Castlevania: Dracula X
Konami's 1995 Super Nintendo retelling of the Dracula X saga: one Belmont, one whip, and a castle that wants him dead.
About
Castlevania: Dracula X is an action-adventure game developed and published by Konami, released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System on July 21, 1995. Part of the Castlevania franchise, it follows a Belmont hunter — whip in hand — through a reworked telling of the Dracula X story, climbing a castle that answers every step with something hungry.
The game is remembered for its punishing difficulty and for the gulf between it and the version of the tale that reached other platforms, leaving it a footnote fans still argue over. Konami’s gothic stagecraft holds: torchlit halls, crumbling battlements, and a count who is never truly gone.
- Genre
- Action-adventure game
- Modes
- Single-player video game
- Developer
- Konami
- Publisher
- Konami
Releases
| Platform | Release date | Region | Edition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Super Nintendo Entertainment System | July 21, 1995 | — |
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