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Description
Haunted Castle is a 2D arcade platform game, part of the Castlevania game universe. It's the first game in the series for arcade machines.The game's main hero is once again Simon Belmont. He wants to rescue his wife Selena from Dracula. The gameplay is simple - Simon goes from left to right and fights against various enemies - skeletons, zombies, bats, and others.
Belmont has his trusty whip and can carry one sub-weapon, like bombs. Hearts are ammo, required to use any type of sub-weapon The game has 6 levels, every one ending with a boss fight.
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Alternate Titles
- "悪魔城ドラキュラ" -- Japanese spelling
- "アーケードアーカイブス 悪魔城ドラキュラ" -- Japanese PS4 / Switch spelling
- "Arcade Archives: Haunted Castle" -- PS4 / Switch title
- "Akumajō Dracula" -- Japanese title
Part of the Following Groups
- Arcade Archives series
- Castlevania / Akumajō Dracula series
- Fictional character: Count Dracula
- Theme: Vampires
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All Game Guide | Arcade | 1998 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
70 |
HonestGamers (Staff reviews only) | Arcade | Oct 03, 2006 | 4 out of 10 | 40 |
Nintendo Life | Nintendo Switch | Apr 04, 2021 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
30 |
Bad Game Hall of Fame | Arcade | Sep 01, 2017 | Unscored | Unscored |
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Arcade Credits (1 people)
Lead Artist:
Masaaki Kukino (uncredited)