With the venerable series soon set to arrive on Netflix as an animated program, what better way to pay our respects to Castlevania and the Belmont clan mythos in the meantime than by counting down the 10 best stand-alone titles in the illustrious franchise’s history? Oh, and for the sake of keeping things interesting, we’re going to limit the selections to one console appearance each – that way, not only do we get a wider panoply of Castlevania games to reflect upon, it also gives us an opportunity to shine a spotlight on some of the lesser heralded installments the series has spawned over the years. Since dozens upon dozens of games have been released on virtually every system you can think of, it’s no surprise some of the absolute best games available on any platform proudly bear the Castlevania namesake, whether we’re talking about the NES, Super Nintendo and Genesis or obscurer consoles like the TurboGrafx-CD, MSX2 and the X68000. While the series has had its fair share of missteps (anybody remember Castlevania 64 or Castlevania: Legends on the Game Boy?), by and large the bulk of the monster-slayin’ titles have been pretty good-to-downright fantastic. When it comes to horror-themed video games, few are as revered as Konami’s classic Castlevania franchise.
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