Games of the 8-, 16- & 32-bit era

Castlevania

Title	Castlevania
First release	1986
Developer	Konami
Publisher	Konami
Platforms	Amiga, Arcade, Commodore 64, DOS, Famicom Disk System, NES / Famicom
Genre	action-adventure game
Players	1 player
Co-op	No
ESRB rating	E Everyone
Releases	NES / Famicom: 1987-04-30 (NTSC-U), 1987-05-01 (NTSC) Commodore 64: 1990-01-01 DOS: 1990-01-01 Amiga: 1990-01-01
Wikidata ID	Q1043375

Cracking a whip allows Simon Belmont to strike enemies like skeletons, bats, and medusa heads from a distance. This side-scrolling platform action game requires navigating through Dracula's mansion while collecting power-ups dropped by defeated creatures to survive the horror-themed encounters.

Description: REG-Vault, CC BY-SA 4.0

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Facts from Wikidata (CC0), gaps filled from REG-Vault and TheGamesDB and Arcade Database (ADB). Only retro platforms tracked by this site are listed; the year is the earliest release date recorded on Wikidata.

Sources

Wikidata (Q1043375) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0

REG-Vault (c64/castlevania) · last updated 2026-09-29 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

REG-Vault (nes/castlevania) · last updated 2026-10-12 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

TheGamesDB (135,108554) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (52705) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (51518) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (63706) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

Arcade Database (ADB) (cstlevna) · last updated 2026-10-03 · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 · internal use only

Arcade Database ADB

MAME romset	`cstlevna`
Title at ADB	Vs. Castlevania
Manufacturer	Konami
Year	1987
Genre	Platform / Fighter Scrolling
Players	2
MAME driver status	GOOD

Artwork: ADB (Arcade Database); artwork © original manufacturer (Konami); snaps by ProgettoSnaps via ADB. Non-free, internal use only (hotlinked, not downloaded).

Scraping using Arcade Database by motoschifo · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 · romset via Wikidata P2451 (wikidata-qid) · fetched 2026-10-03 16:55 UTC · no fields filled (other sources take precedence)

Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Konami · internal use only

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Image credits

Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork (13): Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Konami · internal use only. REG-Vault page

Box art (1): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded, NTSC-U release) · © Konami · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

Screenshots (2): Source: libretro-thumbnails (upstream libretro-thumbnails (art by developers/publishers; see repo README)) · © Konami · internal use only.

Screenshots, Logos, Artwork (5): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Konami · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

Sprites (2): fan rips from sprite sites, credited per sheet (ripper, site, rights) in Sprites below; internal use only.

Logo: Konami, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (“Castlevania logo original.svg”)

Sprites

NES / Famicom version · 2 sheets · Castlevania on The Spriters Resource ↗ (14 sheets on the site; 2 stored here)

Enemies sprite sheet (NES / Famicom) — Enemies

Enemies NES / Famicom · 474×190

Rip by MisterMike

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#8476 · fetched 2026-09-29 17:09 UTC

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Videos

NES Longplay [082] Castlevania (US)

World-of-Longplays · NES / Famicom version · longplay · 38:54auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:channel-harvest, checked 2026-10-25 18:42 UTC

Castlevania (NES) Playthrough

NintendoComplete · NES / Famicom version · longplay · 1:23:31auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:channel-harvest, checked 2026-10-25 18:42 UTC

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