Castlevania
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Game Title:Castlevania
System:Nintendo NES
Players:1 Player
Genre:Action/Platform
Developer(s):Konami
Release Date(s):1986
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Castlevania is an action-platform video game developed and published by Konami, and released on the Nintendo Entertainment System in Europe in 1988.
The game takes place in the year 1691 where you take control of Simon Belmontwho who is tasked with defeating the vampire Dracula. Castlevania is often considered to be one of the best games on the NES. It has received critical acclaim ever since its original release. It sold impressively and is considered a NES classic by various sources including this one! As you take control of Simon Belmont, he travels through Count Dracula's castle, which emerges every 100 years. Simon battles numerous bosses along his way, including Frankenstein, Igor, the Mummy Man, the Phantom Bat, Queen Medusa, the Grim Reaper, and Count Dracula himself. The fantastic conclusion to the game is when Simon encounters Dracula in his lair for the final dreaded battle!. You then have to defeat Dracula and escape the castle as it crumbles to the ground.
Castlevania uses platform gameplay and gives Simon a Magic Whip to use as his standard method of combat as well as move and jump. Simon has a life meter and begins with three lives. When his life meter is depleted or he falls into a pit, he will lose a life. Once he loses all lives, he begins at the beginning of the block of stages players are in (of which there are 6). Players can replenish health by finding hidden meat in the walls and can gain a new life by gaining a certain number of points (which are gained by defeating enemies, picking up money bags, and completing a block). Simon can find items called sub-weapons that have different uses. The Knife can reach across the screen; the Holy Water can attack lower enemies and freeze them; the Axe can attack enemies in the air; the Cross goes for a time and returns to Simon; and the Stop Watch stops certain enemies for a short period of time. Players can only carry one item at a time and lose the item when they die. Whenever an item is used, it costs hearts. All items use only one heart except for the Stop Watch which uses five. Players may find items by defeating enemies or breaking candles. These items can include hearts, money bags, whip strength/length upgrades, and sub-weapons.
And the Verdict is...
This is a great game! Great graphics, super sounds, large array of levels escalating in difficulty, fantastic gameplay, large choice of weapons, various bosses.. This has everything a 8-Bit Platformer should have. A must play!. |