Master System Longplay [040] Ghouls 'n Ghosts 

I was 5/6 when I played this... I watched the whole gameplay as every level brought a memory back to life in my brain. That was sick, thanks

God I loved this game as a kid! It brings back all warm feelings sitting on my loungeroom floor with my eyes glued to the tv. Thanks for uploading!

This (Master System) is the best version of Ghouls n Ghosts. The gameplay is awesome.

Proud to have this game. Just got it today together with some other awesome games, SMS rocks!

I always thought this was a great port for the master system. Even the music turned out pretty good. The late SMS games were sadly overlooked due to the far superior Genesis games, but they were pushing the system hard in the final years of the system's life.

never knew they ported this back to the old Master System, would of loved to have played it back in the day, I was a nintendo kid but always liked the rival company.

This game came out very late!!! But still one of the best of Ghosts & Goblins EVER! ⭐️

Being such a fan of the arcade back in the day, I had to have the game. I didn't expect anything near the Genesis port for sure, but they actually managed to come with a more-than-decent version, adding unique elements such a life bar or upgrading armor. Fond memories of the 12 year old me.

Master System rules

I had this on Master System in 1991 when I was 6 years old. Good times !

This brings back memories. I remember trading one of my SMS games for this with a friend because I thought it was so cool. The music in that last level is badass.

Whenever I played this as a kid , I would just see the first level as my chance to max out. Since you gotta brave these levels twice, there is definitely the potential to max out on a regular pace while progressing normally, but I love the mobility of the gold armor and enjoying the extra hit points. This is how a home port should be. It will obviously be different due to graphical limits, so might as well make the difficulty user friendly!

The music take me back, 😊 playing this at my dad's house after chores on the weekends, OMG so much fun ❤

Agreed! Not bad at all, considering the Master System's hardware. A clear case of good programming.

That shield magic makes this game a cake walk compared to the other versions. Great playthrough!

I'd catch all treasure chests from the very beginning, thus getting Sir Arthur greatly upgraded before fighting the first boss.

My first Master Sytem game!

This is clearly the best version. It gives a fighting chance with power ups and A FUCKING LIFE BAR!

After some 29 years this version of G'N G remains with me as it was the only version that I ever hired via a video shop and finished via 1990!! And what a ride it was alittle less painful than some of the other versions but still painful in the eyes of an 12 year old but yeah because it was tough but fair but still kinda tough. This version of the game always seems to get overlooked in favour of other conversions. It's the most unique version of this games namesake around because of its unique RPG-like elements and it is is still to this day the only version that has that. Loved it and I still do to this while trying to play the other versions these days. However the SMS version will always stay within me, just wish it got a little more accreditation as it really pushed the console to the max. Too me the forgotten version.

I would love to know what the post-1989 games would have sounded like with the FM chip.

I love how games back then had their own fingerprinted ports because of hardware and memory limitations.

This actually looks pretty good fun. It's almost like a colourised version of the Spectrum GnG conversion.

as a kid it took a friend and I 3 hours to just beat it once. we looked at eah other and turned it off and played double dragon instead of going through again. lol

Yet again the SMS impresses. In fact this is more like an 8-bit version of the SNES game and it actually seems playable unlike the 8-bit Nintendo.

the soundtracks have been in my head all these years. I used to play this till the console ran hot. Leave it paused overnight. lol

This version holds it’s own against the Nes. Love them both separate but equally.

The tree at 2:22 scared the shit out of me when I had like 3 years or so... I though it's mouth was a friggin mustache!

I checked out the games you mentioned and you're absolutely right. Power Strike 2 really stood out to me and the Flash sounded great too. I also discovered the Batman Returns' and Alex Kidd in Shinobi Worlds' soundtracks were quite good as well

I say that as America is the place where NES ruled supreme because of illegal monopolying, or at least dishonest.

this game pwn'd me as a kid and still does..could never beat the game! Thanks for the closure!

My older brother had both versions of this game down to a subtle art!

Wow, that looks amazing.

33:58 has the power of Jpeg on it's side. He don't move but he still fire.

Ah, I love this game, pretty good run too :) A few missed chests, but nothing too drastic

What a great port of this was! i really liked the thing that it was like wonder boy that you take items and you can upgrade them

Looks like a solid port.

Very impressive there's some giant sprites in this and it looks like its almost just a slower version of the genesis this game looks like it pushes the limit

This is such a strange version of the game. It's like a precursor to _Ultimate Ghosts 'n Goblins_ on the PSP in that there's a legitimate inventory system with upgrades and such. And actually... it _kind_ of reminds me of the _Gargoyle's Quest_ series in that same way.

