Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse

1989 · Platform · NES

Overview

Castlevania III (1989) is Konami's NES return to the original Castlevania's action, in which Trevor Belmont takes one of three companions on branching routes to Dracula.

Deep Dive

Trevor can be joined by one partner at a time — Sypha Belnades, Grant Danasty or Alucard. Two main routes run through its sixteen stages, and there are several endings depending on the player's choices.

Developer Story

Konami released it in Japan in December 1989 and in North America in September 1990. AllGame called it "the greatest Castlevania game to ever grace the NES".

Did You Know?

The Japanese cartridge had a VRC6 sound chip adding three extra channels; the American version's music was reworked for the standard five.
IGN ranked it fifth among the best NES games.