What Did We Play Yesterday?

Took a stab at a re-translated version of Castlevania II: Simon's Quest that offers better hint transparency and a map (Bisqwit's Castlevania II English Re-translation (+Map)). I played this on NES back in the day, and still have the cart, but got nowhere near beating it. I've always really liked the graphics in this game, so for now I'm content to scamper around grinding for hearts and dying. I did manage to snag the white crystal, thorn whip, and holy water in the first town.

This game handles object collision differently than Castlevania III and I've got a post about it somewhere but basically, you can bang your read on platforms in this game, which leads to jumps that are trickier than they should be, but so far it hasn't been too much of a problem.