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Whip candles, dodge floating heads, and wrestle with stiff jumps as Christopher Belmont—this monochrome Castlevania feels like the Game Boy era in all its clunky charm. Your whip upgrades to a chain if you're lucky, but expect to die a lot first.
Dracula Densetsu, known as Castlevania: The Adventure in English, was released by Konami for the Game Boy in 1990. It was one of the early attempts to bring the series to a handheld, and it carries the limitations and ambitions of its time. The game features Christopher Belmont, an ancestor of the more famous Simon, on a quest to defeat Dracula a century before the events of the original Castlevania.
You control Christopher through four stages, moving screen by screen and using your whip to attack enemies like zombies and bats. Your main goal is to reach Dracula's castle and put an end to his reign. Key mechanics include collecting orbs to upgrade your whip, temporarily, and navigating platforming sections that demand precision. The pacing is deliberate, and the difficulty is notable, with limited continues and unforgiving level design. Playing it feels like a careful, sometimes frustrating, dance with the hardware's constraints.
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