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{{Infobox Game
 
{{Infobox Game
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| Title           = Castlevania
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| Title     = Castlevania
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| BoxArt         = Castlevania - NES - USA - 2.jpg
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| BoxArt   = Castlevania - NES - USA.jpg
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| PlatformName    = NES
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| Platform  = {{Platform|Nintendo Entertainment System|NES}}
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| PlatformPage    = Nintendo Entertainment System
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| Year     = 1986
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| Year           = 1986
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| Developer = {{Developer|Konami|Konami Industry Co. Ltd.}}
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| DeveloperName  = Konami Industry Co. Ltd.
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| Amazon   = B00005AV8W
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| DeveloperPage  = Konami
 
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| Amazon         = B00005AV8W
 
 
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All of the releases of ''Castlevania'' use the same music including the NES, Famicom, Famicom Disk System, and the Vs. arcade game. The "Name Entry" track comes from the original FDS version of the game, but is not played in the NES or Famicom releases.
 
All of the releases of ''Castlevania'' use the same music including the NES, Famicom, Famicom Disk System, and the Vs. arcade game. The "Name Entry" track comes from the original FDS version of the game, but is not played in the NES or Famicom releases.
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==Screenshots==
 
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| Image      = Castlevania - NES - Title.png
 
| Image      = Castlevania - NES - Title.png
 
| Description = The title screen.}}
 
| Description = The title screen.}}
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{{Screenshot
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| Image      = Castlevania - NES - Prologue.png
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| Description = Knock knock, slayer calling.}}
 
{{Screenshot
 
{{Screenshot
 
| Image      = Castlevania - NES - Stage 1.png
 
| Image      = Castlevania - NES - Stage 1.png
 
| Description = The beginning of stage 1.}}
 
| Description = The beginning of stage 1.}}
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{{Screenshot
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| Image      = Castlevania - NES - Stairs.png
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| Description = And she's buying a stairway to heaven.}}
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{{Screenshot
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| Image      = Castlevania - NES - Stairs 2.png
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| Description = Thankfully zombies can't climb stairs.}}
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{{Screenshot
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| Image      = Castlevania - NES - Bat.png
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| Description = Knife the bat.}}
 
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|}
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==Music==
 
==Music==
 
The original music of ''Castlevania'' was composed by both [[Kinuyo Yamashita]] and [[Satoe Terashima]]. According to Yamashita, the two worked on their songs separately and did not collaborate on any of them. The specific tracks credited to an individual come from an interview with Yamashita on The Legacy Music Hour #36. For the songs credited to both composers, it is still unknown who which composer wrote them. In an interview with 1 Up, [[Hidenori Maezawa]] claimed that ''Castlevania'' was the first project that he worked on, however he didn't do any audio for the game, he just learned to program for the Famicom audio chip during the game's development. Nobody was credited in the game, as the designers opted for authors and actors of the horror genre, but the audio team did a great job with the music. The soundtrack stands well on its own, and went on to inspire countless other composers to update and remix the tunes for later games. The track titles come from albums released for the later Castlevania titles.  
 
The original music of ''Castlevania'' was composed by both [[Kinuyo Yamashita]] and [[Satoe Terashima]]. According to Yamashita, the two worked on their songs separately and did not collaborate on any of them. The specific tracks credited to an individual come from an interview with Yamashita on The Legacy Music Hour #36. For the songs credited to both composers, it is still unknown who which composer wrote them. In an interview with 1 Up, [[Hidenori Maezawa]] claimed that ''Castlevania'' was the first project that he worked on, however he didn't do any audio for the game, he just learned to program for the Famicom audio chip during the game's development. Nobody was credited in the game, as the designers opted for authors and actors of the horror genre, but the audio team did a great job with the music. The soundtrack stands well on its own, and went on to inspire countless other composers to update and remix the tunes for later games. The track titles come from albums released for the later Castlevania titles.  
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===Recording===
 
