Carls493 | Castlevania: Haunted Castle Revisited - Stage 3: Banquet Room @Carls493 | Uploaded October 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
The first stage in the game that takes place within Dracula's Haunted Castle. Simon first starts off going through its Banquet Room, though it's like the monsters that want to feed upon HIM.

The original arcade version of this game didn't have any meat or turkeys to heal with. What it awkwardly did was have you use your own arcade coins to keep healing Simon on a single life. Pretty easy to make him basically unkillable in the Dominus port of that game, but probably was very frustrating to deal with in an actual arcade place.

Oh, and this stage uses a remix of Castlevania II's Bloody Tears. If you want a visual pun on this, check out what happens to a portrait of a fair lady at 2:08.

As far as subweapons go, I suggest the Boomerang the most. It's basically the same as a Cross would be in basically any other Castlevania game.
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Stage 3's boss is against a Stained Glass Knight. Dodge its massive swords while attacking the only weakspot in its glowing blue gem.