
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood makes use of untimed stages with a clear beginning, but features more than one possible ending to some levels. Castlevania: Rondo of Blood incorporates many elements from previous chronicles of the game, such as featuring linear game play and letting you take your time to explore each stage at leisure. Maria is very agile and can do double jumps, as well as inflict more damage than Richter, but she also takes a lot more damage than Richter.

Maria becomes a playable character in Castlevania: Rondo of Blood, and can attack using her doves, as well as six sub-weapons: a dragon whelp, a baby phoenix, a turtle, an egg, a white tiger kitten and musical notes. While exploring the castle, you encounter many characters, including four maidens, one of whom is Annette’s younger sister Maria Renard. Richter uses a whip as his main weapon, and has six sub-weapons to choose from: a dagger, holy water, an axe, a grimoire, a cross and a pocket watch. In Castlevania: Rondo of Blood, you play as Richter, and have to fight many bosses located in the castle before you can get to Dracula. During the game, there are numerous attempts by Dracula’s lieutenant, Death, to stop Richter, but during the game Richter manages to free four maidens who help him in his fight against Dracula. Taking place in 1792, Castlevania: Rondo of Blood is set in a fictional universe that chronicles the eternal conflict between the vampire hunting Belmont clan and their arch enemy, the immortal Dracula. The objective of the game is to battle your way through nine stages featuring four alternate routes as you search for Annette and ultimately confront Dracula in his lair.

It is set in the fictional universe used throughout the Castlevania chronicles, and follows the protagonist Richter Belmont, who must become a vampire killer in order to save his beloved Annette from the evil clutches of Dracula. Castlevania: Rondo of Blood is a platform adventure game for the PC Engine Super CD-ROM virtual console.
