Castlevania is a gothic action-adventure series by Konami, where players battle through haunted castles as vampire hunters—often from the Belmont clan—to defeat Dracula and his monstrous minions.
Castlevania: Circle of the Moon: The first *Castlevania* title on the GBA, it’s a launch title and a *Metroidvania*-style game set in 1830.
Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse, known as *Akumajō Densetsu* in Japan, is a 1989 action-platformer developed and published by Konami for the Famicom (1989) and NES (1990/1992).
The second Castlevania game, it shifts from linear platforming to a non-linear, open-world format, influencing later *Metroidvania* games.
The first entry in the Castlevania series, it follows vampire hunter Simon Belmont in 1691 as he enters Dracula’s castle to slay the Count, armed with the Vampire Killer whip.