===Recording===
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{{Table Recording
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{{TrackListBegin}}
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| Caption01 = #
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{{TrackListEntry
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| Caption02 = Title
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| Track      = 1
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| Caption03 = Composer
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| Title      = Underground
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| Caption04 = Arranger
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| Composer    = {{TrackListComposer|Kinuyo Yamashita}}, {{TrackListComposer|Satoe Terashima}}
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| Caption05 = Length
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| DurationMin = 0
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| Caption06 = Size
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| DurationSec = 29
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| Caption07 = Listen
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| Game        = Castlevania
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| Platform    = NES
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}}
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{{TrackListEntry
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| Track      = 2
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| Title      = Prologue
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| Composer    = {{TrackListComposer|Kinuyo Yamashita}}
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| DurationMin = 0
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| DurationSec = 6
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| Game        = Castlevania
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| Platform    = NES
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}}
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{{TrackListEntry
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| Track      = 3
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| Title      = Vampire Killer
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| Composer    = {{TrackListComposer|Satoe Terashima}}
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| DurationMin = 1
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| DurationSec = 9
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| Game        = Castlevania
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| Platform    = NES
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}}
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{{TrackListEntry
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| Track      = 4
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| Title       = Stalker
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| Composer    = {{TrackListComposer|Satoe Terashima}}
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| DurationMin = 1
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| DurationSec = 13
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| Game        = Castlevania
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| Platform    = NES
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}}
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{{TrackListEntry
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| Track      = 5
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| Title      = Wicked Child
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| Composer   = {{TrackListComposer|Kinuyo Yamashita}}
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| DurationMin = 2
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| DurationSec = 3
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| Game        = Castlevania
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| Platform    = NES
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}}
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{{TrackListEntry
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| Track      = 6
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| Title      = Walking On the Edge
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| Composer    = {{TrackListComposer|Kinuyo Yamashita}}
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| DurationMin = 1
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| DurationSec = 26
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| Game        = Castlevania
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| Platform    = NES
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}}
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{{TrackListEntry
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| Track      = 7
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| Title      = Heart of Fire
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| Composer    = {{TrackListComposer|Kinuyo Yamashita}}
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| DurationMin = 2
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| DurationSec = 5
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| Game        = Castlevania
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| Platform    = NES
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}}
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{{TrackListEntry
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| Track      = 8
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| Title      = Out of Time
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| Composer    = {{TrackListComposer|Satoe Terashima}}
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| DurationMin = 1
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| DurationSec = 14
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| Game        = Castlevania
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| Platform    = NES
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}}
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{{TrackListEntry
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| Track      = 9
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| Title      = Nothing to Lose
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| Composer    = {{TrackListComposer|Kinuyo Yamashita}}
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| DurationMin = 1
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| DurationSec = 20
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| Game        = Castlevania
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| Platform    = NES
 
