Ghosts ‘n Goblins turn 40

On July 7, 1985, the world was introduced to one of the hardest video games ever made, and still to this day it’s still hard and that game is Ghosts ‘n Goblins.

The game was developed by Capcom and published by Capcom. It was created by Tokuro Fujiwara, with Toshio Arima as the lead programmer and Ayako Mori as the composer. They would go on to create hell on earth for the video game world for many years to come.

The game is a 2D run-and-gun platformer that tells the story of Sir Arthur’s quest to save his beloved princess Prin-Prin from the Demon King Astaroth and his army of the undead.

The game is famous for its very very high level of difficulty and it’s now infamous replay the game to see the truth ending on an even harder difficulty. The series has a total of 7 games for the main series and two game spin-off series in Gargoyle’s Quest series starting Firebrand aka The Red Arremer and the Maximo series.

If you want to do something that will take up your weekend with pain and agony, give this game series a go.