Ghouls 'n Ghosts

Ghouls 'n Ghosts
Promotional flyer for the original arcade iteration of Ghouls 'n Ghosts
Developer(s)	Capcom
Publisher(s)	Capcom
Designer(s)	Tokuro Fujiwara Shinichi Yoshimoto Hisashi Yamamoto
Programmer(s)	Hiroshi Koike Masatsugu Shinohara Shinichi Ueyama
Composer(s)	Tamayo Kawamoto
Platform(s)	Arcade, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, CP System, Commodore 64, Sharp X68000, Sega Saturn, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, SuperGrafx, Sega Master System, Mega Drive/Genesis, Virtual Console, ZX Spectrum
Release	Arcade December 1988 Amiga NA: July 1989 PAL: August 19, 1990 Mega Drive/Genesis JP: October 29, 1989 NA: September 1989 EU: November 30, 1990 SuperGrafx JP: July 27, 1990 Sega Master System March 1990
Genre(s)	Platform
Mode(s)	Single player, multiplayer
Cabinet	Upright
Arcade system	CPS-1
Sound	Amplified Mono
Display	Raster, standard resolution, horizontal orientation

Ghouls 'n Ghosts (Japanese: 大魔界村, Hepburn: Daimakaimura^?, lit. "Great Demon World Village") is a side-scrolling platform 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.

The gameplay for Ghouls 'n Ghosts is similar to that of Ghosts 'n Goblins. The player controls the knight Arthur, who must advance through a series of eerie levels and defeat a number of undead and demonic creatures in his quest to restore all the people killed by Lucifer (Loki in the English-language Mega Drive and Master System versions), including his beloved Princess Prin Prin, back to life. Along the way, Arthur can pick up a variety of weapons and armor to help him in his quest. While the core gameplay remains the same as its predecessor, the game now allows Arthur to fire directly upward and directly downward while in mid air.

By jumping in certain spots, players can cause a treasure chest to erupt from the ground. By firing his weapon at the chest, players may uncover new weapons, gold armor or an evil magician that changes Arthur into an elderly man or a helpless duck. The gold armor allows players to charge up the weapon to release a powerful magical attack. Each weapon has its own special attack, with the exception of the special weapon (see below).