TrenternetCastlevania 64 and Legacy of Darkness. Hated by some and beloved by others. Just what is it about these two games that causes their storied reputation?
In this long winded breakdown I hope to answer that question by stepping back through the games with you the viewer, and then breaking down the mechanics themselves.
Join me along the ride as we look at each characters play through, the updated version Legacy of Darkness and even hear from a few community members.
Skeletons on Motorcycles! A Castlevania 64/Legacy of Darkness RetrospectiveTrenternet2023-07-03 | Castlevania 64 and Legacy of Darkness. Hated by some and beloved by others. Just what is it about these two games that causes their storied reputation?
In this long winded breakdown I hope to answer that question by stepping back through the games with you the viewer, and then breaking down the mechanics themselves.
Join me along the ride as we look at each characters play through, the updated version Legacy of Darkness and even hear from a few community members.
0:00 Beginning 5:13 Game Overview 35:30 Mechanics 47:04 Cut Content 51:20 Legacy of Darkness 1:13:19 Sound 1:17:50 ConclusionTekken 8 But the OST is Tekken 2.Trenternet2024-02-13 | By popular demand.Tekken 8 - LocalsTrenternet2024-01-28 | ...Tekken 8 - Story Mode!Trenternet2024-01-26 | ...Parasite Eve 2 Live (Hoping for no more warehouse crabs)Trenternet2023-12-27 | By popular demand.Tekken 5 Impact and AftermathTrenternet2023-11-11 | Tekken 5 the people's Tekken game.
How many times have you heard Tekken fans say "Tekken 5 was the best" or "I wish we had the movement of Tekken 5?" What is it about Tekken 5 that makes it the golden boy of the franchise? Is it simply where the game falls in the series lineup or is there something more to it? Join me on a journey is the background of T5 and what happened following its release.
Intro 0:00 Tekken 1-4 03:52 Tekken 5 Arcade 11:13 Tekken 5 Comes Home 15:41 The Price of Early Release 22:37 Conclusion 31:14Tekken 6 Arcade Mode as AzazelTrenternet2023-10-14 | Working on my latest video which may or may not be Tekken related, and I came across the ability to do this . Azazel is totally busted but perfectly controllable as you might expect.
His moves all have crazy range and properties, but honestly his frames aren't the best and he moves fairly slow all things considered.Tekken 8 The Search For LeeTrenternet2023-07-22 | ...When You Put that 9 to 5 on the torture rack. #castlevania #gaming #legacyofdarkness #liquidcatTrenternet2023-07-21 | ...Castlevania 64 Randomizer Testing (Github is hard edition)Trenternet2023-06-17 | Testing out the crystal hunt mode in LiquidCat's amazing CV64 randomizer!Castlevania The Arcade Lady Gunner Play ThroughTrenternet2023-05-26 | Thanks to the hard work of a lot of people, Castlevania The Arcade can now be played on PC. Though there's still some bugs to work out as you'll see in the playthrough this on rail shooters takes the castlevania experience and combines it with motion capture controls and rail shooter style first person shooter.Metal Rabbits with Lasers - A Comprehensive Look at Rabio LepusTrenternet2023-04-11 | Rabio Lepus is the grandaddy of the Sonic Wings Series and V-System's sophmore effort at arcade game production, but how does it hold up today ?
Sorry this upload took so ,long life happens, but here it is .
LONG time subscribers may remember that my first ever video on this channel was a review of this game, but that was back when a "Review" could just be a long play of the game with criticism layered over it via the narrate feature in Windows Movie Maker.
I was somewhat lacking in inspiration due to being so busy and scrapped about 3 other video ideas before deciding to revisit this game and give it a proper retrospective.
Rabio isn't a bad game at all, but it just lacks that special sauce that would make it into a true classic and would only see one more outing with Rabio Lepus Special on the PC Engine , although there was a canceled sequel in development under the working title "Metal Rabbit."
Join my discord discord.gg/d26aaYyDaraku Tenshi Lapis Sprites have been found!Trenternet2023-04-01 | Thanks to a MAME update and a new bit of hacking you can view a few of Lapis's action sprites from before she was cut from the game .
