The Lost & Forgotten Castlevania Game

Castlevania is a fantastic and long-running series that has seen so many titles in the series go down in history as greats, and even a few that have become infamous. But of all the games released in the series on just about every platform released, did you know that there was one Castlevania port that Konami themselves worked on that you probably never played or even knew existed?

Well, we got our hands on Castlevania! Yes, we know the name can be a little confusing but this is actually a version of the original Castlevania on the NES rebuilt from the ground up for Java enabled phones. Those are what us old-timers used before Steve Jobs showed up and introduced us to the smartphone revolution.

But just how does a technical and precision platformer like Castlevania fare when put onto a phone with membrane buttons, no d-pad, and a screen a few postage stamps high and wide? Well, let’s find out for ourselves in the video below!

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