Castlevania

Castlevania, known in Japan as Akumajō Dracula,#cite_note-10)#cite_note-11) is a 1986 platform game developed and published by Konami. It was originally released in Japan for the Famicom Disk System in September 1986,#cite_note-''Famitsu''_staff-1986-12) before being ported to cartridge format and released in North America for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in 1987 and in Europe in 1988. It was also re-issued for the Family Computer in cartridge format in 1993. It is the first installment in the Castlevania series. Players control Simon Belmont, descendant of a legendary vampire hunter, who enters the castle of Count Dracula to destroy him when he suddenly reappears 100 years after Simon's ancestor vanquished him.#cite_note-21)Castlevania was developed in tandem with the MSX2 game Vampire Killer, which was released a month later and uses the same characters and setting, but features different gameplay mechanics.