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FranchiseCastlevaniaSeriesCastlevania

Vampire Killer

First release
Oct 30, 1986
Publisher
Konami
Genres
Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Platform · Sandbox, Action, Horror
Platforms
MSX2, Wii U

Vampire Killer is a side-view flick-screen game where you are a Vampire hunter who has been tasked to remove Dracula from the 12th floor of a block of flats by a client on the floor below. The problem is, as well as facing and killing a vampire, the job has to be completed before midnight which is only eight minutes away. In your rush to get to the building you have forgotten your equipment like garlic and stakes, which is needed to face Dracula. You have to get to the 12th floor using elevators (which have minds of their own and can take you down as well as up), and you must look behind the doors of each flat for equipment to help you. Some flats are also empty as well as flats that have scares inside you and when scared, you lose part of a shock meter and when it reaches zero then it is game over. Bats and spiders live on various floors with some blocking your route so bullets can be found in the flats to clear the way. Some doors to the flats actually are lift shafts which send you back down to the 1st floor. Before you play the game you can select your skill level from easy, medium and hard.

Also known as Akumajou Dracula, Devil's Castle Dracula

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Release dates
MSX2
Oct 30, 1986
MSX2
1987
Wii U
Dec 17, 2014
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
Side view
Keywords
bloody, vampire, action-adventure, dracula, backtracking
… All 22, digital distribution, bonus stage, werewolves, virtual console, non-player character, descendants of other characters, panther, save point, treasure chest, saving the world, vampire hunter, villain, fetch quests, linear gameplay, flip screen, isolation, simon belmont

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