Castlevania: Bloodlines
Time refuses to forget the Belmont family's horrifying, bloody destiny. And in 1917 two of its descendants are summoned by fate into epic battle. Their enemy? The most evil incarnation of Castlevania legacy to…
Castlevania: Bloodlines is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Konami, released 17 March 1994 on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.
What Castlevania: Bloodlines is
Castlevania: Bloodlines is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Konami and released in 1994. It is available on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In 1897, the long war between humanity and Dracula came to an end, as Dracula was laid to eternal rest by Quincey Morris, a distant descendant of the Belmont family. Peace was restored to Europe, until the outbreak of the First World War, which transformed the continent into a dark world filled with massacre and violence. At the beginning of the war, in June 1914 at Sarajevo, the Crown Prince of Austria was assassinated. It was said that a strange beautiful woman was involved, within the shadows. It was Elizabeth Bartley. In order to revive her uncle, Count Dracula, she conducted an unholy ceremony which caused the war, giving her possession of human souls from Europe. The game itself takes…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Castlevania series
Castlevania: Bloodlines is the 24th of 107 entries we hold in the Castlevania series. The next entry was Castlevania: Dracula X in 1995.
What it launched against
Castlevania: Bloodlines launched on 17 March 1994, within three weeks of Super Metroid, Final Fantasy III, FINAL FANTASY VI and X-COM: UFO Defense.
Released around the same time: Super Metroid, Final Fantasy III, FINAL FANTASY VI, X-COM: UFO Defense.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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