Complete playthrough. Hallowe'en provided the impetus for me to fill in this gap in my gaming history, with my first time playing through the original Castlevania. While clearly very dated, it's clear why the series has become so successful - the platforming and simple combat gameplay holds up well, though is often unforgiving and becomes very difficult in places (the boss fight against Death in particular). I was very glad to have save states available! Good use of the 8-bit graphics of the time builds a fittingly 'spooky' atmosphere, and of course the soundtrack is superb.