Castlevania III (NES) — Price Guide & Live Deals
Live NES Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse deals across loose, CIB and sealed: what a fair asking price looks like and how to spot manual-only listings.
Right now: Loose prices easing (-7.4% / 90d), 48 current qualifying listings.
Current qualifying listings
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Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse (Nintendo Entertainment System, 1990) MINT
$45.00 USD
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★ 99.5% · 1,112 ratings
Listed today · checked 2h ago
Nintendo Entertainment System NES Castlevania 3: Dracula's Curse Cartridge Only
$41.87 USD
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★ 100% · 3,901 ratings
Listed today · checked 3h ago
Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse Nintendo NES - Authentic Tested With Sleeve!
$47.99 USD
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★ 99.8% · 1,649 ratings
Listed today · checked 5h ago
Castlevania III Dracula's Curse NES Nintendo Cartridge Tested Working
$44.75 USD
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★ 100% · 399 ratings
Listed today · checked 23h ago
Konami Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse (Nintendo NES) NTSC-U/C Cartridge
$36.50 USD
★ 100% · 28 ratings
Listed yesterday · checked yesterday
Mega Man 4 & Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse ☆☆ Authentic Nintendo NES games
$93.99 USD
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★ 100% · 18,196 ratings
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Castlevania III Dracula's Curse Nintendo NES 1990 Konami Authentic Tested Workin
$39.95 USD
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★ 100% · 808 ratings
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Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse Nintendo NES - Authentic Tested
$39.99 USD
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★ 99.8% · 754 ratings
Listed 3 days ago · checked 3 days ago
Konami Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse Nintendo NES authentic NTSC-U/C
$37.00 USD
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★ 100% · 161 ratings
Listed 3 days ago · checked 3 days ago
Konami Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse Nintendo NES Manual NTSC-U/C
$165.00 USD
★ 100% · 468 ratings
Listed 3 days ago · checked 3 days ago
Castlevania III 3 Draculas Curse (Nintendo NES) CLEANED TESTED
$49.95 USD
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★ 99.9% · 17,171 ratings
Listed 3 days ago · checked 3 days ago
Konami Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse (NES) NTSC-U/C Game Cartridge
$35.50 USD
★ 98.9% · 205 ratings
Listed 4 days ago · checked 4 days ago
About 1.4 qualifying listings appear per day on average.
Asking-price ranges by condition
| Condition | Min | 25% | Median | 75% | Max | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loose | $27.00 | $44.99 | $50.00 | $72.53 | $450.00 | 122 |
| Cib | $130.00 | $185.00 | $249.99 | $305.99 | $799.99 | 33 |
| Sealed | $1,200.00 | $1,200.00 | $1,999.99 | $2,999.99 | $4,999.99 | 6 |
Asking prices of currently-active listings. Not sold-price data.
Full asking-price history by condition →
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How we filter
Every feed has its own filter, tuned by hand for this one game. Before any change goes live, those filters are tested against thousands of real eBay listing titles. Every night, each feed is checked against every other deal page in its category, so a listing for a different game that slips in gets flagged and fixed instead of quietly shown.
Of the 349 listings we observed for this game in the last 30 days, we filtered out 310 of 349 (~89%) for quality reasons. The remaining 39 are what we'd actually surface.
- 297 matched a bootleg / out-of-scope keyword
- 5 seller had too few feedback ratings
- 4 shipped from a region we exclude
- 2 seller positive-feedback percentage too low
- 1 priced below our floor (too good to be true)
- 1 caught by a junk-listing guard
What the feed excludes
An eBay search for Castlevania III (NES) returns far more than the game itself: controllers, T-shirts, strategy guides, imports and repro carts all mention it in their titles. These are the 106 terms we filter out to keep this feed to the real thing. A listing whose title contains any of them never reaches the feed, the price table or an alert. Many look unrelated to Castlevania III (NES) because they are: that's the noise.
