Lost In Translation/Haunted Castle

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Haunted Castle
Manufacturer	Konami
Released	1988
Control Method	8-way Joystick 2 Button(s)
Main CPU	KONAMI (@ 3.000 MHz) Z80 (@ 3.580 MHz)
Sound CPU	Mono K007232 (@ 3.580 MHz) YM3812 (@ 3.580 MHz) K051649 (@ 1.790 MHz)
Video Details	Raster (Horizontal) 256 x 224 pixels 59.00 Hz 128 Palette colours
Screens	1
ROM Info	13 ROMs 2,819,328 bytes (2.69 MiB)
MAME ID	hcastle · hcastlej · hcastleo · hcastljo

About The Game

Haunted Castle is an arcade video game.

Dracula stole our hero's wife the day of the ceremony and so you must rescue her. Armed with your whip, fight classic horror monsters in this horizontal action game.

Trivia

Released in February 1988.

This game is known in Japan as "Akumajou Dracula".

Haunted Castle IS part of the "Castlevania" series. However, as many games of this series, it is not part of the main storyline. The main character doesn't have any name, but it is believed to be Simon Belmont of the original "CastleVania".

King Records released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Konami Game Music Collection Vol.1 - K30X7705) on 05/08/1988. This album was reprinted (KCIA-2309) on 21/05/1993.

Tips and tricks

Combining Credits

If you've ever played Haunted Castle, then you know that you are only allowed 3 continues throughout the game. And since you only get One Life per credit, it makes for a hard game. But if you have four credits in the game and hit the player one start button four times you will combine all four credits together giving you a huge life bar. Making this game a lot easier to play. Only trouble is, if you die, it will be game over because you will have used up all 3 of your continues making your Life Bar bigger.

Series

1. Castlevania (1986, Nintendo Famicom Disk System; 1987, Nintendo Entertainment System)
2. Vampire Killer (1986, MSX)
3. Castlevania II - Simon's Quest (1988, Nintendo Entertainment System)
4. Haunted Castle (1988, Arcade)
5. Castlevania - The Adventure (1989, Nintendo Game Boy)
6. Castlevania III - Dracula's Curse (1990, Nintendo Entertainment System)
7. Castlevania II - Belmont's Revenge (1991, Nintendo Game Boy)
8. Super Castlevania IV (1991, Super Nintendo)
9. Akumajou Dracula (1993, Sharp X68000)
10. Castlevania - Rondo of Blood (1993, PC-Engine CD)
11. Castlevania - Bloodlines (1994, Sega Genesis)
12. Castlevania - Dracula X (1995, Super Nintendo)
13. Castlevania - Symphony of the Night (1997, Sony PlayStation, Sega Saturn)
14. Castlevania Legends (1997, Nintendo Game Boy)
15. Castlevania (1998, Nintendo 64)
16. Castlevania - Legacy of Darkness (1999, Nintendo 64)
17. Castlevania Chronicles (2001, Sony PlayStation)
18. Castlevania - Circle of the Moon (2001, Nintendo Game Boy Advance)
19. Castlevania - Harmony of Dissonance (2002, Nintendo Game Boy Advance)
20. Castlevania - Lament of Innocence (2003, Sony PlayStation 2)
21. Castlevania - Aria of Sorrow (2003, Nintendo Game Boy Advance)
22. Castlevania - Curse of Darkness (2005, Microsoft XBOX, Sony PlayStation 2)
23. Castlevania - Dawn of Sorrow (2005, Nintendo DS)
24. Castlevania - Portrait of Ruin (2006, Nintendo DS)
25. Castlevania - The Dracula X Chronicles (2007, Sony PSP)
26. Castlevania - Order of Shadows (2007, Mobile)
27. Castlevania - Order of Ecclesia (2008, Nintendo DS)
28. Akumajou Dracula - The Arcade (2008, Arcade)
29. Castlevania - Judgment (2008, Nintendo Wii)

Cabinet and Artwork

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  Haunted Castle cabinet.

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  Haunted Castle flyer.

Ports

Consoles

Sony Playstation 2 (2005, "Oretachi Geasen Zoku Sono 15 - Akumajou Dracula")

Soundtrack Releases

Album Name	Catalogue No.	Released	Publisher	Comments
Perfect Selection Dracula Battle	KICA-1145	1994-07-21	King Records Inc.	CD version.
Perfect Selection Konami Battle the Best	KICA-1189	1996-09-21	King Records Inc.	CD version.
Konami Game Music Collection Vol.1	K30X-7705	1988-08-05	King Records	CD version.
Castlevania Symphony of the Night Music Sampler	SLUS-00067	1997-01-01	Konami of America	CD version.
Konami Game Music Collection Vol.1	KICA-2309	1993-05-21	King Records	CD version.
Konami Game Music Collection Vol.1	K25H-4705	1988-08-05	King Records	Cassette version.
Dracula ~Music Collection~	VX010-J1	1997-03-10	Konami	CD version.
Classic in Game Music - Legend Compilation Series	SCDC-00463	2005-09-21	Scitron Discs	CD version.
Konami Game Music Collection Vol.1	K25G-7705	1988-08-05	King Records	Vinyl version.

References

The contents of this page are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
The sources used include MAME (version 0.113u2) and history.dat (revision 1.28 - 2008-10-18).
Please see http://www.arcade-history.com for credits.