Ghouls 'n Ghosts (Genesis) Playthrough - NintendoComplete
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A playthrough of Sega's 1989 arcade port for the Sega Genesis, Ghouls 'n Ghosts.
Played on the professional difficulty level, both loops and the best ending are shown.
The sequel to Ghosts 'n Goblins is a big step up - it looks and sounds great and is much, much easier than it's predecessor. The Genesis port is quite good - not as good as the Supergrafx port, mind you, but the game is here completely intact, and looks and sounds damn good for a 1989 game.
I'm serious about the difficulty. It's hard to believe this game actually sits between Ghouls 'n Ghosts and Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts in the series for how comparatively not difficult it is. I wouldn't call it easy, but I never swore at it once, and I seem to remember way back I beat it in under a week (unlike SGnG, which as a kid took me years).The second round is even easier. Getting the magic shooting weapon at the beginning really allows you to fly through the game virtually unopposed.
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30 years on and I still remember my dad's pattern going through this game. RIP mate.
@itszondo9414
4 жыл бұрын
Jamie Grayson rip found this game in a bag in my closet connected it and it still works🙌
@TheDakotaCruiser
4 жыл бұрын
20+ years since I last played this and I still found myself trying to push a jump button at the right moment
@ivanasukjadic1423
2 жыл бұрын
You call your dad "mate"???
@M0j0J0j0
2 жыл бұрын
So cool
@Alex-wh9pz
2 жыл бұрын
@@ivanasukjadic1423 compañero de vida
This game makes me feel an emotion that doesn't exist.
@giovannyalpizar5351
3 жыл бұрын
I felt disappointed when I got this instead of the Arcade version on the Wii Virtual Console. I was super confused on why the graphics and soundtrack was off by a lot, then I realized that it said “GENESIS” and not “Arcade”.
@jamesdailing3198
3 жыл бұрын
Would like this comment but don't wanna ruin the 69. XD
@Bloodreign1
3 жыл бұрын
@@giovannyalpizar5351 It's a decent port, but a major step down from the arcade CPS1 original.
@beadlebaby90
3 жыл бұрын
Absolute legend of a game, so many hours spent dying over and over!
@typicalavocado9001
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, hope 🥲
One of those games that I remember playing but forgot the name. Nearly 3 decades later and I'm glad to find it again! Crazy ass difficult.
@roderickstockdale1678
3 жыл бұрын
You must’ve not played much Genesis!
@HalifaxHercules
5 ай бұрын
@@roderickstockdale1678 Super Ghouls and Ghosts was much worse.
I still play this game with my dad. he transmitted to me the passion for the 80s between games and music. I am very grateful to him for that
The monsters in this game were so creative and scary! A slug with maggots crawling out of it's skin?! Statues with slimy tongues?! It was so cool for a 9yr-old like me to play back in the day!
@youisiaint
2 жыл бұрын
Check out Ghostbusters for the Genesis
@yoliuwus5000
Жыл бұрын
I was 6 or 7 years
@smoketj4830
6 ай бұрын
Its because the creator is japanese, japanese have a lot of mythology on supernatural creatures in their culture, my favorite game of all time! the one and only game i couls play every single day and not get bored.
I feel like Arthur would be great in smash bros Edit: wow I wrote this two years. I guess my wish came true btw
@KonaKonaKaabisteru
4 жыл бұрын
He made nice rounds as a Mahvel-character twice now, so hey, why not.
@frankjosephjaeger2675
4 жыл бұрын
Yes Arthur All The Way Eat Your Heart Out Shovel Knight
@Marlevlyn
3 жыл бұрын
Player? Yeah I guess an computer generated Knight could pop out of your television and play 1V1 with you.
@44TKO
3 жыл бұрын
I think they added him in
@rattfathervods8158
3 жыл бұрын
@@44TKO They did not
Rule 1: Get the Knife! Rule 2: Get the Knife!! Rule 3: Get the Knife!!!!!!!!
@treattrick8991
4 жыл бұрын
rule 4;get the goddess power afterwards
@treattrick8991
4 жыл бұрын
just a little known fact to get the true ending
@marhansgamingchannel4732
4 жыл бұрын
But it's on NES version
@MoscAmer
4 жыл бұрын
fire for fish!
