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Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night This spiritual sequel to Castlevania developed by Koji Igarashi lets players enter a "1986 Mode", which makes the game's controls more similar to the more-difficult Castlevania series, by entering the Konami Code at a menu screen. [27] Ultrakill Unlocks a cheat menu, with cheats bound to keyboard commands. [28]
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night [a] is a 1997 action role-playing game developed and published by Konami for the PlayStation and Sega Saturn. [3] It was directed and produced by Toru Hagihara, with Koji Igarashi acting as assistant director. It is a direct sequel to Castlevania: Rondo of Blood, taking place four years later.
Castlevania (/ ˌ k æ s əl ˈ v eɪ n i ə /), known in Japan as Akumajō Dracula, [a] [2] is a gothic horror action-adventure video game series and media franchise created by Konami.The series is largely set in the castle of Count Dracula, the arch-enemy of the Belmont clan of vampire hunters.
Originally announced as a Castlevania entry for the Sega 32X, the platform's short lifespan lead to a shift to the Saturn and PlayStation platforms instead. The game was eventually cancelled, but some content was reworked into Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, which was released on Saturn in 1998 in Japan and PlayStation worldwide. [19] [20] [12]
Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia was awarded Best Nintendo DS Game by GameTrailers in their 2008 video game awards. [29] It was also awarded the Best Platform Game for the Nintendo DS from IGN. [30] It was also nominated for several other Nintendo DS-specific awards, including Best Graphics Technology, [31] Best Original Score [32] and Game of ...
Metroidvania [a] is a sub-genre of action-adventure games and/or platformers focused on guided non-linearity and utility-gated exploration and progression. The term is a partial blend of the names of the video game series Metroid and Castlevania, based on the template from Metroid (1986), Castlevania II (1987), Super Metroid (1994), and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (1997).
2024 – PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Microsoft Windows and Nintendo Switch Notes: A compilation of three Nintendo DS titles, including Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin and Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia, plus the arcade game Haunted Castle and a remake of it titled Haunted Castle Revisited. Developed by M2.
There are also unofficial ports and demakes of games from other home consoles and handhelds made for the Game Boy, some examples are a demake of the PlayStation game Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, [24] a port of the infamous Philips CD-i game Zelda’s Adventure, [25] [26] and a port of Stunt Race FX for the Game Boy. [27] [28]