This is essentially the same game as its X68000 counterpart. However, the arranged mode features a remade intro with bolstered graphics using the 3D hardware of the PSX. For the regular mode intro, go to the Akumajou Dracula X68000 intro page.
We open up in a labyrinth hidden well below the ground, where the illumination of only a candle extrudes all other forces, including the insects.
The camera takes us on a short tour of this labyrinth as we slowly focus in on some people holding a ceremony. These deviant forces--dressed in their garbs--wish to see the re-rising of Count Dracula, and they've gathered here for an ancient ritual.
With a human heart in hand, the leader begins his incantation, slowly crushing the heart so that the blood sprays onto the sacred paraphernalia before him. One of the objects that receives the blood is the coffin that holds the dark lord.
The sacrifice was enough to accomplish their goal: Count Dracula has risen. In multiple-bat form, he exits the labyrinth and flies to his freshly-risen home that waits to embrace the return of its master. And his mission to take over the world begins.
As is his destiny, Simon Belmont has no plans on letting that happen. With the family whip in hand, he sizes up Castlevania, ready to penetrate the unholy premises and destroy Dracula.