Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse: Castlevania III - The Illusion

Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse - The Illusion is a ROM hack of the original Nintendo Entertainment System game Akumajou Densetsu, developed by Newman. This enhanced version features redrawn graphics, redesigned characters, and altered level structures, eliminating branching paths for direct access to all areas. Additional improvements include a modified color palette and faster transitions, along with minor difficulty adjustments.

New hard levels for Akumajou Densetsu (Castlevania 3 Japan) for you to enjoy.

The author of this hack is Newman.

Good luck playing and stay healthy!

Uses the http://www.romhacking.net/hacks/1983/ improvement hack by ShadowOne333.

Difference from the original:

1. Redrawn and new graphics added
2. Redrawn characters, enemies and level leaders
3. Branches have been removed, all levels are now available
4. The Japanese version of the game was taken as the basis, in which the title screen was changed and the localization was redone into English
5. Changed the color palette
6. Changed the location of all blocks, doors, stairs on the levels
7. Quick transition through the door (in the original it was much slower), as well as quick switching between characters
8. Slightly corrected difficulty (but it does not differ much from Japanese)
9. At the last level, the music has been changed
10. The font, the game interface, as well as the icons of two characters have been corrected.
(Done by Newman)

11. Small patch added to rotate all characters when pressing select. (Done by bogaabogaa)

Cons, bugs in the game:
1. A serious bug regarding the level - Sunken City (Sunken City), the bug is in the leader of this level. It is highly recommended not to fight this leader with the homing orbs and fire that Sypha Belnades possesses , as this may cause the water-fill script to fail when hit. As for freezing, this bug was not noticed during the battle with the leader.
2. Some emulators, for example ( Mednafen, Fceux) do not support dark colors, such as dark gray (perhaps I don’t know something in this regard, or most likely an adjustment is needed in the emulator settings), but there are emulators that support these colors, for example, the emulator is FCE Ultra (will be attached to this topic);
3. In the last location on the Main Hall level , there is a small bug, in general it is not noticeable when passing (the bug touches in an invisible block), it can only be noticeable if you play as Alucard and turns into a bat, then you may encounter invisible block.

The author of this hack is Newman.

Good luck playing and stay healthy!

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

NES Cores

Time to Beat

Main Story 4h 0m

Main + Extras 5h 0m

Release Date

Apr 2, 2021

3 years ago

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