Castlevania (NES) | guide and review

Castlevania NES


Castlevania is an action-adventure video game developed and distributed by Konami and released in 1986 in Japan, the following year the game was released in the USA region and a year later it was released in Europe. This video game is the first of a long franchise that has many titles.


According to the official chronology, the game takes place in the year 1691 in the land of Transylvania. As usual, every 100 years Count Dracula comes back to life and with him a legion of demons ready to exterminate life around him. Fortunately, the Belmont Clan always destroys the forces of evil using the "Vampire Killer" Simon Belmont will go on his way to defeat the forces of evil.


Castlevania NES entrance


This is the content you will find throughout this guide 


How to play Castlevania NES


Castlevania NES Walkthrough


Entering the castle


The corridor to Medusa


The first tower


Underground


The second tower


Final approach


How to play Castlevania NES


Castlevania can be played by a single player, the objective of the game is to move with the d pad left and right we move in the corresponding direction, with the pad down we crouch, with the A button we jump, with the B button we use the whip and pressing the pad up + button B we use the secondary weapon with START we start the game and pause it within the game.


On the screen we see the Power Level Indicator "PLAYER" this indicates the amount of life when the bars run out we will lose a life, TIME indicates the amount of time we have to complete a stage, the secondary weapon with the hearts appears in the box , each weapon consumes a certain amount of hearts, ENEMY shows the amount of life the bosses have.



Castlevania NES Walkthrough



Entering the castle


After entering the door we reach the gardens of the entrance here we find hearts and the "Morning Start" this item allows us to raise the whip to the first level later we find another "Morning Start" and raise the whip to the second level.


Castlevania NES morning start


Later we find the "Dagger" press the up button on the d pad and the B button to launch a dagger with each launch the hearts are consumed, we arrive at the entrance of the castle.


Castlevania NES dagger

Already inside the castle we find candlesticks on the wall that contain items, we find our first enemy the "Zombie" this enemy moves in one direction and if he touches us he hurts us.


Castlevania NES zombie

Later we find a new enemy "Black Leopard" this enemy will run across the screen quickly if he touches us he will hurt us so we must defeat him quickly.


Castlevania NES black leopard

Another item that we find throughout the game will be the "Watch" this item stops the movement of creatures for a short period of time, this item does not work for certain creatures. Another item that we find during the game is the "Money Bag" this item gives us free points, depending on the color will be the amount of points.


Castlevania NES clock

At the end of this stage going up the stairs we find an item the "Cross" this item destroys all the enemies that are on the screen.


Castlevania NES cross

After entering the door we find a new section we must go down the stairs in this part we find a new enemy the "Vampire Bat".


Castlevania NES vampire bat

In the lower part on the right we find in the background we find the "Pork Chop" this item recovers our life. We go down the stairs to the left.


Castlevania NES pork chop

At the bottom we find some platforms that we must jump avoiding falling into the water since we will lose a life, in this part we find a new enemy the "Fish Man", an item that we find throughout the game is the "Fire Bomb" ( holy water), we throw this item on the ground and it will do damage to everything in its path. We will go up the stairs later we continue climbing we find a path that contains the Cross.



After crossing the door we reach a new section in this part we find in a path the "Invisibility Potion" this item allows us to have invincibility for a few seconds.


Castlevania NES ínvisibility potion

Later we find in a path a new item the "Axe" with this item we throw axes diagonally.


Castlevania NES axe

When we reach the end of the block that is on the step before climbing the ladder, we find a "Double Shoot" this item allows us to make a double attack with the secondary weapon.


Castlevania NES double shoot


At this point we already know the boss of this stage the "Phantom Bat" this great Bat will chase us all over the screen we must dodge it if we have the ax it is time to use it, at the top we find the enemy's life indicator.


Castlevania NES phantom bat

Once the Phantom Bat is defeated, it will leave us a "Magic Crystal" this item restores all our life and with this we finish this stage.


