Super Ghouls ’N Ghosts

What the reviews talk about

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What the critics said

• As with prior Ghosts 'n Goblins games, Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts's very high difficulty was discussed, with Nintendo Life's Damien McFerran declaring it "16-bit gaming at its most unforgiving".

  — Nintendo Life, 2013 (Damien McFerran de)

• Wrote ACE magazine's David Upchurch, the game was "tough but rarely frustrating, and will keep you coming back again and again until it's been cracked".

  — ACE, 1991

• Claimed Super Gamer, "there's a multitude of power-ups, hideously imaginative monsters and fantastic settings, including a beautifully drawn sunken ship."

  — Super Gamer, 1994

• Nintendo Life staff, in addition to noting the "outstanding sprite work" and "lots of neat little touches in the background", also focused on Mode 7 effects, such as the zooming of enemy sprites and rotating platforms.

  — Nintendo Life, 2007

• Martin Gaksch of Video Games described the game as a mixture of "modern action entertainment and a hodgepodge of innovative ideas".

  — Video Games, 1992 (Martin Gaksch)

• Super Pro felt it had more depth and replay-a-bility than other arcade ports due to its "exciting" graphics and sound and the "variety and imagination" in its level design.

  — Super Pro, 1992· about another version

• They praised the game's graphics as "Top notch" and gave praise for the game's classic arcade gameplay, concluding: "It's constantly challenging but also has a wonderfully friendly learning curve."

  — Total!, 1995· about another version

From the Reception section of Wikipedia's Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts article, under CC BY-SA 4.0. The words are the critics'; their full reviews are on the publishers' pages.

Scores

• ACE 1991 SNES: 915/1000
• AllGame GBA: 4/5 (other versions)
• Aktueller Software Markt 1992 SNES: 10/12
• Computer and Video Games 1991 SNES: 89/100
• Electronic Gaming Monthly 1991 SNES: 36/40
• Eurogamer 2007 WII: 6/10 (other versions)
• Famitsu 1991 SNES: 27/40
• GamePro 1991 GBA: 16.5/20 ; SNES: 23/25
• GameSpot 2002 GBA: 7.4/10 ; WII: 6.9/10 (other versions)
• GameZone 1991 GBA: 9/10 ; SNES: 90/100
• IGN 2002 GBA: 8.5/10 ; WII: 8/10 (other versions)
• Mean Machines SNES: 94%
• Nintendo Life 2007 WII: 9/10 ; WIIU (GBA): 6/10 ; WIIU (SNES): 9/10
• Nintendo Power 1991 SNES: 16.6/20
• Nintendo World Report 2013 WIIU: 6/10 (other versions)
• Super Play 1993 SNES: 85%
• USgamer 2019 SNES: 3.5/5
• Video Games (DE) 1992 SNES: 84%
• SNES Force SNES: 89%
• Super Pro SNES: 85/100

From the review table of Wikipedia's article. The face takes, first that applies: the Metascore for this platform, GameRankings' archived average, our average of the critics (one number per publication, a panel averaged), one review alone, the players' rating. Critics and players are never mixed.

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