Castlevania

9.5/10 (Eternal Classic)

And as long as there is a whip, a holy water, and a staircase leading up to a throne room, the morning sun will always vanquish the horrible night. Castlevania

For over three decades, the name Castlevania has conjured a specific, gothic atmosphere: the slow creak of a drawbridge, the glow of candles in a dark hallway, the flutter of leathery wings, and the relentless ticking of a clock tower. Debuting in 1986 on the Famicom Disk System (and later the NES), Konami’s brainchild didn’t just create a video game series; it forged a genre, defined an aesthetic, and gave players one of the most enduring rivalries in fiction: the Belmont Clan versus Count Dracula. a holy water