Castlevania (Akumajō Dracula)

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2D side-scrolling game action-platformer video game video game

Castlevania (Akumajō Dracula) is a classic 2D action-platformer from Konami, known for its gothic horror atmosphere, challenging gameplay, and foundational role in the long-running Castlevania series.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Castlevania 6
Castlevania (Akumajō Dracula) canonical 1
Castlevania (score) 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 2D side-scrolling game ⓘ
action-platformer video game ⓘ
video game ⓘ
artStyle 8-bit pixel art ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Japan ⓘ
developer Konami ⓘ
enemy Death ⓘ
Dracula ⓘ
the Creature ⓘ
surface form: Frankenstein's monster

Medusa heads ⓘ
Mummies ⓘ
feature boss battles at the end of stages ⓘ
hearts as ammunition for sub-weapons ⓘ
high difficulty ⓘ
limited jump control ⓘ
stage-based progression ⓘ
sub-weapons system ⓘ
franchiseDebut Castlevania (Akumajō Dracula) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Castlevania series
gameMode single-player ⓘ
genre action ⓘ
gothic horror ⓘ
platformer ⓘ
includedIn Castlevania (Akumajō Dracula) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Castlevania Anniversary Collection
influenced Metroidvania subgenre development ⓘ
initialReleasePlatform Family Computer Disk System ⓘ
mainCharacter Simon Belmont ⓘ
musicComposer Kinuyo Yamashita ⓘ
Satoe Terashima ⓘ
notableFor challenging gameplay ⓘ
foundational role in the Castlevania series ⓘ
gothic horror atmosphere ⓘ
originalTitle Akumajō Dracula ⓘ
perspective side view ⓘ
platform Amiga ⓘ
Arcade (Vs. Castlevania) ⓘ
Commodore 64 ⓘ
Family Computer Disk System ⓘ
MSX2 ⓘ
Nintendo Entertainment System ⓘ
Nintendo Switch (Castlevania Anniversary Collection) ⓘ
PC (various ports and compilations) ⓘ
PlayStation 4 ⓘ
surface form: PlayStation 4 (Castlevania Anniversary Collection)

PlayStation 5 ⓘ
surface form: PlayStation 5 (backward compatibility)

Xbox One (Castlevania Anniversary Collection) ⓘ
Xbox Series X/S ⓘ
surface form: Xbox Series X/S (backward compatibility)
protagonistWeapon Vampire Killer whip ⓘ
publisher Konami ⓘ
region Europe (NES release) ⓘ
Japan (original release) ⓘ
North America (NES release) ⓘ
releaseYear 1986 ⓘ
series Castlevania (Akumajō Dracula) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Castlevania
setting Dracula's castle ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sharp X68000 → notableGamePorts → Castlevania (Akumajō Dracula) ⓘ
Trevor Morris → notableWork → Castlevania (Akumajō Dracula) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Castlevania (score)
Nintendo Entertainment System → notableGame → Castlevania (Akumajō Dracula) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Castlevania
Nintendo Entertainment System → introducedFranchise → Castlevania (Akumajō Dracula) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Castlevania
Metroid → sharesGenreNameWith → Castlevania (Akumajō Dracula) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Castlevania
Castlevania: Bloodlines → partOfSeries → Castlevania (Akumajō Dracula) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Castlevania
Castlevania (Akumajō Dracula) → series → Castlevania (Akumajō Dracula) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Castlevania
Castlevania (Akumajō Dracula) → franchiseDebut → Castlevania (Akumajō Dracula) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Castlevania series
Castlevania (Akumajō Dracula) → includedIn → Castlevania (Akumajō Dracula) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Castlevania Anniversary Collection
Netflix Animation → workOn → Castlevania (Akumajō Dracula) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Castlevania