Before fighting the Golem, You need to spell the word "Emeth" (Life) on a wall. This is an allusion to a Jewish Folktale about a Rabbi in Prauge who brought a clay man to life by etching this word into his forehead. He killed it by erasing the "E" from Emeth, Which meant "Death"
The plotline for this game establishes the official beginning of the timeline for the long running Castlevania video game series.
This is the first (and only as of February 2005) Castlevania game in which the name Dracula is never said.