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Logo of the Castlevania series. Castlevania is a video game series created and published by Konami. The series debuted in Japan on September 26, 1986, with Akumajō Dracula (悪魔城ドラキュラ, Akumajō Dorakyura, lit. "Demon Castle Dracula"), which was later released as Castlevania in the United States (May 1, 1987) and PAL (December 19 ...
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.
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.
In 2018, Complex listed the game 13th on their "The Best Super Nintendo Games of All Time", writing: "Next to Symphony of the Night, this is the best Castlevania game of all time. The control is perfect, the progression is perfect, and even the ramping up of the difficulty is flawless, as it gets difficult in all the right spots.
The category is specifically for the Castlevania video games themselves. Articles on aspects of the Castlevania games and universe go into Category:Castlevania.
In Japan, Game Machine listed Haunted Castle on their April 1, 1988, issue as being the sixth most popular arcade game at the time. [16] Time Extension placed Haunted Castle last on its list of ranked Castlevania games. It was described that "It starts off well enough; the sprites are nice and large (a fact that makes it hard to avoid danger ...
Castlevania: Lament of Innocence [a] [b] is a 2003 action-adventure game developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo and published by Konami for the PlayStation 2 console. . Part of Konami's Castlevania video game series, it is the first installment of the series on the PlayStation 2 and the third to make use of a 3D style of gamepl
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow [a] is a 2003 action role-playing game developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo and published by Konami for the Game Boy Advance. It is the third Castlevania game for the Game Boy Advance. Producer Koji Igarashi, who had led the production teams for previous Castlevania games, led Aria of Sorrow ' s ...