Castlevania blended classic arcade action with tense platforming and navigation in ways other games struggled to do.The game was as linear as they come, with Simon working his way left-to-right in ...

8. “Heart of Fire” – Castlevania Our first entry (but not the last) from the original NES Castlevania, “Heart of Fire” is a particularly gothic-sounding track that accompanies one of the ...

Developed as a loose “remake” of the original Castlevania for the NES, 1991’s Super Castlevania IV for the SNES provided an obviously much more mechanically polished and visually/aurally ...

The third and final Castlevania game on the NES, its soundtrack is one of the series’ best, a legendary 8-bit score that introduced staples like “Beginning,” “Mad Forest,” and ...

Castlevania’s life on the original Game Boy was tumultuous, with a trio of unusual attempts to translate the action of the NES series to something palatable on the wee green screen.Two of them ...

Castlevania (NES) Music - Stage 01 Vampire Killer. Watch on YouTube. Castlevania has always been a blend of action and horror themes; it's never tried to scare the player, ...

The original NES Castlevania doesn't contain a great number of tracks; there are essentially only seven genuine pieces of music from beginning to end.

But Castlevania IV's subdued color palette, percussion-heavy soundtrack, and loose whip-handling is one of a kind. Castlevania IV is probably also the last Castlevania title to use a light touch ...

Further Reading: 10 Best Castlevania Games Ever Made. The NES trilogy, also present in pixel-perfect form, hasn’t aged quite as gracefully but is still easy to recommend.

Longtime Castlevania composer Michiru Yamane talks about her career and the new Apple Arcade game Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls, which is out on September 17th. It’s out now. Skip to main content ...