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I picked up Ghosts'n Goblins for the Game Boy Color around its release in 2000, a time when Capcom was porting a lot of its arcade classics to handhelds. It was a familiar name, a straightforward action game that fit right into the portable library of the era.

You control the knight Arthur, running and jumping through a series of side scrolling stages filled with zombies and demons. Your main goal is to rescue the princess from the final boss, fighting your way through six distinct levels. The signature mechanics are simple but punishing; you can find different weapons like lances and daggers to throw, and you lose your armor after a single hit, leaving you in your underwear and vulnerable. The pacing is relentless, with enemies swarming from all directions, and the difficulty is famously steep, demanding precise jumps and quick attacks. Playing it feels like a constant, tense scramble for survival where every small victory is hard won.