Lapis who is widely considered to be KOF's inspiration for Whip was to be a young treasure hunter, and the daughter of a famous archaeologist. She holds the key to unlocking an ancient tablet's great power which has made her a target of Carlos. Hajime Ito said on his blog that Lapis would have fought at range using the whip on her side had she not been cut.
Join the Daraku Tenshi Discord discord.gg/QShRhHPpDuJun Kazama Stans After Seeing the Tekken 8 TrailerTrenternet2023-02-20 | Jun Kazama is in Tekken 8.Mission Impossible (N64) How many times will I get Long Distance Arrested?Trenternet2023-01-17 | Mission Impossible 64 (Impossible Difficulty) . So I made a review, but can I do it live?Mission Impossible 64, an Amazing Train wreck Everyone Should PlayTrenternet2023-01-13 | Mission Impossible 64 is by all surface indicators a bad game, however despite all the jank, and poor animations the game's borderline revolutionary mechanics and concepts make it very much worth playing even in 2023. Join me on a journey into this game to figure out what it does right and what it got wrong.
YEAH WAY TO GOMortal Kombat 2 Hidden Characters Hack Jade Play throughTrenternet2022-12-31 | Mortal Kombat 2 SNES as Jade
Mottzilla created this hack all the way back in 2017 which allows you to use Jade, Smoke and Noob Saibot with no issues. Jade even has her projectile invulnerability! This is one of the first hacks to do this , before Abystus released his legendary cheat for MAME that made these guys playable in the arcade.
This hack aims for simplicity rather than fancy bells and whistles. The 3 secret characters don't have endings, but they do use Kung Lao's ending to prevent crashes. Since Jade/Smoke/Noob didn't have any kind of official ending to go off of we'll give Mott a pass on that.Is Mortal Kombat 1 Shang Tsung as OP in Human Hands as he is in CPU hands?Trenternet2022-12-30 | Mortal Kombat 1 Champion Edition 2.0 as Shang Tsung
Snark-4918 is back with an update to his MK1 Champion edition hack I previously played during a live stream. The main purpose of this hack is to make Reptile and the two bosses into playable characters. The previous version did that, but this version fixes some bugs and add some new features.
Shang Tsung is a mixed bag. Snark did a fantastic job of making him play as close to the computer as possible, but without the computer's fast input speed you'll find yourself being bull dogged by the computer almost as soon as the match starts. This Shang Tsung also cannot throw a rapid fire ball like the arcade counterpart so his base form has very little use in this, although I did manage to get some mileage out of it in the Goro fight.
I left in continues in this video because I wanted to show off the odd effects, and challenges of using MK1 Shang Tsung.
All in all a great effort by Snark, unfortunately MK1 Shang is just by nature a difficult to control beast.Is Mortal Kombat 1 Goro as OP in human hands as in the CPUs?Trenternet2022-12-29 | Mortal Kombat 1 Champion Edition 2.0 as Goro
Snark-4918 is back with an update to his MK1 Champion edition hack I previously played during a live stream. The main purpose of this hack is to make Reptile and the two bosses into playable characters. The previous version did that, but this version fixes some bugs and add some new features.
Goro still cannot walk backwards in this version which I was critical of last time I played, but to be fair if you look at the AI Goro it never walks backwards either! I'm not sure that Goro in MK Trilogy will ever walk backwards , but you can do this when the player controls him. In the read-me Snark says that Goro being this way is intentional. I have a sneaking suspicion that may have to do with the lack of a walking back animation though. Either way it would be nice to see Goro be able to walk back as it makes playing as him a bit awkward from time to time. He's still crazy powerful though and you'll be able to clear the game with ease.
You can get his hack here romhacking.net/hacks/4812Mortal Kombat 1 Champion Edition Reptile PlaythroughTrenternet2022-12-27 | Mortal Kombat 1 Champion Edition 2.0 as Reptile
Snark-4918 is back with an update to his MK1 Champion edition hack I previously played during a live stream. The main purpose of this hack is to make Reptile and the two bosses into playable characters. The previous version did that, but this version fixes some bugs and add some new features. For Reptile in particular he now has his full move list without having to use a button to swap between Scorpion and Sub Zero's moves, making him essentially identical to his AI counterpart. He even added an ending for him!
