tears < a Oh Di. f Ycam — SE ta a sea Sears nena GUARANTEE Konami guarantees that this Super Nintendo Entertainment System Game Pak is supplied by them in full working order and free from any detect. this Game Pak fails to work or develops a fault within 90 days from purchase, Konami undertakes to replace or repair it. In such cases, retum your Game Pak by post to the address below together with a til receipt or other proof of purchase. Please describe the problem as fully as possible. Don't forget to include your name, address and telephone number. This guarantee does not apply if the Game Pak has boen damaged by misuse,tampered with or through ‘any reason other than a manufacturing fault DISTRIBUTED BY KONAMI UK LTD, KONAMI HOUSE, 54a COWLEY MILL ROAD, UXBRIDGE, MIDDLESEX UB8 2QEPrologue 4 How to Play 5 Starting the Game 16 Basic Operations 8 Game Seren eee ee a a) Ttem List as a Bees ess 10 Character Profiles ae 12 Stages . Bean i 14 he setting: medieval Transylvania, Several hundred years have passed sinee legendary hero Simon, Belmont defeated the evil Count Dracula and sealed him ansay for what was supposed to be eternity. The people have long since forgotten about the horror of the tundeed, allowing a few deprived individuals t0 restore the Prince of Darkness to his former state, sleeping in his coffin by day and preying upon hapless vietims by night, Dracula now plans 10 get revenge on his old enemy through his descendants by locking Annette, the gic friend of Belmont's great grandson, Richter, and her ter, Mari, in his dark and gloomy castle, Once aware of this, Richter takes his ancestor's sacred svhip, passed down through the years from father to son, and sets out for Dracula's castle to rescue Annette and Matia, and to seal away the evil Count for Re Aone Masia from Drala’ sister es tle, and entomb the evil Count so the undead walks: among, men no more! Defeat atracking howls with attack items such as the whip and sub-weapons to proceed through the gare. ‘Inems appear when you destroy a candle or defeat an opponent. Receiving an icem increases your power and enables use of sub-weapons, ete. (See item list pages 10 and 11.) ‘Stages are divided into several areas. ‘The enemy boss waits in the last area. When the boss is defeated, 2 mys- tic sphere appears. You clear the stage when you get the ystic sphere, Life decreases each time a player is damaged. Ifa play v's fife cans out, or if he flls into a place with no oor, etc., the player goes out of the game, As long as you stil have at least one player left, you can continue playing from the beginning of the area where the last player went our. ‘The game ends when you can out of players. Even if the game ends, you can select Continue to continue playing from the beginning of the stage in which you were defeated.c game cassette into z jyour SNES and turn the AV owes)! power switeh on. The Demo. Afutissd > sereen and then the Title screen es will appear To select menu izems, press the + Control Pad up/down, or use the Select button. Push the Start button to advance to the next screen, NEW GAME PASSWORD. OPTION gippou can change the button Starts the uame Mores you to the Password Entry sereen ; Moves you to the Option screen. : arrangement of your con troller and the yame sound ae the Option sereen. Dress the + Control Pad up/ down to select an item, and left/r change the sexting, CONTROL : Select from three different rypes of controller button settings, SOUND: Seleet stereo or monaural sound. Push the Start button to return to the Title sereen, he Passwor sereen appears if you select PASS WORD witen you clear a stage of when the game ends. The game starts from the nexr stage iT you enter a password when you cleara stage, or ftom the beginning $f the stage in which you were defeated if you enter the password when the game ends Entering a Password Select the password entry location with the + Control Pad. Choose an item with the Lor R buttons, and enter with either the A, B, X, or ¥ buttons, After entering the password, press the Start button to starr the game If you want to quit the Password screen, press the Select button and the Ticle screen will reappear.his game is for one player only. Properly connect the conttoller to controller connector 1 of your SNES. Lie gown Lite ge fr enemy bess -——¥ Button ——R Button Sabvaeapon item L Button — Number of ears + Control Pad ‘Control Pade + Move plaver (piece menmenmenmann 1S Croweh FA: Climb and devond sties Beaten jane 4 When the heart number display starts flashing on Y¥ button Whip atac and off, you can use item crush. Yobutton +7: Tem stack X button Ikem crush Seare bution | Baws (ies galas rac) EE Taamp back Push the B button twice in quick succession ‘Number of remaining ples) Store ice up sales Bhnsion = 7 Race down staicy | Button + * All button commands in this manual are written to correspond ro the defaulr button arrangement of your controller (A type). The button arrangement ean be changed at the Option sereen. (See page 6.)tems appear when 1 nents are defeated. ‘To use sub-weapon ic need to have the appropriate number of hearts. When you acquire a new sub-weapon item, you can substicute it for the one you are presently using. Items ate lost when a andles are destroyed or oppo: a player goes out of the game Heart (Small/Lerge) Increases the number of times a sub-wweapon can be used. Food Restores some of the player's ie. Food is hidden inside the walls, ete, of each sage: Pendas Se | Annibilates all minor opponents on sereen as soon as you get i ‘Transparency Elixit ‘Makes you invineible fora certain amount of time swhen taken, Lup Increases the number of players remaining by one. Dagger (Heart Consumption: 1) Extremely quick, bur doesn't have a great deal of slestructive power. ‘Axe (Heart Consumption: 1) Hand to handle, but has devastating power. (Crucifix (Heart Consumption: 1) Easy to handle and highly effetive as well Has a wide scope of application, but is not deadly ‘Watch (Heart Consumption: 5) Slows the movement oF opponents on screen for cerain amount of time. Is however ineffective for some opponents, Key (Heart Conse 0) Used to open locked doors, but ean only be used 8 Holy Water (Heart Consumption: 3) N ra hen you accumulate a certain number of hearts (che heart number display in the upper-right of the screen vill start flashing on and off), you can use your sub-weapon items fo put your opponents £0 eternal rest.Richter » Belmont ‘cendent of aS BS cine a ele nee rong sense of justice will Annette ichter’s girlfiiend. Age 17 years. Was kid napped by Dracula and is imprisoned somewhere within his evil castle Maria jounger sister of Annette. Was dnapped along with Annette, and is imprisoned somewhere within Dracula's castle. Dracula proprietor of tie evil cas- le and origin of all svickedness in the world. Believed to be about 800 years old. Cruel and heart= less, he at the same time possesses refinement and grace thar would be expect ed only of nobility.here are seven stages in all. There are also some hidden stages which you can reach by seeret branch, Burning Town Boss: Keruberosu: Gate and Entrance to Evil Castle Boss: Giant Bat Great Hall Boss: Dyurahan Dungeon Boss: Minorauruss Courtyard Boss: Werewolf Clock Tower Eyes 5 Count Draculs Annette and Mara are held captive somewhere within the ‘evil castle, and are waiting to be rescued. The game end- ing varies according to which routes you use to clear the stags