Castlevania

  Castlevania (キャッスルヴァニア) is a video game series, created and developed by Konami. The series debuted in Japan with the release of Demon Castle Dracula (悪魔城ドラキュラ Akumajō Dracula) for the Famicom Disk System (FDS) and MSX 2 platforms in 1986 in Japan. Even though the MSX 2 port (which was localized in Europe under the title of Vampire Killer) was released first outside of Japan (a fact which had led to many people attribute the MSX version as the original game, when in reality the FDS version came out first), many people in the west weren't exposed to Demon Castle Dracula until the FDS release was ported to cartridge format for the Nintendo Entertainment System and localized for North American and European release under the title of Castlevania in 1987. 

  Japan, the series is mostly known as Demon Castle Dracula. However, not every entry in the franchise has borne that title. For example, several installments for the Nintendo Game Boy were released under the title The Legend of Dracula (ドラキュラ伝説 Dracula Densetsu), and the game known in North America as  was originally released in Japan as The Legend of the Demon Castle (悪魔城伝説 Akumajō Densetsu).  Since  for the Game Boy Advance, the Japanese games have officially adopted the western title Castlevania, although it should be noted the first Japanese title to utilize the name, Castlevania Chronicles, still retained the subtitle of Demon Castle Dracula). According to series producer Koji Igarashi (or IGA, as he is sometimes known), the developers chose to adopt the Castlevania moniker as a way to involve scenarios that do not solely revolve around Dracula himself. 

Overview

  most notable Belmont is perhaps Simon Belmont, star of the first several Castlevania games. However, the games feature many other characters, including Belmonts, relatives and other people that the player can take control of. Included among the usable characters is Alucard, the son of Dracula himself.  Also, several female characters star in some of the later games. See Castlevania characters for more information about the characters of Castlevania. 

Evolution of the games

Castlevania game list

Chronology

Related games

External links

Official websites

• Official website for the Castlevania series
• Official website for the Castlevania Chronicles PlayStation game (site in Japanese)
• Konami of America

Informative websites

• Castlevania Dungeon
• Mr. P's Castlevania Realm
• History of Castlevania at gamingredients.com
• Castlevania at gamekult.com (site in French)
• Linnavaanijat (site in Finnish)

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