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       Another question....Has anyone ever killed Dracula and Won????
    
    I mean I've killed him several times but I've never won the game,
    or do you win by being CRUSHED.?????
    
        This was/is an excellent game to get addicted too.
    most powerful weapon is the.
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    I need soom hints on grimreaper.

    
      GrimReaper,,,,,use boomarangs,with a III shot and watch the action.
    

    once i beet him but got killed by his snake what is it like after
    you beet him is it hard or easy
    

    
      Re: .4   Huh??? Beat who??? What snake??? can you be more specific???

Can anyone help...I've made it to the two mummys, barely.  Each
time I'm almost dead, the only weapon I can find is the Dagger, right
where the mummys are.  How do you kill those stupid mummys!

Any help is appreciated.

/Eric

    i'm talking grimreper
    

    
    Re: .6  Mummies....beat them to death with your whip
    
    Re: .7  Grimreaper....boomerangs are great, holy water is great,the
    axe is great,forget the rest.
    

    
    	I won!
    
    	Last night, it was pretty easy too.
    
    	I've only had the game for a week, but thanks to someone saying,"I
    think this one likes holy water." I won it.
    
    	Here is a sure way to kick some a**:
    
    
    	First, after you walk up the stairs, and then get all the candles,
    go back down and do it again. Do this untill you've got at least 40
    harts. Then proceed to know his head off with the whip. Use the holy
    water to put out some fireballs, and eventually you'll get II shot,
    then know his head off completely. When he turns into the Gargoil
    (SP?), keep hitting him with the holy water. This will turn him into
    dust. The ending is good, but I didn't think the Graphics were that
    good (on the ending, the rest were great!). if you thought Round 1 was
    hard, IN round 2, there are Medusa heads where they wern't before,
    there are tiny 'glow' bats where there shouldn't be. It's tuff!
    
    	If anybody needs any hints... Just mail me,
    				Pat..
    

    
     Thanks Pat, I thought that gargoil ending was wierd. especially
    when the book gives no indecation of him. I love the way his health
    gets restored,rather quickly. Now I can wipe the dust off and finish
    that game totally....
    
                                           Thanks again Pat
    
                                              Charlie
    

    Yesterday I just beet grim I got to the count then i got III fire
    but his power didn't go down

    
    
    	possible spoiler follows:
    
    
    	You must jump up and hit his head with the whip.
        Or, you can use the boomerang, after you get Drac's energy down to
           Zero, his head will fly off. This is when you need the "HOLY
           WATER".
    
    				and then, you do it all over again...
    					    Pat..

    Where exactly can the HOLY WATER be found, and what does it
    look like? I 've reached the Grimreaper, but cant seem to find it
     

    
    
    		The holy water is also somtimes called:
    
    				Smoke Bombs
    				Fire water
    				"The blue jar thingies..."
    
    		They, I think, can be found at the beging of Grimreaper's
    	level. When you throw them it burns the ground in front of the
    	enemy (doesn't the book say somthing like that?). 
    		Anyway, why would you want holy water? I think Boomerangs
    	are the best for "Death" (The credits call him death).
    
    
    			You played the most important role in the story..
    						Pat..
    
    
    		

    
    I thought I was missing something, I didn't realize it was the
    "fire bombs".
    
    Thanks for the reply.

I give up, I'm trying to kill the "Count",  I sit there, wait
till he appears, jump, whip him on the head, he hit's me 4 times,
it's all over.  Is this impossible?  Any tips are appreciated.

Thanks,

/Eric

    Is there any way to start the game where you last left off (and
    turned the power off), like with Kid Icarus?
    
    Thanx,
    Paula
    

    
    	No, sorry Paula.
    
    	Hey all you Castlevania fans! Guess what! 
    
    		...	CASTLEVANIA II ...
    
    	Its in the arcades under the name "Haunted Castle".
    It is awsome (where have I heard that?) !!!! I didn't get to far as it
    seems the controls were still a little stiff. I wrote to Konami as to
    if this is going to be made available for Nintendo, and I expect a
    reply shortly.
    
    	The begining is great, exelent graphics. It seems as though our
    friend Simon just got married. It shows him and his new bride walking
    towards you, then lightning strikes, burns the cross off of a church,
    and the then Drac-e-baby apperars in the top right, swoops down and
    grabs the girl. She screams (sounds real!) and then drac laffs as he is
    leaving (also sounds real!)! The game is really good, except one
    problema... you only get one life.
    
    				Another game to be mastered...
    					   Pat..
    

    
    How do I kill Frankenstien??? and Igor???
    
    Also... Castlevania II is coming out in Oct. according to the Nintendo
    Newsletter.
    

