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Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

Q: How do I play Castlevania: Symphony of the Night online with a friend?

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PlayStation) can be played online with friends using Etera's P2P netplay. Create a room in the launcher and invite your friend, who joins through the invite. Step by step:

Q: How do I play Castlevania: Symphony of the Night on PC?

Download the Etera launcher (Windows or Linux), find Castlevania: Symphony of the Night in the PlayStation library and click to download. The launcher handles the emulator and setup for you.

Q: Does Castlevania: Symphony of the Night netplay lag?

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Q: Does Castlevania: Symphony of the Night have achievements?

Yes, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night has 105 achievements worth 805 points. Achievements are counted and saved to your history and the leaderboard for subscribers and during the trial period.

Q: Can I play Castlevania: Symphony of the Night for free?

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Five years ago, Richter Belmont, the latest in the Belmont lineage and the one destined to be a Vampire Hunter, defeated Dracula in a brutal battle which nearly cost him the love of his life, Annette, and her sister, Maria. Now, Richter has suddenly vanished, CastleVania has mysteriously reappeared, and Maria, now a young woman, sets off to find Richter. Alucard, the son of Dracula, is awakened from his eternal slumber after this large shift in power, and enters into Castlevania to find some answers and perhaps destroy the castle once again. Symphony of the Night is a direct sequel to Dracula X- Rondo of Blood. The game is set in a castle which you can explore freely with many different path...

