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Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night cover

Game Information

Original Release Date: March 20, 1997

Platforms: PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360

Involved Companies: Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Konami, Backbone Entertainment, Konami

Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure

Summary: A seminal 2D metroidvania in which after the events of Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (1993), a man named Alucard arrives at Dracula's castle after it rises from the rubble, and seeks to defeat the evil contained within it once and for all by exploring, fighting its inhabitants and collecting the various weapons and abilities hidden in its depths.

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This work is part of CSCI E-114, Web Application Development with Jamstack, Harvard Extension School. All video game data was obtained from The Internet Game Database (IGDB).