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
	(NES) Ghosts "N Goblins	NES
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User Reviews

The legendary difficulty of this title is balanced by great gameplay

J. P. Gray (111)

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The Press Says

The Video Game Critic	Mar 10, 2000	A-	91
Zero	Jan, 1990	89 out of 100	89
Génération 4	1987	83 out of 100	83
NES Fanz	Dec 31, 2004	4 out of 5	80
Jeuxvideo.com	Dec 28, 2011	15 out of 20	75
NES Times	Mar 27, 2006	7 out of 10	70
Power Play	Mar, 1989	69 out of 100	69

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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.