Castlevania

1986 video game
VideoGame video_game Q1043375
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Castlevania

Summary

Castlevania is a video game[1]. Castlevania ranks in the top 3% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,743 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Castlevania's instance of is recorded as video game[3].
  • Castlevania's composer is recorded as Kinuyo Yamashita[4].
  • Castlevania was published by Konami[5].
  • Castlevania was published by Appaloosa Interactive[6].
  • Castlevania's genre is action-adventure game[7].
  • Castlevania was followed by Castlevania II: Simon's Quest[8].
  • Castlevania's developer is recorded as Konami[9].
  • Castlevania's part of the series is recorded as Castlevania[10].
  • Castlevania's Commons category is recorded as Castlevania[11].
  • Castlevania's platform is recorded as Game Boy Advance[12].
  • Castlevania's platform is recorded as Nintendo Entertainment System[13].
  • Castlevania's platform is recorded as DOS[14].
  • Castlevania's platform is recorded as Commodore Amiga[15].
  • Castlevania's platform is recorded as Commodore 64[16].
  • Castlevania's platform is recorded as Famicom Disk System[17].
  • Castlevania's platform is recorded as arcade video game machine[18].
  • Castlevania's game mode is recorded as single-player video game[19].
  • Castlevania was distributed by floppy disk[20].
  • Castlevania was distributed by ROM cartridge[21].
  • Castlevania was distributed by digital download[22].
  • Castlevania's country of origin is recorded as Japan[23].
  • Castlevania was released on September 26, 1986[24].
  • Castlevania's characters is recorded as Simon Belmont[25].
  • Castlevania's characters is recorded as Dracula[26].
  • Castlevania's distributed by is recorded as Nintendo eShop[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Soundtrack[28]

  • MusicBrainz ID: d7638697-d4d7-45b7-a345-c24cc312eb89[29]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Publishers include Konami[5] and Appaloosa Interactive[6].

Publication

Castlevania was published on September 26, 1986[24]. Castlevania's genre is action-adventure game[7]. Castlevania's part of the series is recorded as Castlevania[10]. Recorded distribution format include floppy disk[20], ROM cartridge[21], and digital download[22].

Subject and Themes

Castlevania's part of the series is recorded as Castlevania[10].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Castlevania was followed by Castlevania II: Simon's Quest[8].

Why It Matters

Castlevania ranks in the top 3% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,743 views/month).[2] Castlevania has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Castlevania is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · ~2026-11810-75 · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Platform Game Boy Advance, Nintendo Entertainment System, DOS +4
    Publication date +1986-09-26T00:00:00Z
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P400]]: [[Q172742]]"
  2. 4w ago · ~2026-11810-75 · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Composer Kinuyo Yamashita
    Esrb rating Everyone
    Developer
    Followed by
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P577]]: 19 December 1988"
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