Other titles & look-alikes 14
- -akumajou
- -densetsu
- -simon
- -bloodlines
- -rondo
- -symphony
- -super castlevania
- -belmont
- -curse of darkness
- -re-po
- -ii
- -2
- -1
- -iv
Bootlegs & repros 5
- -custom case
- -repro
- -reproduction
- -aftermarket
- -repo
Broken, untested & empty listings 15
- -for parts
- -not working
- -non-working
- -non working
- -broken
- -as is
- -as-is
- -untested
- -doesnt work
- -does not work
- -not tested
- -parts only
- -no game
- -game not included
- -cart not included
Imports & regions 9
- -japanese
- -ntsc-j
- -famicom
- -jpn
- -jp
- -pal
- -eur
- -uk
- -japan
Ports, remakes & re-releases 3
- -anniversary
- -advance
- -xbox
Lots & multi-item listings 8
- -lot
- -bundle
- -collection
- -set of
- -multiple games
- -3 games
- -4 games
- -5 games
Accessories, merch & paper 52
- -controller
- -headset
- -headphones
- -plush
- -figure
- -figurine
- -keychain
- -sticker
- -charger
- -cable
- -adapter
- -backpack
- -wallet
- -shirt
- -hoodie
- -jersey
- -poster
- -art book
- -artbook
- -soundtrack
- -vinyl
- -statue
- -amiibo
- -funko
- -pop figure
- -mousepad
- -lanyard
- -badge
- -trading cards
- -tcg booster
- -bookmark
- -instruction booklet
- -manual booklet
- -booklet only
- -promo item
- -insert only
- -flyer
- -pamphlet
- -display card
- -demo cart
- -kiosk
- -case only
- -case-only
- -clamshell only
- -box and case
- -replacement box only
- -ost
- -art
- -pin
- -nfr
- -hat
- -manual only
How often qualifying deals appear
- 18 in the last 7 days (~2.57/day)
- 41 in the last 30 days (~1.37/day)
- 41 in the last 90 days (~0.46/day)
Castlevania III: collector & reseller spec sheet
- Product code. Check that the code printed on the label and box matches the US release, and ask for a clear label photo when a listing shows none.
- Print variants. Sellers separate early prints, "hang tab" boxes, a revised "Rev-A" run and a Konami sweepstakes box. Asking prices differ between them, so compare like with like and ask for photos of the label and box edges.
- Sibling games. The first game is Castlevania. Castlevania III is a different cart, so check the title in the photo, not just the listing text.
- Listing trap: parts sold under the game's name. The most common noise on this title is a manual, booklet or box cover sold alone under the full game title. Read the photos before assuming a cart is included. Region traps also exist: Japanese Famicom and European PAL copies carry the same name, and the feed leaves them out.
Related pages: Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (NES).
Buying NES games: what to check by condition
These checks apply to every NES cartridge. The item notes above cover what is specific to this game.
Loose
- Compare the label, shell color and front/back markings against a photo of a known-authentic cart. Repro labels are often glossier, blurrier or slightly off-color.
- Ask for a photo of the board or the back of the cart. An opened shell is not automatically bad (battery swaps are normal), but it should be disclosed.
- If the game saves to a battery, ask whether the save holds. Old save batteries fail with age regardless of what the listing says, so budget for a replacement.
CIB (complete in box)
- Confirm the box, manual and inner tray or insert are all shown in the photos, not just listed in the title.
- Check that the box and manual are the same region and print as the cart. Mixed-and-matched "complete" copies are common.
- Box wear (crushing, tears, sticker residue) moves price far more than the cart does. Judge it from photos, not from the word "mint".
Sealed & graded
- For a graded copy, look the certification number up on the grading company's own site and confirm the photos match the slab you are buying.
- For an ungraded sealed copy, compare the wrap and seal pattern against a known factory-sealed example. Resealing is common, and a reseal on a loose game is worth a loose price.
- Ask for photos of every side, the seams and any price stickers. Refusing extra photos on a sealed listing is a red flag on its own.
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