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Welcome to the Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse guide, the pick of the 8-bit Castlevania games, featuring multiple routes, characters, and endings.

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Version 1.00 | 4 May 2021 | Initial version, everything complete

Introduction

Hello one and all, and welcome to the third instalment of both my, and Greg's trilogy of Castlevania guide/walkthroughs: Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse. Undoubtedly, this is the pick of the bunch as far as the old 8-bit Castlevania games go, with multiple routes, characters and endings, as well as a much more refined playing experience.

Instead of being a follow-up to the events of the first two games in the series, Castlevania and Castlevania II: Simon's Quest, this game is actually what we would term a "prequel", with the story set some 200 years prior and featuring one of the great forefathers of the Belmont family, Trevor C. Belmont. Handling very much just as his descendant Simon, you guide Trevor on his way to Dracula's castle, using the usual array of whips and weapons to defend yourself from the count's deadly minions of the night. The path will occasionally split and the route you take to get to Dracula is entirely up to you, with the levels and challenge changing accordingly.

Trevor can be joined by a handful of additional characters with their own unique powers and abilities, who can make life easier in certain parts – but the twist is you can only have one assistant character with you at a time, so opting to take on a new partner results in other partners being dropped for the remainder of the game. Ultimately reaching and defeating Dracula whether with Trevor alone, or paired with one of three additional characters will result in a different ending, so there is a lot of replayability here for the Castlevania enthusiast!

You've got the usual assortment of information within this guide: a complete walkthrough to cover (press the cover button to crouch behind walls or objects) every stage in every path, enemy and item lists, boss strategies, secrets and useful information to know before getting started. We aim to make this guide as thorough as possible, and welcome feedback or any helpful info you think we could include! If that's the case, feel free to get in touch with either of us. Thanks for reading, and let's crack on with taking down Dracula once again!

~ Ryan Harrison

Hello everyone!

We are back with another Castlevania guide. This time it is for the most popular NES Castlevania title: Castlevania III! We're going back to the old-school style of Castlevania here, with pure platforming goodness, but we're also bringing some friends along!

This game actually lets you pick your path towards Dracula, but no matter what path you pick (or which allies you take along with you), you know that Ryan and BK have your back!

I'm still on my quest to write for every Castlevania game out there, as it has always been one of my favorite series in gaming. This is my 20th Castlevania guide in fact, and who better to write it with than my good friend Ryan Harrison, certified old-school game lover and long time GameFAQs author/reviewer.

With all of that said, I'm glad you're here with us playing through this classic game! Let's get into the guide!

~ Gregory Wright