The Dracula series (AKA Castlevania series in the US) goes back 12 years now.  It has appeared on at least 10 different systems and shows no sign of stopping since an N64 version is planned for 4Q98/1Q99.  I will not go into the history or story line of the game since others have done that work better than I could.  Anyone interested in the many variations and versions of this series should visit The Castlevania Dungeon. I will merely show you how the Japanese versions of this series looked.  The thumbnails below will lead you to larger scans of the box cover which are optimized for at least 800X600 True Color displays. Some of the scans are a little off center.  I did all of these at Kinko's and didn't find the error till I got home.  Oh well.  I never claimed to be a graphic designer anyway.

It is worth noting that while the US NES and Genesis versions of these games are considered common carts in the US, here in Japan some are highly sought after commanding prices up to $200!  Personally, I like the PCE  Dracula X version best.  Why? It just seems like the most fun and offers a very "pure action" version of the game with great graphics.
 
 

Famicom
	Akumajyo Densetsu    front 48.1K    back 64.2K
	Boku Dracula-kun    front 53.8K    back 65K
	Akumajyo Dracula    front 53.7K    back 62.7K    (note that this version was released in 1993,    7 years after the release of the FDS version)
Famicom    Disk     System
	Akumajyo Dracula    front 56.6K    back 48.3K    (this is the one which started it all)
	Dracula II  Noroi-no Fuu-in  front 62.5K    back 49K
Game Boy
	Dracula Densetsu    front 65.1K    back 73.8K
	Dracula Densetsu II    front 67.2K    back 82.7K
	Boku Dracula-kun (scan coming soon)
	Akumajyo Dracula  Shikkou-taru Zensoukyoku  front 60.3K    back 74.8K
Mega Drive
	Vampire Killer    front 45.2K    back 51.2K
MSX
	Akumajyo Dracula    front 37.9K    back 55.5K    (while the MSX is not a console system, it shared many titles    with consoles)
PC Engine    Super CD-ROM
	Akumajyo Dracula X Chi no Rondo    front 63.6K    back 84.5K    spine card 43.6K    (Dracula X  Rondo of Blood never made it out of Japan.  That is    truely a shame.)
Playstation
	Akumajyo Dracula X  Gekka-no Yasoukyoku  front 78.8K    back 80.1K    (the early Japanese releases of this version came with an art book    and music CD)
Super Famicom
	Akumajyo Dracula    front 78.9K    back 104K
	Akumajyo Dracula Double X    front 49.1K    back 52.6K    (not really a port of Draula X, but not really a sequel either)
Sega Saturn
	Akumajyo Dracula X  Gekka-no Yasoukyoku  front 87.9K    back 94.7K
X68000	Don't have it, never seen it.  The X68000 series of personal    computers never really made it outside of Japan and even here   this title seems to be almost impossible to find.

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