Every hundred years, the dark vampire known as Dracula resurrects and terrorizes the land. A vampire hunter named Simon Belmont bravely ventures into the Count's mansion in order to defeat him. Along the way he'll have to defeat skeletons, bats, fishmen, medusa heads and other evil creatures.

Castlevania is a side-scrolling platform action game. The player takes the role of Simon Belmont, who is able to jump and crack his whip directly in front of him. Power-ups can be obtained by defeating enemies or by whipping candles that appear in the castle. At the end of each section of the castle is a boss, which must be defeated. Progression through the castle eventually leads to a confrontation with Count Dracula himself.

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Alternative Titles

Akumajou Dracula, 悪魔城ドラキュラ

Platform

Nintendo NES

Developer(s)

Konami

Publishers(s)

Konami

Genres(s)

Action, Platformer

NA Release Date

May 1, 1987

JP Release Date

Feburary 5, 1993

EU Release Date

December 19, 1988

MVGL User Score

7.4 by 554 user(s)

MVGL Difficulty

2.8333

Composer(s)

Kinuyo Yamashita, Satoe Terashima

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797 User(s)

This game also exists on:
Nintendo Gameboy Advance MSX Sharp X68000 Amiga Commodore 64 PC Nintendo Wii Nintendo Wii U Nintendo 3DS PlayStation 4 Xbox One Nintendo Switch Famicom Disk System Xbox Series X/S PlayStation 5

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