    The best way I've found to kill Frankenstein & Igor is to use the
    blue fire-bottle.  It helps to have a "II" or "III" so you can use
    the fire-bottle several times in a row.  I stand on the stone block
    above Frank, and throw like crazy.  I have an advantage joystick,
    the turbo function helps alot.  I've also done it with the sword/
    dagger to Frank's head, but it's harder.
    
    				- Frank Duplak

    
    There are probably several places in CastleVania where you can score
    like crazy and roll up 999,999 points, but I've found that the easiest
    place is in stage 14 or 15.  The Red Skeletons that can be found
    there are worth 400 points each.  I wait until I get two or three
    to "gang up" and I hit them with one whip stroke for 800-1200 points.
    When they re-generate (a second or two later) I hit'em again.  You
    can keep going until time runs out, it's easy to score over 50,000
    to get an extra life and start back at the beginning of the same
    stage.  My high is 999,980 so far.

    re:6
    
    Kill them with the Holy water or kneel down and physically abuse
    them with the whip.
    
    
    				Scary

    
    
    
    	Hi,
    
    	I just got Nintendo for xmas and just started playing Castlvania
    	I was wondering if I could get a few hints/spoilers
    
    	I've been able to get to level/area 11 or 12 
    	Its the one with the flying birds that drop those little men
    	out of the sky. I can only make it there with 1 life sometimes
    	less but can't seem to beat those monk like monkey like men.
    
    	They seem to gang up on me anad I can't out run them or out
    	jump them .
    
    
    	Whats the best way to beat or escape these guys?????? 
    
    
        I think I made it by once,is the next screen the one with the
    	dinosaur skeleton monster?????
    	
    	Also how many levels/areas are there before I meet Drac baby!
    
    
        Thanks,
    
    
    	Wayne.

    The first technique that got me thru was using the clock to stop
    time.  As soon as one of the birds appeared I hit the clock and
    just kept on running.  A clock can be had somewhere in the cavern
    region,  but avoid picking up another weapon.  The major problem
    with this is that it costs 5 hearts each use of the clock, and I
    have sometimes run out before I reached the end.  Later, I managed
    to get better at timing and I was able to kill the hunchbacks as
    they hit the ground.

    
    
    
    	Thanks David,
    
    
    	I can make it pass the birds and thier hunchbacks using the
        clock and sometimes without it,just by whipping them.
    	I have made it up to Frankenstien and Igor but keep getting
    	killed. I only seem to have 1 life by this time. I will try
    	to make it to them with a couple of lives and also with the
    	holy water you get back a few screens before the birds.
    
    	Do you think this will work?
    
    
    	Thanks again,
    
    
    	Wayne.

    re. -1
    
        I don't spend too much time in this note file or on my nintendo
    much any more,  since I bought a Commodore Amiga computer.  So,
    I can't give you very timely information.
    
    	As for getting past Frank and Igor, the only special weapon
    I ever seem to have at that point is the dagger.  It did take me
    many, many attempts, before I finally beat them.  My technique was
    a combination of the following.
    
    1. Hit Igor with a long dagger throw to freeze him for a moment.
    2. Whip Frank as fast as possible.
    3. Move to avoid Igor's fireballs.
    

    My wife says - what about the porkchops for extra life?!?
    
    

    still can't get frank,
    if been trying for many hours . still can't get'n
    
    please reply, thanks
                                                                           
     tony   

    Is there any way to store more than one weapon, then switch between
    them as you can do in Legend of Zelda?  If so, how do you accomplish
    the switch?  
    
    (Just got the game for X-mas and am addicted already. . .)
    
    Regards,

    There isn't any way to store weapons in this game. Once you pick
    up a weapon, you're stuck with it until you locate another one!

Another game I'm stuck on.  I hope someone's still playing it, or at least 
remembers some tricks.

I'm on level 15 that ends up with the Grim Reaper and his flying bandages 
(at least they look like bandages to me, not that it makes much sense
that bandages would hurt, but who am I to complain?).

I meet Grim consistently (about once in three tries from the start of
level 15) with my full strength, the boomerang with triple action and
as many hearts as I want - I usually get about 50 at the staircase and 
then head for the warriors with the shields.

Anyway, I stand at the far left of the middle and lowest block when
Grim descends and I get surrounded by hovering bandages which
are about to dart at me.  I jump to my right, away from the vicious
cloth, and try to get a few licks in on Grim who sometimes gives
me one in return as he begins moving.  I keep moving to the right,
firing boomerands to my left toward the bandages and Grim.

Eventually, the bandages regroup, I realize I haven't done much damage
to Grim, and they got me.  I mean, I've been here 100 times and this
is the best strategy I've found so far to make this fight last
more than 20 seconds.  Once, exactly once, I killed Grim, but a split
second later the bandage got me, denying me the chance to see
the next 3 stages for the first time.

So when your loaded up with all the essential, and you see Grim, what do
you do?

