Castlevania: Dracula X
The Legend Returns... Rising up from his eternal sleep, Count Dracula is back again to battle the descendants of the great vampire-stalking Belmont family of the Castlevania series. He has summoned his dark…
Castlevania: Dracula X is an adventure developed by Konami, released 7 August 1995 on Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, Satellaview and Super Famicom.
What Castlevania: Dracula X is
Castlevania: Dracula X is an adventure game developed by Konami and released in 1995. It is available on Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, Satellaview, Super Famicom and Super Nintendo Entertainment System.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood, originally released in Japan as Akumajō Dracula X: Chi no Rondo, is a 1993 platform game developed by Konami and released for the PC Engine Super CD-ROM² system directed by Toru Hagihara. Part of the Castlevania series, protagonist Richter Belmont goes to save his lover Annette, who was abducted by Dracula. It was first released exclusively in Japan on October 29, 1993. A direct sequel, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, was released worldwide in 1997.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Castlevania series
Castlevania: Dracula X is the 25th of 107 entries we hold in the Castlevania series. It arrived a year after Castlevania: Bloodlines. The next entry was Castlevania: Symphony of the Night in 1997. Its critic score of 90 is 11 points above the series average of 79. The highest-rated entry is Super Castlevania IV at 100.
How it was received
Castlevania: Dracula X holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 92% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1995 averaged 66, so it scored 24 points above the year average. Players rate it 80, 10 points lower than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.
What it launched against
Castlevania: Dracula X launched on 7 August 1995, within three weeks of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, The King of Fighters '95, Phantasmagoria and Apache. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, The King of Fighters '95, Phantasmagoria, Apache.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Castlevania: Dracula X yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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