@BrickmanZero
4 жыл бұрын
@@marhansgamingchannel4732 The knife stills is good in ghouls 'n ghosts
This was the hardest game I ever played as a child
@reubaloo8871
3 жыл бұрын
This game is teeth I still ain't complete it yet
@Bloodreign1
3 жыл бұрын
It's considered the easiest of the original trilogy too, yet can still be a major pain to beat.
@2manyW
3 жыл бұрын
@@Bloodreign1 Wait it was a trilogy? I thought it was just ghouls and ghosts n and ghosts n goblins.
@haitolawrence5986
3 жыл бұрын
Incredibly challenging. I got this game for Christmas and the family stayed up until 2 am that day until I finally beat it. Great times!!
@DamienCollettiGamer
3 жыл бұрын
@@haitolawrence5986 Wow nice! Sounds like good times and memories!
OMG my childhood anxiety, remembering all the times I screamed and threw my controller on the floor.
Wouldn't be a Ghost and Goblins game if you didn't go through the game twice.
@xavieryager1584
3 жыл бұрын
ikr
@thesnare100
3 жыл бұрын
Honestly I hated it, I could do it, at least with this game. I just didn't want to, such a pain.
Wow! This is part of my childhood! :-) I love the music! Its fantastic and gives me backflashes... :-)
Screw that blue torch weapon
@juicefloyd9902
5 жыл бұрын
True more like screw the sword
@ericandre5060
5 жыл бұрын
andy g If you use it correctly it’s pretty useful plus it’s way better than the axe which is slow and does little damage
@the_relaxing_tony2818
5 жыл бұрын
GET THE KNIFE
@sigilvii
4 жыл бұрын
no kidding, I got stuck on the first boss with that stupid thing and it took me forever to beat him
@an0ana
4 жыл бұрын
I always said screw that axe!
That music classic 😂
played this game a few times when I was 5-6 years old and I never made it past the 2:00 mark but still loved playing it over and over again xD.
A game of my youth...! I was so frustrated when i learned i had to start again after beating the last enemy! But it was still a great game to Play with nice sounds...!
@Bloodreign1
3 жыл бұрын
Except when you hit stone with your weapon, the arcade version has a far softer, and easier on the ears sound effect for that, while the Genesis version is a tad ear splitting.
@damin9913
2 жыл бұрын
I don't start over I play one time and that's it I'm done 😂
This is really great considering it's a launch title for the Genesis
@youisiaint
2 жыл бұрын
Most of Genesis' launch titles were arcade ports. Strider, Mercs, Altered Beast etc. to show what the system was capable of
@thewolf2153
Жыл бұрын
@@youisiaint None of them matched the arcade in any way, shape or form.
@lancercncs1822
Жыл бұрын
@@thewolf2153 Umm.. yeah they did. I am surprised how close the Genesis Ghouls and Ghosts is to the original Arcade version ( in looks, gameplay, and sound).
@Bloodreign1
Жыл бұрын
@@lancercncs1822 Sound? Not at all, when weapons hit tombstones, or rocks, that metallic clank can really pierce the eardrums. Gameplay is fine, but looks, again a miss, most of the background detail that gave the arcade version a lot of it's beauty is quite simply gone. Sega should've gone 8 megs with the cart, and is why a fan is working on try to redo the game with a hack that brings back a lot of the detail that was cut out of this port.
Game: Congrats, you beat all the levels. Player: Phew, that was tough. Game: Now do it all over again. Player:...
I hadn't played this game in a long time until recently and you sure made Level 1 look even easier than when I played it! Nice job mate!
Get the Knife! -AVGN
@gouravchakraborty9801
3 жыл бұрын
Goddess power is the best
I use to watch and play this with my grandma and finding this game and gameplay is some seriously cool nostalgia. I'd love to buy this game and play again.
@starstarstar4643
Жыл бұрын
Get the sega genesis mini, it has this game and 40 other games with save states meaning you can pause and save whenever you want which is helpful for games this difficult
We played this game, and Tommy Lasorta baseball. So much fun. You were the man if you could go all the way round twice with no deaths.
Wow. Whoever is playing this is awesome.
@damin9913
2 жыл бұрын
I still play mine
Awesome run! I love the music on the second level.
@ryanamberger
8 жыл бұрын
Have you ever thought about speed running? You definitely have the necessary skill, most notably your reaction time. Would love to see you at a GDQ.
