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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.
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.
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]
Castlevania was developed in tandem with the MSX2 game Vampire Killer, which was released a month later and uses the same characters and setting, but features different gameplay mechanics. It was followed by a sequel, Castlevania II: Simon's Quest, and a prequel, Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse, both of which were also released for the NES.
In 1691, Simon Belmont kills Count Dracula in an event that is retold in multiple games (Castlevania, Vampire Killer, Haunted Castle, Super Castlevania IV, and Castlevania Chronicles). [1] [2] By the events of Castlevania II: Simon's Quest, the now deceased Dracula has placed a curse on Simon and all of Transylvania. Simon breaks the curse by ...
Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse is the third installment in the Castlevania video game series. It is a prequel to the original game, set a few centuries before its events. The game's protagonist is Trevor Belmont, an ancestor of Simon.
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 II: Simon's Quest; Super Castlevania IV; Castlevania: Symphony of the Night; V. Vampire Killer This page was last edited on 10 December 2024, at 08:13 ...