Castlevania

Castlevania is a video game series that was developed and created by Konami Corporation. This game series is based on Bram Stoker’s famous novel, Dracula. The plot is woven around the battle between the ’Belmonts’ family and ’Dracula’. Dracula is resurrected every hundred years and wreaks havoc on the people and it’s the Belmonts who become the saviours each time. In Castlevania, it’s up to Simon Belmont, great-grandson of Soleiyu Belmont, to save the people from the evil forces of Count Dracula. Battling his way through odds which includes zombies, gigantic bats, he makes it to the Count himself and he emerges victorious. However, the victory comes with a price; a curse of death for Simon, translating in an arduous and dangerous in the near future, giving way to Castlevania II: Simon's Quest. The player in the battle fights wielding a whip, which has certain powers as it was blessed.

Some of the games in the series include Vampire Killer, Haunted Castle, Castlevania: The Adventure, Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow and Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, among several others. Castlevania has released titles for various gaming consoles that include Nintendo Entertainment System, the Super Nintendo, the Sega Mega Drive, the PC Engine, the PlayStation, the Sega Saturn, the Nintendo 64 and the PlayStation 2.