@NintendoComplete
8 жыл бұрын
+Ryan Amberger The idea never really appealed to me tbh. I would get bored playing it over and over and over trying to shave a few more seconds off each time :/ lol. Thanks for the compliment though!
@GardevoirBoy1991
7 жыл бұрын
Sega and Capcom seem to be best friends. They've made a bunch of great arcade ports.
I remember playing this with my dad like 9 years ago and him telling me this was his childhood favourite game, it was mine too
@worsethanhitlerpt.2539
Жыл бұрын
i remember buying my dilapidated cartridge for this on Genesis at some shitty mall in Sacramento with my dumb friends with me really fun times
Man remember my dad bought this game for me and my brother’s back in the day man did we love it
Definitely the best launch game for the system, and one of the more enduring platformers of the time. Too bad Capcom pretty much abandoned the Genesis for SNES later on; they had an incredible start on Genesis.
@Turbotef
Жыл бұрын
Sega ported this, not Capcom. Capcom came back hard on the Genesis in 1993 actually.
@roderickstockdale1678
5 ай бұрын
@@Turbotef only one game
In-fucking-credible. I had this game as an early teen. But didn't have the instruction manual. Had ZERO idea you could activate special powers with the golden armor, always thought it was pointless. Fuck my life. At least this will be useful while playing this on my mini...
Great play through. You make it look easy.
watching this gave me a nostalgia flashback and helped me remember another childhood game, lady sia. damn good ol psp days
33 minutes?? You've inspired me to pick this up again
Lol this use to be my game I was so excited when I thought I beat it only to find out I had to play through again 🤣
@user0O-
6 ай бұрын
One of my most favorite games along with super ghouls n ghosts the knights in the 3rd level to this day still creep me out especially when it begins moving towards you
Loved this game, great to watch it played through with ease. I can see you're on the second playthrough cause level 2 looks like someone forgot to wash the blue goo off the TV-.
I was born in 1986 I played this game and I was a kid never beat the damn thing I’m sitting in my office at lunchtime watching this video rooting for you to win! Thanks for the video
I'm sure everybody thinks their era was the best to be alive in, but in the 80's we had Ghouls 'n Ghosts, Castlevania and Splatterhouse. Nuff' said.
Some of the levels in this game used to scare the crap out of me cause if you look around at the scenery it's really dark and spooky. It's just something's about that pitch black background that gives me the jeebies.
@fleskel
4 жыл бұрын
Indeed, just look at the houses burning down in the background of the fire level.
@Bloodreign1
3 жыл бұрын
That's because this port is missing a lot of background detail. The arcade and 32 bit ports of the game (PS1 and Saturn) have nice background detail, really adds more to the game's atmosphere.
@Sega_Dreams
3 жыл бұрын
I was always the same about pitch black backgrounds. Metroid and Kid Icarus come to mind as games that creeped me out as a kid, in large part due to the black backgrounds.
ahhh G&G the original "troll" game where mario lead you on with "sorry mario but our princess is in another castle" this game just Flat out gives you the finger and says "OHHH by the way all your hard work YEAH fooled YOU go back to start dumbass and do it all over again"
@louiskeiflin5858
6 жыл бұрын
Arthur(show two middle fingers to the troll and say): B****. (Just for comedy, not insulting you, sorry)
@alextouchstone1334
6 жыл бұрын
New Game + lol
This player is a freakin pro!👍😍🔥🔥
@cristianpixio
3 жыл бұрын
it is clearly a Trained game... see at 19:03....
@NintendoComplete
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
Epic music. I used to live this game as a kid. Getting to Loki and kicking his butt was always a great joy.
@Bloodreign1
Жыл бұрын
Censorship at it's best, renaming the final boss Loki, when Lucifer is it's name in the arcade original. Super GnG would rename Samael into Sardius for the US release.
9:34 Crazy I've never seen a green skeleton. Looks like a glitch cause he started out blue. Regardless still cool.
@Catswholesome
2 жыл бұрын
I seen it when I was like 3 or 4 I was super confused (played on emulator 11 years ago. Still do to this day)
So hyped for the new one, only a few more days
This game really isn't that hard. I can get through it pretty fast, but I've played the shit out of it as a child. No matter how old I get, this game will ALWAYS be one of my all time faves. Best game in the series, even if it isn't hard. The gameplay is just awesome. \
@jackburton6239
4 жыл бұрын
I like Super GnG better personally. This one has more balanced weapons and faster action. SGnG has better graphics, sound, music, and feels more epic to me.
