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Castlevania

Platform : Nintendo Entertainment System

Publisher : Konami

Release date : May 1987

Category : Action > Platformer

Game description

Castlevania is an action platformer for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Known in Japan as Akumajou Dracula ("Demon Castle Dracula"), this game is about a clan of vampire hunters known as the Belmonts hunting down and killing Dracula himself.

You play as Simon Belmont, and fight your way through Dracula's castle (known in English as "Castlevania", a portmanteau of Castle and Transylvania, har har). You have many weapons at your disposal. Your main weapon, the Vampire Killer whip has somehow been passed down through the Belmont clan for generations. You can get power ups for that (essentially changing it from a leather whip, to a short chain, and longer chain whip). You also have many sub-weapons, which require hearts to use. These include a knife, throwing axe, holy water, cross boomerang and stopwatch (which freezes all enemies on screen). You can only throw one of these in a certain period of time, unless you get the "II" and "III" powerups.

64 Hacks

TitleDescriptionAuthorCategoryVersionDate
Castlevania - Play as Little MacNow you can play as Little Mac in Castlevania. This is a graphics hack that changes Mr Belmont into ...Pancake BreakfastImprovement1.001 May 2024
Castlevania - Red Sky CastleThis patch completely changes the pallets, rearranges the levels and it also relocates certain items...Insane Mame Gamer (IMG)Complete1.001 December 2023
Castlevania - Random Weapon DropThis Hack randomize the Weapon Drops on Candles, including Candles which usually drop a Large Heart,...MagusREImprovement1.124 October 2023
Castlevania - The Last Tear❗ [b]Welcome to "The Last" Saga, the first part of the TRILORGY begins!!![/b] ➤ [b]Castlevani...Sky FlareComplete4.015 September 2023
Castlevania Undead Serious RedemptionSimon is dead... and not so happy about it. Being defeated countless times by Dracula was one thing,...H.L.AshComplete3.101 September 2023
Castlevania Red StainedThe original Castlevania has many elements of an old horror movie. From the title screen, with detai...H.L.AshImprovement2.x07 October 2022
Castlevania Retold IIWith Simon Belmont nowhere to be found to fight Count Dracula from taking over Transylvania, a power...GoogieComplete1.017 September 2022
Castlevania Practice and Test RomConverted the ROM to MMC5 since UNROM does not support SRAM Features: In game menu when pressing ...bogaabogaaImprovement1.119 July 2022
Castlevania: Dark EmphasisThis hack changes the color emphasis to a dark color palette. The game is otherwise the same as the ...NinjAkiraImprovement1.005 April 2022
Castlevania: Caress Of DeathThe world was taken over by evil forces after a portal was opened in a ritual inside an old castle, ...NinjAkiraComplete1.031 March 2022
Castlevania - Death CounterThis hack repurposes the life counter in Castlevania into a death counter. You begin the game with z...BinarynovaImprovement1.014 March 2022
Castlevania Shattered MemoriesUpdate Version 1.5: -Change some annoying level layout like the moving spike in level 2 stage 06, a...LiterallyHuman_Improvement1.617 January 2022
Castlevania Alternate VersionThe Castlevania Alternate Version is inspired on the original game for the NES with new graphics and...H.L.AshComplete2.008 January 2022
Castlevania: Improved ControlsThis hack for Castlevania modernizes the control scheme to make it more like Symphony of the Night ...NaOHImprovement3.127 February 2021
Castlevania - Prince of DarknessV1.4b: the ZIP file now contains a patch for the USA version of the game + minor corrections, new (...Frédéric BouixComplete1.520 December 2020
Kaizo VaniaA Castlevania ROM hack that makes the game much more difficult. All stages are modified except the ...Caracol20Improvement1.021 October 2020
Castlevania - Balanced DifficultyCastlevania on NES is notorious for its difficulty, the battle against Death in particular. In or...ZimgiefImprovement1.003 September 2020
Castlevania RevampedThis Castlevania hack was created after many months of work as an alternate version of the original,...H.L.AshComplete2.001 August 2020
God of War 2**This upgrades the previous God of War 2 by making the gameplay elements easier. The level backgrou...pacnsacdaveComplete1.117 April 2020
Mr. Hyde in CastlevaniaThis hack was made as a tribute to the Angry Video Game Nerd and his most hated game. This has not o...brgr264Improvement1.024 June 2019
Castlevania SSBU SimonThis is a sprite mod that makes Simon appear more like his Super Smash Bros Ultimate redesign. His s...brgr264Improvement1.510 June 2019
Castlevania EmpathyThis is a level hack made using the Stake Level editor. Every level in the game has been changed ...xavierb2293Complete1.109 June 2019
Castlevania Mirror of Fate EditionSimple sprite hack to change Simon's sprites to the ones from CV Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate. O...Dom JurumelaImprovement1.010 February 2019
Castlevania: The Red WizardBe a powerful wizard! - This hack remasters the Castlevania songs. - Changes the sound effects - ...NinjAkiraComplete1.029 August 2018
Castlevania The Legend of Trevor BelmontCelebrating the new Castlevania anime at Netflix, it's just a new sprite hack that changes Simon Bel...Dom JurumelaImprovement1.013 March 2018
Castlevania Dracula EditionBe Dracula! Around 200 years prior the events of Castlevania 3, the new vampire Mathias Conqvst k...Dom JurumelaImprovement1.126 February 2018
Castlevania - Vertical KnockbackThis patch will change the hit behavior in Castlevania from pushing the player sideways, and possibl...NaOHImprovement1.014 February 2018
Castlevania - Localization FixThis patch simply alters the graphics in the end credit sequence to read 'Simon Belmont', his offici...spiffyImprovement1.013 February 2018
