I've never been able to beat Castlevania III. II is a cakewalk esp if you have a walkthrough/know the gibberish, and I was challenging but achievable. III spanks me down and calls me a bitch every time I try to step up to it. That mimic boss and his level just destroy my hopes
You're doing it all wrong then the famicom version of CVIII is the one to play.Better music and a less difficult game to boot.
I hope to play that someday when I get a everdrive for my nes or a famicard cart converter and the game, but right now I only have unmodded nes and the US release.
I do also feel like I should be able to beat this game, I've practiced quite a bit - certainly put the effort in I would say - I just need to practice a bit more I guess.
During the previous sessions I've attempted to beat the game I used initially no guide and stumbled into alucard and got stuck on the falling brick section of the 8th level (I think).
The second time I attempted it, after seeing a charity speed run of the game, I thought shit I should try this sylpha lady and maybe it'd be easier, so I got a guide to get her and made it to the mimi level (level 9 I believe.) It was at that point, the level with the two tiers of water you have to wade through fighting birds and fishmen that I hit the wall. I had a very difficult time getting to the boss, let alone having enough lives and hp to practice fighting him.
In my current "password" I used the "helpme" cheat to get 9 lives, and the game is significantly easier being able to try the boss more than once or twice before restarting the level. I also was told by a friend to try using grant to get past difficult parts of the levels using his nimble wall climbing ability, which as also made it much easier.
I hope that with this combo, helpme and grant, I can at least get through the US version using official cheats.
Someday I will play the easier version with better music, but this game has stumped me for so long I really feel the need to defeat it using all of the tools the US devs gave me
