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

This is a tool-assisted speedrun. For more information, see https://tasvideos.org/3360M
TAS originally published on 2017-04-02

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 takes the path that recruits Sypha. There's also a
Grant path ( https://tasvideos.org/1979M ) movie and an Alucard path ( https://tasvideos.org/3357M ) movie.

This is an improvement of 1:18.69 over the previous movie ( https://tasvideos.org/763M ), thanks to improved usage of Sypha's ice spell and overall better optimisation.