1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 300 600 It's the most wonderful time of the year: Time for a Castlevania retrospective. As NES Works 1988 winds down, Halloween 2022 seems like the perfect time for a proper look back at Castlevania II: Simon's Quest, one of the most ambitious and frustrating games of the NES era. The second of the NES's &quot;weird sequels,&quot; Simon's Quest combines a lot of different influences and ultimately does a lot to define the series' future... even if it would take a while for the series to realize it. In the meantime, NES kids had a whole lot of Nintendo Power coverage to help them solve Dracula's so-called &quot;riddle.&quot; P.S.: I am aware that this video rendered with a caption error that I missed. Adobe Premiere happens. Production note: NES footage captured from &amp;nbsp;@analogueinc&amp;nbsp; Mini. Arcade footage captured from MiSTer FPGA cores; special thanks to &amp;nbsp;@MiSTerAddons&amp;nbsp;. Video upscaled to 720 with XRGB Mini Framemeister. Video Works is funded via Patreon (http://www.patreon.com/gamespite) — support the show and get access to every episode up to two weeks in advance of its YouTube debut! Plus, exclusive podcasts, eBooks, and more! Video Works by Jeremy Parish http://gamespite.libsyn.com/webpage <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/26204265/height/300/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="300" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/item/26204265