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Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow – DS
Platform: Nintendo DS Release Date (NA): October 4th, 2005 Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Genre: Action/Adventure, RPG Nerd Rating: 7.5 out of 10 Well, I’ve made it through another Castlevania in just a few days; right on the heels of Aria of Sorrow follows one of the series’ few “true” sequels, Dawn of Sorrow. It’s a good game (it even… Continue reading Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow – DS
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow – GBA
Nerd Bacon continues its extensive coverage of the Castlevania franchise with Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow for the Game Boy Advance.
Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance – GBA
Platform: Game Boy Advance Release Date (NA): September 16th, 2002 Developer: Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo Publisher: Konami Genre: Action/Adventure, RPG Nerd Rating: 6.5 out of 10 After the sleeper hit Symphony of the Night, Konami took a(n expected) stab at 3D with the N64 games Castlevania (colloquially referred to as Castlevania 64 to avoid confusion with the original) and Legacy… Continue reading Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance – GBA
Castlevania: Circle of the Moon – GBA
Platform: Game Boy Advance Release Date (NA): June 11th, 2001 Developer: Konami Computer Entertainment Kobe (KCEK) Publisher: Konami Genre: Action/Adventure, RPG Nerd Rating: 7.5 out of 10 After taking a partially intentional and partially unintentional break from my relentless pursuit to play every Castlevania game, I’m back on track and starting with the oldest domestic… Continue reading Castlevania: Circle of the Moon – GBA
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate HD – PS3 (PSN)
Platform: PS3 (PSN) Release Date (NA): October 29th, 2013 Developer: MercurySteam Publisher: Konami Genre: Action / Adventure, Hack and Slash, Platforming Nerd Rating: 7 out of 10 After the mind-blowing experience that was the first Lords of Shadow, I was pretty eager to move on to Mirror of Fate. For the record, I had initially planned to play this… Continue reading Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate HD – PS3 (PSN)
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Resurrection (DLC) – PS3 (PSN)
Platform: PS3 (PSN) Release Date (NA): June 21st, 2011 Developers: Mercury Steam, Kojima Productions Publisher: Konami Genre: Action / Adventure, Hack and Slash Nerd Rating: 5 out of 10 Following Castlevania: Lords of Shadow and its first downloadable installment, Reverie, the second and final download pack known as Resurrection continues the story introduced in Chapter 13. With… Continue reading Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Resurrection (DLC) – PS3 (PSN)
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Reverie (DLC) – PS3 (PSN)
Platform: PS3 (PSN) Release Date (NA): March 22nd, 2011 Developers: Mercury Steam, Kojima Productions Publisher: Konami Genre: Action / Adventure, Hack and Slash Nerd Rating: 6 out of 10 Reverie is the first of two download packs for the first Lords of Shadow game and translates to a quick, 3-stage “Chapter XIII” in the main game’s chronology. If… Continue reading Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Reverie (DLC) – PS3 (PSN)
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – PS3
Check out The Cubist’s take on the first installment of the latest Castlevania series – Lords of Shadow. See what makes this such a memorable entry.
Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles – PSP
Platform: PSP Release Date (NA): October 23rd, 2007 Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Genre: Action / Adventure, Platformer Nerd Rating: 7 out of 10 Once again proving that you must own every system ever to get the full Castlevania experience, Konami released this little gem for Sony’s PlayStation Portable. The PSP may not be the most beloved handheld of all… Continue reading Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles – PSP
Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth – Wii (WiiWare)
Platform: Wii (WiiWare) Release Date (NA): December 28th, 2009 Developer: M2 Publisher: Konami Genre: Platformer, Action / Adventure Nerd Rating: 7 out of 10 When it comes to Castlevania, a couple of download-only titles have been eating away at me: Harmony of Despair (on Xbox Live and the PS Network) and The Adventure ReBirth, a re-imagining of The Adventure, originally for the Game… Continue reading Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth – Wii (WiiWare)
Haunted Castle – Arcade
Platform: Arcade – Emulated on MAME Release Date (NA): September 22nd, 1988 Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Genre: Action-Adventure, Platformer Nerd Rating: 5 out of 10 Haunted Castle, along with Vampire Killer, is easily one of the most forgotten Castlevania games in the franchise’s storied past. And like Vampire Killer, it was known only as Akumajō Dracula in Japan, though the arcade cabinet… Continue reading Haunted Castle – Arcade
Vampire Killer – MSX2
Platform: MSX2 – fMSX Emulator Release Date (JP): October 30th, 1986 Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Genre: Platformer Nerd Rating: 7 out of 10 If you’ve read my list of Top 10 Castlevania Games You’ve Never Played or have extensive knowledge of the series’ slew of oddball releases, then just maybe you already know a thing… Continue reading Vampire Killer – MSX2
Castlevania Chronicles – PlayStation
Castlevania Chronicles confused fans upon its release: was the series going back to its linear, platformer roots? Well, not exactly. Castlevania Chronicles is a remake of a game previously only available in Japan, and while it may not have been the game that players were looking for at the time, it stands now as an appreciable throwback to a past era of the series.
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night – PlayStation
Platform: PlayStation Release Date (NA): October 2nd, 1997 Developer: KCET (Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo) Publisher: Konami Genre: Action / Adventure, RPG Nerd Rating: 9.5 out of 10 Believe what you’ve heard and read about this game. It is that good. Nearly universally hailed as the greatest of all Castlevania games, Symphony of the Night is also regularly counted among the best… Continue reading Castlevania: Symphony of the Night – PlayStation