Castlevania

Description

You play Simon who must battle his way through the castle using his trusty whip. The object is to fight off the evil enemies on your way to find the Count, and if you're lucky, destroy him.

Castlevania was produced by Konami in 1986.

Konami released 434 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1978. Konami was based in Japan.

Other machines made by Konami during the time period Castlevania was produced include: Ping Pong, Scooter Shooter, Yie Ar Kung-Fu, Twin Bee, Shao-lin's Road, Bass Angler, Double Dribble, Goonies, The, Gradius (PlayChoice), and Iron Horse

Specs

Name	Castlevania
Developer	Konami (Japan)
Year	1986
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	7293
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Platform
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	Nintendo PlayChoice
Dipswitch Settings	Castlevania Dipswitch Settings (user contributed)
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Joystick: 4-way (up, down, left, right) Buttons: 2 - WhipJump
Sound	Unamplified Mono (requires one-channel amp)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard

Game Introduction

Simon Belmont must defeat Dracula and save the land from destruction.

Castlevania KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.19 (4 votes)

Fun Factor: 4.00

Overall Like	4.67
Fun (Social)	3.33
Fun (Solo)	4.67
Collector Desire	2.67

Technical Rating: 3.13

Gameplay	4.33
Graphics	2.75
Originality	3.67
Sound/Music	4.00

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

Hacks

Castlevania 6 - Edits the levels.
Castlevania: Dracula's Revenge - Edits almost all of the levels.

Images

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Castlevania Census

There are 15,264 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,669 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,973 machines (7,000 unique titles).

Common - There are 33 known instances of this machine owned by Castlevania collectors who are active members. Of these, 5 of them are original dedicated machines. 3 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 25 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with a Castlevania machine for sale. There are 4 active VAPS members with a Castlevania circuit boards for sale.

Wanted - There are 3 active VAPS members currently looking for Castlevania. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Castlevania circuit board set.

This game ranks a 8 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 5 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Flyers

PlayChoice-10: Fresh Choices

1988 / 4 Pages

PlayChoice-10: 10 Top Games In One Goliath Cabinet

1987

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