Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, first released for PlayStation in 1997, is a gothic action adventure in which Alucard explores Dracula's castle and faces a large cast of minor enemies, including the Cloaked Knight. The knight's brief death line is one of many small voice samples that players remember from repeated encounters in the castle. Clips like this later circulated among retro gaming fans and soundboard users, who reuse the line as a short, atmospheric cue for defeat, death and dark fantasy edits.