

Interestingly, this cheat was mentioned in the Castlevania Bloodlines strategy guide on the Sega Channel January 1996 dev disc. All values above 29 will crash the game at a black screen. Upon starting the game, you will be warped to the selected stage entrance.

After entering the code, a number will appear press A to increase the value by one, B to increase it by 10, or C to decrease it by one. In this build, entering the Konami Code ( Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A) at the main menu unlocks a stage select (technically, stage entrance) instead of Expert mode.