Castlevania GunThe whip is replaced by a gun weapon, all subweapons remain. One bullet may be on screen at a tim...klaykreeImprovement1.025 January 2018
Ultimate CastlevaniaThis patch intends to offer the definitive version of Castlevania for the NES for its 30-year annive...KhefzImprovement1.129 December 2017
Castlevania: The Holy RelicsAn all new Castlevania adventure is here on the NES! New stages, graphics, items, enemies, music and...OptomonComplete1.001 December 2017
CastleVania 5This is a hack of the original Castlevania on NES. xXbelmontXx did all the graphics, sprites, stage ...xXbelmontXxComplete1.012 October 2017
Castlevania - Sonia Belmont EditionHack of Castlevania where Sonia Belmont from the Gameboy title "Castlevania: Legends" is now the pla...K.K. DrunkinskiImprovement1.010 October 2016
Castlevania - True FailureThis hack completely changes the level-design of the original Castlevania. It's mainly targeted tow...truefalseComplete1.023 August 2016
Castlevania - Eternal ConfrontationHere is a full hack for Castlevania. What has been changed... 1. Structures levels except the ...GuardianComplete1.003 June 2016
Castlevania - Horror of DraculaPROBABLY OBSOLETE: SEE CASTLEVANIA [url=https://retrohackers.net/hack-details.php?id=2839/]"PRINCE O...Frédéric BouixImprovement2.224 January 2016
Castlevania RPGAdd an RPG mode to Castlevania. And the second quest was modified too. Good Luck!LomaxImprovement1.020 September 2015
Castlevania - Dark VersionThis is a hack that simply changes "Castlevania"'s color palette to a more grimy one. Levels are ...Alien XImprovement1.005 September 2015
Castlevania MMC5 PatchA patch that converts the mapper of Castlevania to MMC5.RetroRainImprovement1.003 March 2015
Castlevania Reved Up!!The purpose of this hack was to make the original Castlevania a little more challenging for gamers t...Megafield64Complete1.022 October 2014
Castlevania SimplifiedThe purpose of this hack was to make the original Castlevania much easier for gamers that find games...Megafield64Complete2.028 December 2013
Castlevania UNROM to MMC3 HackHere is a patch that converts Castlevania's mapper from UNROM to MMC3. Documentation is included.infidelityImprovement1.020 July 2013
Castlevania - Metal of the NightHere is a full hack for Castlevania which changes the levels and palettes of the game. Also you star...Kowai-SAMAComplete1.006 July 2013
Castlevania: Michael's ModThis hack is a complete revision of the layout of Dracula's castle for Castlevania (NES). There are ...PatheticmwComplete1.0.210 March 2013
Castlevania - Curse Of SufferingCreated a new Castlevania nes Hack, the Castlevania Curse of suffering. It is full of challenges! T...71LeonardoOoComplete1.002 February 2013
CastleVania RebornThis is a rom hack I made based off of Luto Akino's hack called CastleVania Overflow Darkness. I had...xXbelmontXxCompleteFinal20 January 2013
Castlevania: Stairs of DOOMThis CV1 hack features completely revamped levels and some graphic and music edits. The main idea is...Alucard123Complete1.131 October 2012
Castlevania - Prelude Of Darkness (Collection)Castlevania - Prelude Of Darkness (Collection) This package contains 3 Versions of the latest rel...Zappsoft LLCComplete2.026 July 2012
Castlevania Overflow DarknessThe story is basically the same. I have created, changed and edited the graphics to acclimate the st...Luto AkinoComplete1.029 May 2011
Koumakan RemiliaAkumajou Dracula with Touhou Project themed graphics. The player character is based on Touhou cha...DASTARDImprovement1.001 February 2009
Castlevania - Hell's FuryMy first real attempt at ROM Hacking. This is a Hell Hack for the original Castlevania. The goal w...SonikkuZaHedgehog127Complete1.022 August 2008
Castlevania - Opposing BloodlinesThis is a version of the original Castlevania with Richter Belmont as the main character. You may al...RedrumComplete1.001 August 2008
Castlevania - Skels RevengeDracula's been shorting the checks for his henchmen, and its up to Skel to set things straight! This...RedrumComplete1.001 August 2008
Castlevania - Poisonous OfferingThis is a very well crafted and complete level hack. He also has replaced many of the items with unu...Morgoth GalaxiusComplete1.001 August 2008
Castlevania - Bloody AdventuresHere is a hack which changes all the levels and most of the graphics in the game.SlaindragonComplete1.001 January 2008
Castlevania: Chorus of MysteriesThis is a hack of the original Castlevania for NES that optomon and I have been working on for over ...Dr. MarioComplete1.118 June 2007
Castlevania: Blood MoonThis is an overhaul of the original Castlevania done using Stake, Tilelayer Pro & Hex Workshop. Many...RedrumComplete1.025 January 2006
Castlevania - High Budget RemakeHere is a full graphics overhaul for the game Castlevania which has more detailed graphics.Dr. MarioImprovement1.005 October 2005
Castlevania - Fan EditionHere is a hack which changes the graphics and level layouts in Castlevania.ThaddeusComplete1.005 June 2005
Castlevania - Red ScaleHere is a patch which gives the game a blood red scheme through the whole play-through of the game.EVCImprovement1.005 June 2005
Orchestra of DespairHere's a Castlevania hack that was released February, 5th 2005. Dr. Mario remade the graphics and le...Dr. MarioComplete1.005 February 2005
Castlevania RetoldCastlevania Retold is--as the name suggest--a retelling of the original NES Castlevania. I wanted to...DragonsbrethrenComplete2.024 May 2004
Castlevania - ShadowsHere is a hack which does some minor palette changes but changes the level layouts on all the stages...RaysydeComplete1.001 January 2003
Castlevania RemixCastlevania Remix is a hack of Castlevania which incorporates the use of a few simple tones for the ...ThaddeusComplete1.023 March 2002

