Castlevania : Curse of Darkness Approaches its 20th Anniversary!
Castlevania Curse of Darkness 20th Anniversary Celebration! In the history of long-running video game franchises, there is often that occasional game that wanders from the formula of most games in the series, maybe that game proves to be a hit, maybe it doesn’t. Now the game I am referring to is Castlevania : Curse of Darkness. Castlevania, as a game series, began back in 1986 with the release of Castlevania or Akumajo Dracula first released for the Famicom, then for the NES. Also for the other Nintendo Personal Computer known as the MSX-2, there was Vampire Killer, released later in 1986. Now Vampire Killer, while it was the same character and general concept as Castlevania, featured a different gameplay progression with finding keys to unlock new doors and access new areas of the Castle as opposed to the more simple linear action platforming which the original Castlevania had. The mechanic of keys unlocking doors to new areas wo...