The "roguelike" genre, known for its permadeath and procedural generation, is named after the 1980 game *Rogue*, which itself was influenced by the game *Dungeons & Dragons*.
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Alucard's (Dracula spelled backward) name is actually a deliberate misspelling of his father's name. The game's designers intentionally misspelled it as "Alucard" instead of "Alucard".
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