Dracula Densetsu

Dracula Densetsu - Title Screen

Christopher is easily the slowest moving Belmont of the bunch, just positively crawling through the levels at a snail’s pace.

Akumajou Dracula

Haunted Castle - Title Screen

Seeing Simon in his white wedding tux as an increasingly more distorted version of Wedding March plays is very good.

Gradius

Gradius (Arcade) - Title Screen

An even more novel idea than introducing real enemy patterns is distinctive Gradius power-up system.

Gradius

Gradius Famicom Title Screen

There are plenty of other changes that had to be made to accommodate for memory limitations of a cartridge in 1986 though.