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 world was taken over by evil forces after a portal was opened in a ritual inside an old castle, releasing several female demonic creatures. To free herself all humanity from having her mind and dominated by filthy forces, Tacira, a beautiful young woman will have to go to the castle where the ritual place took and destroy all the creatures and thus close the portal.

All level design and much of the game design has been changed, in addition to the following changes:

* Modified songs.
* A sword instead of a whip.
* No freezing bugs. The game does not crash when picking up an invincibility potion and walking through a door, and you will not be pushed in underground into a glitch area.
* Knockback has been softened while standing or crouching on the platform, preventing unnecessary falls into holes. But if an enemy hits you while you're in the air, you can still suffer the consequences.
* There are no extra lives when starting the game.
* Money bags are worth 10 times as much.
* Secret passages and traps.
* You will not take shortcuts to the upper platform when being hit by an enemy.
* Player damage has been modified. Flying enemies deal 2 damage, sometimes 3. Projectiles deal 3 damage, and touching an enemy does 1 damage.
* Longer invincibility time.
* Timer more slow.
* Modified character voice.

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