Questo ce l'avevo io per il sega master system.Mi piaceva parecchio, a quei tempi era davvero un bel gioco.

What an interesting version of Ghouls and Ghosts.

I did not see the sms version,good conversion! At that time I had already bought sega Genesis and sold sms.

I've recently begun collecting some Saturn games, I have a soft spot for underdog hardware, but Sega of America seemed to make all the wrong choices with the system and Europe just sort of followed suit. Honestly, I've never seen a single ad for the system when it was actually available and didn't know it existed until a friend of mine got a Dreamcast and told me there was this really expensive system between the Mega drive and it.

No, Sega cut out the FM chip for a western release because they didn't care, blame them and watch your blood pressure geez. Nintendo cut the FM chip out of the Famicom for Western releases but they had the foresight to leave the capacity for extra sound chips in, that's not 'hacks', that's just intelligent design. Don't blame people for being smarter than your childhood company now, that's immature.

great game just got my master system on craigslist came with 2 games space harrier and ghouls n ghosts awesome game cant put it down

@Addictproduce It's just that the series has a reputation for difficulty, and I was a little disappointed that this one didn't live up to that expectation.

Of course Arthur's battle isn't over. It continues in MvC3 against Galactus. Good play by the way. I must admit I skipped through the part when he had to "return to the village". O.o Brings back memories!

Didn´t even know there where a SMS port og GnG. Excelent game.

Wow! I hadn't realised I'd finished this game.

Ok then peace. I suppose I do hate the NES with a passion, never owned one as a kid took a dive in getting one a few years back was pissed off by how overhyped it was. For one the system design is awful, looks ugly, the games don't work half the time, and it damages the cartridge contacts each time you play. The games glitch often. The games mostly were boring, high level of flicker, awful sound effects. Holding the controller makes you feel like you have arthritis in your hands.

Hahahhaha you must be joking. It's better than the NES. Some people just used it better than others the audio.

I think I have about 45 games now and it really is a nice system to have if only because it was the last system really made for 2D games, that just gets my nostalgia going. It's a shame only a fraction of the system's games were ever localized because only the 3D games fit Sega of America's bill. I'm still imagining that 2D Sonic game on the Saturn sometimes that was graphically as awesome as Guardian Heroes.

The 1st game i ever played, I got it with my Master System. Looks good for 8-bit.

The rendition of the soundtrack the SMS gives in this games is pretty good, I just find the sort of tapping noise in the first stage to be somewhat out of place, it almost sounds a bit like static

When things die it sounds like my dog growling at me for sitting in his chair

Un juego curioso de la saga para la Master System...

best home port ever made besides genesis port

Same I remember loving house of the dead 2 on Dreamcast I was looking for the first house of the dead for ages for DC must of searched half the country to find it, only took me till now to relise it only came out for saturn. I have about 50+ saturn games great system very underrated it sure is the thinking mans system.

I'll honestly say the SNES is my #1 console due to nostalgia even though it technically excels in most areas over the Mega Drive. I am one of those people who loves the Mega drive sound chip even doesn't sound great unless you had a talented developer. By the way, I thought Sega chose the older sound chip in the Master System to cut costs due to the bigger color palette and much faster CPU etcetera, but I never really found any facts to prove or disprove that hypothesis

Some nice sounding SMS games are The Flash, Road Rash, and Alien 3. Also Devilish, Arena and Power Strike II for GG, which used basically the same chip but with stereo. NES did have the better chip though.

DUDE YOU ARE A GAMING GOD

I love how someone can state something like that without giving some technical specs. the Master system sound chip is actually quite old. the Commodore 64 and Colecovision use a chip of the same type and those were released in 1983 and 1982 respectively.

There was a game on the master system, which was very controversial because the fighting scenes were super graphic. It was a medieval/fantasy setting like Ghouls n Ghosts, but the format was different. The fight scenes were a separate part of the gameplay, one on one, and from slightly above and behind your character. He would hack and slash, and I recall could electrocute. One of the finishing moves was slicing an enemy clean in half vertically. Fight scenes had digitized voices. Anyone recall?

Most anticlimactic boss fight since The Bride killed Bill.

Bro every time I find a different port of Ghosts N goblins around. I know there's Arcade, Genesis, Sharp X68000, and now Master System versions. What others are out there?

Best version I reckon

I know what you're talking about, the Western versions of the Master System didn't have the FM capability.

which program you use to record these videos?

