Castlevania,a game series inspired and based on Bram Stoker's classic novel "Dracula" the plot of the series is somewhat simple - every one hundred years the Belmonts must save Translyvania from Dracula. In 1986 an 8-bit Simon Belmont was given this burden in the original Castlevania on the Nintendo Entertainment System(NES) using a whip called the Vampire killer and picking up hearts to fill his energy Simon eventully defeated Dracula,but the battle wasn't over.
In 1988 konami released "Castlevania 2 Simon's Quest" on the NES with more non-linear gameplay and a great soundtrack for its time. this time Simon Belmont(who was suffering from a curse from the previous battle) set out to collect Dracula's bodyparts if Simon didn't bring Dracula back from the dead he would die from the curse,having collected his body parts Simon ressurected then defeated the Count and another hundred years of peace followed but gamers waited only two years for the next Castlevania, a series of succesful games followed and a movie was being tossed around hollywood but after the 2007 writer's strike little is known about the film but next near Castlevania will be ressurected with the release of Castlevania:Lords Of Shadow on the Xbox 360 and PS3.