I've gone through a FEW castlevania 3's and none of them seem to work. I tried them on an aftermarket nes and on the original nes.  Is there some kind of recall or malfuntion with that title or am I just having bad luck with that game?

I think there are "malfunction" with some aftermarket machines....

I understand some aftermarket consoles will have defects or malfunctions, but I have gone through three castlevania 3's on both original nes(2 of them) and 1 aftermarket system.  None of the three games worked. All my other games work no problem except castlevania 3... any suggestions, I mean is it possible that I got 3 of the same game in a row and they dont work? Did that title have a problem? I just dont know.

have you tried cleaning the cart connectors with a qtip?

I have cleaned all 3 carts with qtips and I took apart and cleaned my system.  My nes works awesome now except for those 3 games.  I guess I will seek out to find another Castle 3 and see if it works.  Do you have castle 3? If so, does it work?

I only have a European version (as I'm located in Denmark) and it works perfectly

just a crazy thought, what happens if you connect it to a Game Genie? enter no codes, just press start

I have a few and they work great :o

Could be a version difference maybe.

huh?

gottahavegamer wrote on 08. Oct 2010 at 02:53:

I have a few and they work great :o

that's just greedy  ;D

Martin wrote on 26. Sep 2010 at 21:47:

just a crazy thought, what happens if you connect it to a Game Genie? enter no codes, just press start

soz to go out of topic but has your game genie ever screwed your 72pin i had not long replaced the 72 so it was working nice and felt good and tight then a mate of ebay gave me a genie and all of a sudden all my games started playing up another 72 pin later its back to tip top working order again so iv stayed well away from the genie now  >:(

ah?
what? :o

That sucks.  Bad luck on that game.  Just play Castlevania 2.  It was the best of the series I think.