About Super Castlevania IV

First Super NES installment in the popular Konami series, known as Akumajou Dracula in Japan. Essentially a remake of the original Castlevania on NES, Super Castlevania IV casts players in the role of gothic superhero Simon Belmont, who enters Dracula's elusive castle to break the family curse and vanquish the king of vampires once again.

The game features scrolling action with platform jumping and combat, plenty of Mode 7 fireworks, and a memorably soundtrack. Simon himself can use his whip and chain like never before, attack diagonally, swing across ledges, hang from it while the whole castle rotates around him, and more. He also has access to an array of secondary weapons, including the throwing dagger, the whirling axe, and holy water, among others.

Castlevania IV = 10/10!

The jump of a series from a home console to a technologically superior one is always a joy to behold. Well, if it’s not Tomb Raider or the Army Men games, that is. A title like Castlevania is revered by many as a timeless platform game that’s blended a certain feel, musical superiority, and gameplay experience that’s thus far been unmatched by any contenders.

It’s good to be a gamer when you see that a series like this one flourishes when it jumps consoles, giving you even more of the experience you admired while traversing the worlds its predecessors offered. Super Castlevania IV evolves nearly every aspect of Castlevania that I disliked, and stands as perhaps one of my most-played games of all time.

The game is as easy to get into; the gameplay largely unchanged from past Castlevanias barring a few key points. As the master of vampire slaying, Simon Belmont, you journey into the heart of Dracula’s again-rebuilt castle in order to slay him once and for all. The goal is unattainable, assumedly, but a vampire hunter has to pay the bills. Despite knowing that he’s as essential to the series as Konami itself, Dracula has filled his castle with all manners of skeletons, bats, and the undead in order to stop Simon. Every level has some new foe determined to kill you, and at the end of it all is a boss.