Ghosts 'N Goblins

THE BAD:
Very high difficulty level. Poor controls and sounds. No passwords/game saves.

SUMMARY:
Based on the arcade game, Ghosts N' Goblins puts you in the middle of quite a nightmare. Your fair maiden has been kidnapped and you must guide the brave knight Arthur through the graveyards, forests, castles, and other terrains and strike down the undead evils to save her.
The graphics can best be described as crude. They're decent but the frame rate seems to be too fast and some of the animations appear quite choppy. The backgrounds do have some nice details, though, as do enemies, especially bosses. Sound effects are OK, but there really isn't a whole lot and the music, while creepy, gets stale & repetitive very quickly. And there's no variety in music either. Controls are acceptable, responsive enough which is important because you're moving quite fast. There are some slight issues if you're using a turbo controller with rapid fire, so plan accordingly for that. Gameplay is simple platform jumping and shooting, but unfortunately the game is insanely difficult. You can only take 2 hits before losing a life and the enemies seem to come nonstop, plus every weapon works in a different way with different trajectories, so you have to plan ahead with next to no time to figure out what to do. Also there's a lot of precision jumping made more frustrating by the nonstop enemies and fast pace. You also can't save your game, which is bad because of the difficulty and it is a long game.
If you like your platformers crepy, fast-paced, and insanely hard, then you might want to check this one out. Otherwise, let this one collect dust in the bargain bins.