}}
 
}}
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| 01
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{{TrackListEntry
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| [[Prologue - Castlevania (NES)|Prologue]]
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| Track      = 10
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| [[Kinuyo Yamashita]]
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| Title      = Poison Mind
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| [[Kinuyo Yamashita]]
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| Composer    = {{TrackListComposer|Kinuyo Yamashita}}
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| 0:06
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| DurationMin = 0
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| 97 KB
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| DurationSec = 24
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| {{Song-List|01 - Castlevania - NES - Prologue.ogg}}
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| Game        = Castlevania
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| Platform    = NES
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| 02
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| [[Vampire Killer]]
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{{TrackListEntry
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| [[Satoe Terashima]]
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| Track      = 11
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| [[Satoe Terashima]]
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| Title      = Black Night
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| 1:09
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| Composer    = {{TrackListComposer|Kinuyo Yamashita}}
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| 889 KB
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| DurationMin = 0
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| {{Song-List|02 - Castlevania - NES - Vampire Killer.ogg}}
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| DurationSec = 43
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| Game        = Castlevania
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| 03
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| Platform    = NES
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| [[Stalker]]
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}}
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| [[Satoe Terashima]]
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{{TrackListEntry
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| [[Satoe Terashima]]
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| Track      = 12
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| 1:13
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| Title      = Voyager
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| 991 KB
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| Composer    = {{TrackListComposer|Satoe Terashima}}
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| {{Song-List|03 - Castlevania - NES - Stalker.ogg}}
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| DurationMin = 0
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| DurationSec = 52
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| 04
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| Game        = Castlevania
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| [[Wicked Child]]
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| Platform    = NES
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| [[Kinuyo Yamashita]]
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}}
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| [[Kinuyo Yamashita]]
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{{TrackListEntry
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| 2:03
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| Track      = 13
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| 1.7 MB
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| Title      = Player Miss
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| {{Song-List|04 - Castlevania - NES - Wicked Child.ogg}}
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| Composer    = {{TrackListComposer|Kinuyo Yamashita}}
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| DurationMin = 0
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| 05
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| DurationSec = 1
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| [[Walking On the Edge]]
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| Game        = Castlevania
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| [[Kinuyo Yamashita]]
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| Platform    = NES
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| [[Kinuyo Yamashita]]
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}}
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| 1:26
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{{TrackListEntry
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| 1.1 MB
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| Track      = 14
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| {{Song-List|05 - Castlevania - NES - Walking On the Edge.ogg}}
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| Title      = Game Over
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|-
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| Composer    = {{TrackListComposer|Kinuyo Yamashita}}
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| 06
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| DurationMin = 0
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| [[Heart of Fire]]
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| DurationSec = 4
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| [[Kinuyo Yamashita]]
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| Game        = Castlevania
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| [[Kinuyo Yamashita]]
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| Platform    = NES
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| 2:05
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}}
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| 1.6 MB
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{{TrackListEntry
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| {{Song-List|06 - Castlevania - NES - Heart of Fire.ogg}}
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| Track      = 15
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|-
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| Title      = Stage Clear
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| 07
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| Composer    = {{TrackListComposer|Kinuyo Yamashita}}
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| [[Out of Time]]
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| DurationMin = 0
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| [[Satoe Terashima]]
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| DurationSec = 4
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| [[Satoe Terashima]]
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| Game        = Castlevania
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| 1:14
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| Platform    = NES
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| 979 KB
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}}
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| {{Song-List|07 - Castlevania - NES - Out of Time.ogg}}
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{{TrackListEntry
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|-
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| Track      = 16
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| 08
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| Title      = All Clear
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| [[Poison Mind]]
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| Composer    = {{TrackListComposer|Kinuyo Yamashita}}, {{TrackListComposer|Satoe Terashima}}
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| [[Kinuyo Yamashita]]
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| DurationMin = 0
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| [[Kinuyo Yamashita]]
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| DurationSec = 4
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| 0:24
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| Game        = Castlevania
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| 384 KB
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| Platform    = NES
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| {{Song-List|08 - Castlevania - NES - Poison Mind.ogg}}
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{{TrackListEnd}}
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| 09
 
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| [[Player Miss]]
 
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| [[Kinuyo Yamashita]]
 
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| [[Kinuyo Yamashita]]
 
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| 0:01
 
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| 32 KB
 
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| {{Song-List|09 - Castlevania - NES - Player Miss.ogg}}
 
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| 10
 
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| [[Game Over - Castlevania (NES)|Game Over]]
 
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| [[Kinuyo Yamashita]]
 
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| [[Kinuyo Yamashita]]
 
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| 0:04
 
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| 57 KB
 
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| {{Song-List|10 - Castlevania - NES - Game Over.ogg}}
 
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| 11
 
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| [[Stage Clear - Castlevania (NES)|Stage Clear]]
 
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| [[Kinuyo Yamashita]]
 
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| [[Kinuyo Yamashita]]
 
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| 0:04
 
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| 62 KB
 
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| {{Song-List|11 - Castlevania - NES - Stage Clear.ogg}}
 
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| 12
 
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| [[Name Entry]]
 
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| [[Kinuyo Yamashita]], [[Satoe Terashima]]
 
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| [[Kinuyo Yamashita]], [[Satoe Terashima]]
 
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| 0:29
 
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| 275 KB
 
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| {{Song-List|12 - Castlevania - NES - Name Entry.ogg}}
 
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| 13
 
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| [[Nothing to Lose]]
 
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| [[Kinuyo Yamashita]]
 
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| [[Kinuyo Yamashita]]
 
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| 1:20
 
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| 1.2 MB
 
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| {{Song-List|13 - Castlevania - NES - Nothing to Lose.ogg}}
 
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| 14
 
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| [[Black Night]]
 
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| [[Kinuyo Yamashita]]
 
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| [[Kinuyo Yamashita]]
 
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| 0:43
 
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| 612 KB
 
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| {{Song-List|14 - Castlevania - NES - Black Night.ogg}}
 
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| [[All Clear]]
 
