Ghouls 'N Ghosts Arcade - Arthur's Feet Behind Grass

THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS AN OFFICIAL, ARCADE-PERFECT VERSION OF GHOULS 'N GHOSTS on CONSOLES, COMPUTERS OR ANY HOME GAME PLATFORM.
(not counting roms played on emus)

This is for the HARD-FUCKING-CORE comparison freak like me, and oh, in the rest of the world, maybe 3 or 4 of YOU out there on the internet, maybe in Japan, maybe in California or whatever.

The Arcade, and ONLY the Arcade version of Daimakaimura ~ Ghouls 'N Ghosts, you can see Arthur's feet or other parts of himself get obscured or hidden behind the blades of grass in stage 1-1. (and stage 1-2, not shown).

It's as if parts of the grass, where it's a little taller than the rest, have a depth to them. not a parallax scrolling layer, but a 'flat' layer or depth. It is a neat little effect.

Okay sure, it doesn't really mean much, but, I wanted to point this difference out.

Even the *almost* arcade-identical ports of Ghouls 'Ghosts on the Sharp X68000 computer (Japan only), Sega Saturn, Playstation, Xbox and Playstation2, do NOT have this nifty little effect, of Arthur's feet/legs/other parts of him disappearing behind blades of grass.

ONLY on the CPS (Capcom Player System) Arcade version of Ghouls 'n Ghosts do you get to see this. of course, it will show up in MAME or whatever emulator you use to play the *ARCADE* ROM.




Go ahead, check your Playstation, Saturn, Playstation2 and Xbox versions (and Genesis-MegaDrive and SuperGrafx for that matter) you won't see it. It doesn't happen. Arthur's feet / legs will not go behind the grass. you can even check out the X68000 version on the real machine or on an emulator like WinX68K, you won't see it there either. I've looked. It's arcade exclusive.



This is one reason why there is NO SUCH THING AS 'ARCADE PERFECT', even with the near-exact ports to more powerful consoles.

some of the faggots on neo-geo.com forum and
digitalpress forum ARE OWNED because of their sheer stupidity and faggotry.

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• Arcade
• Ghouls
• 'N
• Ghosts

[scir91]

i always preferred playing the arcade versions of games instead of console ports. with MAME, Nebula, system16 and a host of other emulation options, or even the board itself played on a supergun arcade system, it's now easier than ever.

note - the only arcade perfect version of street fighter 2 is also arcade only. ALL console ports removed the various fun glitches with guile, dhalsim, and other characters.

[AirRaidX]

true, true, true :)

[chaosruins]

Well arcade is usually best, arcade versions are the originals and the console versions are simply ports/copies. There's some other guy really laying into you about the Master System version verses the arcade, surely the original arcade version is better, who cares about a shop... The game itself, in my opinion, isn't that good anyway, arcade or numerous console versions.

[AirRaidX]

the guy was being kinda funny, I enjoyed his little spoof.

[achiles1616]

Why didnt anybody mention the arcade-perfect sharp x68000 version which is pixel per pixel identical.

[heychuall]

why would you not want fair balanced matches? granted even the ports have character tiers...

[Sanvean9]

I'm looking to buy the actual arcade for my arcade game center, but I can't find it anywhere! I love this game so much!

[airraideagle]

absolutely correct. this is true of every release of Capcom Classic Collection

(PS2, Xbox, PSP)

[JohnnyUndaunted]

The version on the Capcom Classics Collection was emulated from the PlayStation Capcom Generation port, rather than the original CPS game. Its easy to tell because of the Loading screens in the Street Fighter II games.

[RainMan34]

"Cool"? Really mate, wtf are you going on about?

I find it very cool that people are still playing this game (and other classics) and are (gasp) enjoying it. Even people who weren't around to experience it in the arcade firsthand are free to enjoy the game, right? It is the mark of a good game that it can be played well outside of it's 'era' and still maintain a sense of relevance...

But then again, playing video games past their prime is all about being cool and trendy, isn't it?

[DanielBMS]

Aha! The non MAME versions are not perfect after all. It just goes to show that video game preservation should be handled by us.

[italianbubble]

You should have shown a comparison to the other versions