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Super Castlevania IV
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Complete in box: the cartridge, the manual and the box, all original. Original inserts or paperwork shown in the photos are included; display stands and other photography props are not. Every cartridge's shell, label and board are checked for authenticity when it comes into the store, and it's tested before it's listed. It ships in a collector's bag or a hard plastic case.
Item Description
Few games announced a console's potential quite like Super Castlevania IV did for the Super Nintendo. Released in Japan in October 1991 and in North America that December, it was one of the system's early showpieces, and it wasted no time showing what 16-bit hardware could do. Mode 7 effects make whole sections twist and turn around Simon, most memorably in the fourth stage, while the expanded color palette drapes Dracula's domain in gothic shades the NES could only have dreamed of. For many players, this was the first time Castlevania felt cinematic.
At its heart, Super Castlevania IV returns to the setting of the original Castlevania, following Simon Belmont on his relentless march through 1691 Transylvania toward the lord of darkness himself. But where the NES original was uncompromising to the point of brutality, this entry gave Simon real momentum: a whip that lashes in eight directions, goes limp to block projectiles when the button is held, and latches onto rings so he can swing across wide or deadly gaps. Morning Star pickups lengthen and strengthen it, and hazards like swinging chandeliers test every jump. It changed the feel of the franchise fundamentally, giving the vampire hunter a sense of weight and control that makes every screen a pleasure to navigate, even when the enemies hit hard.
Then there is the music. Masanori Adachi and Taro Kudo wrote a soundtrack that stands among the finest on the Super Nintendo, remixing classic themes like Vampire Killer, Bloody Tears and Beginning into lush, layered arrangements that the SNES sound chip rendered with an almost orchestral warmth. The new compositions match them stride for stride: haunting, urgent and perfectly calibrated to each environment. Players who grew up with this game can still hum its boss themes from memory decades later.
Critics acclaimed it on release, it sold 800,000 cartridges worldwide, and it still ranks among the best games on the system. It remains one of the high points of the Castlevania series and the game that showed what the Belmont saga could become on 16-bit hardware.
Fast factsgame data via IGDB
- Released
- 1991
- Publisher
- Konami
- Genre
- Platformer, Beat 'em up
- Players
- Single player
About the game
A century of Transylvanian tranquility is about to come to a shocking end. Once again the mortifying screams of helpless villagers shake the ground as they huddle against new nightmarish horrors unleashed by the Duke of Darkness, Count Dracula. And this time he has a tombstone with your name on it, Simon Belmont. You must descend into Castle of the Undead and its gruesome ground, accompanied by the most chilling sound effects to ever tingle your spine. Inside, a freshly dug 11 levels maze features the treacherous Terrace of Terror, the dangerous Rotating Dungeon, the Sunken Ruins of Lost Spirits, torture chambers and creature filled caves. Use your whip like a grappling hook and swing past hundreds of traps and a host of ghost freaks, living corpses and hidden goblins. All while dodging or destroying the unpredictable spitting lizards, carnivorous coffins, and more. Find the concealed weapons needed to defeat everything from eerie phantoms to haunted furniture. Then prepare to find yourself face-to-thing with hideous torments like the Tongue Lasher, the Darkest Knight, the Bone-Afide Horseman and the Granite Crusher.
Summary from the IGDB community database — the condition and contents of this listing are described above and in the photos.Watch gameplaySuper Castlevania IV on Super Nintendo
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