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Bram Stoker's Dracula (video game)

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Bram Stoker's Dracula
Boxart for the SNES version
Cover of the North American Super NES version
Developer(s)Psygnosis, Traveller's Tales
Publisher(s)Sony Imagesoft
Platform(s)NES, Super NES, Sega Master System, Sega Mega Drive, Sega CD, Amiga, MS-DOS
Genre(s)Action (SNES Genesis/Mega Drive)
2D Platformer (NES, Sega Master System, Game Boy, Sega Game Gear)
Action Adventure (Sega CD)
First Person Shooter (PC)
Mode(s)Single player

Bram Stoker's Dracula is a video game released for the NES, SNES, Sega Master System, Sega Mega Drive, Sega CD, Sega Game Gear, MS-DOS and Amiga games consoles. Based on the 1992 movie of the same name, each version of the game was essentially identical (except for the Sega CD and MS-DOS versions).

Gameplay

The former using 3D pre-rendered backgrounds and borrowed the film's musical score, along with select video clips while the latter was first-person shooter style. In the game the player takes the role of Jonathan Harker. Throughout levels Abraham Van Helsing will help Jonathan in his quest by providing advanced weapons. With the exception of the MS-DOS version, The game is of the side-scrolling genre. In the game, Jonathan Harker fights Lucy Westenra as a vampiress, Dracula's three brides, Dracula's coach driver, Dracula's Fire-breathing Dragon, Renfield and even Count Dracula himself and also in some different forms (Such as him in his Bat form, his Young form and his evil Wolf form.) Levels in the game include the Romanian countryside, A rat-infested old village inn, Dracula's castle, Dracula's Dragon dungeon, Various locations in London, Lucy's crypt, A graveyard and Carfax Abbey.