Ghouls'n Ghosts ARCADE EDITION for the SEGA MegaDrive
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- This is a first comparison video for my Ghouls'n Ghosts ARCADE EDITION hack for the SEGA MegaDrive, an ongoing project that you can read about on the SEGA-16 forum at this address:
www.sega-16.co....
The original conversion from 1989 from SEGA was impressive for the time, but it really had to heavily cut the graphics to fit the small 5Mbit cartridge.
I am trying to restore the gorgeous aesthetics of the arcade game as much as possible, increasing the level of detail, the number of on-screen colors and the animation frames.
I have now completed a first version of stage 1, and while many things remain to be fixed I am sharing a first video where I compare my hack to the original MD game from 1989 (first run) and to the arcade game (second run).
For the MD games I am using the GENS emulator, and for the arcade game the MAME emulator.
During the second run the aspect ratio of the MD video is adjusted to match that of the arcade game.
It looks almost arcade perfect and IMO the Mega Drive port has already tighter controls than the original, so this has potential to be the best version of a classic! I hope you'll find the energy and motivation to complete this project. It's too good to stay unfinished!
The whole scene need to know about this wonderful project!!
Impressive aMaru!!! 👏👏👏
Hi, Máster! Any news about this project? No more videos since a long time ago. I hope everything is allright.
It's insane how much has been improved, and how close it gets to the original. Good job, this is amazing!
Really impressive. Now MD will get a perfect conversion thanks to you!!
Its good to know this version could never be mass produced on Cartridge due to the huge amount of memory needed for it
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This is amazing aMaru! It really looks fantastic and holds up extremely well against the arcade. In some ways, I even like it more than the arcade! Keep up the great work and thank you!
I know right? There are so many little things improved over the arcade original. And it clearly blows the Supergrafix version.
There looks like a lot more colours than the 1st MD version.
only now that I became aware of your work, I liked it a lot, I wanted to know if it will have better sound effects and music more similar to the arcade version, a suggestion would be possible a mode for 2 players? this is the guy who makes the most amazing songs for mega drive, talk to him to see if he makes the music for this arcade version ua-cam.com/video/DLfYNIDTSuM/v-deo.html
Good
Awesome! I aways felt that the mega drive version lacked some things, but now is looking AMAZING!
Nice work!
Whoa! It's almost arcade perfect! The Genesis port in 1989 was truly something to behold but only having a 5meg cart held it back. Now, now we see the Genesis not only pounding the Super Grafx version into dust but standing toe-to-toe with the arcade original. Bravo, bravo.
Correction- I think this port looks better than the arcade in certain areas. When he goes to pick up the gold armor during the arcade vs. Genesis part *second run the ground looks more defined on Sega's 16-bit machine. When he gets to the blowing trees the arcade gets a touch better but just the same...I am in awe here.
The improvements are insanely impressive. Thanks for doing this!
Awesome improvement!! The Mega Drive/Genesis port of Ghouls 'n Ghosts was great gameplay wise but felt a bit lacking graphically, I suppose due to being an early release and having a small ROM size. The graphical improvement shown in this work in progress hack is incredible. Looking forward to seeing more stages and the whole game improved!
Sensational work friend, could you please add the intro of the arcade? , if it is possible, if it is not, still a fabulous job. your work is praiseworthy.
They had to do something I feel the super Nintendo was better sound and better picture than the genesis.
Is this coded for 60hz Japanese Megadrive? I hope it’s not a speed optimised 50hz pal version.
That was awesome ! do you have a demo ?
How can I help? Would love to contribute.
Hopefully there will be a Golden Axe Arcade Edition. ;)
There is a shinobi arcade edition!
There's a 32x hack that gives you those arcade quality backgrounds.
What an amazing job, keep up this project and congratulations!
Brilliant work. I find projects like this and Final Fight Ultimate much more interesting than the new PS5 games. I was baffled by the poor, colour decisions made for the Megadrive port of Ghouls N Ghosts and especially Final Fight CD. I was sure the system was capable of better results and it's true.
