Castlevania

Original title: Akumajô Dorakyura

Video Game
1986
E

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Dark Fantasy Supernatural Horror Vampire Horror Action Adventure Fantasy Horror

In 1691, Simon Belmont, descendant of a legendary vampire hunter, enters the castle of Count Dracula to destroy him when he suddenly reappears hundred years after Simon's ancestor vanquished... Read allIn 1691, Simon Belmont, descendant of a legendary vampire hunter, enters the castle of Count Dracula to destroy him when he suddenly reappears hundred years after Simon's ancestor vanquished him.In 1691, Simon Belmont, descendant of a legendary vampire hunter, enters the castle of Count Dracula to destroy him when he suddenly reappears hundred years after Simon's ancestor vanquished him.

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- Hitoshi Akamatsu
Writer
- Hitoshi Akamatsu

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7.8/10

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Director
- Hitoshi Akamatsu
Writer
- Hitoshi Akamatsu

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
After defeating Dracula and watching the castle crumble, the credits roll. Instead of traditional credits, the names are slight alterations of fames horror celebrities including: Terence Fisher (displayed as: Trans Fishers) Bram Stoker (Vran Stoker) Christoper Lee (Christopher Bee) Bela Lugosi (Belo Lugosi) Boris Karloff (Boris Karloffice) Lon Chaney (Love Chaney) Lon Chaney Jr (Love Chaney, Jr.) Barbara Shelley (Barber Sherry) Max Schreck (Max Schrecks) Glenn Strange (Green Stranger) Andre Morell (Andre Moral) John Carradine (John Candy)

Goofs
The hero Simon's last name is spelled "Belmondo" in the end credits. In all subsequent games it is changed to Belmont in the United States. In Japan, the last name is kept as Berumondo, which is the transliteration of Belmondo.

Crazy credits
Screenplay: Vram Stoker instead of Bram Stoker Dracula: Christopher Bee

Alternate versions
There were two initial versions of Akumajô Dracula released in 1987: a Famicom Disk System version and an MSX version. The original Famicom version is a more action-oriented game, where the player can acquired power-ups to enemies and can clear stages by simply going from point A to point B. On the other hand, the MSX version is more of an exploration game, requiring player to find keys to clear stages and having to purchase their power-ups from merchants. The level designs and some of the enemies are different as well. The MSX version uses the same sprites as the Famicom version (with more colors), but with different backgrounds. In Europe, the MSX version was released as "Vampire Killer" and most people often erronously believed that it was made first due to the later copyright date in the localized NES version (Castlevania).

Connections
Edited into Konami Collector's Series: Castlevania & Contra (2002)

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10/10

A classic NES game

Castlevania is a platform game where you go through various parts of Dracula's castle fighting a variety of monsters. Your main weapon is a special kind of whip called the Vampire Killer although you can find secondary weapons from killing enemies or whipping candles, using them gets rid of the hearts you collect so you can't keep over using them unless you have a load of hearts collected. The boss fights can be very challenging so you need to keep a lot of health and dodge their attacks.

The levels get more difficult as you progress through the game, you have harder monsters or more monsters to fight, tougher platforming sections and harder bosses. But that's what makes it fun because it's a challenge to play and if you get a game over you want to try again.

Castlevania is a great classic on the NES that should be played. 10/10