Super Castlevania IV (1991) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Super Castlevania IV

A century of Transylvanian tranquility is about to come to a shocking end. Once again the mortifying screams of helpless villagers shake the ground as they huddle against new nightmarish horrors unleashed by…

100 31 October 1991

What Super Castlevania IV is

Super Castlevania IV is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Konami and released in 1991. It is available on New Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, Wii, Super Famicom and Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Super Castlevania IV is a 1991 platform game developed and published by Konami for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It has been re-released multiple times, including for the Super NES Classic Edition.

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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

Super Castlevania IV is the 18th of 107 entries we hold in the Castlevania series. The next entry was Kid Dracula in 1993. Its critic score of 100 is 21 points above the series average of 79. That makes it the highest-rated entry in the series.

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How it was received

Super Castlevania IV holds a critic score of 100 out of 100. That places it above 100% of the 1,124 rated hack and slash/beat 'em up games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1991 averaged 68, so it scored 32 points above the year average. Players rate it 89, 11 points lower than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.

Cheats and codes

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