Castlevania NES magic crystal


The corridor to Medusa


In this new part of the game we find the "Boomerang" on a path, this item returns to us when we launch it.


Castlevania NES boomerang


If we go up the stairs and break the wall on the right and enter there, the crown will appear, this item gives us a lot of points.


Castlevania NES hidden item


In this part of the game we find a new enemy the "Black Knight" at the top in a hidden wall we find the Double Shoot.


Castlevania NES black knight


In this part we find a corridor in which we find a new enemy "Medusa" this enemy moves around the screen cyclically this enemy takes away four life bars so we must be careful.


Castlevania NES medusa


At the end of the corridor we go up the ladder and we reach an area where there are some small platforms we must jump on them but Medusa is hovering if she touches us she will stop our jump and we will fall into the void.


Castlevania NES stage 5


In the end we find Black Knight we defeat them, on one of the platforms we find a Pork Chop we use it to recover some life, we continue up in this part we find the Clock item if you want to take it.


Castlevania NES stage 5 pork chop


After this we reach a new area in this part we find three spike traps that come down from the roof the first we pass quickly, the second only reaches half so we can crouch the third is the same as the first.


Castlevania NES spikes


Later we find two new enemies the "Ghost" this enemy will persistently pursue us throughout the screen we also find the "Dragon Skull Cannon" this enemy shoots several fireballs at us as projectiles.


Castlevania NES dragon skull cannon


On the lower step of the ladder we find an item the "Triple Shot" this item allows us to launch three items at the same time, we climb the ladder defeat the enemies and climb we reach a corridor where we will find several Jellyfish.


Castlevania NES triple shoot


In the end we reach the boss of this area the "Queen Medusa" this boss attacks us throwing snakes on the ground that follow us also the boss moves all over the screen, in addition to the whip it is recommended to use the Fire Bomb or the Boomerang; once defeated it will give us the Magic Crystal.


Castlevania NES queen medusa


The first tower


We arrive at a new area of the castle, in this part we find a Ghost and we discover two new enemies, the first one a "Hunchback" this enemy jumps and attacks us, it will chase us until we defeat it or fall into the void, the second is the "White Skeleton “This enemy attacks us by throwing bones at us; after defeating the enemies we go up the stairs.


Castlevania NES hunchback


In this part we find a new enemy the "Raven" this enemy will attack us from the air the recommended thing is to attack it when it is in the air if we have the Ax we easily defeat them, in this part we find several Raven that will attack us and can throw us into the void so be careful.


Castlevania NES raven


After crossing the door we reach an area where we find Raven at the end of the path we find Medusas and a White Skeleton in this same part in a path we find the Boomerang, we go up the stairs.


Castlevania NES white skeleton


Once we go up we find several Raven that will attack us we also find Dragon Skull Cannon, we defeat them and continue the path.


Castlevania NES stage 8


We cross the door and this time Raven also attacks us with the Dragon Skull Cannon, the White Skeleton will also appear later we will find some Medusas.


Castlevania NES simon belmont fight against reaver


Finally we reach the boss of this area "Mummy Man" in reality there will be two mummies that will attack us in addition to chasing us they will throw a bandage that will hurt us, the recommended thing is to attack him with the Boomerang and the whip until defeating him once defeated he will give us the Magic Crystal.


Castlevania NES mummy man


Underground


We finish this area and we will fall from the tower to an underground place. In this part we find the Vampire Bat and the Fish Man, we continue and find a mobile platform carefully jump to the platform and avoid the enemies that can come out of the water and the Vampire Bat, later we find the Fire Bomb item, we find another mobile platform When we reach the place where the rocks are, we crouch down since we can fall into the water, at the end we go up the stairs.


Castlevania NES fish man


We go up the stairs and reach a terrace in this part we find a new enemy the "Eagle" this enemy brings an old enemy the Hunchback in its claws as we move forward more enemies will appear.


