Debuting in 1986 on the NES, Konami's Castlevania is one of gaming's longest-running and most celebrated franchises. Featuring hordes of gruesome ghouls and monsters ranging from classic horror beings ...

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Castlevania is one of the most iconic video game franchises of all time. The series has spanned decades, numerous consoles and generations, and countless different iterations. Despite the different ...

I don't think anyone at Konami way back in 1986 could've ever foreseen the impact that Castlevania would have. Combined with Metroid it spawned a whole genre of games, and without it we wouldn't have ...

The granddaddy of the franchise has to be recognized. Later entries would greatly improve on the original, but the first Castlevania was still a massive hit on release and is more than playable today.