Akumajō Special: Boku Dracula-kun (悪魔城すぺしゃる ぼくドラキュラくん) - NES - Full Walkthrough Gameplay (Longplay)
6Akumajō Special: Boku Dracula-kun for NES
Japanese Name: 悪魔城すぺしゃる ぼくドラキュラくん
Translated Japanese Name: Demon Castle Special: I'm Kid Dracula
Worldwide Title: Kid Dracula
Full Walkthrough Gameplay (Longplay)
Game Information from Moby Games
Published by Konami Corporation
Developed by Team Murata Keikaku
Released Oct 19, 1990
Genre: Action
Perspective: Side view
Visual: 2D scrolling
Gameplay: Platform
Setting: Fantasy
Narrative: Comedy
Akumajou Special: Boku Dracula-kun (Kid Dracula) is an unusual side-scroller from Konami. It's a parody of the company's popular Castlevania series. Instead of playing as a member of the Belmont family, you play as young Kid Dracula.
You have been woken up from your sleep by the evil demon Garamos, who's been wrecking havoc in Dracula's Castle. It's up to you to stop him by traveling across several different locations, including Dracula's Castle, New York, the Sea, and Egypt!
Gameplay consists of very standard jump and shoot platform action. As you progress through the nine levels, you gain the ability to perform spells, such as turning into a bat, and different special attacks, such as a spread / homing attack. You can also spend the coins you get when you defeat enemies in one of several mini-games that show up when you're between levels.
Magic Powers
Kid Dracula can fire normal magic bullets straightforward, or in an upward or downward direction. He can charge his attack for a more powerful attack. He can swap his normal charged magic power for a different one at any time once he has obtained it. He obtains a new charged magic power after beating the first five stages, which he can select at any time. Charged Magic Powers include:
Normal (Japanese - Fireball, FIRE) - Fire special magic bullets with three times the damage of normal bullets.
Homing (Japanese - Seeker Shot, SEEK) - Launch magic missiles that home in on your foes.
Bomb (Japanese - Bomb Attack, BOMB) - Launch bombs that cause area damage when striking the ground.
Bat (Japanese - Flight, BAT) - Transform into a bat and fly through the sky for a short time.
Ice (Japanese - Freeze Shot, ICE) - Freeze enemies for a short time.
Updown (Japanese - Hang Skill, HANG) - Reverse the force of gravity, allowing you to walk on the ceiling.
Trivia
The background music for the first stage of the game is a whimsical remix of "Beginning", from Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse.
As it is a parody game, most tropes related to vampires are lampooned or outright disregarded in the game; for instance, one stage involves being in open daylight, with clearly no negative effects for Kid Dracula.
Program: Shiro Murata, Etsunobu Ebisu, Yasuhiro Yamamoto
Character Design: Yoichi Yoshimoto, Kenji Fujioka, Kazunori Yanai
Sound: Shinji Tasaka, Satoko Minami
Packaging: Hiromi Sumida, Hiroshi Matsuda
Planning Cooperation: Kimie Tanaka
Party Manager: Ebisu Maru
Planner: Yoichi Yoshimoto
Director: Shiro Murata
Game by: Team Murata Planning (Team Murata Keikaku)
Presented by: Konami
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