevania retrospective, I had to know how it was made. So I reached out to the creator, Matt, and invited him to the show. We talk about both the history of Castlevania and the daunting task of chronicling the entire franchise.

You can download a copy of this episode's transcript here.

A Dad Update

• “A Pure Time Capsule of How I Feel” with Casey Liss

Welcome

• Castlevania Series Retrospective - A Complete History and Review
• Chapter Select Behind the Scenes

The Start of IFAVG

• IFinishedAGame.com
• How the Nuzlocke Challenge Saved the Pokémon Games (for me)
• Skyrim Analysis | A Quick Retrospective - Act 1
• Matt's Christmas Post
• Chasing the Stick: The History of Naughty Dog during the PS4 Era

Why Castlevania?

• List of all the Castlevania Games
• Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (NES) - Angry Video Game Nerd (AVGN)
• Castlevania TV Show
• Millennial Gaming Speak Episode 9: Castlevania and Kickstarter

Playing 33 Games

• OpenEmu

What can Castlevania do next?

• Silent Hill 2 Remake
• Silent Hill f
• Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes
• Metal Gear Acid and Metal Gear Acid 2

IFAVG's Next Video

• Panzer Dragoon Remake – Or the tale of the soulless remake
• The Best Way to Play Castlevania: Rondo of Blood & Symphony of the Night from My Life in Gaming
  • Timestamp to the Sega Saturn port (8:58)
• Symphony of the Night's Tiger GameCom Port is Unbelievable! from Stop Skeletons From Fighting

Post-Show: FPGA Emulation

• MiSTer FPGA Thoughts and Impressions – My Tool for Researching the Past
• MiSTer FPGA in 2022: A Primer Guide to Retro Gaming's Hardware Emulator by My Life in Gaming
  • Correction: There is a Saturn core in development for the MiSTer. I was thinking of the Dreamcast. I guess that's what I get for never owning a Sega console.

I Finished A Video Game

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• Patreon
• Twitter @IFinishedAGame

 

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• Season 0 – The Last of Us
• Season 1 – Paper Mario
• Season 2 – God of War
• Season 3 – Banjo-Kazooie
• Season 4 - The Fast and the Furious
• Season 5 - Resident Evil

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