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{{Header Nav|game=Haunted Castle}} | |||
{{Header Nav|game=Haunted Castle | {{Game | ||
{{ | |completion=2 | ||
|image=Akumajou Dracula arcade flyer.jpg | |||
|title=Haunted Castle | |title=Haunted Castle | ||
|developer=[[Konami]] | |developer=[[Konami]] | ||
|publisher=[[Konami]] | |publisher=[[Konami]] | ||
| | |year=1988 | ||
|genre=[[Action | |systems={{syslist|arcade}} | ||
| | |title1=Oretachi Game Center Zoku: Akumajou Dracula | ||
|developer1=[[Konami]] | |||
|publisher1=[[Hamster Corporation]] | |||
|year1=2006 | |||
|systems1={{syslist|ps2}} | |||
|ratings1={{CERO|A}} | |||
|title2=Arcade Archives Haunted Castle | |||
|developer2=[[Konami]] | |||
|publisher2=[[Hamster Corporation]] | |||
|year2=2017 | |||
|systems2={{syslist|ps4|switch}} | |||
|ratings2={{CERO|A}}{{ESRB|T}}{{PEGI|7}}{{ACB|PG}} | |||
|genre=[[Action]], [[Platform]] | |||
|modes=[[Single player]] | |||
|preceded by=[[Vampire Killer]] | |||
|followed by=[[Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse]] | |||
|series=Castlevania | |||
|series2=Oretachi Game Center Zoku | |||
|series3=Arcade Archives | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''''Haunted Castle''''' is an arcade game released in [[1988]], by [[Konami]]. In Japan, the game is known as '''''Akumajō Dracula''''', so besides the different name it gained in the west, ''Haunted Castle'' is a game from the ''Castlevania'' saga, and also a remake of the first ''[[Castlevania]]'' (as are ''[[Vampire Killer]]'', ''[[Super Castlevania IV]]'' and ''[[Castlevania Chronicles]]''). It is the first exclusive arcade game in the ''Castlevania'' series. | |||
'''''Haunted Castle''''' is an arcade game released in [[1988]], by [[Konami]]. In Japan, the game is known as '''''Akumajō Dracula''''', so besides the different name it gained in the west, ''Haunted Castle'' is a game from the ''Castlevania'' saga, and also a remake of the first ''[[Castlevania]]'' (as are ''[[Vampire Killer]]'', ''[[Super Castlevania IV]]'' and ''[[Castlevania Chronicles]]''). It is the | |||
The story of ''Haunted Castle'' is said to be a ''mirror'' of that of the original ''[[Castlevania]]'', but is simply another telling of the tale. In this version, Simon Belmont is getting married to his bride (whose name is not mentioned in-game, although a Japanese VHS strategy guide of the game calls her Serena) when Dracula kidnaps her shortly thereafter. Simon is forced to make his way to ''Castlevania'', the ancestral home of the count, and save his bride from a potentially horrific fate. | The story of ''Haunted Castle'' is said to be a ''mirror'' of that of the original ''[[Castlevania]]'', but is simply another telling of the tale. In this version, Simon Belmont is getting married to his bride (whose name is not mentioned in-game, although a Japanese VHS strategy guide of the game calls her Serena) when Dracula kidnaps her shortly thereafter. Simon is forced to make his way to ''Castlevania'', the ancestral home of the count, and save his bride from a potentially horrific fate. | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:Haunted Castle boxart.jpg|North American flyer | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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[[Category:Action | [[Category:Action]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Platform]] | ||
[[Category:Single player]] | |||
[[Category:MAME]] | [[Category:MAME]] | ||