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| [[Kinuyo Yamashita]], [[Satoe Terashima]]
 
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| [[Kinuyo Yamashita]], [[Satoe Terashima]]
 
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| 0:04
 
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| 70 KB
 
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| {{Song-List|15 - Castlevania - NES - All Clear.ogg}}
 
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| [[Voyager]]
 
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| [[Satoe Terashima]]
 
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| 0:52
 
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| {{Song-List|16 - Castlevania - NES - Voyager.ogg}}
 
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===Credits===
 
===Credits===
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* '''Recorder:''' [[User:TheAlmightyGuru|TheAlmightyGuru]]
 
* '''Recorder:''' [[User:TheAlmightyGuru|TheAlmightyGuru]]
 
* '''Game Credits:'''
 
* '''Game Credits:'''
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** '''Music By:''' James Banana (Not a real composer)
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** '''Music By:''' {{Credits|Kinuyo Yamashita|James Banana}}
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** '''Not Credited Composer:''' {{Credits|Kinuyo Yamashita|Kinuyo Yamashita}}
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** '''Not Credited Composer:''' {{Credits|Satoe Terashima}}
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** '''Not Credited Composer:''' {{Credits|Satoe Terashima|Satoe Terashima}}
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** '''Not Credited Arranger:''' {{Credits|Hidenori Maezawa}}
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** '''Not Credited Arranger:''' {{Credits|Hidenori Maezawa|Hidenori Maezawa}}
 
  
 
([[:File:Castlevania - NES - Credits.png|NES]], [[:File:Castlevania - FDS - Credits.png|FDS]], [[:File:Vs Castlevania - ARC - Credits.png|Vs System]])
 
([[:File:Castlevania - NES - Credits.png|NES]], [[:File:Castlevania - FDS - Credits.png|FDS]], [[:File:Vs Castlevania - ARC - Credits.png|Vs System]])
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===Albums===
 
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| Title = Perfect Selection - Konami: Battle the Best
 
| Title = Perfect Selection - Konami: Battle the Best
 
| Image = Perfect Selection - Konami - Battle the Best.jpg
 
| Image = Perfect Selection - Konami - Battle the Best.jpg
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| Date  = 1996/09/21
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| Date  = 1996-09-21
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{{Album
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| Title = Konami Music Masterpiece Collection
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| Image = Konami Music Masterpiece Collection - Cover.jpg
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| Date  = 2004-10-01
 
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{{Album
 
{{Album
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| Title = Konami Music Classics Collection
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| Title = Konami Game Music: Classic Castlevania
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| Image = Konami Music Classics Collection.jpg
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| Image = Konami Game Music - Classic Castlevania.jpg
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| Date  = 2004/10/01
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| Date  = 2007-05-15
 
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===Game Rip===
 
===Game Rip===
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{{Template: Table Recording
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{{Rips
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| Caption01 = Formats
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| Formats = {{Format|NSF}} {{Format|NSFE}}
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| Caption02 = Download
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| File    = Castlevania (NES).zip
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| Caption03 = Size
 
 
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{{Template: Format|NSF}} {{Template: Format|NSFE}}
 
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| [http://www.vgmpf.com/Rips/Castlevania-NES.zip Download]
 
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Ripping NES music is a very arduous process that is beyond the scope of this site.
 
Ripping NES music is a very arduous process that is beyond the scope of this site.
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{{Publication
 
{{Publication
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| Title       = 悪魔城ドラキュラ
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| Translation   = Demon Castle Dracula
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| Translation = Demon Castle Dracula
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| BoxArt       = Castlevania - FDS - Japan.jpg
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| BoxArt     = Castlevania - FDS - Japan.jpg
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| PlatformName  = Famicom Disk System
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| Platform    = {{Platform|Nintendo Entertainment System|Famicom Disk System}}
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| PlatformPage  = Nintendo Entertainment System
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| Publisher  = {{Publisher|Konami|Konami Industry Co. Ltd.}}
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| PublisherName = Konami Industry Co. Ltd.
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| Released   = 1986-09-26
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| PublisherPage = Konami
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| Country     = Japan
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| Released     = 1986/09/26
 
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| Country       = Japan
 
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{Publication
 
{{Publication
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| Title         = Castlevania
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| Title       = Castlevania
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| BoxArt       = Castlevania - NES - USA - 1.jpg
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| BoxArt     = Castlevania - NES - USA.jpg
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| PlatformName  = NES
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| Platform    = {{Platform|Nintendo Entertainment System|NES}}
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| PlatformPage  = Nintendo Entertainment System
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| Publisher  = {{Publisher|Konami|Nintendo of America, Inc.}}
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| PublisherName = Nintendo of America Inc.
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| Released   = 1985-10-??
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| PublisherPage = Konami
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| Country     = USA
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| Released     = 1985/10/??
 
