Castlevania is an action-adventure platformer that emphasizes precision and timing. The stages represent areas of Dracula's decrepit castle, and the enemies are typically taken from horror literature, lore and films. Ĭastlevania consists of six linear stages with a boss at the end of each stage. He rests in the castle's highest floor, awaiting the arrival of the Belmont Clan. Peace returned to the countryside of Transylvania for one hundred years, but when exactly one century had passed, the power of Christ weakened, and the hearts of men turned black, praying for the resurrection of Count Dracula. The last time he was brought back into the world, it was completely covered in darkness, but his ambitions were crushed when Christopher Belmont set out to defeat him. Though Simon prevailed in ridding the world of the scourge of Dracula, he was terribly wounded by Count Dracula in the process, setting the stage for Simon's Quest. Simon proved himself a mighty vampire hunter by withstanding the monsters and traps of Dracula's castle, and in the end, destroying Count Dracula himself. He took the very same whip Christopher used to kill Dracula one hundred years before and entered the castle alone.
The Count was said to grow in strength with each resurrection, but Simon pressed on. Simon Belmont, the descendant of Christopher Belmont, knew that as a member of the Belmont Clan and the current wielder of the Vampire Killer whip, it was his duty to bring peace and stability back to Transylvania by destroying Dracula. When the Count returned, his castle, which had fallen one hundred years prior, reappeared in Transylvania, and his legions of loyal minions reformed. A bolt of lightning enveloped the monastery where they held the rite, signaling the resurrection of Count Dracula. The men succeeded in bringing their master back in 1691. While the Easter celebration carried on with a grand carnival, evil men gathered in a monastery at the edge of the village and conducted a black mass to resurrect Count Dracula. During this time, they sought to revive Count Dracula so he may spread chaos and ruination throughout the world. The people of a Transylvanian village were enjoying their fortune with an Easter celebration in honor of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, but every one hundred years, the power of Jesus weakened, and the hearts of men turned black as they yearned for chaos and destruction. In the year 1691, exactly a century after the events of Belmont's Revenge, Transylvania enjoyed a century of peace thanks to the legendary hero, Christopher Belmont, a vampire hunter who vanquished Count Dracula one hundred years earlier with a holy whip named the Vampire Killer.