The only problem with this achievment (if you want only the achievment) is that there is no password mode, so you will have to go through all the stages.
Do not worry as it's not difficult if you have already play the others. Some tips are:
- Always try to have your whip at its maximum form (shooting fireballs), that if I'm not mistaken you can have by collecting to orbs. By doing this you will not have to get close to the enemies to hit them, specially boss fights. But be careful, if you are hit it will reverse to form 1.
- Try to hit the candles you see, as some will drop the orbs you need for the whip and some will drop health.
- Some enemies that are bothersome: the crows, the eyeballs, the jumping gollums and the rolling larvas (this specially in stage 3 when you have to run to avoid being kill)
- Use the save feature as often as you can, specially if you are low on health, except in stage 3 unless you are doing great running from the spikes. Otherwise you will either have to retry or start the game again. Only save when you are at the beginning of each of the screens.
- There are for stages with a time limit up the screen (12 minutes), but don't worry they are short. Around the 6-8 minute you should be at the end.
Stages:
- stage 1 is pretty straightforward, make your way through the screens killing the enemies until you reach the final boss. The boss is not difficult if you have all your health, you can just hit it until you win. If you do not have enough health, save every time you hit it. Its moves are simple, one it is almost to steps from you, it will throw his apron at you, to your feet being more exact, just jump or step back. If you have your whip max out, get as far as possible and keep throwing it fireballs. If not, wait until is close and hit it, but be careful with the distant.
- Stage 2: The difficult parts here are the bridge, because if you hit the eyeballs they will blow up and take part of the bridge with them, so only shoot the ones coming from behind, the ones in front try to jump them. If you blow them up and the gap they create is to big you will be stuck and have to retry again. And the other difficult or tricky part is where you find two ropes going down, one to the right, and the other to the left. Pick the left one first and then the right, if not you will enter in a loop. The final boss are several moles, there are several holes in the screen, and they will come from one of them. If they come from the upper ones wait until they jump down and hit them. If they come from the down one just hit them before they come out.
- Stage 3: For me is the most difficult one as the screen will move and you will have to avoid the spikes. Only save at the beginning of each moving screen. First coming from the upper side, that you will have to crouch in the right spot. Second from down the screen and you will have to make your way up as fast as possible, always try to be as up as you can. And third from the right part of the screen. Again try to be as left as you can. Let the screen load a few steps before you, because some time the platform you will have to jump to will disappear as soon as you step on it. Also be careful with the rolling larvas as they will slow you down.
You will finish this nightmare once you find two sets of three ropes in the part where the spikes come from the right. Be at the top of the rope to jump to the other or you will fall down. The boss is a birdman, when he is on the ground hit him with the whip, and when he flies wait until he comes at you and step in the ground to hit him.
- Stage 4: Here the tricky part is when you have to jump in the right moment where the long spikes moves and make your way up jumping from one to another. Save often as it trial and error. The boss is Dracula, he will have two forms. In the first one he will throw 4 simultaneously fireballs at you, first round the will go up, down, left, right. Second roun he will throw them diagonally. If I'm not mistaken he will do this two times each and then will move to another platform. If you have your whip max out just get back and shoot at him avoiding the fireballs, if not get close and try to time you hits between shots. Save often as so you will know which platform he will go beforehand.
In his second form he will be a giant bat. Position yourself in the third platform counting from the upper one. And once he gets closer (as he will move left and right) jump and hit him. Between moves he will throw 3 bats, kill them, or at least the ones that are coming at you and keep doing the same until you defeat him.
And that's it, once you do this the story will end and the achievement will pop.
If I made any mistakes please tell me so I can correct it. Have fun and enjoy :).