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The player-character Simon can buy items and talk to villagers for clues. Gameplay in Castlevania II: Simon's Quest departs from the platforming genre of the first Castlevania, and introduces nonlinear gameplay and role-playing elements inspired by The Maze of Galious (1987), including a world map which the player is free to explore and revisit.
The first Player's Guide was simply named The Official Nintendo Player's Guide, featuring dozens of different NES games. The following 22 games were covered in depth, with enemy descriptions, level maps, and strategy tips.
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.
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).
Castlevania, known in Japan as Akumajō Dracula, [a] [6] is a 1986 action-platform game developed and published by Konami.It was originally released in Japan for the Famicom Disk System in September 1986, [7] before being ported to cartridge format and released in North America for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in 1987 and in Europe in 1988.
The compilation includes the NES versions of Castlevania, Castlevania II: Simon's Quest, and Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse along with Contra and Super C; Jackal is also on the CD. It was released digitally on GOG.com in September 2020. [104]
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