Castlevania

Castlevania, known in Japan as Akumajō Dracula, is a 1986 platform game developed and published by Konami. It was originally released in Japan for the Famicom Disk System in September 1986, before being ported to cartridge format and released in North America for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in 1987 and in Europe in 1988. It was also re-issued for the Family Computer in cartridge format in 1993. It is the first installment in the Castlevania series. Players control Simon Belmont, descendant of a legendary vampire hunter, who enters the castle of Count Dracula to destroy him when he suddenly reappears 100 years after Simon's ancestor vanquished him. Castlevania was developed in tandem with Konami's MSX2 game Vampire Killer, which was released a month later and uses the same premise, characters and settings, but features different gameplay mechanics. It was followed by a sequel, Castlevania II: Simon's Quest, and a prequel, Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse, both of which were also released for the NES. Super Castlevania IV was released in 1991 for the Super NES and follows the same story. A remake for the X68000 was released in 1993, and was later re-released for the PlayStation as Castlevania Chronicles in 2001. Castlevania was a commercial success, received widespread acclaim and considered as one of the greatest video games ever made.

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Developer

Konami

Publisher

Konami

First release

September 26, 1986

Series

Castlevania

Cover

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Record ID

Q1043375