Ghouls 'N Ghosts
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Ghouls ‘n Ghosts is a platform video game developed by Capcom in 1988. The game was released for the first time as a platform arcade game and was ported to many other platforms over the time. The game is a sequel to Ghosts ‘n Goblins.
The gameplay of the two games are similar. The player controls knight Arthur and must advance through a series of levels and defeat demonic creatures in order to restore the souls stolen by Lucifer. In the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis and Sega Master System versions Lucifer is called Loki. Lucifer stole the soul of Arthur’s lover as well, Princess Prin Prin. Arthur can use throughout the game a variety of weapons and armor.
In order to finish the game, Arthur must complete it twice. The first time the completion allows a special weapon to appear in the next round. The second time Arthur Is allowed to fire directly upward and downward while in mid air, otherwise the gameplay of the second game is identical with the one in the first game.
Arthur can jump in certain places and cause a treasure to erupt from the ground. Players may uncover new weapons, gold armor or get Arthur changed into an elderly man or a helpless duck. Each of the weapons has a special attack Arthur can use.
The music in the game was composed by Tamayo Kawamoto and the soundtrack by Tim Follin is featured on many computer ports, including Commodore 64, Atari ST and Amiga.
Several ports for this game were released all over the world. In 1989 the game was featured for the Amstrad CPC, Commodore Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum. All these ports were created by Software Creations and unfortunately omit lots of details from the arcade version. The game was featured in the same year for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis in Japan and North America, and one year later in Europe. The game was re-released for Nintendo’s Virtual Console Wii in 2007, as a handheld TV game with Street Fighter II.
Sega also released an 8-bit port for the Master System in 1990. This installment had a new power-up system and new items, such as helmets, chest armor and boots. Later on the game was also made available for PlayStation and Saturn in Japan, but also for PlayStation 2 and Xbox in 2005.
The version for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis was popular back when released and core a 9 out of 10 from the GameSpot critics. No less than 283 users voted the game with a total average feedback of 8.2.
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This game is also known as Dai Makaimura.
Ghouls 'n Ghosts (Dai Makaimura, or "Great Demon World Village" in Japan) is a platform game/run and gun developed by Capcom and released as an arcade game in 1988, and subsequently ported to a number of other platforms. It is the sequel to Ghosts 'n Goblins, and prequel to the Super NES game Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts.
The gameplay for Ghouls n' Ghosts is similar to that of Ghosts 'n Goblins. The player controls the knight Arthur, who must advance through a series of eerie levels and defeat a number of undead and demonic creatures in his quest to restore souls stolen by Lucifer (Loki in the English-language versions), including the soul of his bride, Princess Prin Prin. Along the way, Arthur can pick up a variety of weapons and armor to help him in his quest.
