Akumajō Dracula (悪魔城ドラキュラ?) is a 1993 Castlevania game released in Japan on the Sharp X68000 home computer. It is a remake of the original Akumajō Dracula (Castlevania). Due to the X68000 not being released outside of Japan, this game never saw an international release.
Gameplay[]
The X68000 version is a remake of the original Akumajō Dracula; however, this version received redesigned stages and added items taken from games released after the original. Roughly half the stages were directly remade from the original game, with the exclusive stages mostly taking elements from other games. This release is notable for its high difficulty level.
As for music, the player is given the choice between the internal Yamaha YM2151 FM synth of the unit, Roland LA synthesis (MT-32, CM-32L, CM-64) and Roland GS wavetable MIDI (SC-55, SC-33, SC-155, CM-300, CM-500).
The game was re-released on the PlayStation as Castlevania Chronicles and features various differences.