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'''''Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse (Japanese:悪魔城伝説 Akumajō Densetsu, or Legend of the Demon Castle''') is the third installment in the Castlevania series of video games. It was published by Konami in Japan in 1989 and in North America in 1990. Around Europe it was published by Palcom Software, in 1992. It was a endure game in the franchise to exist as produced for the Nintendo Entertainment System.

Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse'' occurs as prequel to the first 2 games in the Castlevania Timeline, featuring Simon Belmont's ancestor, Trevor Belmont. Based on data from a stake's instruction manual, it takes place 215 years prior to a cases inside Castlevania I and ''Castlevania II: Simon's Quest. Numerous characters & elements introduced first within Castlevania III would get mainstays in the series.

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Joining Trevor Belmont around his mission to kill Dracula are three freshly playable characters: Sypha Belnades, a immature witch with poor physical attack power however right magic spells at her disposal, Grant DaNasty, a fleet-footed pirate by having a ability to hop on bulwarks, & Alucard (a.k.the. Adrian Fahrenheit Tepes), Dracula's rebellious boy, the dhampir with the ability to shoot fireballs & turn into the bat. Trevor may be accompanied by simply of these companion at one time, & a streaming video player could switch between Trevor & his ally sustaining a "select" button. Two Trevor & whoever is accompanying him part a equivalent health meter. A ending of a game differs based in which companion Trevor has sustaining him at the instance. Alucard appears within many subsequent Castlevania games, when run Sypha's descendent (Carrie Fernandez and Yoko Belnades).

Castlevania III abandons a adventure game elements of its immediate predecessor and returns to the platform game roots of the first Castlevania game. Unlike Castlevania, notwithstanding, Castlevania III is non strictly linear: fallowing completing the 1st level, & at many more points throughout a game, a streaming video player is given a selection of paths to watch. A options mass produced per streaming video player around these circumstances may have a profound impact in how else a game unfolds. There are xv levels within number.

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