History: VideoGame / CastlevaniaChronicles

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The most recent version ([[CapcomSequelStagnation one of five]]) of Simon Belmont's assault on Dracula's castle in 1691.

Originally titled ''Akumajo Dracula'' (same as the original ''VideoGame/{{Castlevania|1986}}'') and released solely in Japan in 1993 for the SharpX68000 computer, it was rereleased worldwide on the {{Sony PlayStation}} in 2001 as ''Castlevania Chronicles''.

!! ''Castlevania Chronicles'' provides examples of:
* AnachronismStew - Dracula keeps M. C. Escher's ''Relativity'' and Salvador Dali's ''Persistance of Memory'' (or pretty good copies of them) in his private art gallery!
* {{AI Breaker}} - The dolls in the tower freeze up and stop homing in on you when you climb the stairs, but they'll still move relative to your climbing. Reposition yourself and whip them as you see fit.
* {{Beastess}} - This is the only ''female'' werewolf in the series to date. How does she compare? The typical series werewolf uses charging attacks, fireballs and a ground pound. This werewolf ''rips the clock tower apart'' trying to kill you.
* BilingualBonus: The dolls shout at you in Japanese. When activated, they say either "Kaerinasai!" (Get out!) or "Omae Wa Dare?!" (Who are you?!). When they evade your attacks, they shout "Yamete!" (Stop it!) or if they're whipped, "Iyaa!!" (No!!)
* Bowdlerize: Why they removed the japanese chatter of the dolls from the US release is anyone's guess.
* [[TearsOfBlood Bloody Tears]] - From a large statue. They turn into [[InvincibleMinorMinion red skeletons]], too. Guess what BGM plays in that stage? (which is stage 4 by the way).
* CreepyDoll - What do you expect from the place called Tower of Dolls?
* DenialOfDiagonalAttack - Simon can only whip downwards or diagonally downwards when jumping, now. After ''Super Castlevania IV'', this is very jarring.
* DisturbedDoves: Seen at the ending of Original mode.
* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything - See NoFairCheating below
** Each {{new game plus}} tweaks the obstacles you face. For example, by the second loop, the black panthers in Dracula's Castle can jump at will, and the ninja maids can roll at you ala [[StreetFighter Blanka]]. By the third loop, the animated patrol armors get aggressive when you occupy the same platform as them.
* FallingChandelierOfDoom - And they also set the stage (and the enemies) on fire.
* ForebodingArchitecture - The skull door to the last section of Dracula's keep, attended by Ninja Maids.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Half-way through stage 2 you'll see the giant dragon skeleton. Guess who's the Boss?
* AGlassOfChianti - This is the first game to depict Dracula with a glass in hand.
* AnIcePerson - The Ice Wizard.
* ManaBurn - If the Ice Wizard boss hits you with the dragon head attack, it'll drain your heart stock.
* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: On the background of the second area of stage 2 you can see winged shapes with spears flying by. They attack you ten seconds later.
* NewGamePlus - Each play through [[SerialEscalation bumps the difficulty]], for a max of [[HarderThanHard 8 different play throughs]]
* NinjaMaid - Unlike the later vacuuming martial artists, these lithely leap around and throw knives.
** TurnsRed - Some of them turn wild and shoot homing fireballs at you if you strike them.
* NintendoHard - Thankfully, the remake tones down the difficulty for the Arrange Mode.
** If you're a sucker for punishment, try taking on the original mode and all its {{New Game Plus}}es.
* NoFairCheating - The first stage closely resembles the first stage of the original ''Castlevania''. Thus, you might know exactly where the wall meat is hidden. Nope, it's been moved. In its place, how about an infinite supply of [[GoddamnedBats fleamen]]?
* NostalgiaLevel:
** Stage 1 is copied almost brick-to-brick from original Castlevania.
** Stage 2 has elements from Castlevania's first half of Stage 4.
** The first of Stage 3 has elements from Castlevania's second half of Stage 4. 
** Stage 4 is basically Stage 2 from Castlevania with the giant blood crying statue.
** The beginning of Stage 6 is the same as the beginning of final stage from SuperCastlevaniaIV.
** Stage 7 is stage 5 from Castlevania.
* OrchestraHitTechnoBattle - The final boss track "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUARZuhOsH0 You Goddamned Bathead!]]"
* RedheadedHero - The remake was the first game to depict Simon with red hair (''and'' drawn by Ayami Kojima). He hasn't been seen with another color since.
* SceneryGorn - Stage 7 is given a much bloodier overhaul from the original ''Castlevania'''s Stage 5, complete with hanging, partially dismembered corpses and gory body parts left on several operating tables.
* StalactiteSpite - In stage 2.
* SubvertedInnocence - One of the later rooms is an art gallery that starts off with a colorful mural of an outdoor scene on the back wall. ([[HolidayMode It even changes season based on the time of year.]]) The beauty of the area doesn't last.
* TearsFromAStone
* VisualPun - For those who didn't figure it out, the theme of stage 4 (the one with the the giant statues that cries TearsOfBlood) is [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpxB_mbD-kU Bloody Tears]].
* WastedSong - One of the game's two most popular new songs (the other being the Tower of Dolls) is used for its ''data loading screen''. It wasn't until ''Dracula X Chronicles'' and ''Adventure Rebirth'' that its true potential was harnessed.

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