Castlevania

Eight centuries and one castle. The Belmont family's endless war, in eight unforgettable chapters.

12 games in this room

Vampire Killer has been arranged for orchestras, metal bands, and jazz. Konami wrote it for an 8-bit disk drive. Castlevania Uncommon

Family Computer Disk System

Castlevania

悪魔城ドラキュラ

Action-platform · 1986

Castlevania (Akumajo Dracula, 1986) is the first entry in Konami's gothic action-platformer series. Simon Belmont enters…

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Bloody Tears became the most reused track in the franchise. Castlevania II (1987, Famicom) — open world, day-night cycle, the Uncommon

Family Computer Disk System

Castlevania II: Simon's Quest

悪魔城ドラキュラII 呪いの封印

Action RPG / Platformer · 1987

Castlevania II: Simon's Quest, released on the Famicom Disk System in August 1987, broke sharply from the original Castl…

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Its programmer said it was not good. Castlevania: The Adventure (1989, Game Boy) sold nine million dollars and launched a twe Uncommon

Game Boy

Castlevania: The Adventure

ドラキュラ伝説

Action / Platform · 1989

Castlevania: The Adventure is the first Castlevania game released on a handheld console, launching approximately six mon…

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Alucard debuted here, then vanished for eight years. Castlevania III (1989, Famicom) — branching paths, four characters, VRC6

Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse

悪魔城伝説

Action-Platform · 1989

Released in 1989, Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse is the prequel to the original Castlevania, following Trevor Belmont …

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Konami banned real names in credits — the director used a pseudonym. Super Castlevania IV (Super Famicom, 1991) launched on H

Super Famicom / SNES

Super Castlevania IV

悪魔城ドラキュラ

Action Platformer · 1991

Released on Halloween 1991, Super Castlevania IV was a stunning showcase of what the Super Famicom could do. Eight-direc…

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Christopher Belmont had already beaten Dracula. Belmont's Revenge (1991, Game Boy) brought him back to rescue his own son, wh

Game Boy

Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge

悪魔城ドラキュラ 漆黒たる前奏曲

Action / Platformer · 1991

Released in 1991, Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge is the second Castlevania game on Game Boy — and a transformation ra…

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Japan-only until 2007. Rondo of Blood (PC Engine, 1993) — Konami's direct prequel to Symphony of the Night, with CD voice act Uncommon

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Castlevania: Rondo of Blood

悪魔城ドラキュラX 血の輪廻

Action Platformer · 1993

Released in 1993 exclusively in Japan, Rondo of Blood is widely regarded as the finest game in the classic Castlevania s…

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Galamoth, the villain invented for this GB parody (1993), later appeared as a boss in Symphony of the Night. Konami chibi Cas Uncommon

Game Boy

Kid Dracula

悪魔城すぺしゃる ぼくドラキュラくん

Platform / Action · 1993

Kid Dracula (1993) is a charming chibi spin-off of the Castlevania series for Game Boy, starring a comically small and b…

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Michiru Yamane debuted here, three years before Symphony of the Night. Bloodlines (1994, Mega Drive) — the only mainline Cast Uncommon

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

Castlevania: Bloodlines

ヴァンパイアキラー

Action / Platformer · 1994

Castlevania: Bloodlines — known in Japan as Vampire Killer and in Europe as Castlevania: The New Generation — is the 199…

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The game that named a genre: Metroidvania. Symphony of the Night (1997, Konami) — IGA took over mid-production. Japan PS1 has Uncommon

PlayStation

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

悪魔城ドラキュラX 月下の夜想曲

アクションRPG · 1997

Released on March 20, 1997, Symphony of the Night transformed the Castlevania series by fusing the exploration-heavy des…

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Koji Igarashi erased Sonia Belmont and never reinstated her. Castlevania Legends (Game Boy, 1997) — good ending shows she had Uncommon

Game Boy

Castlevania Legends

悪魔城ドラキュラ 漆黒たる前奏曲

Action-Platformer · 1997

Castlevania Legends (1997) is the third and final Game Boy entry in the Castlevania series, and the first to star a fema…

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North America got it two months before Japan — unusual for Konami. Castlevania (1999, N64) — the series first 3D entry. Two p Uncommon

Nintendo 64

Castlevania

悪魔城ドラキュラ 黙示録

Action Adventure · 1999

Castlevania (1999), known as Akumajō Dracula Mokushiroku in Japan, was the Castlevania series' first full leap into 3D —…

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