Castlevania

Description

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 taking the role of Simon Belmont 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. One such power-up increases the power and length of Simon's whip. Different weapons can be gathered which consume hearts when used, these hearts can also be collected from monsters and candles. Additionally, some walls will hide secrets such as the health-restorative turkey or the Double and Triple shot abilities for the weapons Simon has collected. 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.

Alternate Titles

• "悪魔城ドラキュラ" -- Japanese spelling
• "Castle Vania" -- Brazilian CCE's Top Game title
• "Akumajo Dracula" -- Japanese title

Part of the Following Groups

• Castlevania / Akumajō Dracula series
• Famicom Mini series
• Games made into TV series
• Vampire-inspired games

Merchant Title Platform Price   Classic NES Series: Castlevania Game Boy Advance $7.84   Castlevania NES     Classic NES Series: Castlevania Game Boy Advance $7.84   Castlevania     Please select your country: United States Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Canada Chile China Colombia Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Ireland Israel Italy Japan Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Malaysia Malta Mexico The Netherlands New Zealand Norway Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Russia Saudi Arabia Serbia Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Korea Spain Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Thailand Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Uruguay Other Worldwide Not an American user?

User Reviews

Just leave it to Simon Belmont, vampire hunter!	NES	Adzuken (169)
Hurts So Good	NES	TheoryOfChaos (55)
The whip-wielding franchise-starter	NES	Multimedia Mike (15945)
its you versus the count in a thrilling duel to the death!	NES	benjamin grimes (10)
Whip it good, this is an excellent action/adventure(?) game for the NES!	NES	OlSkool_Gamer (101)
This port could have been much better...	Amiga	Jon Ralston (115)
Not scary, not original, not fun, not good, very bad.	DOS	Jim Fun (226)

The Press Says

Just Games Retro	NES	Oct 22, 2006	86 out of 100	86
Lens of Truth	NES	Apr 26, 2009	8 out of 10	80
HonestGamers	NES	Dec 31, 2003	8 out of 10	80
Nintendojo	Game Boy Advance	2004	8 out of 10	80
IGN	Game Boy Advance	Oct 26, 2004	8 out of 10	80
The Video Game Critic	NES	Dec 06, 2004	B	75
FileFactory Games / Gameworld Network	Wii	May 03, 2007	70 out of 100	70
Abandonia	DOS	Jan 14, 2005	3 out of 5	60
1UP	Game Boy Advance	Nov 03, 2004	C+	58
The Good Old Days	DOS	May 19, 2006	3 out of 6	50

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Trivia

The Game Boy Advance version of the game has some different names for certain items and characters. For instance:

* Count Dracula is now simply called "The Count".

* The Holy Water item called "Fire Bomb" in the manual.

* The Vampire Killer (Simon's whip) is now called a "Magic Whip".

* Even though the game takes place in Transylvania, there is no mention of this anywhere in the game or the manual.

* There is also no mention of the hero's name, Simon Belmont.