Topic: The Creator of CV??

[Profbeanburrito]

So it seems with all these great classic games there always seems to be one major person behind them as the creator. Examples:

Shigeru Miyamoto - Super Mario, Donkey Kong, Zelda, etc.
Gunpei Yokoi - Metroid, Kid Icarus, the Gameboy
Hironobu Sakaguchi -  Final Fantasy
Hideo Kojima -  Metal Gear

But what about Castlevania? Does anybody know if there is a person responsible for creating CV? in the credits of CV1 there are just stupid names based on classic horror film actors.

[Saner]

James Earl Jones created Castlevania.

just like he created Star Wars but he let Lucas act like he created it cause back then no one liked black people, so that's why James Earl Jones never gave himself credit for creating them.

James Earl Jones also created the telephone
(research Bell Atlantic)

[CVfan13]

In Reply To #1

It was probably some physco japanese dude who saw a Dracula movie and an Indiana Jones movie at the same time, and on top of that was drunk, then later said: "Hey, I think I'll make a video game about a whip-wielding guy who has to go kill Dracula! Yeah that'll work. I'll call him Simon Belmondo and it will take place in a place called Castlevania!" *the japanese dude then faints*

[Long John Silver]

In Reply To #3

"Castlevania" was an usa invention. In japan the castle's name was "Castle Dracula". Very original yeah.

[Saner]

HOLY ****, Castlevania originated in USA? o_o O_O

wow that's like the only super classic I think that
originated here instead of Japan.   

[The Last Belmont]

^ no it didn't originate here but we were the first to call the game "castlevania" instead of "demon castle dracula" which is it's japanese name.

[crisis]

[Steve]

Haha, he's so coy.

[Saner]

oh okay     well anyways,  I guess they knew.

[Donvermicelli]

that's bull they can look into company records and see who worked on the castlevania team when the first one was created.
So why won't they release the authors name?

[Aridale]

Well I guess someone had to so it so I might as well:

Chuck Norris invented CV.

[Steve]

that's bull they can look into company records and see who worked on the castlevania team when the first one was created.
So why won't they release the authors name?

There was a fire at one of Konami's buildings in the past that damaged or destroyed many game materials.  This was the explanation for why it's now impossible for them to provide high-resolution or uncropped samples of certain Castlevania artwork, since the originals no longer exist. 

Perhaps those "company records" got caught up in the blaze, too.

[Kale]

wouldn't you be able to find out if you beat the original game? They got credits right?

[Long John Silver]

If it has normal credits yeah. Cv1's were all wacky though, with silly false names all over them.

[CVfan13]

In Reply To #16

Yeah that was a disappointment. Christopher Bee? Boris Karloffice? Lol.