Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse

Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse is 1989 platform game developed and published by Konami for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It is the third installment in the Castlevania video game series and a prequel to the original Castlevania. The game follows Trevor C. Belmont, an ancestor of Simon Belmont, as he gathers allies and travels the country of Wallachia on a quest to defeat Dracula.

Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse
North American box art
Developer(s)Konami
Publisher(s)
  • JP/NA: Konami
  • EU: Palcom
Director(s)Hitoshi Akamatsu
Designer(s)I. Urata
Programmer(s)Yasuo Okuda
Mitsuo Takemoto
Artist(s)Noriyasu Togakushi
Takeshi Fujimoto
I. Urata
Composer(s)Hidenori Maezawa
Jun Funahashi
Yukie Morimoto
Yoshinori Sasaki
SeriesCastlevania
Platform(s)Nintendo Entertainment System
Release
  • JP: December 22, 1989
  • NA: September 1, 1990
  • EU: December 10, 1992
Genre(s)Platform
Mode(s)Single-player

Dracula's Curse was released in Japan in 1989, and in North America in 1990, and in Europe by Palcom in 1992. The game received positive reviews from critics, with praise for its level design, gameplay innovations, and characters, while some criticized its high difficulty. It was later released on the Virtual Console for the Wii, Nintendo 3DS, and Wii U.

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