If you wanna talk a combination of talented people, try Naoki Kodaka, who made, among other things, the soundtracks to Journey to Silius, Gremlins 2 and Batman: Return of the Joker. It both shows the technical limitations of the SMS because it couldn't use extra chips and the talent of a great sound designer.

This is the easiest version with a different upgrading system, but it's still a very good game with impressive 8bit graphics.

I can agree on that. Regardless of what anyone says the Alex Kidd games are good and so are a lot of the downsized Mega Drive games. you should search for: Road Rash Mega Drive VS Master System (SPLIT SCREEN HD) It's a comparison of Road Rash on the Mega Drive and the Master System.

Hate those Gargoyles, they follow you even if you try to run and they catch up faster than you can get away ! lol

Good game for 8 bit console.

When the hero moves as if he was Usain Bolt, but at turtle speed.

Sounds about right it's never easy for the new kid on the block to break the grip. SNES probably my number 2. Sega saturn being my first. It died standing with all the guns pointing at it, and it finally got sound chip right on it.

The final boss in this version, the name is Loki?

Second store. How did you not get the knife !!? Avgn would not be proud

I thought I was going mad but the last level did repeat. I assume that was because you didn't have the psycho cannon thing? Would the last level just keep repeating if you never actually picked it up? Very well played. I used to love playing this game with my Gran as a kid. I didn't have any Sega consoles as a kid so any Sega game I wanted to play I just went to my Gran's house and we would play them together. I'm ashamed to say I could never get past that last level though. I always died. =(

Wonderboy 3's theme could match any NES games soundtrack. Don't get highly talented people mixed up with system sound limitation.

Wow, the SMS version of this game is very impressive.

This looks like its a cross with mega man (items and the doors) and the over all engine , but I really like it!

I came here because I've listen this same soundtrack on the ZX spectrum, and I wanted to know how the master system sounded. Although, the zx spectrum ans master system have similar sound on the sound chip, at least In this track I prefer the Zx spectrum. I think it sound better.

Definitely the 8-bit version for me. I always hated the NES one, this one has some slowdown, but at least it's fun. Nintendo and Sega both did great 16-bit games, however.

This and the snes version are superior

Wow, looked so much better than nes, was sms really that much ahead nes?

Could be, I owned both systems as a kid, but i got an NES first and al my friends has an NES as well. I spent much more time with the NES as a result.I like the NES high pitched tones in a lot of games for some reason. I'll say that Megadrive vs SNES sound is a mixed bag. The SNES sounds great, producing a lot of orchestral sounding RPG scores, but it misses the bass that really shines in some Megadrive games and SNES music doesnt sound much like chiptunes at times, which can be a shame sometime

I had the megadrive cartridge, of course it was way better but the sms has green armour, shops etc.. Never played the sms version but it seems good, great graphic for the system.

all my youth! as well as sonic the hedgehog, transbot and outrun :D

I only beat this game once and it was so stressful!

Ghouls and Ghosts done right.

This version looks and sounds like a Sega Game Gear game!

Actually it did, and south america. I don't know about you but in the UK it flopped epically. A retail NES game would sell for £60 A sms card would sell for £15 and a game £20-£25. It was obviously a no brainer it had much higher quality games that hold up today.

Its a shame the master system's audio chip just doesn't seem to pack as much of a punch as it's graphics compared to the NES, atleast not in the US and EU versions of the Master System.

Wow, unlike the typically ghost n goblins, this one doesn’t look like it is so hard to play that it isn’t even fun.

Why are peoples childhoods so hurt by the fact that I like the way the NES sounds better? I owned both systems for Christ sakes. The question you should ask yourself, as a consumer, not a child from at least 20 years ago, in retrospective: Did the master system have a (PAL)library and the technical specs and price point to make people choose it over the NES? History tends to say no, unless we go into specific sales numbers for both systems of a handful of countries.

Is it just me, or is the response on the controls slow and a reason this game is so hard?

4 exposed hearts....I'm going to venture a guess that creature was an evolutionary failure, lol.

i love it!

It's really not, the NES had a more complex sound chip which could also be upgraded through extra chips in the carts. Journey to Silius could not have sounded as good on the SMS, for example.

This looks great. Only gripe I have with it is that it looks way too easy compared to other G&G games/ports.

And also Ys Vanished Omens. Nothing on NES could hold a candle to those 2 even with its steroided up sound cartridges apart from Mr gimmick so it shouldn't count.