How to beat the Grim Reaper - Let's Play Castlevania on the NES | The Basement [Ep 4]
75It's October - it's Halloween - let's play Castlevania on the NES in The Basement!
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In this episode (Ep 3), we brave the 5th area and get through the dreaded hallway leading to the Grim Reaper. Come downstairs and have a seat with us on the couch right here in The Basement!
SCOTT has a great walkthrough of Castlevania over at GameFAQs:
( http://www.gamefaqs.com/gba/921924-classic-nes-series-castlevania/faqs/28093 )
BOSS: Grim Reaper
The Grim Reaper is hailed as the hardest boss in the game. He'll just move around in circles while making sickles appear. These sickles will chase you around like a madman. If you kept that cross like I told you to, then this battle will be A LITTLE easier. You're going to have to take out his sickles and hit him at the same time. There's no real real way to make this guy easy; he's just plain out hard. Don't get stuck in a corner whatever you do. Also, when he touches ground, more sickles will appear.
The final stage in the entire game, yay! Ok, so this stage is pretty odd, too. Keep your boomerang and get ready to run like a scared little girl. There's going to be around six of so phantom bats (the level one boss) to dodge here. The first thing you can do it throw a boomerang at him and stun him. Run under the bat and jump over the pits. Keep doing this until you make it past the bats and to the clock tower.
Now we're in the one of the last places in the entire game, the tower. Take out the white skeleton that you see here. Go up the stairs and take out another two of these insipid white skeletons. Now, the game starts to play dirty; it'll start having eagles drop hunchbacks all over the place. The first one will be able to climb up through the blocks and attack you. Then they'll just keep coming and coming. You can't stop the things. Just keep throwing boomerangs and don't catch them, letting them go behind you for protection. There's also a Pork Chop once you fall off that ledge and to the right. This will save you some...not much, though.
Go to over to the left and go down the stairs that you see. There's a secret money bag here, but it's probably not the biggest concern at the time. If you want it, though, stand on the right side of that wheel for a few seconds and a money bag will appear. Get this if you actually want it. Make your way over to the left and up the stairs. There's another secret if you need it. Once you get to the top of the stairs, go ahead and whip the bottom block and an item will fall out.
If you're having trouble with the eagles and hunchbacks, here's a tip that's sure to help. This is pretty in-depth on how to get past that last room without getting hit. Once that first eagle passes, jump down and just start running. The hunchback will be tricked into think you're still up on that ledge so you can get away from him. Then go up the stairs halfway and wait for the other eagles to fly by. Make your way up the rest of the stairs and turn around. One last eagle will come at you, just kill it with the whip.
Go up the stairs and get some of the items, get prepared for the final boss in the game.
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