Game title
Castlevania
Japan 1986-09-26 / action-adventure game /Konami
- #156Japanese release order (of 1239 titles)
- #82Copies sold (of 87 titles)
- #11Famitsu score (of 367 titles)
- #23How much it is read now (of 942 titles)
- 1986Release year
About this game title
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- Japanese title
- Castlevania
- Japan release date
- 1986-09-26
- North America release date
- 1987-04-30
- Europe release date
- 1988-12-19
- Publisher
- Konami
- Developer
- Konami
- Genre
- action-adventure game
- Formats
- FC / FDS / NES
Copies sold
1,000,000 copies
Officially playable today
Not confirmed
Products sold (2)
Even for the same game title, packs, bundles and budget re-releases count as separate products. Only those listed in the public record (Media Arts Database) are shown.
- Castlevania
- 2,980 yen / 1986-09-26
- Castlevania
- Model no. RV003 / 3,900 yen / 1993-02-05
More details
Only the details we could confirm are shown.
- Series
- Castlevania
- Music
- Kinuyo Yamashita
- Art
- Noriyasu Togakushi
- programming
- Mitsuhiro Okade
- production
- Akihiko Nagata
- Direction
- Hitoshi Akamatsu
- Medium
- Floppy disk / ROM cartridge / Digital download
- North America age rating
- E
Where it stands today
How much this title is read and edited today. Wikipedia page views and edit history, counted on 2026-8-30.
Readers of the overseas article
about 11,190 views per month
Edits in the past 1 year
10 times
Current records (11 of 25)
The fastest completions of this title, as of 2026-8-30, and still being updated (the newest record is from 2026-07-23). These records are the work of the runners and authors. Their names and sources are given.
Stories left about this title
There are 20.Press a card to read the story.
Titles released the same day (1)
Other titles released in Japan on 1986-09-26.
Explore from here
Links to pages related to this title.
Source: created by adapting the "Media Arts Database" (https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/) of the National Center for Art Research, National Museum of Art
Sources: Japanese and English Wikipedia, Wikidata
Sources: TASVideos (https://tasvideos.org/), speedrun.com (https://www.speedrun.com/)