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| Country       = USA
 
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{Publication
 
{{Publication
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| Title         = Castlevania [New NES Seal]
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| Title       = Vs. Castlevania
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| BoxArt       = Castlevania - NES - USA - 2.jpg
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| BoxArt     = Vs. System.jpg
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| PlatformName  = NES
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| Platform    = {{Platform|Vs. System}}
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| PlatformPage  = Nintendo Entertainment System
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| Publisher  = {{Publisher|Konami|Konami Industry Co. Ltd.}}
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| PublisherName = Nintendo of America Inc.
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| Released   = 1987-02-15
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| PublisherPage = Konami
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| Country     = USA
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| Released     = 1985/10/??
 
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| Country       = USA
 
 
}}
 
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{{Publication
 
{{Publication
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| Title         = Vs. Castlevania
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| Title       = Castlevania
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| BoxArt       =  
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| BoxArt     = Castlevania - NES - Italy.jpg
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| PlatformName  = Vs. System
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| Platform    = {{Platform|Nintendo Entertainment System|NES}}
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| PlatformPage  = Vs. System
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| Publisher  = {{Publisher|Konami|Konami Industry Co. Ltd.}}
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| PublisherName = Konami Industry Co. Ltd.
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| Released   = 1988-12-19
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| PublisherPage = Konami
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| Country     = Italy
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| Released     = 1987/02/15
 
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| Country       = USA
 
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{Publication
 
{{Publication
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| Title         = Castlevania
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| Title       = 悪魔城ドラキュラ
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| BoxArt       = Castlevania - NES - Italy.jpg
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| Translation = Demon Castle Dracula
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| PlatformName  = NES
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| BoxArt     = Castlevania - NES - Japan.jpg
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| PlatformPage  = Nintendo Entertainment System
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| Platform    = {{Platform|Nintendo Entertainment System|Famicom}}
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| PublisherName = Konami Industry Co. Ltd.
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| Publisher  = {{Publisher|Konami|Konami Industry Co. Ltd.}}
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| PublisherPage = Konami
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| Released   = 1993-02-05
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| Released     = 1988/12/19
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| Country     = Japan
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| Country       = Italy
 
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{Publication
 
{{Publication
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| Title         = 悪魔城ドラキュラ
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| Title       = Castlevania
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| Translation  = Demon Castle Dracula
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| BoxArt     = Castlevania - NES - France.jpg
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| BoxArt       = Castlevania - NES - Japan.jpg
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| Platform    = {{Platform|Nintendo Entertainment System|NES}}
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| PlatformName  = Famicom
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| Publisher  = {{Publisher|Konami|Konami Industry Co. Ltd.}}
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| PlatformPage  = Nintendo Entertainment System
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| Released   = 19??-??-??
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| PublisherName = Konami Industry Co. Ltd.
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| Country     = France
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| PublisherPage = Konami
 
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| Released     = 1993/02/05
 
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| Country       = Japan
 
 
}}
 
}}
 
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|}
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==Links==
 
==Links==
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* '''Wikipedia:''' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castlevania_%28video_game%29 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castlevania_%28video_game%29]
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* [http://www.mobygames.com/game/nes/castlevania mobygames.com/game/nes/castlevania] - MobyGames.
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* '''Moby Games:''' [http://www.mobygames.com/game/nes/castlevania mobygames.com/game/nes/castlevania]
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* [http://www.gamefaqs.com/nes/578318-castlevania gamefaqs.com/nes/578318-castlevania] - GameFAQs.
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* '''GameFAQs:''' [http://www.gamefaqs.com/nes/578318-castlevania gamefaqs.com/nes/578318-castlevania]
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castlevania_%28video_game%29 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castlevania_%28video_game%29] - Wikipedia.
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Latest revision as of 14:47, 14 January 2018

Castlevania
Castlevania - NES - USA.jpg
Platform: NES
Year: 1986
Developer: Konami Industry Co. Ltd.
Buy: Amazon
For other Castlevania games see Castlevania.

