Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse (NES)

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Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse (NES)

Developer:	Konami
Publisher:	Konami
Genre:	Action/Platformer
First released:	November 23, 1989

Achievements

There are 55 achievements worth 626 (3639) points.
Authors: popoki (54), televandalist (1).

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won by 66 (57) of 2650 (2.49%)

(158)
Kill the Cyclops using the dagger as a lightning rod

won by 2568 (1373) of 2650 (96.91%)

(1)
Feel the power of a rosary.

won by 1740 (1029) of 2650 (65.66%)

(2)
Unearth some delicious wall chicken.

won by 1461 (865) of 2650 (55.13%)

(2)
Find a ''II'' block as either Trevor or Grant.

won by 537 (353) of 2650 (20.26%)

(7)
Find a ''III'' block as either Trevor or Grant.

won by 649 (430) of 2650 (24.49%)

(4)
Find a hidden 1-up.

won by 539 (327) of 2650 (20.34%)

(2)
Drink a potion of invincibility.

won by 217 (156) of 2650 (8.19%)

(53)
Accumulate 99 hearts at one time.

won by 937 (551) of 2650 (35.36%)

(8)
Reach a score of 20,000 and earn a 1up.

won by 347 (160) of 2650 (13.09%)

(35)
Reach a big score of 70,000 for another 1up.

won by 268 (117) of 2650 (10.11%)

(110)
Reach a huge score of 120,000 for a third 1up.

won by 2073 (1210) of 2650 (78.23%)

(5)
Finish Stage 1.

won by 1175 (745) of 2650 (44.34%)

(7)
Reach the point at which the path truly splits.

won by 446 (320) of 2650 (16.83%)

(14)
Reach the final fork in the path, deep in the underworld.

won by 763 (466) of 2650 (28.79%)

(9)
Finish Stage 2...?

won by 656 (412) of 2650 (24.75%)

(10)
Escape the clock tower and find a new route to the castle.

won by 689 (450) of 2650 (26.00%)

(10)
Finish Stage 3.

won by 493 (306) of 2650 (18.60%)

(13)
Finish Stage 4 (upper path).

won by 563 (393) of 2650 (21.25%)

(12)
Finish Stage 4 (lower path).

won by 414 (255) of 2650 (15.62%)

(15)
Finish Stage 5 (upper path).

won by 226 (169) of 2650 (8.53%)

(25)
Finish Stage 5 (lower then upper path).

won by 369 (220) of 2650 (13.92%)

(33)
Finish Stage 6 (upper path).

won by 222 (167) of 2650 (8.38%)

(51)
Finish Stage 6 (lower path).

won by 262 (176) of 2650 (9.89%)

(44)
Finish Stage 6 (very bottom path).

won by 336 (196) of 2650 (12.68%)

(36)
Finish Stage 7 (upper path).

won by 245 (156) of 2650 (9.25%)

(47)
Finish Stage 7 (lower path).

won by 391 (218) of 2650 (14.75%)

(32)
Finish Stage 8.

won by 354 (191) of 2650 (13.36%)

(34)
Finish Stage 9.

won by 344 (182) of 2650 (12.98%)

(89)
Slay Dracula and finish the game.

won by 207 (148) of 2650 (7.81%)

(55)
Finish the first stage on Hard Mode.

won by 733 (454) of 2650 (27.66%)

(10)
Accept Grant as your partner.

won by 668 (434) of 2650 (25.21%)

(10)
Accept Sypha as your partner.

won by 490 (341) of 2650 (18.49%)

(13)
Win a duel with the son of Dracula.

won by 448 (316) of 2650 (16.91%)

(14)
Accept Alucard as your partner.

won by 174 (137) of 2650 (6.57%)

(64)
Finish any stage completely as Alucard.

won by 225 (174) of 2650 (8.49%)

(51)
Finish any stage completely as Grant.

won by 214 (162) of 2650 (8.08%)

(133)
Finish any stage completely as Sypha.

won by 149 (128) of 2650 (5.62%)

(184)
Finish any stage (except Stage 1) as Trevor, without powering up his whip.

won by 138 (113) of 2650 (5.21%)

(196)
Finish any stage completely as Sypha... without picking up a single spellbook or stopwatch.

won by 221 (187) of 2650 (8.34%)

(25)
Finish Stage 1 without hitting a single candle.

won by 269 (208) of 2650 (10.15%)

(8)
Give poor Alucard the only sub-weapon he can use.

