Castlevania is a side-scrolling action-platformer developed and published by Konami for the NES. Vampire hunter Simon Belmont fights through six stages of Dracula’s castle with his whip and sub-weapons — daggers, axes, holy water, and the cross — collecting hearts to power them, before facing the Grim Reaper and Dracula. It helped define the gothic action-platformer with its deliberate, weighty combat.
How To Play Castlevania
Control
Action
D-Pad
Move; crouch; climb stairs
A Button
Jump
B Button
Attack with the whip; hold Up + B to use a sub-weapon
Start
Pause
About Castlevania
Release date
Famicom Disk System (JP): September 26, 1986 · NES (NA): May 1987 · NES (EU): December 19, 1988
Sheldon has spent over a decade immersed in retro gaming, from NES classics to arcade gems. He's deeply passionate about preserving gaming history and helping others rediscover these timeless titles. When he's not gaming, Shaun writes about the evolution of video games and their cultural impact.
