Castlevania
Castlevania is a
video game that was developed by
Konami and was first published for the
NES game console in 1987.
The player plays vampire hunter Simon Belmont as he enters Dracula's castle where he battles other memorable characters like
Medusa's head,
Frankenstein, and
Igor until the final battle with
Dracula himself.
An earlier version of Castlevania appeared on the MSX Personal Computer in 1986 called Vampire Killer. Since then there have been many sequels on various game system platforms. The Castlevania franchise has graced the MSX, NES, Gameboy, SNES, PC Engine, X68000, Sega Genesis, PlayStation, N64, Gameboy Advance, and PlayStation 2.
Castlevania Game List
- According to the chronological order of production and release by Konami
- Vampire Killer (MSX - 1986)
- Haunted Castle (Arcade - 1986)
- Castlevania (NES - 1987)
- Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (NES - 1988)
- Castlevania Adventure (Gameboy - 1989)
- Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse (NES - 1990)
- Super Castlevania IV (SNES - 1991)
- Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge (Gameboy - 1991)
- Dracula X: The Rondo of Blood (Japan only PC Engine - 1993)
- Akumajo Dracula X68000 (Japan only X68000 - 1993)
- Castlevania: Bloodlines (Sega Genesis - 1994)
- Castlevania: Dracula X (SNES - 1995)
- Castlevania: Symphony of The Night (PlayStation, Sega Saturn - 1997)
- Castlevania Legends (Gameboy - 1998)
- Castlevania 64 (N64 - 1999)
- Castlevania 64: Legacy of Darkness (N64 - 1999)
- Castlevania: Circle of the Moon (Gameboy Advance - 2001)
- Castlevania Chronicles (Playstation - 2001)
- Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (Gameboy Advance - 2002)
- Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (Gameboy Advance - 2003)
- Castlevania: Lament of Innocence (Playstation 2 - 2003, released in Japan as Castlevania)
- According to the chronological order of the storyline of the Castlevania series and the year the game was chronologically set in (based on the storyline page of Castlevania Dungeon Web Site):
- Castlevania: Lament of Innocence (1094)
- Castlevania Legends (1450)
- Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse (1476)
- Castlevania Adventure (1576)
- Castlevania Adventure II: Belmont's Revenge (1591)
- Vampire Killer, Haunted Castle, Castlevania, Akumajo Dracula X68000, Castlevania Chronicles, and Super Castlevania IV (all known as Akumajou Dracula in Japan) (1691)
- Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (1698)
- Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (1748)
- Dracula X: Rondo of Blood, and Castlevania Dracula X (1792)
- Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (1797)
- Castlevania: Circle of the Moon (1830)
- Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness (1844)
- Castlevania 64 (1852)
- Castlevania: Bloodlines (1914)
- Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (2035)
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