Haunted Castle
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Haunted Castle is a 2D arcade platform game, part of the Castlevania game universe. It's the first game in the series for arcade machines.
The game's main hero is once again Simon Belmont. He wants to rescue his wife Selena from Dracula. The gameplay is simple - Simon goes from left to right and fights against various enemies - skeletons, zombies, bats, and others.
Belmont has his trusty whip and can carry one sub-weapon, like bombs. Hearts are ammo, required to use any type of sub-weapon The game has 6 levels, every one ending with a boss fight.
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- アーケードアーカイブス 悪魔城ドラキュラ - Japanese PS4 / Switch spelling
- 悪魔城ドラキュラ - Japanese spelling
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Average score: 47% (based on 3 ratings)
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Average score: 2.7 out of 5 (based on 20 ratings with 1 reviews)
Haunted Castle/Akumajou Dracula review
The Good
The art is striking in general. Everything is extremely detailed, and it adds atmosphere to what would otherwise be an average game.
The Bad
It's way too hard. Even at the easiest setting, this is brutal. And not in a fair way. This game legitimately cheats. I don't mean that in the way like "Oh, it's so hard, it's almost like cheating", I mean, this game was designed to eat coins at arcades. It's borderline unfun.
The Bottom Line
It's a watered down NES Castlevania except for the graphics, which are extremely good for 1988. Don't seek this game out, it adds little value to the series.
Arcade · by subsonick · 2024
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Game added by 666gonzo666.
PlayStation 4 added by mars_rulez. Nintendo Switch added by Rik Hideto.
Additional contributors: Alaka, GTramp, Rik Hideto.
Game added January 23, 2014. Last modified September 8, 2024.