Castlevania NES eagle


At the end of the terrace we find a new enemy is the Skele-Dragon this enemy throws fireballs at us from the mouth, we can also pass and not defeat the enemy and cross the door.


Castlevania NES skele-dragon


Once inside we find several hearts, we advance and we find Skele-Dragon again, we defeat him and we find a Pork Chop in a hidden block.


Castlevania NES frankenstein & igor


Finally we reach the boss of this Frankenstein & Igor stage, this enemy attacks us twice as both Frankenstein and Igor throw fireballs at us moving all over the screen, in the end we manage to defeat him and get the Magic Crystal.


The second tower


Castlevania NES white skeleton again


We have reached a new stage we find a corridor where we find several Hunchback and later we find the White Skeleton we climb to the top until we reach the ladder.


Castlevania NES white skeleton + hunchback


We go up the stairs and find two White Skeletons, we face them but it will not be easy since these enemies move faster and will do more damage to us.


Castlevania NES red skeleton


Later we find a new enemy, the Red Skeleton, this enemy, in addition to hurting us when it touches us, is totally indestructible since when we defeat it, it will take a few seconds to reform.


Castlevania NES stage 13 pork chop



At the end of this stage we find a very useful Pork Chop hidden in the wall to recover life, we will go up the stairs.


Castlevania NES axe-man


Once we are up we find a new enemy the "Axe-Man" this heavily armed enemy who sometimes throws axes at us from below in this case we must crouch down and destroy the axes with the whip, defeat the enemies and climb the stairs.


Castlevania NES stage 14


We go up the stairs and find the Red Skeletons, we continue our way, we find several Red Skeletons, we also find several Axe-Man, we continue and we reach a staircase where a Dragon Skull Cannon will be upstairs, we defeat it and continue.


Castlevania NES stage 15


We go up the stairs and reach a corridor where we find, in addition to Medusas, we find the Axe-Man at the end we reach the boss of this stage "Grim Reaper" this enemy chases us all over the screen throwing scythes we can destroy them and get hearts, what Recommended is to attack this boss with the Boomerang or with the Axe, once we manage to defeat him we get the Magic Crystal.


Castlevania NES grim reaper


Final approach


We are approaching the end of the game. In this part we meet an old enemy, the Phantom Bat, this enemy throws fireballs at us that will make us fall into the void, so we must be careful at all times, after overcoming this stage we enter through the mouth door.

Castlevania NES phantom bat again


We reach this area where we find a White Skeleton we attack it until we defeat it, we go up the stairs.


Castlevania NES tower entrance


Once we have climbed we find two White Skeleton we must defeat them quickly because an attack of these takes away four life bars, once defeated we continue.


Castlevania NES stage 17


As we move forward we find the Eagle with a Hunchback these enemies will attack us we must be quite agile in order to prevent the enemies from hurting us, we will go down the stairs, defeat the enemies and go up the stairs.


Castlevania NES clock tower


We reach the final approach we increase the amount of hearts for it we collect the hearts and we return, we will repeat this until we have enough hearts.


Castlevania NES final


When we are ready we face the final boss "The Count", this enemy will first attack us by launching three fireballs we stand near the boss and at the right moment we attack him in the head either with the whip or with the secondary weapon we will do this until you defeat him.


Castlevania NES the count


Once defeated the head of the boss will fly away and the body will transform into a Great Vampire, he will attack us throwing fireballs at us and jumping on us we will attack him in the head until defeating him once defeated he will give us the Magic Crystal.


Castlevania NES dracula


We finish this adventure and the castle will be destroyed, then the credits come and then we start the game from the beginning but with a higher difficulty.


Castlevania NES castle destroyed



We have finally reached the end of this guide I hope you liked it, if you want me to talk about a game do not hesitate to ask in the comments section, if you have any questions, a comment or a suggestion do not hesitate to leave it in the comments section, I value your opinion very much, see you in the next one.



 



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