Ghouls N’ Ghosts (Sega Master System)

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Ghouls N’ Ghosts (Sega Master System). This preowned Sega Master System game cartridge is in good condition and comes as pictured without case (no box included – cartridge only).

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Ghouls’n Ghosts is an action platform game for the Sega Mega Drive and the Sega Master System.

The Master System game, like the Mega Drive version, reproduces the gameplay and the stages of the arcade version, but it features a unique power-up system. Players control the knight Arthur and fight hordes of enemies to reach the end of each stage, where a boss guards the gate to the next stage. Arthur moves with Left or Right and kneels with Down. He jumps with 2. He climbs ladders with Up and descends them with Down.

Arthur attacks with 1 by throwing a weapon. He can attack while standing, kneeling, or jumping. He can attack directly upwards with Up+1; while in midair, he can attack directly downwards with Down+1. Arthur can use a magical ability by holding 1 to charge the ability and then releasing 1 when the magic gauge starts flashing to cast it. Using a magical ability costs a segment of the magic gauge (with more advanced spells costing more bars). The player can change the current magical ability by pausing the game with PAUSE .

Arthur begins the game wearing a suit of plate armor. When he is injured, he loses a health point (depicted by a heart). When he only has one health point remaining, his armor falls off, leaving him wearing only his underwear. If he is injured without his armor, he turns into a skeleton and loses a life. Arthur starts with his armor again at the beginning of each stage or after losing a life. The game ends if the player runs out of lives.

Throughout the stages, Arthur uncovers mysterious treasure chests, which contain either an evil magician or a magical door. The magician casts a spell that temporarily transforms Arthur into a helpless duck (if he has armor on) or an old man (if he is in his underwear). The magical door leads to a chamber where Arthur can upgrade his armor or weapon or where Arthur can restore either his health or magic points. At the end of each stage, the door instead leads to a boss fight.

Arthur begins with a set of silver armor, but he can upgrade it over the course of the game to red, green, and gold armor, with each new color having improved characteristics. He has three armor pieces: the helmet, which gives him access to more magic spells as it is upgraded; the armor, which gives him more health points as it is upgraded; and the shoes, which increase his movement speed and jumping ability as they are upgraded. There are six weapons of increasing power, which are upgraded in sequence. Arthur retains his armor and weapon after losing a life. He cannot fight the final boss, Loki, unless he is wearing the highest-level armor pieces and armed with the most powerful weapon.