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I have fond memories of playing Ghosts 'N Goblins on the NES. Well, maybe fond is the wrong word, but not really. It's hard to say. I mean, how fond can you really feel about getting your ass handed to you when your age is still in the single-digits? But strangely enough, the memory of me enjoying this game is there. I had the NES game, and I played it quite often. Though I don't remember ever really making it out of that first graveyard.

So then, what is it about Ghosts 'N Goblins that makes it such a classic? We may never know. And although I can certainly make it much further today than when I was in elementary school, I still can't seem to beat it. And yet, it's still no less fun. Perhaps it just is what it is, and we all just accept that.

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The Game Boy Color port was released in 2000 and is a pretty accurate retelling of the NES classic. At least the way that I remember it. To be honest, I haven't gone back and compared it to the NES version, but that seems to make sense anyway. Ghosts 'N Goblins is a game that I may look back on far more fondly than I should, so thinking of it highly regardless of what it really may be is probably appropriate. Though I want to curse the game out for being so hard and destroying me every time, I honestly just can't help enjoying it thoroughly.

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