Nosferatu (video game)

Nosferatu
Japanese cover art of Nosferatu
Developer(s)	SETA[1]
Publisher(s)	SETA[2]
Producer(s)	Jun Fujimoto[2]
Designer(s)	T. Nakamura[2] Hiroki Azumada[2] Yoshihiro Ando[2] Tetsuo Mochizuki[2]
Composer(s)	Masanao Akahori (Opus Corp.)[3]
Platform(s)	Super NES[1]
Release date(s)	JP October 7, 1994[1] NA October 1995[1]
Genre(s)	Action[2] Platforming[1]
Mode(s)	Single-player

Nosferatu (ノスフェラトゥ^?) is an action video game, developed and published by SETA Corporation, which was released in 1994. A young man rides to Nosferatu's castle in order to defeat him once and for all, and save his beloved girlfriend from the clutches of his hands.^[2] Nosferatu is a feared vampire who has sucked the blood of his poor victims to the point that they die.^[2] The game has similarities to Prince of Persia.^[2]

Gameplay

The game is played like Prince of Persia (see above), however the player fights with his bare fists. Despite that, The player can use many unique moves and special combos with attacking. He fights various monster such as Frankenstein monsters, zombies, gargoyles and ghosts. The bosses are the Werewolf, and Beast Men, amongst others.

The power-ups that are used in the game are three types of crystals and an hourglass, the hourglass extends your time the red crystal give you a power up at every three crystals, the green crystal recovers your health and the blue crystal extends your health bar.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} Nosferatu at GameFAQs
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j} Nosferatu at MobyGames
3. ^ Composer information at SNES Music

External links

• Nosferatu reviews at GameFAQs
• Nosferatu at superfamicom.org
• ノスフェラトゥ / Nosferatu at super-famicom.jp (Japanese)
• Nosferatu review at videogamecritic.net
• Nosferatu at Amazon.com