Castlevania / Vampire Killer

Door evulopah

Paladin (669)

15-10-2005, 17:26

And again they mentioned MSX in a review!! I just bought Castlevania: Lament of Innocence for the Playstation 2.

So I went to www.ign.com to see what review they wrote about:

http://ps2.ign.com/articles/455/455583p1.html

And yes, they mention Vampire Killer for the MSX in 1986 as the first Castlevania game.

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Van Arjan

Paladin (787)

15-10-2005, 18:03

Castlevania debuted on the Famicon Disk System in 1986, one month later Vampire Killer on MSX2 was released.

Check http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire_Killer

Van BiFi

Enlighted (4348)

15-10-2005, 18:34

Why do I think Wikipedia isn't accurate on several things? Why would Konami call it Castlevania first, then Vampire Killer and return it to Castlevania? And they state the MSX2 version being on diskette... which is incorrect of course...

Van Akuma

Rookie (18)

15-10-2005, 18:59

...because Wikipedea is an evil tool of the scientology church to revise history.

Van Haohmaru

Paladin (774)

15-10-2005, 19:05

Scientology?

O_o

/me hides (and you should too)

Van Arjan

Paladin (787)

15-10-2005, 19:33

so you think you know the real 'history'?

anyways, instead of complaining about incorrect information, you could try fixing it if you think you know better

Van hap

Paragon (2042)

15-10-2005, 19:43

Why would Konami call it Castlevania first, then Vampire Killer and return it to Castlevania?

What makes you think they did ? The Japanese MSX2 and FDS version were both named Akumajou Dracula. The NES version was released in 1987, and that's when the name Castlevania was born.

Van evulopah

Paladin (669)

15-10-2005, 19:43

I don't know why Konami called this game Vampire Killer and the rest Castlevania.

Here you find the original Japanese title screen:

http://www.generation-msx.nl/msxdb/softwareinfo/696

What is the meaning of the Japanese characters: Vampire Killer or Castlevania??

Edit: Oh I see: Akumajou Dracula

Van Sama

Ambassador (2068)

15-10-2005, 22:26

Literally meaning 'Devil Castle Dracula' by the way.

Van BiFi

Enlighted (4348)

16-10-2005, 12:34

so you think you know the real 'history'?

anyways, instead of complaining about incorrect information, you could try fixing it if you think you know better
It all sounds just so il-f*cking-logical to me... first Castlevania, then Vampire Killer and then return to Castlevania again?

Van POISONIC

Paladin (1012)

16-10-2005, 15:13

the first Akumajou Dracula was released in the arcades first..... then MSX then the rest of the console shit .......