[TAS] NES Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse "Alucard path" by zggzdydp & scrimpeh in

This is a tool-assisted speedrun. For more information, see https://tasvideos.org/6942M
TAS originally published on 2026-01-11

Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse (originally known as 悪魔城伝説 or Akumajō Densetsu, meaning "Legend of the Demon Castle") is the story of Trevor Belmont's battle against Dracula from the times before Simon's battle in Castlevania. In this complex and difficult game, there are three playable allies whom Trevor can recruit: Alucard (Dracula's son), Grant DaNasty (a pirate captain), and Sypha Belnades (a mystic warlord).

This game has a technically high-quality soundtrack because it uses a VRC6 sound chip that works in the Japanese Famicom but not in the NES. Thus, the movie was made with the Japanese version of the game instead of the USA version.

This movie by zggzdydp ( https://tasvideos.org/Users/Profile/z... ) and scrimpeh ( https://tasvideos.org/Users/Profile/s... ) takes the path that recruits Alucard. It improves the previous movie ( https://tasvideos.org/3357M ) by 48.118 seconds, thanks to recently discovered tricks and glitches as well as better optimisation. Please read the authors' comments ( https://tasvideos.org/10138S ) for more details.

There's also a Grant path ( https://tasvideos.org/1979M ) movie and a Sypha path ( https://tasvideos.org/6930M ) movie, along with a movie that performs the warp glitch on the Grant path ( https://tasvideos.org/4895M ) as well as one where Trevor ventures alone on the Sunken City path on a harder difficulty ( https://tasvideos.org/2753M ).


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