
Victory would soon be tainted when they learned of the terrible price that came by using the whip's full power. With much effort, John and Eric were able to finally end the menace of Dracula and Elizabeth after a final showdown in Castle Proserpina. After learning that Elizabeth was nearby, they followed her in hot pursuit while fighting their way all across Europe. Together they traveled to the ruins of Dracula's castle but were unable to find any trace of the Vampire Lord. Two men, descendants of the legendary Belmont family of vampire hunters, named John Morris and Eric Lecarde, arose to counter the threat. It was Elizabeth Bartley who had plotted together with the dark sorceress Drolta Tzuentes to unleash an international global war and use the souls of the dead to revive their Lord, Dracula. It was said that a strange beautiful woman was involved within the shadows. On June 1914 at Sarajevo, the Crown Prince of Austria was assassinated and resulted in a chain reaction of violence across the entire continent. The inhabitants sensed that a war would unfold sooner or later and countries formed several alliances, who in turn harbored feelings of distrust against each other.

It can be skipped without fighting it.In the 19th Century, Europe's greatest nations had gone to great lengths to maintain a balance of power throughout Europe. The very early version of the second stage's mid boss shows up but no music plays.Areas of the first stage have empty black backgrounds due to art not being implemented yet.The mid-boss of the first stage is a more gruesome looking hound with eaten away flesh.Collected items float up to the item bar in the HUD, much like in earlier Castlevania games.Your character walks slower than in the retail game.The Konami code presents a level select on the titlescreen that allows access to remnants of stage three, but most data besides the first two levels of the game have been deleted or were not being worked on yet.Only the first two levels are playable before the game resets to the first stage.The build date of Augdates it at least 7 months before the first retail release date of March 1994 in Japan.Companies would send samples of their games to retail chains in the past so representatives could check if they want the product in their store.

This prototype was originally given to an electronics buyer for the retail chain KMart to bring home for his children to test play.
