Konami, Dracula II history

Cite as: Konami, Dracula II history
Original: https://www.konami.com/games/castlevania/jp/ja/page/history_1987_fcd
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Accessed: 2026-10-22
Licence: none stated
Credit: Konami Digital Entertainment
Notes: Official Japanese history entry; gives the 1987-08-28 Famicom Disk System release and describes the series' move away from stage-clear action toward towns, dungeons, items, bosses, and a day/night cycle.

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Konami dates Simon's Quest's release in Japan to 28 August 1987, on the Famicom Disk System as Dracula II: Noroi no Fūin; in North America to 24 November 1988, on the NES; and in Europe to February 1990, on the NES.	`game entry, release and platform linesgame entry, platform line`	Publisher
Konami calls Simon's Quest the second game in the series and describes it as a break from the stage-clear format common to 2D action games: the player travels from town to town after items scattered across the land, clears dungeons, and beats bosses, a progression it likens to a role-playing game. It also names day and night that change with time among the game's ambitious systems.	`Game sectionGame sectionGame sectionGame sectionGame section`	Publisher