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S3E14: The Ghosts 'n Goblins trilogy -or- History Doomed to Repeat Itself
Season 3 Episode 14
Cyril from Defunct Games armors up for Ghosts ‘n Goblins (NES), Ghouls ‘n Ghosts (Sega Genesis/Mega Drive), and Super Ghouls ‘n Ghosts (SNES) as he joins Mike & Jaymo on The Old SwitchAroo’s epic quest to research and review every retro game in Nintendo Switch Online’s Nintendo Classics catalog!
In this episode, we talk about the value of preserving contemporary game reviews of retro video games, Capcom’s mostly forgotten former mascot Captain Commando and the Captain Commando Challenge Series, what the challenges are for ports of arcade games, and Cyril shares his experience as part of GamePro Magazine’s Team GamePro.
Thanks for listening, and a very special thanks to Kristal Fields of The Lazy Circles for our theme song! Subscribe to The Old SwitchAroo to get more retro goodness delivered straight to your feed! You can also join the fun on https://www.theoldswitcharoo.com where you'll find access to our Discord, voicemail, and so much more!
Game on, everyone.
(0:00) Intro
(1:19) Welcoming Cyril
(5:20) Ghosts ‘n Goblins
(43:24) Ghouls ‘n Ghosts
(1:14:53) Super Ghouls ‘n Ghosts
(1:48:14) Ranking Retro
(1:50:15) NintenDO or NintenDON’T
Defunct Games is at http://www.defunctgames.com/ and on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@DefunctGames
Ghosts ‘n Goblins manual: https://www.nintendo.co.jp/clv/manuals/en/pdf/CLV-P-NABCE.pdf
Ghouls ‘n Ghosts manual: https://manuals.sega.com/genesismini/pdf/GHOULS_N_GHOSTS.pdf
Super Ghouls ‘n Ghosts manual: https://www.nintendo.co.jp/clvs/manuals/common/pdf/CLV-P-SABDE.pdf
The 50 Most S*** Hot Games Ever | Hyper #50 December 1997, p47-52: https://archive.org/details/hyper-050/page/n45/mode/2up
IGN’s Top 100 Games: https://web.archive.org/web/20141207120250/http://top100.ign.com/2003/
Les 100 meilleurs jeux de tous les temps: https://www.jeuxvideo.com/dossiers/00014196/les-100-meilleurs-jeux-de-tous-les-temps.htm
Top 100 Video Games of All Time | G4TV : https://web.archive.org/web/20141123063703/http://www.g4tv.com/top-100
1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by Tony Mott: https://www.amazon.com/1001-Video-Games-Must-Before/dp/B005DI8LX2
The 100 Greatest Video Games of All Time by Bo Moore | Popular Mechanics (2014): https://www.videogamecanon.com/lists/popular-mechanics-2014/