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Castlevania
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Count Dracula's dark presence has invited the heroic vampire hunter Simon Belmont, who must venture through six stages (filled with horrible monsters) with his trusty vampire-killing whip.
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Simon Says Whip It Good

Story- For centuries, the Belmont clan have been the direct response to the overwhelming threat of Dracula and his mysterious castle full of ghouls which resurfaces somewhat regularly to wreak havoc o… Read more

Simon Says "Whip It Good!"

Story- For centuries, the Belmont clan have been the direct response to the overwhelming threat of Dracula and his mysterious castle full of ghouls which resurfaces somewhat regularly to wreak havoc o… Read more

Still as hard as I remember.

Originally written 11-18-10 Taking place in 1691, Count Dracula is wreaking havoc with his minions. Simon Belmont, whose family has a long history in battling the vampire sets off on a quest to destro… Read more

An Early NES Classic

With a lot of publishers and their incoming games, it took a few years to truly develop something of substance. The early Famicom games would be mostly glorified golden-era arcade games, but after the… Read more

One of the best in the series, even to this day.

The Short Pros - Beautiful NES graphics with a strong art design - Killer soundtrack - Near-perfect level design that accommodates (intentional) control limitation - Holds up extremely well, even to t… Read more

Interplay With A Vampire

There's so much fan-service out there for Castlevania, and yet very little modern-day love in terms of sequels and/or remakes. This still remains the perfect Castlevania game, a side-scrolling wonder… Read more

Genesis of a classic franchise.

Castlevania came out in 1986 and was Konami’s entry into the platform style game with power-ups that was big on the Nintendo Entertainment System thanks in large part to Super Mario Bros. You control… Read more

An unrelenting classic

The storied reputation of the Castlevania franchise is no doubt partly due to the solid foundation of its initial installment. Konami's Castlevania for the NES went beyond just establishing franchise… Read more

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