iOS, AndroidMarch 17, 2017 Ghouls 'n Ghosts, known as Dai Makaimura[a] in Japan, is a 1988 platform video game developed and published by Capcom for arcades.

When Sir Arthur returns to the village, his rescue attempt was too soon as his beloved Princess Prin-Prin also has her soul taken away from her body in front of his very eyes.

Now it's up to the heroic knight once again to slay his way to the hellish castle to defeat the evil Lucifer and his legion of demons and restore the souls of Prin-Prin and every mortal.

The player controls the knight Arthur who must advance through a series of eerie levels and defeat a number of undead and demonic creatures in his quest to restore all the people killed by Lucifer (Loki in the English-language Sega Genesis and Master System versions), including his beloved Princess Prin-Prin, back to life.

Many computer ports of the game include the soundtrack by Tim Follin which consists of arrangements and some new songs.

Follin's soundtrack – especially Commodore 64, Atari ST (which both implement each machines' 'chiptune' synthesizers, although the selection of pieces and some scoring differs slightly between computers) and Amiga versions (of which the playlist is again slightly different) – is respected among computer game music listeners and also gained appreciation from reviewers when the game was published.

[7] Versions of Ghouls 'n Ghosts were released in Europe in 1989 for the Amstrad CPC, Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, and ZX Spectrum.

This version was also included on the Sega Genesis Mini in 2019, and on the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack in 2023.

This version introduced a power-up system that allows the player to enter secret shops and upgrade parts of their armor.

In Japan, Game Machine listed Ghouls 'n Ghosts on their January 15, 1989 issue as being the second most-successful table arcade unit of the month, outperforming titles like Image Fight and Truxton.

[42] The Virtual Console release (ported from the Sega Genesis) was rated 6.5 out of 10 by GameSpot,[43] 7.5 out of 10 by IGN,[44] and 9 out of 10 stars by Nintendo Life.