2:09 at this moment, this hack version is different than Arcade and Supergrafx version 😉
So, for years, I dreamed of going back and re-working the Graphic's on Ghouls'n Ghosts. At the time, when GNG was released, memory was the limitation but the Genesis was more than capable of doing a better port. You've done an amazing job! Wow! Although the soundtrack is find, I'd see if someone out there would be willing to re-interpret the score, just so the game has a different feel.
My only note is that I don't like the blue/Green color of the Ghoul's faces/bones.
I saw some pictures you did on "The Official aMaru Thread: Amazing Mega Drive Hacks" and the Ghouls/Skeletons have a brownish gradiant color used. It looks better. It's different from the arcade but an improvement as it has a nice contrast.
Yeah updated OST/sound effects would be choice
Thanks for this marvelous work.
Amazing Job! I even like the "contrasty" look of the hack better than the Arcade sometimes.
Wow spectacular. I really hope you are able to finish this.
Para mim, em alguns aspectos, sua versão "remasterizada" para o Genesis está até melhor que o Arcade artisticamente falando, parabéns por estar fazendo um projeto tão especial!
the most beautiful restyling I've ever seen for megadrive, I hope it's ready I'll take, thanks
I knew the GENESIS was capable of doing a much better port.. In fact with a little more effort the GENESIS could be looking even better than the arcade.
2:28 aMaru hack version has way more details
Love this work to be done on golden axe.
Excellent!! Congratulations!!!!
MD hack version looks better than the arcade!
It looks really fantastic and is very close to the arcade version.
Impressive! Congratulations, your work is fantastic. Is there a demo already? I would like to test it on the console. I have all mega drive models
Amazing!
Great job!!
Incredible !!!
Wow this looks better than the arcade!
A diferença entre o original e a hack é como a diferença entre os gráficos do NES e os gráficos do Master System. Uma pena que essa hack nunca foi concluída.
Actually prefer the Megadrive graphics over the arcade here. Well done!
Incredible! This is insane! Thanks for all efforts!
I can tell a lot of T.L.C. was put into this project already. Looks great so far! There's a significant increase in detail.
This is really great, thank you very much!!!
Looks as good as tbe SuperGrafx version now, but where's the HUD?
Beautiful work. For some reason the butchered backgrounds in this game always bothered me more than in MD Strider, possibly as it's a slower-paced game so you have more time to dwell on such things as missing mass graves and disappointingly flat windmills.
I passsssss all this shit
Seriously impressive.
Was this project canceled? I noticed that the URL is 404. Hopefully not because it looked very promising.
Big thumbs up to this. You can definitely notice the improvements, with rock formations looking like carved rock and not repeated tiles. Will be looking forward to this for sure.
Amazing work! This is something I've always wanted to see. It's too bad that Sega couldn't give this one more memory to add in all of those amazing background tiles so it'll be great to finally have Sega version that is more accurate than the Supergrafx version!
Very impressive.
This is highly impressive work.
Hey, I'm posting this on April 18 2022, let us know when you finish make a patch, I love your work so far and want to play this massive graphical improvement of Ghouls & Ghost asap!
Hey, I'm posting this on july 26 2022, let us know when you finish make a patch, I love your work so far and want to play this massive graphical improvement of Ghouls & Ghost asap!
Massa!
When arcades games were ported to consoles back in the day would they have been given all the programming code? Obviously consoles were much inferior back in the days so a lot of improvising would have been done.
The difference is like night and day. Spectacular job, congratulations!! 👏🏻👏🏻💪🏻💪🏻
Omg what a huge difference
Close to arcade perfect, there are still missing frames from enemies and bosses, but much better in everything else than the original genesis...bet its much bigger too
2022年的版本很神奇，顏色呈現看起來較多，程度超越PC engine-SG版本，有些對比甚至略勝AC，本來以為是用32X的性能移植，但是看到Boss死亡時，圖像有點閃爍，這就令人疑問？
MD只有512色調色盤呈現64色，如果是32X的性能與32768調色盤，是幾乎能完整移植CP1基板的，但是Boss的圖像不可能會閃爍。
Глазам не верю, я заметил моменты, где этот порт лучше аркадного оригинала. Автор этого порта сделал то, чего Capcom не смогли бы сделать всем роем, даже в их лучшие годы (когда они делали хоть сколь-нибудь вменяемые игры (совсем недолго)). (кажется это было в 100.500.80х годах до нашей эры) В принципе, очевидно, что на Сеге такое вполне возможно. Хотя поражает не этот факт (что японцы халтурщики) а как обычно - долбаные триллионы зомби-фанатов их подделок по всему миру.
