Reviews

Ghoul's N Ghosts has some fantastic 128K music on the title screen. It's worth taking a moment to enjoy it before being plunged into a frustratingly difficult game. On the first level Grim Reapers will appear, often enough right on top of you or near enough that you do not have time to kill them. There's also the problem of the sprites blending in with the background. There's nothing more annoying than being killed by an enemy you can't see. Despite being so difficult it is a game that you want to persevere with and it is possible to make progress. It's just too hard for me to get any real enjoyment out of.

I don't actually think I had ever played the Spectrum version before until now. It's just as difficult as its predecessor Ghost 'n' Goblins but that looked the better game to me, its graphics being nicer for instance. The music is wonderful, everything else is just off to me. Much preferring the previous game.

I was never a fan of the original conversion by Elite, and I'm not a fan of the conversion of the sequel made by U.S. Gold, which plays in the same way: the hard way. Aesthetically is an overall improvement, both visually and sound-wise, and indeed there's a one-more-go factor, it's pretty good a game, by I just can't bring myself to give it 4/5. (for now).
3,5/5