Castlevania is an action platformer for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Known in Japan as Akumajou Dracula ("Demon Castle Dracula"), this game is about a clan of vampire hunters known as the Belmonts hunting down and killing Dracula himself.

You play as Simon Belmont, and fight your way through Dracula's castle (known in English as "Castlevania", a portmanteau of Castle and Transylvania, har har). You have many weapons at your disposal. Your main weapon, the Vampire Killer whip has somehow been passed down through the Belmont clan for generations. You can get power ups for that (essentially changing it from a leather whip, to a short chain, and longer chain whip). You also have many sub-weapons, which require hearts to use. These include a knife, throwing axe, holy water, cross boomerang and stopwatch (which freezes all enemies on screen). You can only throw one of these in a certain period of time, unless you get the "II" and "III" powerups.

The purpose of this hack was to make the original Castlevania much easier for gamers that find games that aren’t too incredibly tough more enjoyable.

Key changes:

- Players begin the game with 5 lives.

- Small Hearts are now worth 2 hearts.

- Daggers have been completely eliminated. They have been changed to either Crosses, Holy Waters, or Axes.

-The vast majority of bottomless pits are eliminated. There are still some left in to provide at least some challenge.

-Simon takes 1 HP of damage from most attacks and enemies.

-More porkchops and other items are hidden throughout the levels. There are even 3 items in Dracula's room!

-Porkchops now heal Simon's entire health bar.

- The corridor leading to Death no longer have Axe-Men and have been replaced by simple Skeletons.

This hack was created with the use of the Stake Level Editor.

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