Here are all the guides, tips, and strategies to enjoy playing Castlevania: Rondo of Blood with cheats and unlockables.
Unlockables
1-UP
If you make it through any stage without getting hit, you will get a 1-UP when the level ends.
Alternate Stage 5
Defeat Death in Stage 5, then go to Alternate Stage 4 and defeat Camilla.
Boss Select
After the “Stage Select” option is available on the main menu, choose any stage you want, then highlight “Game Start”. Now, hold Left + II + Select + Start on controller 2 and press II on controller 1. If done correctly, you’ll jump straight to the boss of the level you selected.
Play as Maria Renard
Retrieve the prison key from a candle in the area that you are chased by the Behemoth in the default Stage 2 (do NOT take the alternate path from Stage 1).
When you reach the end of the castle sewers later in the level, there will be a locked door just beside the stairs. If you did not exchange the key for any throwing items after picking it up, you can use it to open the door and rescue Maria.
Complete the level as normal and the next time you restart the game, the Character Select option will be available on your save file’s menu.
Stage Select
To select any stage, enter the following as your name: X-X!V”Q.
Cheats
The game is fun by itself, but cheating makes it better. These codes are known as Gecko cheats and are meant for use on the Wii Virtual Console version of Castlevania: Rondo of Blood via the Dolphin Emulator.
| Effect | Code |
|---|---|
| 1-Hit Kill All Bosses | 4A000000 90000000 10A7103C 00000000 E0000000 80008000 |
| Drain Boss HP to Zero (hold Z) | 2A150D80 FFEF0010 48000000 90A6DD60 DE000000 90009340 100012B8 00000000 E0000000 80008000 |
| Infinite Hearts (hold Z) | 2A150D80 FFEF0010 48000000 90A6DD60 DE000000 90009340 10000094 00000099 E0000000 80008000 |
| Infinite HP (hold Z) | 2A150D80 FFEF0010 48000000 90A6DD60 DE000000 90009340 10000098 0000005C E0000000 80008000 |
| Infinite Lives | 48000000 90A6DD60 DE000000 90009340 1000008D 00000099 E0000000 80008000 |
| Invincibility | 48000000 90A6DD60 DE000000 90009340 10001460 00000001 E0000000 80008000 |
| Max Credit | 48000000 90A6DD60 DE000000 90009340 12000096 00009999 E0000000 80008000 |
| Moon Jump | 28213740 FEFF0100 42000000 90000000 22A70BB4 00000000 00A70BB4 000000FB E0000000 80008000 |
| Play as Maria | 48000000 90A6DD60 DE000000 90009340 1000009F 00000001 E0000000 80008000 |
| Refill Health (Press B) | 28213740 00000400 4A000000 90000000 12A6FE1C 00005C5C E0000000 80008000 |
| Refill Hearts (Press B) | 28213740 00000400 4A000000 90000000 12A6FE18 00009999 E0000000 80008000 |
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood is an action-platform game developed by Konami and initially released in 1993 for TurboGrafx-16.