Rondo features colorful graphics, giving a delightful luster to Castlevania's first outing on a disc-based format. All of this leads to a seemingly standard Castlevania romp with one big twist: to get the best ending, Richter has to save all the hostages before defeating Dracula. Many questions plague young Richter's mind, but as a Belmont, it is in his blood to go forth to the castle. Dracula isn't supposed to have risen yet (Shaft used a Black Mass Ritual to bring the dark Count back), but the Castle has appeared on a faraway hill.
The story for this game is pretty unique: Richter Belmont, heir to the clan, finds out that his fiancee (along with a number of villagers) has been kidnapped by Dracula's minions - all under the direction of the dark sorcerer Shaft. As a result, finding an emulated-port for the game was impossible for the longest time, which only fueled fan-desires to own a copy of the original Japanese release. Originally released for the PC Engine (the Japanese version of NEC's TurboGrafx-16) CD-ROM. Once, like Castlevania for the Sharp X68000, Rondo was a Japan-exclusive game (although it has since come out as a PlayStation Portable remake, as well as a semi-altered release on the Wii Virtural Console). Anglicised, the title (as accepted among Western fans) is Castlevania: Rondo of Blood, in part due to the multiple meanings of the word "Rondo", so that word is accepted as is. Released under the title of Akumajo Dorakyura X: Chi no Rondo, that roughly translates to "Demon Castle Dracula X: Circle/Reincarnation of Blood". Editor's Note: This game was a Japanese exclusive.
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