CARL.
It was buried on page fourteen of a forum thread titled "Abandonware & Weird ROMs." The URL was a mess of random characters ending in /romsfun/untitled.bin . No screenshots, no reviews, just a single comment from a user named "Cryptkeeper_Carl": "This one plays you back." castlevania symphony of the night romsfun
He never played Symphony of the Night again. But sometimes, late at night, he hears the first three notes of “Dracula’s Castle” coming from his closet. And when he checks the mirror in the morning, his reflection is always one frame behind. late at night