Castlevania is an action platformer for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Known in Japan as Akumajou Dracula ("Demon Castle Dracula"), this game is about a clan of vampire hunters known as the Belmonts hunting down and killing Dracula himself.

You play as Simon Belmont, and fight your way through Dracula's castle (known in English as "Castlevania", a portmanteau of Castle and Transylvania, har har). You have many weapons at your disposal. Your main weapon, the Vampire Killer whip has somehow been passed down through the Belmont clan for generations. You can get power ups for that (essentially changing it from a leather whip, to a short chain, and longer chain whip). You also have many sub-weapons, which require hearts to use. These include a knife, throwing axe, holy water, cross boomerang and stopwatch (which freezes all enemies on screen). You can only throw one of these in a certain period of time, unless you get the "II" and "III" powerups.

The Castlevania Alternate Version is inspired on the original game for the NES with new graphics and music ( mostly done - and authorized - by xXbelmontXx and Optomon ), used on their hack: "Castlevania 5" ( https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/3700/ ).

The idea behind this project is to use a very different Castlevania adventure and bring it back to its origins, keeping most of the same structure and levels of the first title with a completely different feel to it. Not only on the aesthetic and audio department but also providing certain changes and new challenges to the stages like:

. New secrets and passages;

. Different number and position of certain enemies;

. Hidden treasure of the third level now accessible;

. New design, demanding new strategies on certain areas;

. Fewer candles and modified content of some of them;

. A few unnecessary breakable blocks removed or moved to a better place;

. New hidden points and bonus;

....and more...


VIDEO SHOWCASING THE GAMEPLAY (version 1.0):

https://youtu.be/0sC7v0mGy-Q

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UPDATE 2.0

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. Many new graphics and details added;

. New traps included to some stages;

. A few more enemies placed and better positioned;

. Some unnecessary candles removed;

. Bug fixes for a better overall playing experience.

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