Castlevania

A platformer about Simon Belmont fighting through Dracula's castle with a whip.

Konami · 2–4 hrs

Difficulty

Six stages of whip range, medusa heads, and a stairway that will betray you. The stopwatch is a panic button; holy water is the actual boss killer. Don't upgrade the whip late in a stage if a pit is coming.

Tips

Start here
Holy water, then the meat
Keep holy water for bosses and the moving platforms. Hit walls for chicken. The chain whip is worth a trip back if you dropped it — the leather whip is a different game.
Bosses
Death hates the stairs
Lure him to a flat floor. Holy water at his feet, then whip. Don't fight on stairs; the hitbox is a rumor. Dracula's second form is a crouch-and-holy-water fight.

Walkthrough

Walkthroughs that already exist

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