This continued with the first handheld Game Boy entry, Castlevania: The Adventure and the NES sequel, Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse, both released in 1989. Castlevania 's first arcade game, Haunted Castle (1988), returned to the linear platforming gameplay of the original. Following that year, in 1987, Castlevania II: Simon's Quest further departed from the standard platforming genre of the first Castlevania for a game more similar to the nonlinear gameplay of Metroid, with several role-playing elements such as a world map which the player is free to explore and revisit.
Also released in 1986 was Vampire Killer for the MSX home computer, which played significantly differently from the original Castlevania, where players had to search for the exit before they could proceed to the next stage. It has been ported to many platforms, such as the NES Classic Edition. A 2D sidescrolling action game where the player progresses through six stages, many principal features of the Castlevania series originated with it. The first console title, Castlevania, was released on the Famicom Disk System in 1986 and in North America in 1987 on the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). Most Castlevania titles have been released in Japan, North America, Europe and Australia on various video game consoles, personal computers (PC) and mobile phones, with additional remakes and re-releases. Games Ĭastlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate Ĭastlevania is one of Konami's most successful and prominent franchises several of its entries are ranked among the best video games ever made. 2010 saw the release of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, a 3D action-adventure reboot of the series developed by MercurySteam and Kojima Productions. Several installments later adopted Symphony of the Night 's gameplay, and along with Super Metroid, it has popularized the Metroidvania genre. Originally released for the PlayStation, it returned to the nonlinear gameplay seen in Castlevania II: Simon's Quest, which introduced role-playing elements and exploration.
The first entry and the majority of its sequels are side-scrolling action platformers, and were succeeded by the 1997 game, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. It debuted with 1986's Castlevania for the Nintendo Family Computer Disk System. Ĭastlevania is largely set in the eponymous castle of Count Dracula, the main antagonist of the Belmont clan of vampire hunters. The franchise has expanded into several spin-off video games and other media, including comic books and an animated television series. It has been released on various platforms, from early systems to modern consoles, as well as handheld devices such as mobile phones. Castlevania ( / ˌ k æ s əl ˈ v eɪ n i ə/), known in Japan as Akumajō Dracula, is a gothic horror action-adventure video game series and media franchise about Dracula, created and developed by Konami.
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