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===== Akumajou Dracula (Nintendo Famicom Disk System) (Preview) =====
**悪魔城ドラキュラ** is an action-platformer developed by [[Konami]] that was released for the [[Nintendo Famicom Disk System]] on September 26, 1986.
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==== July 1986 ====
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Previews of the game were published on page 132 of ファミリーコンピュータマガジン No.14, September 19, 1986 [(https://archive.org/details/family-computer-magazine-issue-19-september-19th-1986/ ファミリーコンピュータマガジン No.14, September 19, 1986. p. 132.  ''(Fig.1,13-14,17)'')] and on a flyer [(http://www.vgmuseum.com/mrp/NewCV/ad-jcv1.htm 悪魔城ドラキュラ flyer. ''(Fig.3,5,7,9,12,15,16)'')].
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  * The black panther doesn't normally run towards the player here. ''(Fig.1)''
  * The countdown timer begins at a higher number. ''(Fig.1,3,7,9,12-17)''
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  * Two of the candelabras are in the middle of the screen instead of at the top. ''(Fig.3)''
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  * An extra candelabra is inside the wall just above the door to the left. ''(Fig.5)''
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  * There are two sets of stairs leading up to the platform in the center of Death's room. ''(Fig.7)''
  * The background tiles around the stairs and the platform on the right are different.
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  * The bible is already just another gear in Dracula's clock tower. ''(Fig.9)''
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//<fs x-small>(Fig.11) Found by **Ren** at CV Romhacking.</fs>//
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  * Additional screenshots. ''(Fig.12-17)''
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=== Version 2 ===
A preview of the game is printed right inside the instruction manual [(https://www.gamingalexandria.com/highquality/fds/Akumajou%20Dracula/ 悪魔城ドラキュラ manual ''(Fig.18,20,22,24-25)'')].
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  * The hallway before Death's room also uses different background tiles. ''(Fig.18)''
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  * There's a green brick hanging from the facade in front of the clock tower face. ''(Fig.20)''
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  * The lower half of Dracula's coffin is truncated, maybe it's an editing mistake. ''(Fig.22)''
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  * Additional screenshots. ''(Fig.24-25)''
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=== References ===

~~REFNOTES~~
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