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Ghosts 'n Goblins cover
Video game · 1985

Ghosts 'n Goblins

Released 7 July 1985 on arcade video game machine, Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum and 6 more

Developer
Capcom
Publisher
Capcom
Made in
Chūō-ku, Japan
Genre
Shooter, Platform, Adventure, Arcade
Themes
Action, Fantasy
IGDB PLAYERS73106 ratings

About Ghosts 'n Goblins

Ghosts 'n Goblins is a platform game where the player controls a knight, named Sir Arthur, who must defeat zombies, ogres, demons, cyclops, dragons and other monsters in order to rescue Princess Prin Prin, who has been kidnapped by Satan, king of Demon World. Along the way the player can pick up new weapons, bonuses and extra suits of armor that can help in this task. The game is often considered very difficult by arcade standards and is commonly regarded as one of the most difficult games ever released. The game is considered by Gametrailers.com to be the world's second most difficult game ever made.

Summary: IGDB.

Release dates

arcade video game machine7 July 1985
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)13 June 1986
Amstrad CPC1986
Commodore 641986
ZX Spectrum1986
MS-DOS1987
Atari ST16 April 1990
Amiga1990
Game Boy Advancelater, date unknown
Game Boy Colorlater, date unknown
PlayStation 3later, date unknown

Screenshots

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Videos

Ghosts 'n Goblins: Gameplay video

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Sources: Wikidata, IGDB, Wikipedia's release lists.