HOT NEWS as Ghosts'n Goblins has arrived as a Commodore Amiga AGA edition via JOTD! [UPDATE]

If you played ' Ghosts'n Goblins ' the first game in the Ghosts 'n Goblins franchise on systems such as the Amstrad, Amiga, Atari, C64 and ZX Spectrum, or the more recent arcade overhaul that was released for the Plus/4. You'll be interested to know that as of just recently, JOTD has finally released the eagerly awaited Ghosts'n Goblins AGA for the Commodore Amiga. An enhanced version for the Amiga 1200 and above bringing it more in line with the Arcade classic. 


Left Original / Right AGA

Originally the game was being worked on by Skyzoo73 in the Scorpion Engine. However with his blessing as the game wasn't going to go any further, JOTD continued his work from scratch without the Scorpion Engine all fully transcoded with a final release today. In fact not only does the game look graphically superior compared to the original OCS version by Elite which was already very good, but it now features music by IM76, and as noted by JOTD previously "kicks ass with new new things like interrupt-based blitting and corkscrew"

Features:
  • - all 7 levels in 64 colors
  • - PAL/NTSC (NTSC recommended for smooth scrolling)
  • - exact arcade gameplay
  • - awesome music
  • - difficulty/lives settings
  • - service mode :)
  • - CD32 version with audio tracks, runs on stock CD32
  • - Requires a 2-button joystick, or the keyboard, some fast memory. But there's also a 1 button and up for jump option now.
Credits:
  • - jotd: reverse-engineering, 68000 transcode, graphics conversion, sound conversion for the Amiga.
  • - IM76: music
  • - PascalDe73: icons
  • - Capcom: original game
[UPDATE]: 

JOTD has released some new updates to the game with the following changes.
  • v1.01: fixed crashes on highscore, menu to select options (disabled for now as it doesn't start with it!)
  • v1.1: CD32 version startup menu is now active. Fixed level select as well.
And that's all there is to say about the game, so head on over to the link (HERE) and check out this awesome release by JOTD.
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17 comments:

  1. JOTD2 June 2026 at 20:16

    the novelty here is that it comes with a CD32 version with CD audio tracks of the original game.

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    1. Anonymous4 June 2026 at 13:02

      Hallo again JOTD!...another great AMIGA work...congratulations!...but...please reply me...can you create an AMIGA porting of MIKIE?

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  2. RevStu2 June 2026 at 23:34

    I'm loving it when it works, but it's VERY VERY crashy on Amiberry, I don't think I've ever got to start my second life without the Red And White Texty Screen Of Death :(

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    1. JOTD7 June 2026 at 21:46

      I think your emulation is at fault. Winuae is good for CD32 emulation but other are maybe a bit late. It works on a real machine, I tested it myself.

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  3. NIght_Creature3 June 2026 at 07:05

    Thanx JOTD , this is 100 % perfect Work.

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  4. SJ3 June 2026 at 21:55

    I may try the HD Version, as the CD32 version doesn't move onto the next life after I die. It just stops and doesn't accept any inputs from me to continue. It plays the music, as if you are going to go to your next life. Strangely enough, I thought it should show the map, then move to your next life, but it doesn't do that either. Very odd. It's like... you have 1 life, now deal with it. I wonder if it is DLC, like you have to pay for the other 2 lives...I've tried adding quarters or 10 pence's to my Amiga CD32, but it doesn't accept any form of currency... haha such is modern gaming. Hopefully there will be a fix for the CD32 issue.

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  5. Anonymous7 June 2026 at 17:52

    any chance we can get an adf of this? i hate burning cue files and setting up WHDload stuff.

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    1. IndieRetroNews7 June 2026 at 18:56

      I read this on EAB "ADF would be possible, but there's no room for the in-game music without fast memory so that's a lot of work for people with fast memory and no hard drive."

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    2. JOTD7 June 2026 at 21:45

      You need to burn the .cue file only if you have a CD32 console. Else it's useless. ADF would take at least 2 or 3 floppies. I told myself that anyone with fastmem (which that game requires unless you don't want the music or you're running the CD32 CDDA version) wouldn't object using whdload. For that game, 1) install whdload in C:, 2) unpack the archive 3) click on the icon.

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  6. TotO10 June 2026 at 10:54

    "ALL RIGHT RESEVED" instead of "ALL RIGHTS RESERVED"
    Two typos in the arcade game that could be fixed. ^^

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  7. TotO10 June 2026 at 11:04

    @JOTD I have just seen a version with the faulty copyright text replaced by something like "AMIGA AGA BY JOTD" so disregard my previous message. ^^

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    1. JOTD15 June 2026 at 22:29

      Yeah, Neil probably took a screenshot of MAME not my port. Easy mistake to make hehe

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    2. IndieRetroNews15 June 2026 at 23:10

      I took a screenshot from your first video wip and used that :(

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    3. IndieRetroNews15 June 2026 at 23:12

      Fixed :p

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  8. Anonymous10 June 2026 at 12:22

    Great work JOTD as usual. Big thank you.

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  9. Anonymous13 June 2026 at 21:10

    how do I run the cd32 version on Retroarch PUAE?. Can't get it to boot.

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  10. JOTD14 June 2026 at 07:43

    I don't know PUAE but it may be picky on CD32 titles. Try on WinUAE. Also try to see if some titles like Myth, Chuck Rock, Premiere, run on PUAE (same loading technology)

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