Rating: - Still holds up all these years later
Of all the GBA games in teh Classic NES series, Castlevania has a long line of consistently great side-scrolling adventures. This game is where it all began. Castlevania for the GBA is practically identical to the original NES game as you, along with your trusty whip, infiltrate Dracula's lair for a showdown with the count himself after you take on a horde of beasts, zombies, and other nasties. All these years later, the original Castlevania still holds up as a more than solid side-scrolling platformer, although it's not as good or memorable as later installments in the series, such as the PS1 title Symphony of the Night, the various GBA games, and the current, excellent DS game. However, this is classic gaming at it's near best, but because the game is faithfully re-created here, it's also as frustrating as it has ever been. Challenging gameplay is plenty apparent here, but there are a good amount of times when the game is more frustrating than it should be, so it's pretty much the Castlevania you remember. Despite that though, if you're still holding on to your GBA and you've already played through the other Castlevania games and are desiring a trip down memory lane, you can do a lot worse than this.

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