my all time favorite Nintendo game.
i love the graphics they look so great for 1987 all the colors work fine. the ghosts look so detailed. Simon could use a face though.
i give the graphics a 9

the sound is amazing the music is my favorite part. everything sounds like an explosion. compared to zelda, my 2nd favorite the sounds are both really amazing but castlevania just barely wins that part. i give sound a 10

the story is unlike any other Nintendo game trilogy you are Simon Belmont in Transylvania to stop the newly resuscitated count Dracula.  when Simon sends Dracula`s head to the moon and he turns into some weird hybrid of the cookie monster and a werewolf with a bit of vampire in there. really cool but it could give a little back-story for those who don't have the box or manual. story gets an 8

the depth oh ho the grand mother load it may be only 18 stages but its so difficult that it feels like a longer game.
i love it but i never get past stage 5 with the Medusa heads flying at my face to fast to swing my whip.
i give the depth a 9

finally the difficulty. its debated to be one of the hardest games ever made the hardest part of the entire game besides Dracula is the hall before death himself. there are two knights throwing axes at you with Medusa heads flying everywhere. the controls are also a bit choppy

overall i give the game a 9.8 out of ten


i want to thank everyone who commented on my other 3 reviews on castlevania 2 Mario 3 and ghost-busters on Nintendo.
you people inspired me to write a longer review thank you. leather face 9 out.

Nice review on such a great game. The only tip I would give you is to sort out your paragraphs and layout of the post (not meaning the post background layout).

Keep up the good work...

leatherface9 : I have a few tips for future reviews that you may want to write.  Try to use proper punctuation, none of your paragraphs start with any capital letters.  And also choose a more inviting title than "my all time favorite NES game."  When people are looking at the game reviews forum, they don't know what game your talking about.  Even something simple as "Leatherface's Castlevania NES review" would work just fine.