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Castlevania cheats & codes
113 codes for Castlevania on the Nintendo Entertainment System, including Game Genie codes.
Castlevania Game Genie codes
How to use: Galoob's Game Genie plugged in between the console and the cartridge. Type the codes in on its start-up screen, then press Start. In emulators, add them through the cheat menu and choose the Game Genie format if asked.
| Effect | Code |
|---|---|
| Infinite Lives | OXNGLZVK |
| Start With 40 Power Hearts | AXOGOPIE |
| Start With 80 Power Hearts | ASOGOPIA |
| Infinite Time | SXXXYAAX |
| Keep Weapons After Losing A Life | GZOGYUSE |
| Gain Rapid Fire Shots On Weapon Pick-Up | ZEUTAYAA |
| Weapons Don't Use Power Hearts | KZSSEZKA
KXESUZKA |
| Start With 1 Life | PANKXPGA
PANGSAGA |
| Start With 8 Lives | AANKXPGE
AANGSAGE |
| Infinite Health | SZSVLYSE |
| Continue With Whip Power-Ups | SXVZYPSA |
| Start With 99 Hearts | LVOGOPIA |
| Simon Jumps 1.5 Times Higher | ENPPEL |
| Simon Jumps Twice As High | EVPPEL |
| Invincible After One Hit | VXNVXAVG |
| Enemies Will Always Drop An Item When Defeated | AEUVGAZA |
| Start And Continue With 99 Hearts | LTKGXPIA |
| Can Keep Making Hidden Items Appear Instead of Just Once | SZEZANSE |
| When You Fight Dracula, You'll Start Off Fighting His 2nd Form | PAUENLAA |
| Dracula's 2nd Form HP Modifier | PANPGYAG |
| Start Level 1 On... | *EEUSPAA
LXEUNOAX |
| Start On Level | *EEUSPAA
VXOLEOVE |
| Start On Level | *EEUEPL*
**EUSPA*
VXOLEOVE |
Castlevania Other codes
How to use: Additional codes collected by the community. Enter them through your emulator's cheat menu, choosing the format that matches your emulator.
| Effect | Code |
|---|---|
| Infinite Health | SZSVLYSE |
| Start With 99 Hearts | LVOGOPIA |
| Invincible After One Hit | VXNVXAVG |
| Infinite lives | OXNGLZVK |
| Start with 40 power hearts | AXOGOPIE |
| Start with 80 power hearts | ASOGOPIA |
| Infinite time | SXXXYAAX |
| Keep weapons after losing a life | GZOGYUSE |
| No boss energy | 01A9:00 |
| Infinite Lives | SKNGLZVG |
| Infinite Hearts | KZSSEZKA |
| Invincibility | ESSTGTEY |
| Invincibility | SKSTZTSZ |
| Weapons Don't Use Power Hearts | KZSSEZKA
KXESUZKA |
| Start With 1 Life | PANKXPGA
PANGSAGA |
| Start With 8 Lives | AANKXPGE
AANGSAGE |
| Gain rapid fire shots on weapon pick-up | ZEUTAYAA |
| Infinite Hearts | 0071:63 |
| Infinite Health | 0045:3D |
| Infinite Lives | 002A:05 |
| Invincible | 005B:02 |
| Remove Invincibility Flickering | 001A:00 |
| Best Whip | 0070:02 |
| Weapon Modifier | 015B:08 |
| Always Have 99 Hearts | 0071:63 |
| Continue With Whip Power-Ups | SXVZYPSA |
| When You Fight Dracula, You'll Start Off Fighting His 2nd Form | PAUENLAA |
| Start Level 1 On... | EELSPA
LXEUNOAX |
| Start on Level | AEEUEPLA
AELSPA
VXOLEOVE |
| Walk On Air After Jumping | ENUONTEI |
| No Audio | ELOEIZEP |
| Some Audio Notes Are Louder | EYVEZIEI |
| Invulnerability (Blinking) | ESNTXAEY |
| Whip Is Invisible | APSZZGAL |
| Some Enemies Die As You Approach | EIEVGIEY |
| Infinite Time (Alt) | ENXZYAEI |
| Attack Crouched Down | ESXOKZEY |
| Enemies Count As Hearts | ANKVITEI |
| Enemies Die Before Your Whip Actually Touches Them | EYEVLGEI |
| Enemies Cause More Damage | EPKVAYEL |
| Don't Get Knocked Back From Taking Damage | EUSPGTEP |
| Don't Get Knocked Back From Taking Damage (Alt) | ENKPTTEI |
