Castlevania 3: Draculas Curse 




Passwords
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When it asks for your name, type "HELP ME" 

0= empty square, 1= Heart, 2= Cross, 3= Chain Whip 

Stage 3-01  Stage 5-06  Stage 8-01

2 0 0 3     1 3 0 0     0 3 2 0
0 1 0 1     0 2 0 1     0 0 2 2
0 0 3 0     2 0 0 0     0 3 0 1
0 0 0 0     0 0 3 0     1 0 0 0


HELP ME 10 Lives


More Passwords
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Enter your name as HELP ME 

C= Cross, H= Heart, W= Whip, B= Blank Square 

CBBW BHBH BBWB BBBB Stage 3-1
HWBB BCBH CBBB BBWB Stage 5-6
BCBB HBBB BBCB WHBC Stage 6-1
BHBB BBBB BWHB CHBH Stage 7-1
BWCB BBCC BWBH HBBB Stage 8-1



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In the table below, H= Heart, C= Cross, and W= Whip.

C--W
-H-H Stage 3-01 Grant
--W-
----

CC-W
-H-- Stage 4-0A Sypha
H---
----

-C-W
---- Stage 5-0H Sypha
--W-
WW-C

HW--
-C-H Stage 5-06 Alucard
C---
--W-

-W-W
---- Stage 6-0A Trevor
----
CW-C

-C-W
C--- Stage 6-0A Sypha
-W--
CW-H

-C--
H--- Stage 6-01 Alucard
--C-
WH-C

--W-
--CW Stage 7-0A Trevor
---W
H---

-WH-
--CW Stage 7-0A Sypha
-W-C
C-W-

-H--
---- Stage 7-01 Alucard
-WH-
CH-H

-WC-
--CC Stage 8-01 Sypha
-W-H
H---

-WW-
--CC Stage 8-01 Trevor
-W-H
C---

-C-W
H--- Stage 9-01 Sypha
-W--
WC-C

----
W--- Stage 9-01 Trevor
--W-
WC-H

-H--
H--- Stage A-01 Alucard
--H-
CC-H

----
W--- Stage A-01 Grant
-WC-
CC-C

---W
H--- Stage A-01 Trevor
-WW-
CC-C

-H-W
H--- Stage A-01 Sypha
-W--
CC-H

WW-W
-C-W Quest 2, Stage 1 Sypha
C-W-
---H



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Enter your name as erik then input the following.

blank,blank,blank,cross,
cross,blank,blank,blank,
blank,blank,blank,blank,
heart,cross,blank,cross.

You'll be at the end of the game all alone with just your whip.




Sound test

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At any point during the opening story, hold A and B then press Start 
twice. Press Up and Down to select the music, B to play it, and A to stop it.




Red Tower 1up

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Red Tower 1up: (After the Ship stage if you went that way) Just before 
the second door, you'll see two spiked spinning platforms. Spin the 
one closest to the left wall without falling through. Fall thru the second 
one and you'll have a safe jump to the lower left corner, where a 1up is 
hidden in the wall.




Boss tips

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Cyclops Strategy: When running away from it, jump as you go to prevent 
him from charging you.

Skull Knight King (the second one, NOT the one on the first level): It will 
only take damage when you hit it while one of his bones is flying around.
Stand in the lower right and keep whipping it. The bones won't hit you as 
much if you stay here.

Grim Reaper: Throw boomerangs at him while whipping the flying 
projectiles. When he's in a corner, each boomerang will hit him twice. 
Against the giant head that appears when he dies, stay on the left and use 
the blocks to jump over it when necessary.

"Evil Twin" Boss: When you transform into your 'spirit' partner, it has to 
turn into the same person. As it reforms, you have a clear shot. You have 
to be quick about changing back and forth though. It takes a while, but it's 
the safest way to beat him.

Final Boss: For the first two forms of Dracula, just whip as fast as you 
can. To avoid the shots from the third form, stay four blocks from the 
right, so the ground won't pick you up, and dodge to the right when he 
fires at you. Just use axes to hit him in the head.




Clock tower trick

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This trick only works when you have the pirate
when you first fight him and beat him you have to go 
back down the clock tower on the first stairway when 
you must be Simon and reach the far bottom of it 
(when Simon's feet are together and look like they 
are off the bottom of the screen) you do not have to 
keep holding down when doing this just make sure it 
is the far bottom. When it is the far bottom, press 
select to change into the pirate before you reach the 
next level. You then go back up. Then (if it worked) that 
the stairway will be lengthened past its appearance and 
will become invisible keep walking up the stairs and 
see what happens all sorts of strange worlds if you 
try going back down the stairs it will be even stranger 
it also works on the pirate ship stage, first stairway 
and the jumping toad stage, first stairway (this ones 
the best) once it warped me.

Castlevania 3 Dracula's Curse Game Genie Codes
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To get the Game Genie screen to come on, turn on the NES, then press 
Start. Any time after that, quickly turn the power off and then back 
on.

SXPAOO     Infinite Lives
SXYAPO     Infinite time, good only for a high score at the end of the Level
VNLZPA     Try walking, and you can't always get things
VPLLTG     Whip hits any thing that is up to eight blocks away from you,
          even behind you
SOTLYK     Takes twice as many hits for enemies, not bosses
SXPAKO     The background is very different
SXIAOO     Less time. It looks like more, but keep playing.
NYZAGA     Warp to the VERY end of the game
SXGAPO     There are less candles than normal where the screen
          goes from left to right
SXGAAO     There are more candles than normal where the screen
          goes from left to right
SXIAPO     There are no candles where the screen goes from left
          to right
SXPPZO     There are more candles, up and down, and left and right
          scrolling screens
SXIAIO     Candles are in the form of enemies, and you running
          (The candle enemies don't hurt you, but the very first candle 
          in the first level will blip if you run into it. You can get it 
          with the whip and items
SXPZIO     If you get a whip, you can't hit anything after that
NYPZPA     Small hearts fly to the right, and there are more candles
NYPZAA     Small hearts disappear

**ZOGG     Find a ________ at the start of Level 1 
TO                 1up
TE                 Ax
NX                 Clock
OX                 Sacred Water