GameSpot, History of Castlevania (Super Castlevania IV)

Cite as: GameSpot, History of Castlevania (Super Castlevania IV)
Original: http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/video/history_castlevania/p6_01.html
sha256: 9f7dcc28b3534d3d17fff9feb0a8b43ef40da970b6fb998b6d9fb76b2360d70c
Archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20010624081610id_/http://gamespot.com:80/gamespot/features/video/history_castlevania/p6_01.html
Accessed: 2026-10-22
Licence: © CNET Networks (at the time of the capture)
Credit: Mike Whalen and Giancarlo Varanini, GameSpot.
Notes: The Super Castlevania IV page of GameSpot's history of the series, which covers each game from Vampire Killer to Circle of the Moon. The authors are named on the feature's index page; the earliest capture is from June 2001, and the page's footer reads "Copyright 1995-2001".

Cited on

Subweapons have a button of their own, the R button by default, where earlier Castlevania games used Up with the attack button.	`last paragraph`	Manual
GameSpot's 2001 history of the series, by Mike Whalen and Giancarlo Varanini, says the game raised the bar for graphics, music, and control, and calls its music some of the best on the Super Nintendo. It reports complaints that the game was a remake of the original Castlevania, and finds both games "incredibly linear"; it still calls this one more fun than any earlier Castlevania, one of the best in the series, and "one of the most memorable Super Nintendo games".	`first paragraphmusic paragraphlast paragraphlast paragraphlast paragraphlast paragraph`	Web
GameSpot's 2001 history of the series singles out the game's use of the Super NES's Mode 7 in a prison level whose walls turn around Simon as he crosses a wooden bridge.	`backgrounds paragraph`	Web