won by 233 (170) of 2650 (8.79%)

(14)
Acquire the most rare and powerful spellbook for Sypha.

won by 613 (402) of 2650 (23.13%)

(11)
Mount your offensive on the haunted vessel.

won by 313 (221) of 2650 (11.81%)

(19)
Engage the floodwaters in the aquatic ruins.

won by 327 (218) of 2650 (12.34%)

(18)
Infiltrate the castle from underground.

won by 119 (97) of 2650 (4.49%)

(227)
Defeat both forms of Death using Alucard alone.

won by 256 (143) of 2650 (9.66%)

(113)
Defeat the Doppleganger with Trevor alone.

won by 180 (127) of 2650 (6.79%)

(155)
Defeat all three bosses at the end of Stage 7 (either path) as Grant.

won by 150 (110) of 2650 (5.66%)

(36)
Deliver the final blow to Dracula as his son.

won by 179 (134) of 2650 (6.75%)

(31)
Defeat the first form of Dracula as either Grant or Sypha.

won by 202 (127) of 2650 (7.62%)

(140)
Finish the game with Alucard as your partner.

won by 141 (110) of 2650 (5.32%)

(195)
Finish the game with Grant as your partner.

won by 255 (143) of 2650 (9.62%)

(114)
Finish the game with Sypha as your partner.

won by 120 (100) of 2650 (4.53%)

(451)
Finish the game as Trevor alone.

won by 110 (84) of 2650 (4.15%)

(484)
Slay Dracula on Hard Mode.

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Recent comment(s):

18 May 2016 21:51		the achivement with the invincibility potion don t pop , i take it two times
27 Oct 2016 1:24		"n the name of my Mother... (2) (12)Deliver the final blow to Dracula as his son."------How can I earn?
5 Feb 2017 19:39		Heart of fire no working
22 Oct 2017 20:54		Yeah, as mentioned above, 'Heart of Fire' seems to be bugged, as I was not awarded it when I beat all three bosses at the end, and I do not want to do that again.
19 Jan 2018 4:46		It'd be great to see this list get ported over to the Japanese version of the game. :D
31 May 2018 19:25		That's a great game and really hard too! I got the Brando references. It was really amazing and funny mastering this set. Good job popoki!
23 Jul 2018 15:29		Is Iron Blue Intention supposed to be unlocked when Sypha gets the ice spell?
27 Oct 2018 16:06		Slowly working on getting these done. The Sypha and Grant ones will likely be hardest since I typically pick Alucard
18 Nov 2018 3:10		heart of fire, pluky pirate and thats y they call me nasty i did not receive at all in hardcore mode :(
10 Feb 2019 13:21		not working? tried all roms
10 Feb 2019 13:26		yeah, I found that it has not been working with the rom I used to beat the list with.... not sure if it's an update needed for the emulator or if something else is up....
16 Feb 2019 23:55		same :(
17 Nov 2019 6:11		Using name "HELPxxxx" which is gives you more lives will make achievements not work. Same story with passwords to start any level with extra lives.
8 Jun 2020 9:12		Mastered!
17 Jun 2020 22:23		Thunderstruck achievement haha Great ;-)
17 Jul 2020 23:02		This new achievement feels like a kid who found a new toy that other people knew about I dont think this was needed at all but whatever
2 Aug 2020 19:22		I'm getting an "unsupported" error for Thunderstruck. Anyone else?
15 Oct 2020 5:51		why make a set for the garbage version of the game
12 Nov 2020 3:15		200% Finished!!!
18 Apr 2021 16:24		Greetings popoki and televandalist! Thank you for your time and effort making a set for this game. All achievements are working smoothly. I wish you all the best.

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	[Misc. - GameCenter CX Challenge] (Hubs)
	[Publisher - Konami] (Hubs)
	[Series - Castlevania] (Hubs)

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Pos		Mastery Date
1	An9eLion	2021-05-08 13:05:28
2	Slime95	2021-04-25 07:19:22
3	ZanderCheevos	2021-04-18 16:17:52
4	Smokedani	2021-04-16 23:42:55
5	pavelsha	2021-03-16 16:01:07
6	Mutawarrior	2021-03-03 22:50:29
7	EmperorTroll	2021-02-06 16:49:12
8	bubufubu	2021-01-19 02:00:39
9	Synorus	2021-01-10 09:16:32
10	Pronin86	2021-01-03 00:51:40