@evan2902
4 жыл бұрын
Joseph Shatrowsky just goes to show that, unlike boomers claim, a game doesn’t need to be super difficult to be fun. 1CCing both loops on professional, however, is another story entirely.
@Heaven-dy9lj
3 жыл бұрын
@@jackburton6239 Yeah the slowdown is mighty epic on the Snes.
@Turbotef
Жыл бұрын
@@Heaven-dy9lj Yeah, its a nice looking game but not by much. I still owned and enjoyed both versions but still enjoyed and replayed the Genesis version more.
@Heaven-dy9lj
Жыл бұрын
@@Turbotef me too. I had both but preferred the Genesis.
oh my good i cry when i see this video i 37 years really this game ......RIP MATE
Had fun playing this as a kid.
dam i miss this game. had the pleasure of beating it back then.
Blue flame... that shit ALWAYS happens to me. You get a good weapon and the boom stupid ass blue flame..arg. This game is awesome yet I can remember screaming in frustration as a kid.. It's like this instantly took me back 25 years.
29:42 - 29:58 That music REALLY seems like Pokemon or Super Smash Brothers Melee.
@Sandlot1992
6 жыл бұрын
It sure does!
@liammarron5744
5 жыл бұрын
It really does!
@thewillyman5401
5 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah, and it came out a good few years before this game
That music is on a whole other level of amazing
I didn't even play this as a child yet I get nostalgia from it
This brings back alot of memories....
First few seconds in and I can already tell this is a better version than the old snes one I used to play.
@Bloodreign1
Жыл бұрын
So you consider a game with background detail nearly axed out better than a game with a better sounding soundtrack, more ROM space? Yikes. Can't compare play mechanics either as both use different mechanics entirely, the only shared thing is the armors, and the magic that comes with them, though between games, the magic attacks are different. Sorry, though this port plays well and is fun, it is ugly as sin, sound effects for weapons hitting stone are far too shrill (the sound in the arcade version is a much softer tone), and a first stage theme completely ruined by being slower in tempo than it should (listen to the arcade version for the correct tempo). That difference in small ROM size makes a huge difference, an 8 meg cart was sorely needed, and is why there is a fan who is redoing the game, fixing the things Sega screwed up, whether he finishes the hack or not is a different story.
this was one of my favorite games on NES and SNES and I never once knew there was a Genesis version of it!!!!! 😱
@Bloodreign1
3 жыл бұрын
The Genesis game is an arcade port, and the middle game in the original trilogy, which expanded with a Wonderswan game, a PSP game and it's second revision, and some cellphone games in Japan.
@theretrogamingnerd3316
3 жыл бұрын
The Snes version is "Super Ghouls n ghouls" which is very different from this game. This is "Ghouls n Ghosts" released on the saga genesis. In this game you can shoot up and down, but in "Super Ghouls N Ghosts", the snes game, you can't shoot up or down but can double jump, which you could not do in this game. This game is very different from "Super Ghouls N Ghosts".
I loved this games I used to play tgis on my genesis system and on arcade. Bring back memories of your childhood.
Takes me back to my school days
The eyeball cloud boss is reminiscent of a similar boss from Kirby's Dream Land
@andrewmorrice9139
7 жыл бұрын
Kracko is the one!
@koryandrews1665
7 жыл бұрын
Yep! Thats it, Kracko. Been forever since I played Kirby's Dream Land. Couldn't quite remember the bosses name. Loved that game when I was a kid.
@MeximidgeComedy
4 жыл бұрын
Its actually a Japanese folklore monster.
What an awesome Super Mario, Castlevania & Legend of Zelda inspiration⚔😈✌
33:32 "As Arthur and the Princess rode off towards the kingdom, they both looked back. Staring back at them from the distance, was a shadowy cloud with a demonic looking face with evil red eyes. Arthur shielded the Princess yet still stared back at the dark demon. Knowing deep down...his battle wasn't over yet...
Great Run!
This game was so creepy, the music especially on Genesis.
The Demon Tongue Mountain with the theme to match it freaked me out when I first play it as a kid, cool but creepy😵👿
The green disk was my fave out of all the weapons.
