Everyone
ESRB Rating
Genre
Perspective
Non-Sport
67
MobyRank
100 point score based on reviews from various critics.
4.1
MobyScore
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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
  • "Demon Castle Dracula's" -- Translated Japanese Title
  • "Castle Vania" -- Brazilian CCE's Top Game Title
  • "Akumajo Dracula" -- Japanese Title

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The Press Says

IGN Oct 26, 2004 8 out of 10 80
Nintendojo 2004 8 out of 10 80
GameSpot Oct 28, 2004 7.4 out of 10 74
Jeuxvideo.com Jan 13, 2005 12 out of 20 60
1UP Nov 03, 2004 C+ 58
Armchair Empire, The Jan 09, 2005 5 out of 10 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.


This entry was contributed by Luiz Pacheco (1259), PCGamer77 Bronze Star Contributing Member (3051), gamewarrior (5127) and Black Wolf (37274)
 

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