Capcom's Super Ghouls'n Ghosts will always be a polarising title. A masterpiece of game design with impressive usage of the Super Nintendo's graphical and sound capabilities produced one of the system's finest exclusive games, but also one that challenges players with not one but two complete (rather hard) playthroughs to see the game's true ending. As such it remains a game for the most dedicated gamers out there.
Mari Yamaguchi's soundtrack for the game remains quite impressive, with the whole game using a symphonic soundtrack that has been remixed and remade by fans in different genres for decades now. Now thanks to Conn and Kurrono Kei we have a patch and soundpack that places Arthur's Super outing among the club of games that have MSU1 audio enhancements. You can now run around in your pants to your favourite Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts covers and remixes, such as those you can hear in the following gameplay video.
If you're feeling a bit nostalgic about Arthur's quest it is a good time to remind one and all that the game just so happens to be one of the twenty one games that are part of the SNES Classic Mini and Super Famicom Classic Mini games list. We assure you it will be the game that will get the most use of the rewind feature of the system.
Did you partake on Arthur's quest against evil back in the day, or maybe even on the almighty GBA? Tell us all in your briefs on the comments section below.
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It's a perfect game to play at Halloween. It has creepy atmosphere and music and the frustrating difficulty will turn normal people into psychotic monsters.
Sounds really good, I think. Shame I suck at this game so much though.
I love this game! I was terrible at it for years (I’ve had the game since it was released on the Super Famicom) and I’ve slowly got good enough to be able to beat it consistently.
The new music is fun, but that music during the map screen is horrid. It sounds out of tune compared to the more melodic original.
Still got the SNES version from when I was a kid and a ROM board for the arcade version.
NEver really attempted this before SNES classic edition. Rewind feature makes it's money right here. lol. how did anyone actually play this back in the day? it's not just hard, but has instant death from things with no warning. demands thousands of playthroughs probably.
ALSO - when i did the rewind until finally getting to the princess and the STARTING OVER IS PART OF THE GAME?!?!?!?!!? nope. done with this. it was fun enough with rewind, but that's an insane troll.
Didn’t know that chest was there at the start.
That’s pretty handy.
This game is brutal...
Are there cheat codes for this? I’d love to give it a run though, but I totally suck at it lol
The original Dark Souls. Man, do I have some fond memories of this title in it's various incarnations. I'd love to see a Daimakaimura revival for Switch, as far fetched as that may be.
Awesome ROM hack
Beating this on Professional is still one of my proudest gaming feats.
I think the remixed map jingle sounds bad, though.
One of my all time favourite games. To those who haven't played it or are worried about difficulty the key is to persevere early. All of the levels are challenging on your first playthrough and a couple do require some pattern recognition but the most challenging level in the game for inexperienced players might honestly be the first level. Once you can consistently beat the first level it really sets you up for success. Don't get me wrong it's arguably the easiest level but there isn't any extreme difficulty spikes throughout the rest of the game so once you understand the mechanics it makes everything else fairly palatable. Anyone who loves platformers should play this game.
@speedracer216 how did anyone actually play this back in the day?
I played it over many, MANY, weekend rentals
What's the point if I can't even pass the first level?
Never been able to beat the first level of any iterations of this game. EVER lol
A classic that got a lot of play time on the VC. I found this game easier than the original GnG game on the NES.
take it back. i think i got to level 2 in ghosts and goblins on the nes version! when i was like 12
im totally sticking the nes version in tonight to give it a round of play. i thought i had the snes version, but it appears to be missing
WAIT! I am having flashbacks (i can't tell if they are true or fantasy?) or using the game genie on the NES to play all the levels? Is this made up in my head!? I dont have my NES game genie anymore, but do still have my snes one, but missing the version on snes too grrr thieves!
This, "Castlevania IV", "Super Metroid" and "Zombies Ate My Neighbours" are my go to games and reason I always plug my SNES on Halloween. Now thanks to the SNES Classic Mini, I got 3 out of those 4 already covered.
Castlevania IV I actually BEAT THAT GAME! Zombies is AMAZING. Halloween season for gaming is the best. Some people get all snarky and say they refuse to celebrate the holidays via gaming, but im like pooof!
@NintendoRob1977 Built into the game there is a level select code. Don't need the Game Genie to skip levels.
At the title screen do the following:
Hold down Right, pres B 3x then press Up, and release it. Press B 3 more times. Press Left, then release and press B 3 more times. Press Down, release, then press B 3 more times. Finally press Start
Last week I plugged in Friday the 13th (the original one for the NES) and had a BLAST. Back in the day I had no idea what the point of it was and it was so hard, but I think I got it, it's still hard, but more fun now. Great game. Can't wait to get the Friday the 13th game soon... the new one... Switch should get it!!!!
@SilentS
whoa you just up up down down'd me. thank you!!!!!! if this is real. wow! How did I not know about this!?! this is for the NES version?!
Can someone put a similar code in stuff like Fact Racing Neo!?!?!
@NintendoRob1977 Yes it is real. It was even in the original Nintendo Power magazines back in the day. It was a pain to get used to doing it properly, but once you do, it is rather easy to do. But keep in mind, it only works for the "first half" of the game. Meaning if you jump right to the last stage and beat that boss, you still need to restart and play through the full game to find the special item and beat the boss again to get the true ending.
On a side note, for those long forgotten "cheats and codes", there are many of them on the GameFAQs site.
I'm having flashbacks to my 12-13 year old self now and I think I possibly knew. this is funny as hell.
however...
"Hold down Right, pres B 3x then press Up, and release it. Press B 3 more times. Press Left, then release and press B 3 more times. Press Down, release, then press B 3 more times. Finally press Start" that sounds harder than playing the game itself! hahahahha I'm old now... very old so doing these kinds of button configurations in order in exactly the same time can be hard. I am SO going to try though. You said it's for the NES version, right?
I'm a tad drunk right now too so following those button instructions are a bit of a task!
Yes, that is the NES version.
@SilentS
Hooking up my retron 5 with that game NOW. thank you
It's all set up, and im failing pretty bad at getting the level select to work
but im having fun playing the first level for the 45,000th time in a row and dying
They don't need to touch everything. If it had a succes it had it reason. Removing them and editing it doesn't mean it's better. The charm will be gone. It's like adding donkey kong music to a dark souls game
Just beat this without losing a life and not using the rewind feature once on my SNES Classic. I guess I don't understand why everyone feels this game is so difficult.
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