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Castlevania Simplified

By Megafield64

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About this project

The purpose of this hack was to make the original Castlevania much easier for gamers that find games that aren’t too incredibly tough more enjoyable.

Key changes:

- Players begin the game with 5 lives.

- Small Hearts are now worth 2 hearts.

- Daggers have been completely eliminated. They have been changed to either Crosses, Holy Waters, or Axes.

-The vast majority of bottomless pits are eliminated. There are still some left in to provide at least some challenge.

-Simon takes 1 HP of damage from most attacks and enemies.

-More porkchops and other items are hidden throughout the levels. There are even 3 items in Dracula's room!

-Porkchops now heal Simon's entire health bar.

- The corridor leading to Death no longer have Axe-Men and have been replaced by simple Skeletons.

This hack was created with the use of the Stake Level Editor.

Original game requirements

Castlevania (U) (PRG0) [!].nes - GOODNES 3.14
CRC32: 39C879BB
MD5: 00D93C9F6B8AEFB8B6C02B20147DF4EC
SHA-1: A31B8BD5B370A9103343C866F3C2B2998E889341
SHA-256: 55BCAB0D9EFC33A9D9EFC90F2C3C4AB12F3221A44B1F357E6C6202A456399AA8

Creator credits

Megafield64
Listed creator

RELEASE 2.0

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No readme is available for this release.

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