The cave slug boss always pisses me off
@an0ana
4 жыл бұрын
I always thought it was a maggot, but yes. If you didn't have the knifes or the green glaive, you were Fed.
I remember being like 6 playing this and never being able to beat that eyeball thing. I didn’t know looking tips up was a thing until way later
Still remember, Childhood memories 💜
I'm blown away that you made it through the whole game in the time you did and with no damage. Damn! I never was able to beat it till I was an adult. Even playing it for fun, it can still take me some time to beat the whole game.
This was freaking solid every level
I still have this game . And I am still playing it. Call me old fashioned but I love it 😅😅
My favorite game of all time 😌
This game is incredibly frustrating. Glad i get to see pros playing or i would never see the end.
Very Nice. Just like my run, but without game over appearing every 30 seconds
I bow to your skill.
1:58 this is part of the music I love listening too it's so wonderful 😊
You kick some serious ass at this game
I was like 8 when I beat this game. Took me a couple of days, but i beat it
Ah yes! I downloaded a Rom of this on my Nintendo Wii back in 2010. It was pure fun in spite of its difficulty.
@worsethanhitlerpt.2539
Жыл бұрын
Respectable port consider the Genesis has low colors and memory and this was an early game for the system Its better than the Supergrafx version in some ways
I remember playing this game for the first time in sweden in 1992, i remember i got stuck at an certain moment in the game, but then my ungle did come to the rescue to and he beated it for me I clearly remember the forlast end boss and the ending.
Love whoever found this I searched forever but only remembered demo!!!!!
I had always thought that the final boss would be a succubus
I remember not being able to get past the desert level as a kid lol
My dad and my grandpa always used to insist that the green saucer was the weapon to have in this game.
I been thinking about Sega Genesis ghouls n Ghost good thing I still have it
This is very nostalgic
19:00 what ARE those blue block things that appear on the second run through the levels?
One of my favorites. But broke me, broke me many many times...
Love the music on level 3!
Me: Never got past the creepy hand and ice slide level. "So that's whats back there."
I never seen this game I have only ever played the other one this makes me want to play it so bad
Played this game so much as a kid and never realised that their were special attacks for weapons
Childhood 🤘
I play only the Nes version this looks amazing I like the music
@NintendoComplete
5 жыл бұрын
Oh man all of the 16bit games were soooooo much better than the NES one
This game is the most I've ever played.
The theme music alone is enough to send me into a rage... THIS GAME WAS HAAAAARD... so so hard... sob sob...
Just bought on eBay for $7. Score
@MarcoA15
3 жыл бұрын
For which console?
@MegaBg1982
3 жыл бұрын
Sega Genesis. Cartridge only.
I had a Snes growing up. So this is like new levels for me. 😂
You have to play the whole game twice?! Crazy lol I wo no close to finishing this
What a gorgeous looking game for the mega drive
That was legiot amazing to watch dude. Is there just one person who does all these plathroughs?
@NintendoComplete
8 жыл бұрын
+EthanHeathen Yup, just me.
@EthanHeathen
8 жыл бұрын
Pretty damn amazing man. I remember when I was a young lad, I used to base my worth off of how many NES games I beat. Watching you, and how fucking GREAT you are at all these is very humbling.
@NintendoComplete
7 жыл бұрын
+EthanHeathen Hahaha thanks :) I remember I used to love counting as a kid how many I could beat. I think though that really I've just spent waaaay too much time playing old games. There comes a point where they just aren't really that hard anymore, but it took me forever to get like that. Many of them at least lol, some are still absolute bitches that I can't beat at all
@NintendoComplete
7 жыл бұрын
+EthanHeathen Mutant Virus on the NES is one really obnoxious example ;D
@craigkrane3901
3 жыл бұрын
NintendoComplete So what’s your moby dick of games? What’s the one you always wanted to beat but can’t?
This game is my ENTIRE childhood I miss this enemy design vs resurrection Also this is one of the few ghosts and goblins games that using the fire water isn't just for absolute madlads I've done a fire water only run for this and the first game but ultimate and resurrection ? That is pure suicide
Core memory unlocked
Player plays like a pro. Me: I got one sentence for you......................... You are legendary.
Ultimate Ghos n Goblins !!!!!! PSP