  vampire killer, known as  in japan, is a platform-adventure game produced by konami and released in  for the msx2 computer platform in japan, europe, and brazil. it was in development around the same time as the nintendo entertainment system (nes) game castlevania, which shares the same title in japan. the msx2 version of akumajÅ dracula was released in japan on october 30, 1986, a month following the nes version, making it the second game in the castlevania series. it was the first castlevania game released in europe. it was never released in north america. in contrast to the more traditional platform gameplay of the nes castlevania, the msx vampire killer was instead a more open-ended platform game. the game's non-linear design had a similar structure to metroid released that same year.{{cite web |url=http://castlevaniadungeon.net/games/cv2.html|title=castlevania 2: simon's quest (1988)|author=kurt kalata|author2=william cain |publisher=castlevania dungeon|accessdate=2011-02-27|archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20110723
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