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.

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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

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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/

Los 100 mejores videojuegos de la historia by John Tones and Carlos Carabaña : https://www.revistagq.com/noticias/tecnologia/galerias/los-100-mejores-videojuegos-de-la-historia/8951

Ghosts 'N Goblins by ERROR72 in 23:48 - SGDQ2018: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSnUpA2RQ18

Gamer of the Year 2022: Let Me Solo Her by Tyler Colp | PC Gamer: https://www.pcgamer.com/gamer-of-the-year-2022-let-me-solo-her/

Super MadNES - Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts SNES - "Haunted Graveyard" [Stage 1] - Cover: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FCExhVssi0

Story Breakdown Cannon Spike (Dreamcast) | Defunct Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9U3V0yrObg

Calling All GamePros | Game #19 February 1991, p. 10: https://www.retromags.com/files/file/2909-gamepro-issue-019-february-1991

Introducing Team GamePro | Game Pro #25 August 1991, p. 12: https://archive.org/details/game-pro-issue-25-august-1991/page/n13/mode/2up

Cyril Lachel on Game Pro TV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3b68rHt1aQ

Electronic Gaming Monthly's Best & Worst Awards of 1989 | Defunct Games : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=resrK7BdzqE

Truancy | A Bit of Fry and Laurie S04E07: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ptbb0etSU08

Super Ghouls 'n' Ghosts by NME in 39:59 - AGDQ2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpDqAPc031o

Electronic Gaming Monthly's Best & Worst Awards of 1989 | Defunct Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-rPOG09QtY

Holy Diver - Collector’s Edition | Retro Bit: https://retro-bit.com/holy-diver/

Nintendo Classics: Top 276 Games on Nintendo Switch Online (According to the Critics) | Defunct Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ytx4z7v98kU

Ghouls 'n Ghosts by Aquas and dosboxfalco in 19:29 - AGDQ2020: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLNYgfyITlA