Query: Castlevania is a driving game.

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Platform game <=SEP=> A platform game ( or platformer ) is a type of video game , and a subgenre of action game . It involves guiding a player character or avatar to jump between suspended platforms and/or over obstacles to traverse their environment . The player controls the jumps to avoid letting their character fall to their death or miss necessary jumps . The most common unifying element of games of this genre is the jump button , but now there are other alternatives like swiping a touchscreen . Other acrobatic maneuvers may factor into the gameplay as well , such as climbing , swinging from vines or extendable arms , as in Ristar or Bionic Commando , or bouncing from springboards or trampolines , as in Alpha Waves . These mechanics , even in the context of other genres , are commonly called platforming , a verbification of platform . Games where jumping is automated completely , such as 3D games in The Legend of Zelda series , fall outside of the genre .   Platform games originated in the early 1980s , with 3D successors popularized in the mid-1990s . The term itself describes games where jumping on platforms is an integral part of the gameplay and came into use after the genre had been established , no later than 1983 . It is not a pure genre ; it is frequently coupled with elements of other genres , such as the shooter elements in Contra , Beat 'em up elements of Viewtiful Joe and Guacamelee ! , adventure elements of Flashback , or role-playing game elements of Castlevania : Symphony of the Night .   While commonly associated with console gaming , there have been many important platform games released to video arcades , as well as for handheld game consoles and home computers . North America , Europe and Japan have played major parts in the genre 's evolution . Platform themes range from cartoon-like games to science fiction and fantasy epics .   At one point , platform games were the most popular genre of video game . At the peak of their popularity , it is estimated that between one-quarter and one-third of console games were platformers . No genre either before or since has been able to achieve a similar market share . As of 2006 , the genre had become far less dominant , representing a two percentage market share as compared to fifteen percent in 1998 , but is still commercially viable , with a number of games selling in the millions of units . Since 2010 , a variety of endless running platformers for mobile devices have brought renewed popularity to the genre .

Castlevania (1986 video game) <=SEP=> Castlevania , known in Japan as , is an action-platformer video game developed and published by Konami for the Family Computer Disk System video game console in Japan in September 1986 . It was ported to cartridge format and released in North America for the Nintendo Entertainment System ( NES ) in May 1987 followed by a European release in 1988 .   The game takes place in the year 1691 where players control Simon Belmont who is tasked with defeating the vampire Dracula . It was re-released for the Family Computer ( FC ) in cartridge format in 1993 . It is the first game in Konami 's Castlevania video game series ; it was followed by two more NES games titled Castlevania II : Simon 's Quest ( released for the NES in 1988 ) and Castlevania III : Dracula 's Curse ( 1989 ) . A fourth game , retelling the events of the original , was released for the Super NES and titled Super Castlevania IV .   Castlevania was positively received and financially successful . It is considered an NES classic by PC World , while Nintendo Power and Game Informer ranked it in their best video games list ( at 22 and 48 respectively ) . IGN ranked it 19 among their favourite NES games .