Vampire Killer
However , the MSX2 version was localized first in Europe and thus , was published without the "Castlevania" branding that the franchise would start using abroad in 1987 when the NES version was released in North America ( where neither "Vampire Killer" nor the MSX2 platform were released ) . 
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