Special Thanks To Vram Stoker

On this Halloween, let us turn our attention to the end credits of Konami's original Castlevania for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Rather than credit the staff that worked on the game (either real names or pseudonyms), the credits list the supposed cast of the game itself as played by notable horror icons such as, er, Christopher Bee and Jone Candies. Mistranslation much? Probably not. Drew Mackie at Thrilling Tales of Old Video Games has dissected the Castlevania credits to explain who these parodic names are supposed to be. Slide two: “Screenplay by Vram Stoker / Music by James Banana.” Again,...