Genre: Adventure
Year: 1997
Developer: Konami
Publisher: Konami
Players: 1

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Achievements

105 achievements · 805 total points

What is a Man? Defeat Dracula in the prologue
1 pts
Demonic Duo Defeat Gaibon and Slogra in the Alchemy Laboratory with Alucard
3 pts
Shadow in the Mirror Defeat the Doppleganger10 in the Outer Wall with Alucard
3 pts
Magical Key Acquire the Jewel of Open from the master librarian
2 pts
Cavern Maiden Defeat Scylla in the Underground Caverns with Alucard
3 pts
Black Wings Find the Leap Stone
2 pts
Guardians of the Keep Defeat Hippogryph and Karasuman with Alucard
3 pts
A Thread and a Bullet Defeat the Minotaurus and the Werewolf in the Colosseum with Alucard
5 pts
Fall of a Nosferatu Defeat Olrox in his quarters with Alucard
5 pts
Gatekeeper of Hell Defeat Cerberos in the Abandoned Mine with Alucard
5 pts
For I am Many Defeat Granfaloon in the Catacombs with Alucard
5 pts
Iron Maiden Destroyer Find the Spike Breaker in the Catacombs
5 pts
Silver Key Obtain the Silver Ring in the Royal Chapel's hidden room
5 pts
Golden Key Defeat Succubus and find the Gold Ring
5 pts
Beyond Evil Illusions Obtain the elusive Holy glasses
3 pts
Not All Yet Lost Defeat Shaft in the Castle Keep with Alucard and free Richter from his magic
5 pts
Echoes of the Past Defeat the fake heroes of long past in the Reverse Colosseum with Alucard
5 pts
Lord of the Flies Defeat Beezlebub in the Necromancy Laboratory with Alucard
5 pts
Beyond the Mirror Defeat Doppleganger40 in the Reverse Caverns with Alucard
5 pts
Ring of Vlad Defeat Darkwing Bat and acquire the Ring of Vlad relic
5 pts
Tooth of Vlad Defeat The Creature and acquire the Tooth of Vlad relic
5 pts
Heart of Vlad Defeat Medusa and acquire Heart of Vlad relic
5 pts
Rib of Vlad Defeat Akmodan II and acquire the Rib of Vlad relic
5 pts
Eye of Vlad Defeat Death and acquire the Eye of Vlad relic
5 pts
Lord of Space and Time Defeat Galamoth in the icy domains of the Reverse Castle
10 pts
The End: Solitude And the dark prince roamed the barren lands with his empty heart for all eternity
5 pts
The End: Heroes Reunited With the Belmont clan saved, the dark prince now runs toward an unknown future
10 pts
The End: Redemption The dark prince no longer has to carry his burden. The blessing that once brought purpose to his father is now in his path
25 pts
Belmont Revenge Finish the game with Richter
10 pts
Vampiric Knight Reach level 20 with Alucard
3 pts
Seasoned Dhampir Reach level 40 with Alucard
5 pts
Demon Master Train all familiars to reach level 50 or beyond
10 pts
Waterproof Find the Holy Symbol in the Underground Caverns
4 pts
Sword of Many Slashes Obtain the elusive Crissaegrim (and now you have finished the game)
10 pts
Bloodlust Blade With Muramasa in hands, absorb your enemies' blood 25 times in one session
5 pts
Family Heirloom Restore all the equipment stolen by Death
10 pts
My Precious Find the elusive Ring of Varda
10 pts
Breaking Thermodynamics Buy the elusive Duplicator
10 pts
Master Shapeshifter Acquire the powers to shapeshift into wolf, mist and bat
10 pts
All Powerful Being Acquire all of the forms' upgrades
10 pts
Magician Perform all spells in one session
10 pts
Warp Wide Web Activate every warp room with Alucard
5 pts
Gourmetvania Get all the Meal ticket exclusive delicacies
5 pts
Sacred Body Find all the Life Max upgrades unrelated to bosses with Alucard
10 pts
Holy Heart Find all the Heart Max upgrades with Alucard
10 pts
Legendary Explorer Explore every room of each castle
25 pts
Miserable Pile of Secrets Find every hidden item inside breakable walls
10 pts
Transylvanian Hitman Reveal all entries in the bestiary
10 pts
The Rarest of Monster Droppings Reveal the rare drops of all enemies (use bestiary to keep track)
50 pts
Hunter's Stamina Find all the Life Max upgrades with Richter
10 pts
Belmont Spirit Use all item crashes with Richter in one session
5 pts
Innate Talent Use all of Richter's physical techniques in one session
2 pts
Unexpected Encounter Defeat Gaibon and Slogra at the Entrance
5 pts
The Secret Knuckles Find the secret passage to the Jewel knuckles room in the Outer Wall
3 pts
Cycle of Life Presentiate the life cycle of a bird
1 pts
Spying on Strangers See the ferryman from the Outer Wall on a night with a clear sky
1 pts
Winged Beast Reveal the hidden form of Alucard
1 pts
Fashion-monger Show off your exceptional fashion sense with both custom cloaks
1 pts
Nice Money Bag Find the black money bag hidden in the caves
5 pts
15 cm of Self Esteem Discreetly upgrade your height
2 pts
Spiked Menace Destroy the Spiked Ball on the stairs of the Royal Chapel
3 pts
