Guide Simon Belmont through Dracula's castle, explore rooms, find keys and items, defeat monsters with the whip and sub-weapons, and progress through a more exploratory MSX2 structure than the linear NES version. The improvement patch adds features such as smoother timing, faster sprite cycling, and updated keyboard or controller behaviour.

Search each room for keys and usable items before leaving, use the map-like castle structure to plan the next route, and take advantage of the patch's corrected timing when learning jumps. Keep the original MSX2 exploration rules in mind rather than following a NES-only stage guide.