Ghosts'n Goblins is a sideways scrolling action platformer spread over six levels, each of which must be completed within three minutes (or a life is lost), taking in forest, village, mountain and cavern settings with increasing difficulty.

Arthur the brave knight must rescue his beloved Princess from the Demon King Astaroth and his forces - amongst them are the various undead (ghosts, zombies), bats, ogres and goblins. Other challenges include moving platforms, ladders and water/fire hazards.

As in most games in this genre, the player can pick up power-ups such as daggers and bombs during the course of the game, giving the player greater firepower.

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Alternate Titles

"魔界村" -- Japanese spelling
"Makaimura for WonderSwan" -- WonderSwan title
"Makai-mura" -- Japanese title
"Ghosts & Goblins" -- Alternate spelling
"Ghost 'N Goblins" -- NES European title

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Part of the Following Groups

Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Ghosts 'n Goblins	Game Boy Color	$14.85
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User Reviews

There are no reviews for the Game Boy Color release of this game. You can use the links below to write your own review or read reviews for the other platforms of this game.

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The Press Says

Daily Radar	2000		100
IGN	Jan 25, 2000	9 out of 10	90
The Next Level	Apr 29, 2000	B+	83
Electric Playground	Oct 18, 2000	7.5 out of 10	75
Portable Review	Aug 27, 2006	25 out of 40	62
All Game Guide	2000		60

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Forums

Topic	# Posts	Last Post
Wonderswan version should be split	2	Terok Nor (16793) Nov 30, 2012
C16 port - split entry?	1	Rola (5794) Aug 23, 2012

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Trivia

Music

The Atari ST version has a special trick. The developers programmed the Midi interface to play the game music. If you hook a midi synth to the ST, the game music will play over your midi device.

Awards

Happy Computer
- 1986 - Runner-up as Action Game of the Year
- Issue 04/1987 - #5 Best Game in 1986 (Readers' Vote)

Spectrum version

The Spectrum version does not load on Spanish +2A or +3 models, as their ROM mapping is slightly different from the UK models. An unofficial patch is available however.

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This entry was contributed by Quapil