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Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

Platform : PlayStation

Publisher : Konami

Release date : 20 March 1997

Category : Role Playing > Action RPG

Game description

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is an action role playing game for the PlayStation.

This game in the Castlevania series departs from the designs of the others, and takes the series into an RPG approach.

Known in Japan as Akumajou Dracula X: Gekka no Yasoukyoku (Demon Castle Dracula X: Nocturne in the Moonlight), this game takes place after the first Dracula X game (specifically, "Dracula X: Rondo of Blood"). You play as Alucard, a returning hero from the third installment of the series on the NES. Alucard is Dracula's son, who had gone into a deep sleep for many years until he was awakened by the return of Dracula's castle.

As Alucard, you have a large number of equipment to choose from (daggers, one-handed swords, two-handed swords, fist-type weapons, rods, as well as armor, shields, capes, helmets, accessories, and usable items).

Alucard has many techniques at his disposal. First, he has a large set of spells (about 10 or so) that he can perform by using his MP (one of the three main statistics, in addition to HP and Hearts). He can transform into a Wolf, Bat, and Mist (each of which has a few abilities of their own). He also gets familiars of varying types (demons, faeries, and even a sentient sword) to help fight his enemies.

The game itself is huge. The amount of ground you have covered in the castle can be viewed on a Metroid-style map that takes up just about the entire screen when it's full. There is also a separate area after the castle which is just as big. There are plenty of secret areas for you to find as well.

13 Hacks

TitleDescriptionAuthorCategoryVersionDate
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night - Improvement HackThis improvement hack reactivates some details that were removed in the retail version and other fe...Gledson999Improvement1.008 July 2024
Castlevania: Rondo of the NightCastlevania: Rondo of the Night is a ROM hack of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night aiming to chang...mazenk5456Complete1.717 June 2024
Castlevania SotN BigNumbers rebalance patchIt's a(nother) rebalance of SotN, and this focuses on using large numbers for HP and Stats. Basic...nukesheartImprovement1.1.207 June 2024
Castlevania SOTN Classic ControlsA patch that restores the original Japanese button layout along with a few small tweaks: * Rever...ioevImprovement1.016 May 2023
Power of Sire Flash RemovalThis hack removes the flashing screen effect from the Power of Sire item and similar items. Useful f...MottZillaImprovement1.010 October 2022
SotnKindAndFairCustomizable SotN patcher and randomizer addon [b]Direct Link:[/b] [url]https://github.com/Lakifu...LakifumeImprovement1.4.105 January 2022
Akumajou Dracula X: Gekka no Yasoukyoku - HardTypeThis is a hack of Castlevania SOTN which rebalances the difficulty. This includes adjusting enemy st...Draculax350Improvement4.809 September 2021
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night - Quality hackThis hack brings some quality fixes to the original version of the game for PlayStation. [b]Main ...paul_metImprovement1.306 November 2020
Castlevania - Symphony of the Night - All Access (Replay Mode)This patch enables access to Richter, Axe Armor, skipping Cutscenes etc. without the need of a 'Clea...MagusREImprovement1.027 January 2020
Castlevania SOTN - Survival ModeThis is a patch which makes bosses harder in SOTN while leaving normal enemies alone. Everyone knows...RaziImprovement1.008 April 2019
Castlevania - Symphony of the Night - HardTypeThis is a hack of Castlevania SOTN which rebalances the difficulty. This includes adjusting enemy st...LandonRayImprovement4.830 April 2017
Castlevania SOTN - Boss ModeThis is a patch which makes bosses harder in SOTN while leaving normal enemies alone. Everyone knows...RaziImprovement1.216 January 2016
Skill HackThis patch is compatible with the [url=https://retrohackers.net/translation-details.php?id=5550/]Chi...PHOE-NIXImprovement1.030 January 2014

6 Translations

TitleLanguageDescriptionAuthorCategoryVersionDate
Castlevania: Symphony of the NightSpanishThis patch features a complete translation into Spanish. We used the Japanese game as a base, so the...GreenGoblinFully Playable1.530 March 2021
Castlevania: Symphony of the NightIndonesianIndonesian translation (dialogues only) for Castlevania: SotN.Pi-ManUnfinished0.824 January 2019
Castlevania: Symphony of the NightChinese[b]Chinese Voice Overs[/b] This patch is an addendum created based on the [url=https://retrohacke...PHOE-NIXAddendum1.023 June 2015
Castlevania: Symphony of the NightChineseThis translation patch is created for Japanese version of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, which ...AgemoFully Playable2013022727 February 2013
Castlevania: Symphony of the NightEnglishThis patch features a complete translation, multiple code hacks (8×8 and 8×12 vwf and other fixes ...GeminiFully Playable1.006 September 2009
Castlevania: Symphony of the NightItalianThis patch features a complete Italian translation, multiple code hacks (8×8 and 8×12 vwf and othe...GeminiFully Playable1.003 August 2007

1 Utilities

TitleDescriptionAuthorCategoryVersionLanguageDate
Castlevania - Sotn - Shop EditorCastlevania - Sotn - Shop Editor 1.0 Edit features 1- Item Modifier 2- Item Price ModifierShadow501Game Specific1.1English15 May 2009

1 Documents

TitleDescriptionAuthorCategoryVersionDate
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night - Zone File Technical DocumentationThis document is meant to be a centralized place containing all known information about the SotN map...NyxojaeleFile Formats1.026 Dec 2010

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