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Castlevania: Dracula X

Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
Dracula x (j) front.jpg
Japanese box art
Developer(s) Konami
Publisher(s) Konami
Director(s) Toru Hagihara
Producer(s) Yoshiaki Yamada
Artist(s) Toshiharu Furukawa
Reika Bando
Koji Yamada
Composer(s) Akira Souji
Keizo Nakamura
Tomoko Sano
Mikio Saito
Series Castlevania
Platform(s) PC Engine, PlayStation Portable
Release PC Engine
  • JP: October 29, 1993
Virtual Console
  • JP: April 22, 2008
  • NA: March 15, 2010
  • PAL: March 19, 2010
Genre(s) Platform-adventure
Mode(s) Single-player
Review scores
Publication Score
1UP.com B+ (PSP)
EGM 6.75/10 (Super NES)
Eurogamer 7/10 (PSP)
Famitsu 24/40 (Super NES)
GameSpy 4/5 stars (PSP)
IGN 9/10 (Virtual Console)
Nintendo Life 9/10 stars (Virtual Console)
Next Generation 1/5 stars (Super NES)

Castlevania: Rondo of Blood, known in Japan as Akumajō Dracula X: Chi no Rondo (悪魔城ドラキュラX 血の輪廻(ロンド)?), is a platform-adventure video game developed by Konami for the PC Engine Super CD-ROM² System directed by Toru Hagihara. It is set in the fictional universe of the Castlevania series, where the protagonist Richter Belmont goes to save his lover Annette, who was abducted by Dracula. It was released in Japan on October 29, 1993. A direct sequel to it, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, was released in 1997. The game was later ported to the Super Nintendo as Castlevania: Dracula X, and the PlayStation Portable as Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles. In 2008, the unaltered original game was released for the Wii's Virtual Console service in Japan and for the North American and PAL regions in 2010.

The objective is to guide the primary player character Richter Belmont through nine stages, with four alternate routes, as he searches for his kidnapped beloved Annette and ultimately confronts Dracula in his castle. Richter makes use of a whip as his main weapon and one of six sub-weapons: an axe, a dagger, holy water, a grimoire, a pocket watch, and a cross. While exploring the castle, Richter can rescue four maidens, including his distant relative Maria Renard who then becomes a playable character. She attacks using her doves and one of six sub-weapons: a white tiger kitten, dragon whelp, baby phoenix, turtle, egg or musical notes. She is more agile, can do a double jump, and can do twice the amount of damage that Richter does in each normal attack because the doves she shoots out return to her and therefore can do a second hit of damage on the way back, but she takes much more damage each time she is hit than Richter does when he is hit.


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