24 Facts About Castlevania

Castlevania, known in Japan as Akumajo Dracula, is a gothic horror action-adventure video game series and media franchise about Dracula, created and developed by Konami.

Castlevania is largely set in the eponymous castle of Count Dracula, the main antagonist of the Belmont clan of vampire hunters.

Castlevania is one of Konami's most successful and prominent franchises; several of its entries are ranked among the best video games ever made.

Many Castlevania titles have been released for markets in Japan, North America, Europe and Australia on various video game consoles, personal computers and mobile phones, with additional remakes and re-releases.

The first console title, Castlevania, was released on the Famicom Disk System in 1986 and then in North America in 1987 on the Nintendo Entertainment System .

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Franchise's first 16-bit home console game, Super Castlevania IV, was released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1992.

The first Castlevania produced for a CD-ROM, Rondo of Blood featured Red Book audio and fully voiced dialogue.

Castlevania has spawned numerous spin-offs, the first being the 1990 platformer, Kid Dracula for the Famicom, a parody which stars the eponymous character.

Castlevania, released for the NES in 1986 is a typical platform game in which the player takes the role of Simon Belmont, a descendant of the Belmont clan, a family of vampire hunters.

Vampire Killer, released in 1986 for the MSX 2 computer and developed alongside the original Castlevania, departs from the more straightforward platforming gameplay of Castlevania, instead introducing an open-ended, exploration-heavy form of gameplay.

Alucard, first introduced in Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse, is a reference to the character of the same name from the 1943 film, Son of Dracula.

Castlevania mainly takes place in the castle of Count Dracula, who resurrects every hundred years to take over the world.

In Castlevania: Bloodlines, the whip has been inherited by John Morris, the son of Quincey Morris, who is a distant descendant of the Belmonts.

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow is a reboot of the franchise, with its first game set in Southern Europe during the Middle Ages.

Castlevania was directed and programmed by Hitoshi Akamatsu for the Family Computer Disk System in 1986.

In 1993, three Castlevania games were in parallel development, which included Akumajo Dracula, Rondo of Blood, and Bloodlines.

Castlevania's would be the character designer for several future Castlevania titles.

KCEK's last Castlevania game was the acclaimed Circle of the Moon, released as a launch title for the Game Boy Advance in 2001.

Castlevania left in March 2014 to independently create Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, a spiritual successor to Castlevania.

Recent Castlevania titles released under Konami's recent business model include pachinko and slot machines based on the IP.

The music for the first Castlevania game was composed by Satoe Terashima and Kinuyo Yamashita, of Konami's Kukeiha Club of composers, shortly after graduating from college.

Super Castlevania IV was named the 11th best game of the SNES by ScrewAttack on their "Top 20 SNES Games".

Castlevania was a member of the N-Team, a group of mostly video game characters who defended Videoland against the antagonist Mother Brain from Metroid.

Several other Castlevania monsters had minor roles, including Frankenstein's Monster, the Mummy, the Wolf Man, and the Skull Knight.