Ghouls'n Ghosts

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Ghouls'n Ghosts
System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Master System, Virtual Console
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Sega R&D 2 Sega, Arc System Works M2
Licensor: Capcom
Original system(s): Capcom CP System
Publisher(s) of original games: Capcom
Developer(s) of original games: Capcom
Genre: Action, Arcade
Number of players: 1-2, 1
Release Date RRP Code JP 1989-08-03 ¥6,8006,800 G-4013 US 1989-10 $44.9544.95 EU 1990-11 FR 1990 449F449 PT 199x MDJ1002 UK 1990-11 £44.9944.99 SE (Rental) 199x AU 199x CA 199x BR 199x KR 199x GM5008JM US 1991-01 7055 EU 1991-04 7055 UK 1991-04 £29.9929.99 7055 AU 199x BR 1991-06 BR (Blue) 199x 025170 KR 199x GB-2006 UK 19xx £? ? JP ▼ 2007-07-31 600pts600 US ▼ 2007-08-27 800pts800 EU ▼ 2007-09-07 800pts800 AU ▼ 2007-09 800pts800
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Ghouls'n Ghosts, known in Japan as Daimakaimura (大魔界村), is a Sega Mega Drive action platform game developed by Sega R&D 2 and published by Sega. A port of the titular 1988 Capcom arcade game Ghouls 'n Ghosts, it was first released in Japan in August 1989, and is notable both for being one of the standout titles of the early Mega Drive library, and for being personally programmed by future Sonic the Hedgehog prodigy Yuji Naka.

Gameplay

Ghouls'n Ghosts features the knight, Arthur who must restore souls stolen by the evil Lucifer (including that of his lover, Princess Prin Prin). Though it is considered a classic, Ghouls'n Ghosts is notoriously difficult thanks to the constant waves of enemies and traps despite Arthur only having a couple of hit points.

and jump, attacks. In the Master System version attack and jump.

Stages

	Stage 1
	Stage 2
	Stage 3
	Stage 4
	Stage 5

History

The Mega Drive release of Ghouls'n Ghosts, handled by Sega, was a notable milestone in the console's first couple of years as for the time, it was considered the most accurate home version of the game. In the west, it was billed as selling point for the Mega Drive system during its first few months, retailing at a higher price than most games available for the console at the time. It also marks the beginning of Sega's relationship with the then-industry powerhouse Capcom, who until this point had avoided releasing games for Sega systems.

The Mega Drive version has since been re-released as part of the Wii's Virtual Console service.

Versions

Localised names

Also known as

Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English	Ghouls'n Ghosts	Ghouls'n Ghosts
English (US)	Ghouls'n Ghosts	Ghouls'n Ghosts
Japanese	大魔界村	Daimakaimura

Production credits

Mega Drive version

• Programmer: Yuji Naka
• Capcom/SEGA hybrid driver, SE: Kazuhiko Nagai

Source:

Uncredited

• Cover Illustration by: Yuji Kaida

Source:

JP cover

Master System version

• Katsuhiro Hasegawa

Source:

Uncredited

Digital manuals

• 

  Mega Drive Mini US manual

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  Mega Drive Mini EU manual

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  Mega Drive Mini JP manual

Magazine articles

Main article: Ghouls'n Ghosts/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

SE advert

Print advert in Computer Games (GR) #3: "Ioúnios 1990" (1990-xx-xx)

Print advert in ACE (UK) #37: "October 1990" (1990-09-xx)
also published in:

• Computer & Video Games (UK) #107: "October 1990" (1990-09-16)

Print advert in Atuagagdliutit (GL) #1991-08-28 (1991-08-28)

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

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Ghouls'n Ghosts

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart Manual PCB

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart Manual PCB

Mega Drive, PT
Cover

Mega Drive, SE (Rental)
Cover

Mega Drive, BX†
Cover

Mega Drive, CZ (ITO CS)
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, AU
Cover
Manual

Mega Drive, AU (alt)
Cover

Mega Drive, BR
Cover
Manual

Mega Drive, CA
Cover

Mega Drive, KR
Cover
Cart

Master System version

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Ghouls'n Ghosts

Master System, US
Cover
Manual

Master System, EU (6 languages)
Cover
Cart Manual

Master System, EU (8 languages)
Cover
Cart

Master System, BX†
Cover

Master System, AU (Vertical manual)
Cart Manual

Master System, AU (Horizontal manual)
Cart

Master System, AU (Not for rental/hotline stickers)
Cover
Cart

Master System, AU (Not for rental sticker)
Cover
Cart Manual

Master System, AU (Red Hot)
Cover
Cart

Master System, BR (cardboard)
Cover

Master System, BR
Cover
Cart Manual

Master System, BR (re-release)
Cover

Master System, KR
Cover
Cart

Mega-Tech version

Mega-Tech,

Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
✔	CRC32 4f2561d5 MD5 c61ff4bcdf10813c74f36ab57e29f646 SHA-1 aab6d20f01db51576b1d7cafab46e613dddf7f8a	640kB	1989-06	Cartridge (US/EU)	v02
✔	CRC32 d31bd910 MD5 815aab1193bf534063e8f032ec76852a SHA-1 3a3e9eb5caaf6cfb75e99ed2843d58b3dda7284f	640kB	1989-06	Cartridge (US/EU)	v01
✔	CRC32 5659f379 MD5 203213c107fc17731dc7953343b5ffab SHA-1 a08a5764dc8651d31ef72466028cfb87fb6dd166	640kB	1989-06	Cartridge (JP)
?	CRC32 7a92eba6 MD5 85707b3a74483910699ccc4ba20c64ff SHA-1 b193e624795b2beb741249981d621cb650c658db	256kB		Cartridge (EU/US)

External links

• Sega of Japan Virtual Console pages: Mega Drive
• Nintendo catalogue pages: US, UK, AU

References

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