Castlevania known in Japan as Akumajō Dracula is a gothic horror action-adventure video game series and media franchise about Dracula, created and developed by Konami. It has been released on various platforms, from early systems to modern consoles, as well as handheld devices such as mobile phones. The franchise has expanded into several spin-off video games and other media, including comic books and an animated television series.
Castlevania AGA is a remake of the 1986 original but with visuals inspired by Castlevania Chronicles and other non-8 bit titles in the series. The goal was to provide a playable and pure version of the original Castlevania but with an Amiga flavour. Not a port of the Sharp X68000 or PlayStation “Castlevania Chronicles” game, it only happens to use many level tiles and sprites from that game because it’s a practical rendition of how OG Castlevania would look in 16-bit or 32-bit.
Although not a full game just yet, this impressive playable demo has recently received a large update that adds stages 10 to 15, with many new enemies such as the sprite-segmented mini-boss, the reaper boss, skeletons able to get back up after hit, and much more. Head over to danteretrodev.itch.io for more info and a download to try out yourself.
