[TAS] Arcade Ghosts 'n Goblins by Ferret Warlord in

This is a tool-assisted speedrun. For more information, see tasvideos.org/...
TAS originally published on 2012-01-25
Ghosts 'n Goblins (1986) (known in Japanese as 魔界村 Makaimura, "Demon World Village") begins with a normal scene: a half-naked knight is on a date in a graveyard with a princess. Suddenly, a demon appears and abducts the princess! The knight quickly suits up and makes rapid progres (sic) through the demon world in an attempt to rescue his royal girlfriend.
This run of the original arcade game completes the first cycle in 6 minutes and 27.17 seconds. We also have a run of the NES port ( tasvideos.org/... ), but the game engines are so different that a comparison between the two times doesn't make any sense. Reaching the end credits requires a second run-through of the game which would be identical to the first run-through; this is omitted in this run.

[@vulcan6460]

As someone who has a good amount of experience in this game, seeing the TAS run past everything in stage 6 and then wake both Satans at once gave me anxiety

[@OmegaVideoGameGod]

I know I love tas runs because they’re really show how far we can beat a game and push it to the limits.

[@pingamalinga]

Yeah that ending was hairy. 😳

[@solarflare9078]

5:47 Ah yes. Ghosts n Goblins successfully following the arcade rule of "make the final stage a massive difficulty spike" so much, it manages to make the game slowdown (arcade games slowing down is pretty rare, save for Technos Japan games)

[@theraymunator]

Local man goes on a walk through the forest and casually spits lances and kills the devil

[@rafterscott]

This TAS might have been faster if Arthur had longer legs. Damn those things are tiny.

[@kornpb]

characteristics of games from the 80s 😄

[@pingamalinga]

Hahaha. Imagine walking into an arcade in 87 and doing this? Then check your watch and leave. 😂

[@SunnyTacos]

I love this game, I can't wait for Resurrection to be released for PS4. GET THE KNIFE.

[@AliciaRodriguez-ip3yn]

6:00 That part was epic LOL

[@JojoushiPWI]

" MAKE RAPID PROGRES. " Lmao. That end screen seems like ghost busters on NES all over again.

[@aodhablackheart]

It's not the end screen, it's only halfway. There's a better ending if you finish it properly, with even better spelling mistake :)

[@TrueAgentZeroVT]

A Very Hardcore Game Beat it! Like a Walk in the park Amazing Run

[@Mantelar]

Watching what it takes to no hit these levels, it’s like the devs laid down the monsters to ensure just running right wasn’t gonna work.

[@masoncouch2612]

Tool-Assisted Speedrun Need For Speed Underground.

[@masoncouch2612]

Incredible.

[@masoncouch2612]

Cool.

[@masoncouch2612]

@Zach That's not it.

[@masoncouch2612]

@Zach I heard that.

[@solarflare9078]

@@masoncouch2612 bad bot. Bad

[@jasonquiver6907]

Arthur: trying his best to save the princess Also Arthur when key: HRGHBBRBRBRBRBRBRBRBRBRBBRGH

[@peterhan2785]

That was awesome !

[@kingmiller1982]

NES Music>Arcade Music

[@pingamalinga]

Lmao!!! That was the hairiest Ghosts N Goblins boss fight vs 2 Satans there at end. Well done! 😅

[@anthonyiodice]

Nice catch!

[@noside.foxhound]

We need more Arcade TAS videos!

[@noside.foxhound]

@Electronic Sports Fine then, just me. lol

[@VasiliosDemertzis]

❤ΔΕΝ ΕΧΩ ΧΡΟΝΟ❤ΓΙΑ ΑΛΛΟ ΠΟΝΟ❤

[@solarflare9078]

Weird sound emulation. The music randomly slowing down, wrong instrument frequencies, sometimes, the music gets too loud, etc. Surely, this doesn't happen on a real arcade board?

[@ezgames6925]

this TAS was made using Final Burn Alpha, it should sound better if ran on MAME

[@OmegaVideoGameGod]

Very good 😊

[@kitezzz360]

game was brutally hard, it was designed to milk you of your coins fast

[@ilovekatsumi]

Whats the difference between ghost'n ghouls and ghost'n goblins?

[@pcachu]

Ghosts 'n Goblins is the first game, Ghouls 'n Ghosts is the sequel.

[@venom74799]

What manner of sorcery is this??

[@tomypower4898]

yes go to the page

[@Formula_Zero_EX]

Seriously, a demon stealing something from the protagonist and forcing him to play an extremely difficult game? What is this, Cuphead before Cuphead even exist?

[@solarflare9078]

@Zach Surprised you did. The NES port was baaaad. No surprise when you've got *Micronics* porting the game to NES. I actually found Cuphead too easy but that's probably because I had prior experience with Gunstar Heroes on the Mega Drive (what the Cuphead devs said they took inspiration from).

[@firecapemario3180]

0:40 firebrand

[@MrHellboy112]

why red devils and unicorns are so weak? o.O

[@user-hn2ye4zd9k]

겁나 빠르네~ 쵝옷~!

[@myshieldsave-back9157]

A. Question to those who created this game ( ghost gobblin ) were the same that made the game ( trojan )....🤔🇩🇴

[@AliciaRodriguez-ip3yn]

:0 Habra que esperar

[@cbuosi]

Yes, CAMPCOM

[@aodhablackheart]

That's only half of it.

[@q0a8]

La sava tu en fais moins 😂 mais je kiff quand même gg quand même a ferret pour son TAS il a fais seule donc il a dû passer du temp 😁

[@ecozones2d627]

Legit

[@MidnightVideo666]

Lol omg

[@스타유즈맵]

Author : Fxxx

[@ebanoblackorei393]

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[@unlimitedset]

เกมส์บ้าอะไรฟ่ะนี่

[@JosephRobinsonSMBX]

I have to say, even for a 1986 arcade game, the music is awful.

[@xRocketzFighterx]

Sound cards are pretty obnoxiously loud but they had to be to attract players in an actual arcade. Back then these places were booming with tons of people making noise and other games making noise so having a game be loud is important to get someone's attention. hearing these arcade games from our normal headphones and speakers without the public ambience makes them sound god awful. You can just put on your tunes or favourite remix artist covering this game or another one.