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Haunted Castle

Haunted Castle (XSX) game cover art
Platform: Arcade
Tags: Action, Platformer
Developer: Konami
More Platforms: Famicom Disk System, MSX, NES, SNES
AKA: Akumajou Dracula (JP)
Publisher
Region
Released
NA
??/??/1988
JP
??/??/1988

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Staff Reviews

Haunted Castle review

Reviewed October 03, 2006

Sho says: "Don’t hate Haunted Castle just because there aren’t any candles to whip, the sub-weapons are totally lame, and Simon has blue hair. That would be silly. No, you should hate it because it’s a sadistic monster that feeds off your suffering (and pocket change)."
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Reader Reviews

Haunted Castle review

Reviewed August 06, 2019

CptRetroBlue says: "Simon's quest begins with an abduction"
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Haunted Castle review

Reviewed May 26, 2008

whelkman says: "When people think of terrible Castlevania games, the usual suspects are Castlevania: The Adventure for the GameBoy and Castlevania 64 for the Nintendo 64, but hidden deep in this mostly proud lineage is that drunken uncle who hasn't had a job in thirty years and shows up to family parties only to wreck them. Unlike Vs. Castlevania, which was just a minor tweak of the NES version, Konami's Haunted Castle is a completely original entry into the arcade, which, fortunately, has never turned up elsew..."
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