Super Castlevania IV

Hidden staircase

There is an invisible staircase leading to Dracula, and a pit below it, on the level just before Dracula is encountered. Take a large jump into the pit from the edge to land on an invisible platform. Move to the left side to reach a staircase that leads downward. Before going down, move all the way to the left to find some power-ups. Collect 99 hearts, a triple boomerang, and the best whip, then carefully return to the stairs to enter the next level.

Bonus rooms

Levels 3-1, 6-2, and 9-2 have bonus rooms that contain a large amount of power-ups.

Hard difficulty

'After you defeat Dracula the first time, you will see the ending cinematic of the castle crumbling, followed by credits, then a cinematic of Simon fighting all the Bosses. At the end where it reads "Presented by Konami", press Start. You will be at the beginning of the game again. However, this time there are more of each enemy, but Boss fights are the same.

Level passwords

Do not enter a name on the password screen.

Level 2	Level 4	Level 8	Level A	Final Level
A, _, _, W	_, _, _, W	_, _, _, _	_, _, _, H	_, _, _, A
_, A, _, _	W, W, _, _	W, W, _, _	W, H, _, _	W, _, _, _
_, A, _, _	_, W, _, A	_, W, _, W	_, H, _, H	_, _, _, H
W, W, _, _	_, _, _, _	W, W, _, _	A, W, _, _	H, H, _, _
2nd Quest
Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4	Level 5	Level 6
H, A, _, W	_, _, _, _	_, _, _, A	_, _, _, W	_, _, _, _	_, _, _, _
A, _, _, H	W, _, _, _	W, _, _, _	W, W, _, _	W, _, _, _	W, W, _, _
_, A, _, _	_, _, _, _	_, _, _, _	_, W, _, A	_, _, _, A	_, W, _, A
_, H, _, _	W, _, _, _	H, _, _, _	_, _, _, _	W, A, _, _	W, A, _, _
Level 7	Level 8	Level 9	Level A,	Level B	Final Level
_, _, _, W	_, _, _, _	_, _, _, A	_, _, _, H	_, _, _, A	_, _, _, W
W, H, _, _	W, W, _, _	W, W, _, _	W, H, _, _	W, _, _, _	W, W, _, _
_, H, _, W	_, W, _, W	_, W, _, W	_, H, _, H	_, _, _, H	_, W, _, _
_, A, _, _	W, W, _, _	H, P_, _	A, W, _, _	H, H, _, _	_, H, A, _

Key:

• H = Heart
• W = Holy Water
• A = Axe
• _ = Space