castlevania-dracula x

this game is a rare find, that is why is costs $40-60 cartridge alone and 100+ complete in box. my advice to first time snes-castlevania players, get castlevania 4 instead it will be cheaper and it is a much better and far less frustrating game. dracula x is a challenge and at times frustrating one, i did beat the game twice but it is very difficult. the burning town on stage one lets you know right away that this game is no easy task. stage two the main hall is even tougher yet. stage three is where you will start to pull your hair out with the pillars and the medusa heads knocking you to an alternate level 4 where you don't want to be and if you get by that stage you will go to regular level 5 which is extremely difficult with the purple spear guards, they are tougher than some of the lower level bosses in castlevania four. if you are lucky not to fall to alternate level 4 from the pillars in level three you get a key, but since you have a this key you can't have a weapon and you will have to beat the boss who is no easy task with just your whip. if you beat him you will go to regular level four with the key. but if you die one time you will lose the key. if you are lucky enough to keep the key you can save maria and find the secret door to alternate level five. then you will be in for a treat where you play in a wonderful water filled lost city of atlantis. this is my favorite stage in the game. castlevania creators always did well with water stages. (this gamne, castlevania's 3 and 4.) the obligatory clock tower follows and if you save annette in level five (i won't tell you where she is) you will face off against an extremely difficult grim reaper at the top of the tower and if you are lucky enough to beat him and i was lucky just one time, the other time i beat the alternate boss, you head to stage seven and fight dracula on a set on pillers no less, making stage three seem like an almost nice memory. you can wait him out in his first form, by hitting him in the head with the ax as he comes close to you, and you can elimate the first form without losing energy but this takes a long time. his second form the demon form he can knock you off the piller to your death with a single blazing fireball. the ending if you are lucky enough to beat dracula is disppointing whether you rescue both girls or not. castlevania dracula x is really not worth all the money you have to shell out for the game collectable or not. it was a great accomplishment to beat such a tough game but in the end not really worth it. i actually considered quitting the game because level 5 the one with the spear guards was so difficult. one way to get through it is to keep getting that porkchop downstairs, if you keep getting nailed by the spear guards but this again takes such a long time. other than that avoid this level like the plague save the maria and go to the water stage. but a better thing to do is avoid this game and get castlevania 4 and super punch out!! as well you get two better games for the price of this one.Read full review