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.

PROBABLY OBSOLETE: SEE CASTLEVANIA "PRINCE OF DARKNESS" HACK INSTEAD.

Horror of Dracula is a new version of Castlevania, quite respectful of the original game, but with some improvements:

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[li]New decors and new sprites for Simon and his enemies[/li]
[li]Fights against Medusa, Mummies and Dracula are now harder[/li]
[li]And some other little things![/li]
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In the .zip file, you'll find the patch in 3 difficulty levels.

DON'T FORGET TO SWITCH THE NTSC MODE "ON" FOR A BETTER GAME SPEED!

Hope you'll like it!

Castlevania (Europe).nes
CRC:A93527E2
SHA-1:0EA29D38B0D1740234DED685546D5ED9E1B3699E

Castlevania (USA).nes
CRC:0AC1AA8F
SHA-1:EE09B857C90916EDD92A20C463485A610B0A76FD