claim: Castlevania was developed by Konami in 1983.
evidence: Castlevania , known in Japan as , is an action-platformer video game developed and published by Konami for the Family Computer Disk System video game console in Japan in September 1986 .. Konami. Konami. Castlevania. Castlevania. Family Computer Disk System. Family Computer Disk System. platformer. platform game. action. action game. video game. video game. video game console. video game console. It was ported to cartridge format and released in North America for the Nintendo Entertainment System -LRB- NES -RRB- in May 1987 followed by a European release in 1988 .. ported. Porting. cartridge. Cartridge ( electronics ). Nintendo Entertainment System. Nintendo Entertainment System. The game takes place in the year 1691 where players control Simon Belmont who is tasked with defeating the vampire Dracula .. Simon Belmont. List of Castlevania characters#Simon Belmont. Dracula. Dracula. It was re-released for the Family Computer -LRB- FC -RRB- in cartridge format in 1993 .. cartridge. Cartridge ( electronics ). It is the first game in Konami 's Castlevania video game series ; it was followed by two more NES games titled Castlevania II  : Simon 's Quest -LRB- released for the NES in 1988 -RRB- and Castlevania III  : Dracula 's Curse -LRB- 1989 -RRB- .. Konami. Konami. Castlevania. Castlevania. video game. video game. Dracula. Dracula. video game series. video game series. A fourth game , retelling the events of the original , was released for the Super NES and titled Super Castlevania IV .. Castlevania. Castlevania. retelling. Video game remake. Super NES. Super NES. Super Castlevania IV. Super Castlevania IV. Castlevania was positively received and financially successful .. Castlevania. Castlevania. It is considered an NES classic by PC World , while Nintendo Power and Game Informer ranked it in their best video games list -LRB- at 22 and 48 respectively -RRB- .. PC World. PC World. Nintendo Power. Nintendo Power. Game Informer. Game Informer. IGN ranked it 19 among their favourite NES games .. IGN. IGN