I remember when I first got this game - when it first came out when I was a junior in high school.  I played this game all night and called in sick for work over Christmas break to keep playing.  This is undoubtably best game I've ever played in my life, and I doubt that anyone has the brains to follow it up in a similar style.  I mean, at least Capcom had the brains to follow up with millions of Mega Man sequels that were all alike, but all of the subsequent Castlevania sequels after "Symphony" just are nothing like it.  The "64" versions totally suck compared to it.  Oh well, I guess I'd better find another copy of this disc before I get it scratched so many times that its unplayable.  If you haven't played it, buy it.  Otherwise, you are losing the best video game experience that you will ever have. (Runners up for best games of my life:  Secret (not legend) of Mana, Chrono Trigger (not Cross), Time Crisis (distant 4th, but still excellente))