Amazon Maximum Age: 20 years Amazon Minimum Age: 144 months Binding: Video Game Brand: Konami EAN: 0083717110217 ESRB Age Rating: Teen Label: Konami Manufacturer: Konami Platform: Nintendo NES Publisher: Konami Sales Rank: 3404 Studio: Konami
Rating: - buy in person
This is an excellent game, one of the best ever made. That being said, don't buy it online. I bought one because mine wouldn't work on the new system I bought. The new one I bought was busted right out the package... Just hope wii adds it to virtual console or go on gametap or something, these old cartridges aren't all that reliable that you can buy them sight unseen.
Rating: - THE BEST CASTLEVANIA FOR THE NES AND ONE OF THE BEST IN GENERAL
This game is simply one of the best castlevania games i played
you get help of three different spirits, have to choose different paths avery time you play and the music is the best of the old NES games .
Rating: - One of the finest games in the series
Over the years, Konami has become one of the best-known video gaming third party corporations out there - for a number of reasons. But, their most popular series of all would have to be the vampire-killing franchise, Castlevania. Konami released the first installment of the series on American consoles in 1987, and a sequel (which was radically different from the first game) just one year later. The next year thereafter, they released the first Game Boy installment, The Castlevania Adventure, but it ended up being the worst installment in the entire series! But, one year later, another new Castlevania came on the scene - which would be the final one released for the NES. Read on for my review of Castlevania III - Dracula's Curse.
PROS: -IT'S THE ALL-IMPORTANT RETURN TO NORMALCY GAME. The radical shift of gaming styles featured in Castlevania II - Simon's Quest turned off a ton of fans of the series. Fortunately, this game will win those folks back instantly. -FOR ITS DAY AND AGE, THESE WERE SOME OF THE BEST VIDEO GAME GRAPHICS OUT THERE. The on-screen graphics move along at a pretty decent pace, and slow-down is very minimal. As far as the NES in the eighties goes, the graphics didn't get a whole lot better than this. -THE MUSIC IS GREAT FOR THIS KIND OF GAME. I've played a number of NES games with great music in them, but this title features some of the best. The music always suits the eerie atmosphere perfectly. -PLAY CONTROL IS SIMPLE AND TO THE POINT. Basically you move, crouch, jump, attack, and attack with a secondary weapon. This series was one of the first to feature a secondary weapon - a video gaming feature which has since been copied countless times. -YOU CHOOSE WHO YOU ARE AND WHERE YOU GO (TO A POINT.) Through the course of the game, you'll encounter a number of "forks in the road", and you get to choose which route you wish to take. You'll even come across spiritual helpers, who are characters you can play as in addition to your main character, Trevor Belmont. You can get Sypha, the wizard, Grant, the pirate, or Alucard, the son of Dracula. Each one has his or her own strengths and weakenesses. -YOU CAN SAVE YOUR PROGRESS WITH PASSWORDS. You've gotta love passwords - a lack of them is what ultimately destroyed the first installment in the series.
CONS: -THE GAME IS DIFFICULT. Not as difficult as the first game, but difficult nonetheless. You'll come across a series of challenges in the game, and checkpoints are few and far between. -PLAY CONTROL CAN SEEM VERY STIFF AT TIMES. Most characters have no midair jump control whatsoever, which can make life a living hell. Controlling the secondary characters can be challenging at first - Alucard is about as agile as a two-by-four with legs.
OVERALL: Overall this is a very good game, and it stands the test of time as one of the finest entries in the series. If you have an eight-bit Nintendo Entertainment System, this game is a must purchase.
Rating: - Beautiful.
Personally, Konami is my favorite group of publishers/developers. I always find myself becoming quite attached to their games, ever since I played Castlevania ][: Simon's Quest and the unbelievably superb Super Castlevania IV. So it's pretty needless to say that I like Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse, with its multiple paths and multiple character gameplay (pretty unusual at the time and, obviously, well accepted since then). If you like the other Castlevanias (including Symphony of the Night, even though it's drastically different), I'm sure you'll like this'ne.
Rating: - A Classic
One of the greatest games ever to be released for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES).
It is actually a prequel to Castlevania and Castlevania 2.
The gameplay has returned to the more traditional Castlevania (removing the RPG gameplay from the second one). However in this game you can choose your path to the castle and you can have another charactor to help you along (you will "bump" into them during your quest).
This I consider to be in the top ten catigory as one of the greatest games ever to be released for NES.
