Bram Stoker's Dracula

Synopsis

by Brett Alan Weiss

Based on Francis Ford Coppola's artfully directed 1992 film, Bram Stoker's Dracula for the Genesis casts you in the role of Jonathan Harker, the world's first vampire slayer. The Prince of Darkness has cast a hypnotic spell on your mistress, the lovely Mina Murray, and you intend to rescue her.

Armed with a sword, you must hack and slash your way through seven levels (each of them divided into day and night) of creature feature mayhem. Among other monsters, you'll do battle with bats, wolves, witches, hatchet men and laser-spitting skulls. To help you exterminate these hideous fiends, you can find a gun, some dynamite and several other weapons. Eventually, you'll face Dracula himself. Drive a stake through the world's most famous bloodsucker and you've won the game.

The action in Bram Stoker's Dracula takes place in and around Castle Dracula. You'll walk, jump, crouch and slash your way through a rat-infested inn, mossy fields of jagged rocks, a haunted library, a monstrous barn and a petrified-forest. The levels include moving platforms, secret passages, puzzles, fiery pits, floating tables, hovering walkways, a giant moat and much more.

Extra Credits

by Brett Alan Weiss

With its horror theme and platform action, Bram Stoker's Dracula owes a lot to the Castlevania series, which started on the NES in 1987. The first videogame based on the Prince of Darkness was Imagic's Dracula (1983) for the Intellivision.

Bram Stoker's Dracula novel, which was published in 1897 and has never gone out of print (as of 2000), has been the inspiration for numerous films, including Dracula (1930), Horror of Dracula (1958) and Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992).

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