Castlevania 3 Revision

Original game : Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse

Platform : NES

Author : Mureisky

Release date : 28 June 2024

Category : Improvement

Patch version : 1.9

Modifications : P

Downloads : 1355

ROM Information

Database match: Castlevania III - Dracula's Curse (USA)
Database: No-Intro: Nintendo Entertainment System (v. 20210216-231042)
File SHA-1: F91281D5D9CC26BCF6FB4DE2F5BE086BC633D49B
File CRC32: 7CC9C669
ROM SHA-1: 23C4DAFCC17FA75E8D682931702277659CD59735
ROM CRC32: ED2465BE

Database match: Akumajou Densetsu (Japan)
Database: No-Intro: Nintendo Entertainment System (v. 20210216-231042)
File SHA-1: A0F3B31D4E3B0D2CA2E8A34F91F14AD99A5AD11F
File CRC32: 2E93CE72
ROM SHA-1: BEB7E005BCBAC031CE61613FA47DF24AD151E9AB
ROM CRC32: E349AF38

Hack description

This hack overhauls Alucard so his fireballs are better. Plus a few other small changes. See readme for full list of changes. Patches for both US, and Japanese versions of the game.

Version 1.9 Added Grant skip to falling block stage plus a few other small changes.

Version 1.8 Adjusted delay on Fire Spell, and Alucard Fireballs. Few changes to the hard mode patches.

Version 1.7 Made hack more customizable like my Improvements hack. Added a few small features. See Readme for details.

Version 1.6 all Subweapons are stored in lanterns like Bloodlines, and COTM do. A Few bugfixes.

Version 1.5 Added easy, hard mode for US patch. A few other small changes.

Version 1.4 updated Japanese patch weapon damage, and monsters life.

Version 1.3 slightly better Alucard Fireballs.

Version 1.2 added an Akumajou Densetsu harder mode patch.

Version 1.1 Alucard damage, and some monster's life adjusted for US patch.

Contributions

Contributor	Type of contribution	Description
Mureisky	Hacking

Reviews

A must-have	Zimgief	2024-05-14	Version 1.5
The rebalance of sub-weapons and Alucard's fireballs are a good thing. But what makes this hack greater above all is the easy mode. Which is not easy at all, but puts it on par with the Japanese and European releases (in order to prevent players from finishing the game on a rental, it was common practise in the US to ramp the difficulty to absurd levels). Sure, you could play the JP rom, but it lacks some polish graphically (Konami was used to improve their games on the occasion of releases outside of Japan). Sure you could play the EU rom, but it is slower because of 50 hz PAL consoles. In conjunction with Castlevania 3 Improvements from the same author Mureisky, we have in our hands what can be called a Definitive Edition!

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