044 · CASTLEVANIA
Dracula awaits in a massive castle that is just one bad knock back away from plummeting to your death. Are you the vampire killer? For more NEStalgia as well as show notes, articles, and more check out www.NEStalgiacast.com
Show notes
- "During the middle ages, there was once a peaceful country named Transylvania in Europe. A country which is associated with the legend of
- Dracula.
- 'Once in a hundred, the power of Christ is weakened by man filled with evil in their hearts, praying for the ressurection of Dracula, the prince
- of darkness. And with each ressurection, he becomes more powerful than ever'
- The last time Dracula was brought back into this world, the entire world was covered in darkness. With world of darkness now controlled by
- Dracula's ambitions, a hero named Christopher Belmont set out to defeat him. Christopher defeated Dracula and peace returned to the
- countryside of Transylvania, at least for another hundred years.
- One easter night, the village was celebrating the ressurection of Christ with a grand carnival. Meanwhile, outside the village, at the abandoned
- ruins of a monastery, a group of paganists were conducting a black mass, a ritual where human blood is poured into the remains of Count
- Dracula in order to bring him back to life. A dark thunderstorm covered the entire village and the monastery was strucked by lightning. Dracula,
- the prince of darkness has returned!
- A young man named Simon, the descendant of the Belmont clan, has come forth to help out in this crisis. Armed with a whip possesed with
- mysterious powers, passed down to him from his father, he sets out to Dracula's castle on his own..."
- Different Versions
- Known as Akumajou Dracula in Japan. Famicom Disk Version had saving
- Famicom cartridge version had an easy mode - 30 hearts, 9 lives, less damage, no knock back, double and triple shot retain when picking up different sub weapons
- Belmondo instead of Belmont in Japan
- Gameplay
- Vampire Killer Whip
- Longer whip available right at the start
- Double and Triple Shot
- Dagger - Holy Water - Boomerang - Axe - Stopwatch
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- Phantom Bat - Queen Medusa - Mummy Men - Frankenstein & Igor - Grim Reaper - The Count - THE BEAST
- Knockback
- Hearts aren’t health they are power?
- It was all a movie?
- MUSIC
- The very first soundtrack in the series was composed by Kinuyo Yamashita
- Sequels
- Castlevania II Simon’s Quest -
- Castlevania Chronicles - enhanced remake
- Super Castlevania IV - Remake