Haunted Castle, known in Japan as Akumajō Dracula (悪魔城ドラキュラ Akumajō Dorakyura?, lit. "Demon Castle Dracula") is an action/adventure platform game produced for arcades and part of the Castlevania series. It was released in February, 1988 in Japan, and on September 22, 1988 in North America.
Being an originally created and unique entry in the series, developer Masaaki Kukino speculates the title Akumajō Dracula was simply chosen for name recognition value only.
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In 2006, Hamster™ ported Haunted Castle to the PlayStation 2 as part of their Oretachi Gēsen Zoku series. In 2019, it was ported to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Steam and Nintendo Switch as part of the Arcade Classics Anniversary Collection.
External links[]
- Haunted Castle at the Castlevania Wiki