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Castlevania III Dracula's Curse
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Item Description
When Netflix turned Castlevania into an animated series in 2017, it went straight to this game for its heroes. Trevor Belmont, the sorceress Sypha Belnades and Alucard, Dracula's own son, all made their debut in Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse, Konami's NES prequel set generations before Simon Belmont's quest, in a Wallachia overrun by Dracula's armies. After the open-ended experiment of Simon's Quest, the series returned to stage-based action and built something far larger and more ambitious on top of it.
Trevor fights with the family whip and the classic sub-weapons, but he doesn't have to fight alone. He can meet three potential allies and bring one along at a time, switching between them on the fly. Grant Danasty, a nimble pirate, climbs walls and ceilings to reach places no Belmont can. Sypha casts fire, ice and lightning spells that devastate bosses. Alucard fires spreading shots and can transform into a bat to fly over entire sections. Your route decides which allies you can meet, and the companion at your side at the end shapes which ending you see.
That branching map is the game's other great idea. Paths wind through the Clock Tower of Untimely Death, the Mad Forest, the Haunted Ship of Fools, the Sunken City of Poltergeists and Alucard's cave before converging on Dracula's castle, so no two runs need to look alike. The bosses are some of the series' most memorable, from the Cyclops and the Bone Dragon King to Death and the shape-shifting Doppelganger, before a final showdown with Dracula himself.
In Japan the Famicom version used a Konami sound chip for extra audio channels; the North American cartridge rearranged the soundtrack for the NES's standard sound hardware, and tracks like “Beginning” still rank among the best music on the system. Demanding, atmospheric and full of replay value thanks to its routes and partners, Dracula's Curse is the most ambitious Castlevania of the 8-bit era, and the place to meet these characters where their story started.
Fast factsgame data via IGDB
- Released
- 1990
- Publisher
- Konami
- Genre
- Platformer, Beat 'em up
- Players
- Single player
About the game
Led by the immortal Count Dracula, the greatest army of evil ever assembled is poised to bury mankind in a Tomb of Terror. Destroying this legion of Swamp Dragons, Slasher Skeletons and Forces of the Undead will be the supreme challenge for the mightiest of warriors. Your place in history is 100 years before Simon Belmont's birth. Dracula is young at heart, and it will take more than a stake to penetrate his evil. Luckily, you command the role of Trevor - Simon's forefather and the origin of the Belmont Warlord Chromosomes. Trevor has a power never before seen by human eyes - the power to transform into three different spirits: Grant DaNasty, the ferocious Ghost Pirate. Sypha, the Mystic Warlord. And Alucard, Dracula's forgotten son. You must perfectly time Trevor's body transformations to match up his different fighting spirits against Ultimate Evils. Trevor also has the strength and wisdom to command the Battle Axe, Invisibility Potion and Mystic Whip.
Summary from the IGDB community database — the condition and contents of this listing are described above and in the photos.Watch gameplayCastlevania III Dracula's Curse on NES
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