Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse No-Death Playthrough (Actual NES Capture)

This is a capture of me playing through Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse on the NES. This is not an emulator and was not played on the Wii or Wii U Virtual Console. This footage was recorded directly from my front-loading NES using a real Castlevania III cartridge.

Here's my new 60 fps playthrough of this game. This is once again a no-death run.

Just like before, I used Grant as my spirit helper but I took the upper route, which allows you to pick up Syfa.

I actually don't have much history with this game. When I was a kid I rented the first two Castlevania games from the nearby rental store, but I never played Castlevania III. Instead, I heard about it from my brother, and he told me that you could change characters. I had no idea if he was telling the truth or not back then, but it turned out he was.

Around the late '90s I picked up all three NES Castlevania games from some guy who was selling his copies to Funcoland. So that was the first time I played this game. It was definitely fun and had some great music too.

However, Castlevania III is notoriously difficult to say the least. I don't know if it's the most difficult game in the series, but it's likely a contender. There are several cheap areas and the final fight against Dracula is just brutal. Pulling off a no-death run in this game really pushes me to the limit. Enjoy the new footage.

Recorded with the Hauppauge HD PVR and a composite connection at 60 frames per second. I used a Toshiba model D-R550 DVD Recorder to upconvert the NES's native 240p signal to 480i so that the Hauppauge could capture the console's audio/video signal.

I'm using an NES Max turbo controller.