Akumajô Dorakyura

When I was growing up, Pizza Hut had the arcade version of this and it was actually pretty fun to be able to sit down at the table and play a version of this with slightly better graphics as you waited for your parents to order.

But... nostalgia aside, it was a Gothic and moody side scroller that did a good job of playing to the horror vibe, right down to the music (which was impressive for 80s NES fair).

It almost felt like you were in a horror film.

Castlevania was one of the first, and best, games released on the old NES system.

The story is pretty simple: You're Simon Belmont, vampire hunter. That jerk the Count has kidnaped your girlfriend, Sophia, and it's up to you to save her before the Count makes her into a snack. Armed with a variety of whips and other magic items (stakes, garlic, holy water, diamonds...) you must fight your way though the armies of zombies, ghouls, bats, hunchbacks, werewolves, Frankinstiens and other monsters that serve the Count.

Once you've made in though that you get to go man-to-monster with the main man himself. Can you put the Count down for the count?

Okay, enough. The fact is that Castlevania was one of the best video games of the 80s. It was challenging, fun and for the time had great graphics. But best off all was the music. I still remember the awesome Castlevania theme. It just rocked! The perfect music to go along with kicking some vampire butt!

Castlevania is a platform game where you go through various parts of Dracula's castle fighting a variety of monsters. Your main weapon is a special kind of whip called the Vampire Killer although you can find secondary weapons from killing enemies or whipping candles, using them gets rid of the hearts you collect so you can't keep over using them unless you have a load of hearts collected. The boss fights can be very challenging so you need to keep a lot of health and dodge their attacks.

The levels get more difficult as you progress through the game, you have harder monsters or more monsters to fight, tougher platforming sections and harder bosses. But that's what makes it fun because it's a challenge to play and if you get a game over you want to try again.

Castlevania is a great classic on the NES that should be played. 10/10

Castelvania is one of the most different adventure video games! The characters, the action, and the sure thrill of adventure makes this game a fun non-stop playing time! Below is a brief look how I think the game is!

Game Play: The game play is very good. There is really basic controls here and is easy to perform. Novice gamers should have a good time here!

Graphics: The graphics are wonderful especially for the first Nintendo. The backgrounds are really beautiful!

Difficulty: The game is easy but as it goes on you find out that it will become more difficult!

Music: The music is great! Just fantastic catchy tunes through out the game! In My opinion its some of the best music ever in a video game!

Sound: The sound is great. Nuff said!

Overall: I have always loved Castelvania! If you like excellent adventure games that has Dracula, Werewolves, Ghosts, and more then I strongly recommend you play this game!

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This is one fun game and i still play it today. Holds it's replay value very well. This was the first game that i bought when i just got my drivers license and i was able to drive myself to the store to buy it lol. When i got home with it i stayed up all night playing it.

Everything about this game hooked me. The music is what stood out at first, i still find myself huming it today. The game play was fun and the first level is easy once you get used to it. Then they get progressively harder, the last level took me forever to beat. But wow what a game. I found myself at times screaming and throwing the controller down to the ground but then would come back with a vengeance to beat the level.

This is in my top ten games of all time. My kids, who were not born until 15 years after this game came out, love to play it as well. I really enjoy this style of play compared to the new CGI overload games and movies of today.