Ghouls 'n Ghosts (大魔界村, Daimakaimura, Great Demon World Village) is a run & gun platform game video game 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 the second game in the Ghosts 'n Goblins series.
Reception[ | ]
Reception | ||||||||
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Aggregate scores | ||||||||
Aggregator | Scores | |||||||
ARC | SMD | SMS | AMI | C64 | ST | CPC | ZX | |
Sega Retro | 90%[2] | 74%[2] | ||||||
Review scores | ||||||||
Publication | Scores | |||||||
ARC | SMD | SMS | AMI | C64 | ST | CPC | ZX | |
ACE | 895[3] | 730[4] | 905[5] | 735[4] | ||||
Commodore User |
9/10[6] | 93%[7] | 83%[8] | |||||
Computer and Video Games |
96%[9] | 81%[10] | 88%[11] | 85%[11] | ||||
Crash | 92%[12] | |||||||
Electronic Gaming Monthly |
36/40[13] | 30/40[14] | ||||||
Mean Machines | 92%[15] | 80%[16] | ||||||
MegaTech | 93%[17] | |||||||
Sega Power | 10/10[18] | 90%[19] | ||||||
Sinclair User | 82%[20] | |||||||
The Games Machine |
92%[21] | 90%[22] | 79%[22] | 85%[22] | ||||
Your Sinclair | 9/10[23] | 91%[24] | ||||||
Zzap!64 | 85%[25] | 96%[26] | ||||||
Awards | ||||||||
Publication | Award | |||||||
Computer and Video Games | C+VG Hit | |||||||
Crash | Crash Smash | |||||||
MegaTech | Hyper Game | |||||||
Zzap!64 | Gold Medal | |||||||
Electronic Gaming Monthly | Best Game of the Year, Best Graphics in a Video Game, Coolest Boss Attackers (Loki)[27] | |||||||
Mega | 23rd Best Game of All Time[28] |
See also[ | ]
- Ghosts 'n Goblins (series)
References[ | ]
- ↑ CPS-1, System 16: The Arcade Museum
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://segaretro.org/Ghouls%27n_Ghosts
- ↑ ACE, issue 26, page 144
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=ACE/Issue29/Pages/ACE2900076.jpg
- ↑ http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=ACE/Issue28/Pages/ACE2800068.jpg
- ↑ http://www.solvalou.com/subpage/arcade_reviews/275/150/ghouls'n'ghosts_review.html
- ↑ http://amr.abime.net/review_3883
- ↑ http://amr.abime.net/review_28794
- ↑ http://amr.abime.net/review_25321
- ↑ ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/magazines/C+VG/Issue114/Pages/CVG11400074.jpg
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=C+VG/Issue097/Pages/CVG09700077.jpg
- ↑ http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=Crash/Issue71/Pages/Crash7100057.jpg
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, 1993 Video Game Buyer's Guide, page 46
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, 1993 Video Game Buyer's Guide, page 45
- ↑ http://www.outofprintarchive.com/articles/reviews/MegaDrive/GhoulsNGhosts-MeanMachines1-3.html
- ↑ http://www.meanmachinesmag.co.uk/review/120/ghouls-n-ghosts.php
- ↑ MegaTech rating, EMAP, issue 5, page 78, May 1992
- ↑ Sega Power, issue 23, page 53
- ↑ Sega Power, issue 19, pages 18-19
- ↑ http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=SinclairUser/Issue093/Pages/SinclairUser09300047.jpg
- ↑ ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/magazines/TheGamesMachine/Issue27/Pages/TheGamesMachine2700052.jpg
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=TheGamesMachine/Issue26/Pages/TheGamesMachine2600022.jpg
- ↑ http://www.solvalou.com/subpage/arcade_reviews/63/150/ghouls'n'ghosts_review.html
- ↑ http://www.ysrnry.co.uk/articles/ghoulsandghosts.htm
- ↑ http://www.zzap64.co.uk/cgi-bin/displaypage.pl?issue=058&page=069&thumbstart=0&magazine=zzap&check=1
- ↑ Zzap!64 100th Issue Pull-Out Special Page 5. Zzap64.co.uk. Retrieved on 2012-02-11
- ↑ http://oldgamemags.tumblr.com/post/39924560990/egm-magazine-issue-5-best-and-worst-of-1989
- ↑ Mega magazine, issue 1, page 76, Future Publishing, Oct 1992