Richter's accomplishments have made him one of the more celebrated Belmonts, and his popularity is second only to Simon's. Though, his plight was fairly more complex than most of the normal hunt-and-kill-Dracula Belmonts', his burden deeper. When the dark priest Shaft plotted to conquer the world by resurrecting Dracula and following the Dark Lord's lead, it was Richter who bore the troubling onus. Upon his return, Dracula commanded that his vile forces ravage the young Belmont's village and in the process abduct his girlfriend, Annet, her younger sister, Maria, and other women important to the village's long-term health. This act pushed Richter over the line and within him there was instilled a sense of justice; it was now his mission to exterminate evil's amassed army, to confront the instigating Shaft, to arrive in time to save the women, and to put the Count out of his misery.

What Richter didn't realize is that Shaft was more resourceful than originally thought. The dark priest survived his seeming defeat and lived to hatch a new plan: During their encounter, he cast on Richter a spell that would take effect much later. In time, it poisoned Richter's mind and coaxed him to the side of evil, removing him as an obstacle toward evil's goal of world domination. The turn was kept quiet, and to those ignorant, Richter had simply "disappeared." It was Maria Renard who set out to look for him. Sensing an imbalance tipping greatly in the favor of evil, powerful forces awakened the soul of Alucard, who rose from his slumber, braved the remodeled Castlevania, and with assistance from Maria freed Richter from Shaft's control.

Despite this excusable lapse, Richter is largely recognized as one of the more powerful Belmont warriors and for a long period its last in line: In addition to perfecting the special moves, he added those character-specific like the backflip, the air dash, the spinkick, and the slide kick; he also expanded upon the process of augmenting mystic weapons by instituting the item-crash (expanding on Juste's DSS system), thereby utilizing sub-weapons to their fullest.

Richter made one final appearance in Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin, where in playing his now-trademarked "secret character" role he teamed with the younger version of Maria Renard. The appearance has no bearing on the storyline and like Simon's appearance in Harmony of Dissonance is purely anachronistic (even in weapon use, where he, like Julius Belmont, had in separation both cross and boomerang sub-weapons). The speedy Richter brought to the dance all of his special maneuvers plus six sub-weapons and with Maria's help overwhelmed enemies who were glad this was all counter-reality.

Click any of the following links to see Richter in action for a given appearance: The Dracula X Games, Symphony of the Night and Nocturne in the Moonlight.