| Killing Enemies Grants Extra Lives | ELOKOLEP |
| Some Enemies Can't Move | EIOETAEY |
| Items Don't Fall To The Ground | ESKSXIEY |
| Some Enemies Are Gold Color | EYSEGPEI |
| Blink 1.5x Longer After Being Hit | AKXOTTAU |
| Blink 2x Longer After Being Hit | AVXOTTAL |
| Blink 3x Longer After Being Hit | EOXOTTAL |
| Take 1/2 Damage | GASTPNAA |
| Hit Anywhere (Whip) | AAUVYSVG
AAKVYSVL |
| Hit Anywhere (All Weapons) | AAUVYSVG
AAKVYSVL
AAKVLTVZ
AASVGTSP |
| All Subweapon Pickups Are Daggers | XVUVZNSU
OXUVLYKE
AEUVGYIE |
| All Subweapon Pickups Are Boomerangs | XVUVZNSU
OXUVLYKE
PEUVGYIE |
| All Subweapon Pickups Are Holy Water | XVUVZNSU
OXUVLYKE
LEUVGYIE |
| All Subweapon Pickups Are Axes | XVUVZNSU
OXUVLYKE
IEUVGYIE |
| All Subweapon Pickups Are Stopwatches | XVUVZNSU
OXUVLYKE
YEUVGYIE |
| Start With Dagger Subweapon After Dying | AAOGTLAE
SZOKZLSA |
| Start With Boomerang Subweapon After Dying | PAOGTLAE
SZOKZLSA |
| Start With Holy Water Subweapon After Dying | LAOGTLAE
SZOKZLSA |
| Start With Axe Subweapon After Dying | IAOGTLAE
SZOKZLSA |
| Start With Stopwatch Subweapon After Dying | YAOGTLAE
SZOKZLSA |
| Start With Max Whip Powerup After Dying | ZEVZTPAA
SZOKZLSA |
| Meat Restores 1.5x Health | GXETXEAP |
| Meat Restores 2x Health | AUETXEAP |
| Meat Fully Restores Health | AKETXEAP |
| Invinciblity Against The Instant-Death Crushers | AEOEPZPA |
| Item Pickups Don't Disappear As Fast | NNOSOTKU |
| Double Shot And Triple Shot Powerups Appear 2x Faster | IEKTEUZA |
| Keep Double or Triple Shot Powerup when picking up a different Subweapon | SXUTLYSA |
| Stopwatch Subweapon freezes enemies slightly longer | NNEIXLKU |
| Item Pickups Don't Disappear Until Picked Up Or Left Behind | SUSSNSVS
SUOSVVVS |
| Infinite Energy | SZUTYYSA |
| Press Start For 99 Hearts | LTUKUYPA
PYUKSYZZ |
| Press Start To Refill Your Health | AGUKUYPA
IGUKSYZZ |
| Press Start For 98 Lives | LTUKUYPA
ZZUKSYZX |
| Press Start For Temporary Invulnerability | ALUKUYPA
LIUKSYZX |
| Press Start To Equip The Best Whip | ZAUKUYPA
AYUKSYZZ |
| Press Start To Put ??99 Seconds On The Clock | OPUKUYPE
ZGUKSYZZ |
| Infinite Time | AESZIZZA |
| Enemies Are Frozen In Place | AAUTNPYP |
| Can Always Throw Axes | GPXNVZGZ |
| Can Always Do The Lightning Attack | GPXNVZGX |
| Pick Up One Heart To Receive 99 | AANVLYZA |
| Take Less Damage | PGSVZNLK |
| Infinite Health | SZSVLYSA |
| Start With 99 Lives | OPNKXPGE |
| Infinite Lives | SXNGLZVG |
| Press Start At Title Screen To View Ending | TLVLVPIT
EGVLNPUK |
| View Ending When Defeating Any Boss | AEEKYVAA
AAUVNAIA |
Using cheats today
Original cheat devices like the Game Genie, Action Replay and GameShark still turn up second-hand and work with original cartridges. Most modern emulators also have a built-in cheat menu that accepts these formats, so you can toggle codes on and off without extra hardware. Codes can differ between regional releases and revisions of a game; if one doesn't work, try the code list for another version.
Cheats can corrupt save files in rare cases, so back up your saves before experimenting.
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Cheat codes are from the libretro-database community collection, used under CC BY-SA 4.0; the code tables on this page are shared under the same license. Codes are provided as-is: some may not work on every version of the game.