Dan

    
    I just bought the Castelvania game and have had a problem in setting
    the game up for 2 players. The instructions say that it is a 1 or 2
    player game , playing alternativly, but when I load the game up all I
    get asked is to press the start button and go on to play 1 player only.
    Is the cartridge duff or the instructions duff. Or is it me??? Comments
    on questions 1 and 2 only please.
    
    PM.

    Well, maybe someone will still be playing this someday, and need some
    help.  SInce I first bought Castlevania about a year ago, I had
    mastered it until very nearly the end, and then got tied up because I
    couldn't finish off Dracula to win the game.
    
    So I started again early this week and got to Drac and played probably
    100 games to attempt to finish him off and I finally succeeded!  I
    don't think many did, so here's some spoilers for *my* solution (which
    doesn't agree with the one offered earlier in here.)
    
    
    First, a slighter spoiler.  Use the boomerang, lots of hearts, and
    triple fire.  Go for Drac's fire until you have triple fire, then go
    for the head exclusively.
    
    Warning: this is detailed, because I think it's necessary.
    
    You've got two choices of weapons: boomerang and holy water.  I used
    the boomerang and purposefully let the holy water expire to make sure I
    don't accidentally pick it up.  You need 40+ hearts, which means 5 or 6
    times up and down the stairs before encountering Dracula.
    
    In the final room, stand halfway as Drac appears.  Jump and fire a
    boomerang at his head as he blinks.  Timed right, you'll get two hits
    to start.  Jump over his bullets.
    
    Learn to time when Drac appears; it's regular.  Where isn't.  But if
    you run in any direction as he's appearing, he won't appear on you and
    get a hit.  4 hits, and you're through at this level, so caution is the
    key word.  If he appears near you keep travelling away.  He lifts his
    arm to lift his cape when he's firing.  The moment he lifts his arm,
    the bullets are aimed, so you can jump over them after that if he's
    close.  If he's not close, or you think you have enough time to turn
    and fire (jump over that bottom bullet if it gets through).  
    
    Standing facing Drac, what you want to do is throw the boomerang to
    intercept his bullets.  (If you get all three, you get 3000 bonus
    points, and chock up points quickly.)  Don't go for the head, it's not
    worth it yet - just get the bullets with the point being to get the
    double fire and triple fire which will eventually come.  You've got 500
    seconds to play, so be patient.  You need triple fire to win this.
    
    When you get triple fire, go all the way left, and face right.  Most
    often, Drac shows up in the middle.  Just as he's appearing, jump and
    fire the boomerang at where his head might be.  Often, you'll get two
    hits.  As you land, fire the boomerang at the bullets.  Sometimes Drac
    will appear all the way to the right, so don't bother with the head
    shot, and just go for the bullets.  Then (and this is crucial) run a
    little to the right.  Time Drac's appearance and run left because he's
    gonna appear right on you.  Jump his bullets and set up for the double
    shots again.
    
    You'll find using this method you'll eventually give him enough whacks
    on his head to kill him, and his head will fly off and a new monster
    will appear from his head.  You had better have triple fire, about 20
    hearts and at least half your life left (2 hits) or kiss it goodbye and
    just practice.  Jump and fire at the creatures head.  Use the triple
    fire.  You'll get hits, you'll knock out his bullets, and you'll slow
    him down.  You're all the way left, and he starts in the center, and
    slowly jumps at you.  There's no way around him, so you're gonna take a
    hit getting to the other side, which is why you need a minimum of two.  
    
    Go to the far right side and keep jumping/firing at the head.  You just
    might get lucky and kill him.  Watch out for his bullets when you're
    darting to the right side.  Very frustrating to die just then.
    
    Dan

    re: .34
    
    Good grief!  I've never played this game and based on this,
    I don't think I will!    ;^)
    
    But it sure looks like a much-needed note for this game.
    
    Joel
    

    >But it sure looks like a much-needed note for this game.
    
    I hope so.  I couldn't stand getting so close the end and not finishing
    a game that I own.  
    
    Just wanted to show that it's tough, but possible...
    
    Dan

    Hi.
       I've faced Drac more than a few times and as yet
       have failed terribly at any attempt to kill him.
       I've had triple power,boomerangs umpteen hearts
       and still get killed,the most i've taken off 
       him is about five bits of his life.I just don't
       know where he is going to appear next and keep 
       running into him and thus lose more of my life.
       Any and all hints most helpfull.
                          Regards.
                                Easyrider Ramage.
                    

    I have Castlevania but not the instruction book. Could someone
    please tell me what the bow (as in bow and arrow) shaped item
    is that you collect after an enemy is killed. I would also 
    like to know what the boxes with II and III are for.  I assume
    they give you extended life, but don't know for sure. 
    
    Thanks.
    Jodi-