Download Akumajo Dracula X - Gekka no Yasoukyoku (J) ROM – SEGA Saturn Game

Game Overview

If you've ever played a Castlevania game before, this Sega Saturn version—Akumajo Dracula X: Gekka no Yasoukyoku—feels like slipping into a familiar leather whip. The gothic castles are moody as ever, packed with hidden rooms and enemies that pop out of stained-glass windows when you least expect it. You play as Richter Belmont, and yeah, he still whips candles for hearts like it's totally normal.

What stands out here is how the Saturn version adds these weirdly beautiful animated cutscenes—way more detailed than the PlayStation release. The music’s all dramatic organs and choir chants, which somehow makes fighting floating Medusa heads feel even cooler. Some of the platforming can be brutal (that clock tower level, ugh), but nailing a perfect jump over a pit of skeletons is stupidly satisfying.

Fair warning: the Japanese text might throw you if you don’t know the series, but the action speaks for itself. You’ll probably die a lot before figuring out the boss patterns, but that’s half the fun.