Castlevania: Rondo of Blood is a platform video game developed by Konami for the PC Engine. It is set in the fiction universe of the Castlevania series, where the protagonist Richter Belmont goes to save his lover Annette, who was abducted by Dracula. Due to the enhanced capabilities of the PC Engine CD-ROMĀ² with the Super System Card which greatly expanded the PC Engine's memory, anime cutscenes and voice acting were added to the game. It was released in Japan on October 29, 1993.