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    Castlevania

    Game » consists of 16 releases. Released Sep 26, 1986

    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.

    glockstararmani's Castlevania (Nintendo Entertainment System) review

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    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 of creepy castles, scary monsters, eerie ghosts, bloodthirsty bats, and terrifying pork chops. This is one of the mack-daddies, folks. If all of the best and brightest NES games took human form, founded a shadowy political council, and plotted to take over the world, then Castlevania would probably be, like, the treasurer, or something. Maybe even a senator. And the music? Splendidly scary. Being genuinely afraid of Dracula is totally understandable.

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