Castlevania: Dracula X By Konami Typed by Kurt Kalata (kkalata@worldnet.att.net) This manual may be freely distributed, just don't sell it or delete my name or anything. [Note: The table of contents are GROSSLY incorrect. I'm just reproducing them for accuracy.] [Page 3] Dracula X Contents 3...Prologue 4...How to Play 5...Starting the Game 5...Basic Operations 6...Game Screen 7...Item List 8...Character Profiles 11...Stages [Page 4] Prologue The setting: medieval Transylvania. Several hundred years have passed since legendary hero Simon Belmont defeated the evil Count Dracula and sealed him away for what was supposed to be eternity. The people have long forgotten about the horror of the undead, thus allowing a few depraved individuals to restore the Prince of Darkness to his former state; sleeping in his coffin by day and preying upon hapless victims by night. Dracula now plans to get revenge on his old enemy through his descendants by locking Annet, the girlfriend of Belmont's great gradson, Richter, and her sister, Maria, in his dark gloomy castle. Once aware of this, Richter takes his ancestor's sacred whip, passed down through the years from father to son, and sets out for Dracula's castle to rescue Annet and Maria, and to seal away the evil Count for good. [Page 5] (Cool anime pic of Dracula) [Page 6] How to Play Rescue Annet and Maria from Dracula's sinister castle, and entomb the evil count so his undead minions walk among the mortals no more! -Defeat attacking ghouls with the whip and special weapons to proceed through the game. -Items appear when you destroy a candle or defeat an opponent. Receiving an item increases your power and enables the use of special weapons (see item list, page 13) -Stages are divided into several areas. The enemy boss waits in the last area. When the boss is defeated, a mystic sphere appears. The stage is cleared when you get the mystic sphere. -Life decreases each time a player is damaged. If a player's life runs out, or he falls into a bottomless pit, etc. the player loses a life. -As long as you still have at least one player left, you can continue playing frm the beginning of the area where you last lost a life. The game ends when you run out of players. Even if the game ends, you can opt to CONTINUE playing from the beginning of the stage in which you were defeated. [Page 7] Starting the Game Insert the game pak into your SNES and turn the power switch on. The Title screen and then the Demo screen will appear Title Screen (Pic of title) To select menu items, press the CONTROL PAD up/down, or use the SELECT button. Puch the START button to advance to the next screen. NEW GAME: Starts the game. PASSWORD: Moves you to the Password Entry screen. OPTION: Moves you to the Option screen. [Page 8] Option You can change the button arrangement of your controller and the game sound settings at the Option screen. Press the Control Pad up/down to select an item, and left/right to change the setting. CONTROL: Select from the three different types of controller button settings. SOUND: Select stereo or monaural sound. Push the START button to return to the Title screen. [Page 9] Password Each time you clear a stage, or when the game ends, you can get a password code. If you get the Password code by clearing a stage, you will begin at the start of the next uncleared stage. If you get a code when the game ends, you will resume play at the beginning of the stage in which you were defeated. Entering a Password Select the password entry location with the Control Pad. Choose an item with the L or R butons, and enter with either the A, B, X, or Y buttons. After entering the password, press the START button to start the game. If you want to quit the Password screen, press the SELECT button to return to the Title screen. [Page 10] Game Operations This game is for one player only. Properly connect the controller to controller port 1 of your SNES. Basic Operations (based on CONTROL OPTION TYPE A) Control Pad: Right/Left: Move player; Down: Crouch; Up/Down: Climb and descend stairs B button: Jump Y button: Whip attack Y button + Up: Item attack X button: Item crash START: Pause (press again to cancel) (Picture of SNES controller) [Page 11] Techniques Jump back: Push the B button twice in quick succession Jump up stairs: B button + up/left or up/right Jump off stairs: B button + Down All button commands in this manual are written to correspong to the default button arrangement of your controller (A type). The button arrangement can be changed at the Option screen (See page 8.) [Page 12] Game Screen During gameplay (1)Special Weapon (2)Life Gauge (3)Life Gauge for enemy boss (4)Number of hearts -When the heart number starts flashing on and off, you can use the "item crash". When the game is paused (1)Number of players remainging (2)Score [Page 13] Item List Items appears when candles are destroyed or opponents are defeated. To use special weapon items, you need to have the appropriate number of hearts. When you acquire a new special weapon items, you can substitute it for the one you are presently using. Items are lost when you lose a life. Normal Items Heart (Small/large) Increases the number of times a special weapon can be used Pendant Annihilates all minor opponents on screen as soon as you get it. Mystic Sphere You receive a mystic sphere when you defeat an enemy boss. Restores all of the player's life. 1-up Increases the number of lives remaining by one. Food Restores some of the player's life. Food is hidden inside walls, etc. Transparency Elixer Makes you invincible for a certain amount of time when taken. [Page 14] Sub-Weapon Items Press Y + Up to use Dagger (Heart consumption: 1) Extremely quick, but doesn't have a great deal if destructive power. Axe (Heart Consumption: 1) Hard to handle, but has devastating power. Boomerang (Heart Consumption: 1) Easy to handle and highly effective as well. Holy Water (Heart Consumption: 3) Has a wide scope of application, but is not deadly. Watch (Heart Consumption: 5) Slows the movement of opponents on screen for a certain amount of time. It is, however, ineffective for some opponents. Key (Heart Consumption: 0) Used to open locked doors, but can only be used once. [Page 15] Item Crash Press X button to use When you accumulate a certain number of hearts (the heart number display in the upper-right of the screen will start flashing on and off), you can use your special weapon items to put your opponents to eternal rest. Character Profiles Richter Belmont Descendent of Simon Belmont and reowned vampire exterminator. Age 19 years. Has a strong sense of justive and unwavering will. Annet Richter's girlfriend. Age 17 years. Was kidnapped by Dracula and is imprisoned somewhere within his evil castle. [Page 16] Maria Younger sister of Annet. Was kidnapped along with Annet, and is imprisoned somewhere within Dracula's castle. Dracula Proprietor of the evil castle and origin of all wickedness in the world. Believed to be about 800 years old. Cruel and heartless, he at the same time possesses refinement and grace that would be expected only of nobility. [Page 17] Stages There are seven stages in all. There are also some hidden stages which you can reach by secret branch routes. Stage 1 Burning Town Boss: Keruberosu Stage 2 Gate and Entrance to Evil Castle Boss: Myotia Stage 3 Great Hall Boss: Dyurahan [Page 18] Stage 4 Dungeon Boss: Minotaurusu Stage 5 Courtyard Boss: Lypuston Stage 6 Clock Tower Stage 6 Count Dracula Annet and Maria are held captive somewhere within the evil castle, and are waiting to be rescued. The game ending varies according to which routes to use to clear the stages. [Page 19] Foul opposition Gargoyle Minotaurusu Lypuston Giant Skeleton [Page 20 & 21] (Password blanks) [End of file]