Amazing. Do you think it could be ported for the Atari Jaguar?
Impressive work. 👏👏👏
I wonder why they went so hard on reducing the tile count on the original MD port. Were they going on instinct, maybe, and maybe the devs were used to the NES or older systems?
Awesome job !
Belíssimo trabalho. Parabéns!
Wow you are making this already great game and amazing piece of art. Great job!
If that ships this will probably be the best looking games on the Genesis! Absolutely amazing work!
Do we know what will be the final size for the ROM?
I wish more people did re-ports of some classic games like this one (Golden Axe, Strider, etc.)
Arcade GnG is 32 Mbit in ROM size, so I'd guess aMaru's hack will end up somewhere between 24-32.
Shinobi lll is the best game of Sega ever and best graphics ever, but this one is good as well
ROM?
This looks great. The colours are much more richer and all round it look great. All the best with it.
Amazing work!!!
You're doing an excellent job! I'm eager to know your advances!
After this, please redraw The Punisher!
Amazing! I'm so impressed aMaru.
Looks as good as the super graphx version now. Maybe better.
Does anyone know the Rom size for this hack.
Now I can get my butt kicked in near arcade-perfect bliss
Tá ficando incrível,o Mega Drive vai continuar vivo por muitos anos,os fãs sempre trazendo trabalhos fantásticos.
Skeleton murderers are too green, and the color of cloud is weird too. I think the original colors of them are better.
spectacular. Do you plan to make the game rom available or purchasable when it is finished? Can you download a demo version?
感觉很厉害
Great job!
That's amazing! looks better than the arcade!
Es exelente el trabajo que realizaste!! Te felicito!!
Great job 👍
Es espectacular!! Esto merece ser visto por todo el mundo!
This Is Amazing ! I Love This Game ! Nice Work ! 💪🔥🔥
I would change the fireball explosion that the enemies make when they are killed too. The original Genesis version didn't do that effect very well.
Your work is fantastic!
I always found it odd how in the arcade version stage 1, the dark clouds end abruptly after the giant guillotine, is that an emulation error or do you think that is what the programmers intended, just curious?
Amazing work!
Este é outro Jogo que tipicamente os Nintendistas gostavam de colocar lado a lado com a do SNES pra ficar ridicularizando o do Mega e dizendo era impossivel fazer igual ao snes, o Mega ia explodir, ou como os gráficos do SNES chutava BUNDAS, e deixavam o Mega comendo POEIRA de tão PODRE, e INFERIOR que era. Agora, com gráficos tão parecidos com o do Arcade, fica a pergunta... Quem esta comendo poeira e levando chutes na BUNDA agora?
Wow, looks like it was totally remade. Never realized until now how off the OG version was. One of my very favorites for the Genesis. Awesome.
amazing improvements on an already strikingly beautiful game
looks great
This looks impressive. Looking forward to trying it out.
It would be cool to port the arcade music, since the Genesis is quite capable to do the same instruments!
Increíble!!!,que ganas tenía que alguien hiciera está maravilla,ojalá lo termines aMaru 💪
I have a request: Could you make a Japanese version of this game? The only things to change are translating a bit of text and adding the Japanese Title screen.
The Japanese version is already on the original cart, there's a cheat code that will allow you to switch the title screen and txt
will it run on original sega mega drive hardware (via sd-cartridge) ? :S that would be like a dream come true..
Hi aMaru, any news about your fantastic work ?¿? Thanks :)
Nice work. The original port was great for the time, but seeing today is a bit ugly.
Very good job.
it's a shame what they did by cutting those Boss animations when starting the fight...
That is something that is going to be very difficult to add.
Very impressive. I would be interested to see a comparison with the SuperGrafX version, too.
It is greatly improved! Will it work at 60hz too?
When will u release it or is it vaporware, just like the original arcade shinobi on the megadrive?