Castlevania (1986 video game)
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Castlevania, known in Japan as Akumajō Dracula,[lower-alpha 1][6] is a 1986 platform game developed and published by Konami for the Family Computer Disk System. It was originally released in Japan in September 1986,[7] before being ported to cartridge format and released in North America for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in May 1987 and in Europe in 1988. It was also re-issued for the Family Computer in cartridge format in 1993. It is the first game in Konami's Castlevania video game series.
Castlevania | |
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Developer(s) | Konami |
Publisher(s) | Konami |
Director(s) | Hitoshi Akamatsu |
Producer(s) | Akihiko Nagata |
Designer(s) | Akihiko Nagata |
Programmer(s) | Nobuhiro Matsuoka |
Artist(s) | Noriyasu Togakushi |
Composer(s) | Kinuyo Yamashita[1][2] Satoe Terashima[1] |
Series | Castlevania |
Platform(s) | Family Computer Disk System, NES/Famicom, Arcade, C64, Amiga, MS-DOS, Mobile phone, Game Boy Advance, Windows |
Release | September 26, 1986 |
Genre(s) | Platform |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
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.[8] Castlevania was developed in tandem with the MSX2 game Vampire Killer, which was released a month later and uses the same characters and setting, 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 Sharp X68000 home computer was released in 1993, and was later re-released for the PlayStation as Castlevania Chronicles in 2001.
Castlevania was a financial success and received widespread acclaim. It is considered an NES classic by PC World,[citation needed] while Nintendo Power and Game Informer both ranked it in their lists of the best video games ever made.[citation needed]