Reptile is flawless now in my mind. With the moves and even an ending its everything you would have hoped to see from an official MK special edition release.
You can get his hack here romhacking.net/hacks/4812Taking a look at EVERY Mortal Kombat Port on the SNES!Trenternet2022-12-20 | Mortal Kombat 1, 2,3, and Ultimate all on the Super Nintendo!
Arcade Ports were serious business back in the 90s, not least of all the ports for the 3 original Mortal Kombats and the Ultimate MK3 upgrade. Everyone knows MK1 was missing the violence and MK2 was pretty solid, but how does each one stack up as a whole?
Join the Trenternet Discord discord.gg/d26aaYySilent Hill 2 Enhanced Edition Born from a Wish Full PlaythroughTrenternet2022-12-06 | Born From a Wish Full Playthrough, No commentary
As a bonus of my recent Silent Hill 2 playthrough I got to record the entirety of the side scenario Born From A Wish, which shows Maria's mysterious origins, leaving you mostly with more questions than answers.Silent Hill 2 is The Scariest Game About Collecting Keys EverTrenternet2022-11-21 | Silent Hill 2 Review
I've played a lot of games over my years. There are a ton of games with more content than Silent Hill 2, and a lot of games with stories that are bigger in scope than Silent Hill 2, and even games with more story, but very few of them stick with you like the story of Silent Hill 2 does. The game play is peak 90s/2000s Survival Horror with a few tweaks.
I hope you'll stop in for my review/story analysis of one of gaming's most remembered and beloved horror games and laugh at a few out of place memes on the way.Figuring Out Which Tekken Endings are Canon - Tekken 4Trenternet2022-11-14 | Tekken 4 Endings Canonicity
You guys asked for it. Here it is! We continue our look at which Tekken endings are canon with Tekken 4.
Tekken 4 is a game I don't go back to very often. At the time I first played it, I was hot off the heels of Tekken Tag 1 after I had started to really become obsessed with the series. At the time I thought it was great, but Tekken 5 hit the scene not long after I got ahold of it so instead of sitting at home playing 4 I was mostly in the arcade trying to get games of 5 in.Bram Stokers Dracula Pinball Outlane SpecialTrenternet2022-11-02 | ...In My Restless Stream I see that game. Silent Hill (2) SPOOPY HALLOWEEN SPECIALTrenternet2022-11-01 | ...Castlevania 64 Big Crystal Mode RandomizerTrenternet2022-10-18 | What is this ?
One of four premade test seeds generated by LiquidCat's WIP CV64 Randomzier. This seed tasks you with activating the big crystal in the Castle Center. After doing this the door to dracula unlocks.
Is the randomizer released yet?
Not yet
What does it randomize?
Keys, items and special crystals. Sub weapons remain in the same place. The level select is also unlocked from the beginning to make it possible to get between levels and hunt for items quicker.That Tekken 8 trailer just hits differentTrenternet2022-09-20 | ...Back Trents Back AlrightTrenternet2022-09-13 | Hey is ME3 multiplayer still alive in 2022?Pinball Arcade just like the real thingTrenternet2022-08-18 | You can play pinball while you play pinballLiminal , Unusual, and Odd Spaces in Castlevania 64Trenternet2022-08-18 | Liminal and odd spaces go with N64 games like peanut butter and jelly. Today Im taking a look at a few of the oddest spaces in Castlevania 64.Tekken 7 Last Dance with Patch 4.22 and T8 Roster DesignTrenternet2022-08-16 | Tekken 7 4.22 is on the way out. Lets play it just one more time.Bram Stokers Dracula(pinball) Special AnimationTrenternet2022-08-12 | I have crossed oceans of time to find you.