Castlevania is one of the earlier action platform games for the NES that continues to maintain its popularity to this day. You play as the vampire hunter, Simon Belmont, who is seeking out the evil Count Dracula so that he may put an end to his unlife. As a rather unusual weapon, Simon wields a whip which becomes more powerful as you pick up power-ups. You also have the use of other weapons like the dagger, axe, boomerang, holy water, and a couple others. Each will aide you best in different areas of the game. The enemies are staples to the horror genre including skeletons, ghosts, zombies, vampire bats, and mummies. The game is a lot of fun, presents quite a challenge to beginners, and retains its replay value for many years.

All of the releases of Castlevania use the same music including the NES, Famicom, Famicom Disk System, and the Vs. arcade game. The "Name Entry" track comes from the original FDS version of the game, but is not played in the NES or Famicom releases.

Screenshots

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The title screen.

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Knock knock, slayer calling.

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The beginning of stage 1.

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And she's buying a stairway to heaven.

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Thankfully zombies can't climb stairs.

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Knife the bat.

Music

The original music of Castlevania was composed by both Kinuyo Yamashita and Satoe Terashima. According to Yamashita, the two worked on their songs separately and did not collaborate on any of them. The specific tracks credited to an individual come from an interview with Yamashita on The Legacy Music Hour #36. For the songs credited to both composers, it is still unknown who which composer wrote them. In an interview with 1 Up, Hidenori Maezawa claimed that Castlevania was the first project that he worked on, however he didn't do any audio for the game, he just learned to program for the Famicom audio chip during the game's development. Nobody was credited in the game, as the designers opted for authors and actors of the horror genre, but the audio team did a great job with the music. The soundtrack stands well on its own, and went on to inspire countless other composers to update and remix the tunes for later games. The track titles come from albums released for the later Castlevania titles.

Recording

# Title Composer Length Listen Download
01 Underground Kinuyo Yamashita, Satoe Terashima 0:29
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02 Prologue Kinuyo Yamashita 0:06
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03 Vampire Killer Satoe Terashima 1:09
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04 Stalker Satoe Terashima 1:13
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05 Wicked Child Kinuyo Yamashita 2:03
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06 Walking On the Edge Kinuyo Yamashita 1:26
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07 Heart of Fire Kinuyo Yamashita 2:05
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08 Out of Time Satoe Terashima 1:14
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09 Nothing to Lose Kinuyo Yamashita 1:20
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10 Poison Mind Kinuyo Yamashita 0:24
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11 Black Night Kinuyo Yamashita 0:43
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12 Voyager Satoe Terashima 0:52
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13 Player Miss Kinuyo Yamashita 0:01
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14 Game Over Kinuyo Yamashita 0:04
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15 Stage Clear Kinuyo Yamashita 0:04
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16 All Clear Kinuyo Yamashita, Satoe Terashima 0:04
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Credits

(NES, FDS, Vs System)

Albums

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Ripping NES music is a very arduous process that is beyond the scope of this site.

Releases

  Japan.svg   Japan
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Title: 悪魔城ドラキュラ (Demon Castle Dracula)
Platform: Famicom Disk System
Released: 1986-09-26
Publisher: Konami Industry Co. Ltd.
  USA.svg   USA
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Title: Castlevania
Platform: NES
Released: 1985-10-??
Publisher: Nintendo of America, Inc.
  USA.svg   USA
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Title: Vs. Castlevania
Platform: Vs. System
Released: 1987-02-15
Publisher: Konami Industry Co. Ltd.
  Italy.svg   Italy
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Title: Castlevania
Platform: NES
Released: 1988-12-19
Publisher: Konami Industry Co. Ltd.
  Japan.svg   Japan
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Title: 悪魔城ドラキュラ (Demon Castle Dracula)
Platform: Famicom
Released: 1993-02-05
Publisher: Konami Industry Co. Ltd.
  France.svg   France
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Title: Castlevania
Platform: NES
Released: 19??-??-??
Publisher: Konami Industry Co. Ltd.

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