Castlevania (1999 video game)
1999 video game
Castlevania, also informally referred to as Castlevania 64, is a 1999 action-adventure game developed and published by Konami for the Nintendo 64. An expanded version of the game, Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness, was released later in the same year.
Castlevania is the first 3D game in the Castlevania series. The player selects one of the game's protagonists to control: Carrie Fernandez, a young orphan gifted with magic powers, or Reinhardt Schneider, the whip-wielding heir to the Belmont clan (the series' recurring protagonists). Carrie and Reinhardt set out on a quest to stop Count Dracula's impending return to power after a century of dormancy. The characters travel to and explore Dracula's grand estate in their mission to defeat the count and his horde of undead minions.
Gameplay
Castlevania, like most of its predecessors, is primarily an action-adventure and platforming game. The Japanese logo for the game includes the words "real action adventure" in English.
Combat is slightly more complex than in older entries. A basic targeting and lock-on system has been implemented.
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