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For other games with the same name, see Bram Stoker's Dracula.

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Bram Stoker's Dracula

System(s): Sega Mega-CD

Publisher: Sony Imagesoft

Developer: Psygnosis

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1993-11^[1]	$59.9559.95^[2]	T-93065
BR	1994		063050

Bram Stoker's Dracula is a Sega Mega-CD full-motion video action platform game developed by Psygnosis and published by Sony Imagesoft. Based on the 1992 horror film Bram Stoker's Dracula, it was released exclusively in the United States in November 1993^[1] and is most notable for representing its stage backgrounds with a stream of pre-rendered, scrolling full-motion video and for its Mortal Kombat-like digitized character sprites.

Story

Dracula has cast a curse on Mina Murray. Jonathan Harker must journey to Castle Dracula and drive a stake through the heart of its vampire lord to save her from an eternal fate as a vampiress.

Gameplay

The game is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up played as Jonathan Harker. Harker can move around with and and duck with . The screen follows him as he moves right but cannot scroll back left. He can jump straight into the air with alone or forward a set distance when coupled with or . His motion cannot be controlled while in midair.

Harker can punch and kick enemies. Punches are performed with ; he can punch while crouching with + and do a two-hit combo punch by pressing twice in quick succession. He does a low kick with and a high kick with + (or + if facing toward the left). He can also do a jumping kick with +, which can be used to attack enemies coming from above, and a roundhouse kick with +.

Harker has a health bar that goes down whenever he takes damage from an enemy. His health is carried over to the next stage. If he loses all of his health, he loses a life, though the player can revive him immediately and in place by pressing START if there are extra lives remaining. If the player runs out of lives, the game ends, though it can be continued from the beginning of the stage if there are continues remaining. The game has no password or save system.

Stages are largely linear and involve progressing to the end and beating up enemies along the way. There are occasionally small platforming challenges, such as chasms that must be jumped across or flying objects that must be avoided. Some stages feature branching paths. For example, the player can avoid the library section in the second stage by pressing while walking under a silver orb, which causes the view to pivot to another path. Most of the stages end in a fight with Dracula, who takes various forms.

Stages

	Journey to Castle Dracula

	The Search for Dracula

	Into the Dungeons

	The Grounds of Hillingham House

	Arrival at Carfax Abbey

	The Chase to the Castle
	This stage is played on horseback and departs from the others in both gameplay and art style. In the first segment, use and to dodge stalactites, stalagmites, and bats in the cave. In the second segment, Harker is pursuing Dracula. speeds up, jumps, and fires a gun.
	The Final Confrontation

Items

Items sometimes drop from the sky as a reward for defeating a string of enemies. Walk over to collect.

	Harker
	Gives the player an extra life.
	Book
	Gives the player an extra continue.
	Chalice
	Fully replenishes Harker's health.
	Garlic
	Grants Harker temporarily invulnerability.

Versions

There are two versions of this game. The first version was released as a stand alone title, while the second version came as part of the Mary Shelley's Frankenstein / Bram Stoker's Dracula bundle. Content-wise, these versions are identical; however, the bundled version seems to be much less prone to in-game freezing, a serious problem in an over hour-long game lacking a save feature.

Magazine articles

Main article: Bram Stoker's Dracula (Mega-CD)/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #45: "April 1993" (1993-xx-xx)

Print advert in Sega Visions (US) #14: "August/September 1993" (1993-xx-xx)

Print advert in Sega Visions (US) #15: "October/November 1993" (1993-xx-xx)

Print advert in Computer & Video Games (UK) #145: "December 1993" (1993-11-15)

Print advert in Consoles + (FR) #25: "Novembre 1993" (1993-1x-xx)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

53

^[3]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

60

^[2]

Mega (UK)

PAL

49

^[4]

Mega (UK)

PAL

25

^[5]

Mega Action (UK)

NTSC-U

70

^[6]

Mega Force (FR)

74

^[7]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

51

^[8]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

45

^[9]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

41

^[10]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-U

76

^[11]

Sega Zone (UK)

PAL

28

^[12]

Todo Sega (ES)

84

^[13]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

18

^[14]

VideoGames (US)

NTSC-U

70

^[15]

	53
Based on 14 reviews

Bram Stoker's Dracula (Mega-CD)

Mega-CD, US
Cover
Disc Manual Reg Card

Mega-CD, BR
Cover
Disc

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

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CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

443,373,168

CD (US)

T-93065

References

Bram Stoker's Dracula (Mega-CD)
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[:File:GamePro_US_052.pdf_p213-1] 1.0 ^1.1 GamePro, "November 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 213

[:File:GamePro_US_055.pdf_p78-2] 2.0 ^2.1 GamePro, "February 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 78

[:File:EGM_US_054.pdf_p46-3] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 46

[:File:Mega_UK_15.pdf_p59-4] Mega, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 59

[:File:Mega_UK_10.pdf_p40-5] Mega, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-06-17), page 40

[:File:MegaAction_UK_09.pdf_p44-6] Mega Action, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-30), page 44

[:File:MegaForce_FR_24.pdf_p100-7] Mega Force, "Janvier 1994" (FR; 1994-01-08), page 100

[:File:MeanMachinesSega10UK.pdf_p80-8] Mean Machines Sega, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-06-30), page 80

[:File:SegaPower_UK_49.pdf_p84-9] Sega Power, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-xx), page 84

[:File:SegaPower_UK_44.pdf_p48-10] Sega Power, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-06-03), page 48

[:File:SegaPro_UK_29.pdf_p42-11] Sega Pro, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-01-27), page 42

[:File:SegaZone_UK_14.pdf_p62-12] Sega Zone, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-25), page 62

[:File:TodoSega_ES_10.pdf_p72-13] Todo Sega, "Enero 1994" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 72

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1994-03.pdf_p73-14] Video Games, "3/94" (DE; 1994-02-23), page 73

[:File:VideoGames_US_63.pdf_p82-15] VideoGames, "April 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 82

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Difference between revisions of "Bram Stoker's Dracula (Mega-CD)"

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Contents

Story

Gameplay

Stages

Items

Versions

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References