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.

This hack changes the color emphasis to a dark color palette. The game is otherwise the same as the original.

No-Intro Name: Castlevania (USA) (Rev A)
(No-Intro version 20130731-235630)
File SHA-1: 7A20C44F302FB2F1B7ADFFA6B619E3E1CAE7B546
ROM SHA-1: 3DCB69A8C861C041AEB56C04E39ADF6D332EDA3A
Patched File SHA-1: B76E41505A25637A668E70AC2E999A4D4E116D82
Patched ROM SHA-1: 19D5729DBD479D4209C914F68FF57612E94E5B82