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
	(NES) Ghosts "N Goblins	NES
	Ghosts 'n Goblins	Game Boy Color	$14.85
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User Reviews

Rescue your beloved from the legions of hell	Amiga	Katakis (37454)
The legendary difficulty of this title is balanced by great gameplay	NES	J. P. Gray (111)
Quite O.K. port for the Amstrad CPC. Kinda too hard and cut off though..	Amstrad CPC	Optimus (79)

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The Press Says

Sinclair User	ZX Spectrum	Jul, 1986		100
Crash!	ZX Spectrum	Jul, 1986	95 out of 100	95
The Video Game Critic	NES	Mar 10, 2000	A-	91
IGN	Game Boy Color	Jan 25, 2000	9 out of 10	90
Crash!	ZX Spectrum	Nov, 1989	86 out of 100	86
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Commodore 64	Sep, 1986	8.25 out of 10	82
NES Fanz	NES	Dec 31, 2004	4 out of 5	80
ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)	Commodore 64	Nov, 1989		80
ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)	Atari ST	Jun, 1990	790 out of 1000	79
IGN	Wii	Jan 14, 2011	7 out of 10	70

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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