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The first Game Boy Castlevania (1989) is historically significant as Konami's earliest handheld entry in the franchise, but it's also notorious for sluggish movement and punishing slowdown that undercuts the whip-and-platform formula. Christopher Belmont can't recover his sub-weapons after taking damage, adding brutal friction on top of the technical issues. Collectors want it for the lineage; few go back to play it by choice.