Gift from the Other Side Obtain the Grape juice from a friendly ghost
3 pts
TRACULA! Get the Alucart status to get lucky
5 pts
Mooo! Extract the power of the cow from the most common shield
3 pts
Sword of Riches Find the elusive Jewel sword in the hidden room
3 pts
Gears go Awry Enter the secret room in the Clock Tower
5 pts
Hmmm, the Switch... Matured enough to know how to press a button
5 pts
Fairy Curiosity Did she really see any cracks there?
3 pts
50% of the Time, It Works Every Time Get all the possibilities out of a Karma Coin toss in a single session
5 pts
How do I Eat This? Successfully eat a peanut
2 pts
Shake, Old One! Acquire all the secret items held by the master librarian
5 pts
Red Undead Redemption Summon some red dawn warriors from the otherworld
3 pts
Runic Secret Read the forbidden inscription of the flying sword
3 pts
Cat Therapy Let the cat heal your wounds
5 pts
Moment of Reflection And having explored all of the castle rooms, his son took a short nap... (1890 rooms required no more no less!!!)
5 pts
Blazing Blood Activate the Belmont secret technique
1 pts
Vampire Killer Defeat Dracula in the prologue without taking any damage (no heart usage)
5 pts
Castle of Rage Defeat Gaibon and Slogra damageless without any equipment on both hands (no MP or Heart usage or Talisman)
5 pts
Rusty Duel Defeat the Doppleganger10 damageless with the Red Rust (no MP or Heart usage or Talisman)
10 pts
Dancing Water Defeat Scylla damageless only equiped with a Jewel knuckles (no MP or Heart usage, Talisman or familiars)
10 pts
No Longer a Horse, but Still no Griffin Use all of Richter's physical techniques to damage and defeat Hippogryph (damageless, no whip or heart usage)
10 pts
Cursed Battle Defeat Karasuman damageless with Tyrfing and Leather shield (no MP or Heart usage, Talisman, dive kick or familiars)
10 pts
Arena Shenanigans Defeat Minotaurus and Werewolf with Alucard damageless with Tyrfing and Leather shield (no Hearts, spells or Talisman)
10 pts
Axe Lord vs Vampire Lord Using the Axe Armor, defeat Olrox taking no more than 3 hits (no Talisman or familiars)
10 pts
Wolf vs Dog Defeat Cerberos damageless only using the Soul of Wolf (no Talisman)
5 pts
Whip! Whip 'em Good! Defeat Granfaloon with Richter without taking damage (no heart usage)
10 pts
Nightmare Beauty Defeat Succubus damageless with Tyrfing and Leather shield (no MP or Heart usage, Talisman, dive kick or familiars)
10 pts
Shaft Floor is Lava Defeat Shaft's orb damageless without touching the floor after the first hit (divekick only, no familiars, spells, bat form, hearts usage, or talisman)
25 pts
I was Born in Castlevania Defeat Darkwing Bat with Richter damageless and using only the whip (no heart, uppercut, dash or slide usage)
3 pts
Pride of Michelangelo Defeat the Medusa damageless with the Nunchaku (no MP or Heart usage, Talisman, dive kick or familiars)
5 pts
Castle of Rage II Defeat The Creature damageless without any equipment on both hands (no MP or Heart usage, Talisman or familiars)
5 pts
Can You Whip a Fly? Defeat Beezelbub with Richter without taking damage (no heart usage)
5 pts
Axe Lord vs Pharaoh Using the Axe Armor, defeat Akmodan II damageless (no Talisman or familiars)
5 pts
Family Matters Defeat the fake heroes with Richter without taking damage (no heart usage)
25 pts
Death of Death Defeat Death damageless with Tyrfing and Leather sh. (ATT<=35 and no Axe Lord armor, heart, spells, morph, familiars, Talisman or potions)
10 pts
Was That Really a Boss? Defeat Galamoth with Alucard equiped with his sword and Leather sh. damageless (no morph, platforms, Talisman or Beryl circlet)
25 pts
In the Name of my Mother Defeat Dracula with Alucard damageless and barehanded (ATT<=105 and no hearts, morphs, familiar or Talisman)
25 pts
Whipping Darkness Defeat Shaft with Richter without being damaged more than 3 times (no item crash)
10 pts
Acrolucard Break at least 11 candles without touching the ground in Clock Tower's outdoor section (no morph, Power of Sire, spells or high jumps)
10 pts
Blindfolded Maze Pass through the Catacomb's dark room and turn on the light without being damaged or using Bat Echo or Mist form
10 pts
Wolf Run In the Entrance, kill 13 enemies in a row using the Power of Wolf without stopping
5 pts
Nice Flight Wing smash consecutively for 8 seconds (no pausing allowed)
10 pts
Silent, Yet Deadly Kill 25 enemies in a row without leaving Poison Gas form
5 pts
Lucky 3's On Luck Mode, reach the librarian with Kills <=33, Max HP<=33, Lvl<= 9 and without dying (no Death skip or Cube of Zoe)
25 pts
Rondo of Blood Gaiden Finish the game as Richter in one session defeating all the bosses and without using save points to refill your health
25 pts