To score a special you must hit the alter drop hole 15 times which lights either outline. special is on the right. Each flipper flip changes which side is lit.THE PINBALL STREAMTrenternet2022-08-09 | How few days go to make up centuries.Anna Williams DF4 No Mixup MixupTrenternet2022-08-08 | Gotta love The Anna Wine OpenerNew Patch for Tekken 7 Incoming in 10 days Plus Tekken 8 ?Trenternet2022-08-08 | A very unusual sequence of events post top 8 reveals a new balance patch for Tekken 7 and a teaser that in all likelihood means Tekken 8, but like always BNE leaves us hanging on by just a thread.
Excuse the poor audio I'm on a backup mic after my snowball bit the dust. A replacement has been ordered.Pinball stream when?Trenternet2022-08-05 | ...Castlevania 3 Viewers Choice sub characterTrenternet2022-08-02 | Castlevania 3 live with the character of yalls choosing.Taking a Look at EVERY Castlevania Game on the Gameboy!Trenternet2022-07-26 | Castlevania Gameboy Games
Before Castlevania became Metroid like on the PSX and DS three simple side scrolling titles carried on the torch of classic Castlevania for mobile platforms. Today I'm taking a look at the original 3 Gameboy titles and seeing how they stack up.
Join the Discord - discord.gg/d26aaYyMight and Magic 8 World of EnrothTrenternet2022-07-26 | An African Warlord told me to buy this game so I did.Warriors Trenrochi 4 and Whatever Else Maybe.Trenternet2022-07-12 | ...Daraku Tenshi: Psikyos Lost Fighting Master PieceTrenternet2022-07-05 | What happened with Daraku Tenshi Anyway?
The Fallen Angels better known as Daraku Tenshi might just be my favorite 2D Fighter ever, I've done tons of videos about it, covered its quirks, and I was the one who wrote the boss codes for Pugsy's cheats for the game, but even still I never gave it a full review..until now.
Today we're looking at Battlezone Rise of The Black Dogs, Climax and Crave Entertainment's attempt at porting an ambitious strategy title onto the space conscious N64. Did they succeed or is the only thing on the rise the number of negative critic reviews?
Join the discord discord.gg/d26aaYyBattlezone 98 ReduxTrenternet2022-06-07 | Battlezone 98 Redux. Let's see just how lacking my commander skills are.Pinball Stream TestTrenternet2022-05-23 | Recently I upgraded my internet and moved the PS4 back into the game room. I always wanted to stream some PS4 games and in particular Pinball so this was just a test. Fortunately everything seems to work great latency wise so in the future if there's interest I'll be investing in a PS4 compatible mic and streaming some of these games.Castlevania 64 Randomizer Preview ! (created by LiquidCat)Trenternet2022-05-13 | Tonight we'll be testing out an early preview of the CV64 Randomizer currently in the works by LiquidCat.
FAQ Where can I download this ?
You can't its not out yet.
How did you get this?
This is a premade seed distributed as a preview with a patch via LiquidCat in the CV64 discord.
When will this be released?
When its done. Please don't harass Liquid about it.James Mestemaker Reveals the Dev Secrets Behind Area 51 and Maximum Force!Trenternet2022-04-26 | Before it was a strange tale about people lining up to be arrested at a top secret military base, Area 51 was a well received Light gun shooter from the 90s that made use of motion capture, 3D Modeling, and fair game play to revolutionize the light gun genre. I sat down with James Mestemaker who worked on all 3 Mesa Logic games and talked about what it was like to develop the series, as well as what he's up to now and how he got started . If you played any fan favorites over the years the chances are you've touched some of James other work and you didn't even know it.
Special thanks to James Mestemaker of Blue Point Studios for the interview.
Special thanks to Titchgamer for allowing usage of his footage since Area 51 Site 4 remains not working in MAME. Give him a sub and watch his full playthrough of site 4 below'
youtube.com/watch?v=neYDFCjOYQM&Mortal Kombat Shaolin Monks With Un-selectable CharactersTrenternet2022-04-19 | Did you know that Midway made all these guys controllable just you need a game shark to do it?Reviewing My Favorite 2D Fighter of All TimeTrenternet2022-04-01 | For a game that I have talked about for years I've never actually done a review of it. Its time to change that.