5 Translations

TitleLanguageDescriptionAuthorCategoryVersionDate
CastlevaniaPolishThis is a complete Polish Translation for Castlevania.VoxarFully Playable1.013 September 2020
CastlevaniaIndonesianIndonesian translation of Castlevania.Pi-ManFully Playable1.107 January 2019
CastlevaniaItalianThis is an [b]Italian[/b] version, of this game made by the Japanese company [b]Konami[/b]. The t...Julian L.Fully Playable1.004 February 2014
CastlevaniaSpanishThis is a [b]Spanish (Latin America)[/b] version, of this game made by the Japanese company [b]Konam...Julian L.Fully Playable1.319 March 2012
CastlevaniaPortugueseHere is a 100% Portuguese translation of Castlevania.GTCFully Playable1.025 May 2000

6 Utilities

TitleDescriptionAuthorCategoryVersionLanguageDate
StakeStake is a comprehensive level editor for the NES game Castlevania.DanLevel Editors1.1.1English1 Feb 2004
Castlevania Pointer CorrectorThis utility fixes a bug in the Stake v1.0.x series that allowed you to scroll too far in the tile s...DanGame Specific1.0English3 Jan 2004
IPS to SPF ConvertorLets you to convert IPS patches to the Stake Patching Format (SPF).DanGame Specific1.0English3 Jan 2004
Castlevania Level TwisterAnother level editor for Castlevania. It has an interesting layout but only edits part of the first ...Demonic NecronLevel Editors1.0English1 May 2002
Castlevania Castle ConstructorCastlevania level editor. NOTE: Be sure to place this and your base ROM in the directory C:/castl...Brandon KoopaLevel Editors1.0English12 Mar 2001
CV1EditA level editor for CastlevaniaSnowBroLevel Editors1.0English31 Dec 1969

2 Documents

TitleDescriptionAuthorCategoryVersionDate
Castlevania Music FormatAll the information you need to know to hack Castlevania melodies! (Previous NES sound information h...Sliver XGame Specific1.010 Nov 2011
Castlevania Enemy DataThis is a text document that is intended to shed some light on how to modify the properties of enemi...OptomonGame Specific0.92 Oct 2007

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