Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse

Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse, released in Japan as Akumajou Dorakula Densetsu (悪魔城伝説), is an action-adventure platform game developed and published by Konami for the NES. It was released in Japan in 1989, and in North America in 1990, and in Europe by Palcom in 1992. It was later released on the Virtual Console for the Wii, Nintendo 3DS, and Wii U.

Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse is the third installment in the Castlevania video game series. While the previous game contained more open world exploration, this game returns to the more linear side-scrolling formula established by the original. It is a prequel to the original Castlevania, set a few centuries before the events of the original game. The game's protagonist is Trevor C. Belmont, an ancestor of the original hero Simon Belmont.

The game is chronologically the first game after Lament of Innocence. Trevor may be accompanied by Alcuard, the son of Dracula, Sypha Belnades, a witch captured by Dracula, and Grant DaNasty, ghost of a pirate killed by Dracula. The game departs from the original by offering multiple paths to get from the beginning of the game to Dracula's castle. The routes vary significantly in difficulty, allowing the player to choose how hard the game is as they play.