Castlevania on Godot
Help and Manual

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Story

Step into the shadows of the deadliest dwelling on earth. You've arrived at Castlevania, and you're here on business: To destroy forever the Curse of the Evil Count.

Unfortunately, everybody's home this evening. Bats, ghosts, every kind of creature you can imagine. You'll find 'em all over the place. If they don't find you first.

Because you've got to get through six monstrous floors before you even meet with the Master of the House. Your Magic Whip will help, and you'll probably find a weapon or two along the way.

But once you make it to the tower, you can count on a Duel to the Death. The Count has waited 100 years for a rematch. He's ready. Are you?

Controls

You can play Castlevania with either the keyboard or a joystick/gamepad. The listed joystick controls are assuming the layout of a standard X-Box Controller.

	Keyboard	Joystick
Walk Left/Right	Left/Right Arrow keys	D-Pad Left/Right
Duck	Down Arrow key	D-Pad Down
Ascend/Descend Steps	Up/Down Arrow keys	D-Pad Up/Down
Activate Whip	Z	Button A
Jump	X	Button B
Activate Weapon	Up Arrow + Z	D-Pad Up + Button A

Important Concepts

Here are some tips that are useful to know.

• The game is divided into 18 stages. Every 3 stages is one level. Enemies gradually ramp up the damage they inflict in higher stages, to a maximum of 4 HP.
• You begin with 3 lives. When you die you will restart in the same stage. If all lives are lost you are given the option to "continue" which restarts you at the first stage on the level you left off on.
• Every 30,000 points earned grants you an extra life.
• The game is filled with secret treasures and pickups which are revealed in many different ways. Sometimes you need to whip a block, other times you need to duck in a certain location, or even just stand in place for a short period of time.
• Hearts are currency for using your secondary weapon. Each weapon depletes a single heart per shot (except the stopwatch, which requires 5-hearts per use).
• Secondary weapons are limited to a single instance on screen at a time. Picking up a double or triple-shot increases this to 2 or 3, respectively. Keep in mind that picking up a new weapon will cause you to lose your double or triple shot.

Pickups

Small Heart	Gives you one heart.
Big Heart	Gives you five hearts.
Morning Star	First one increases whip damage. Second one increases whip length.
Money Bag	Gain some Points!
Invisibility Potion	This yellow potion makes you invincible for a short period of time.
Double/Triple Shot	Allows you to have 2/3 secondary weapons on-screen at a time. Lost if you change weapons. Has no effect with the Stopwatch.
Pork Chop	Restores 6 HP to the player. Looks like a chicken leg.
Rosary	Destroys all enemies on the screen (except bosses).

Secondary Weapons

Remember: Secondary weapons are activated by pressing Up + the attack button/key.

Dagger	Thrown in a straight line for a weak attack at long range.
Holy Water	Powerful weapon that is thrown a short distance. When it hits the floor or a wall it explodes and burns, continuously dealing damage to any enemies touching it.
Axe	Powerful weapons that is thrown upwards in an arc.
Cross	Boomerang-like weapon that is thrown in a straight line and returns to the player when it reaches the end of the screen.
Stopwatch	Freezes all enemies (and some hazards) for a few seconds. Not effective on bosses after level 2.

Click here for a PDF of the original NES game manual. It will provide the backstory, details about the enemies you will face, and the item pickups.