This seems to have not been publicised anywhere but if you are a PlayStation Plus subscriber you can grab Capcom’s arcade classic Ghosts ‘n Goblins for free, right now. The game is a pack for the Capcom Arcade Stadium, which is also free so you will need to download both. Here are the links for the UK Store:
The Arcade Stadium player lets you play classic arcade games and includes some extra features such as a rewind facility, online leaderboards, display frames, and even cheat modes that let you toggle on invincibility. You can also save and load the games at any point your want,
“Game speed can be adjusted on the fly during gameplay, so you can play at a normal speed and only slow down when you need to, or speed up briefly and blast through the sections you’ve mastered,” say Capcom.
The Capcom Arcade Stadium has other packs available which unfortunately are not free, but they include the following games:
- VULGUS
- Pirate Ship Higemaru
- 1942
- Commando
- Section Z
- Tatakai no Banka
- Legendary Wings
- Bionic Commando
- Forgotten Worlds
- Ghouls ‘n Ghosts
- Strider
- Dynasty Wars
- Final Fight
- 1941 – Counter Attack
- Senjo no Okami II
- Mega Twins
- Carrier Air Wing
- Street Fighter II – The World Warrior
- Captain Commando
- VARTH – Operation Thunderstorm
- Warriors of Fate
- Street Fighter II – Hyper Fighting
- Super Street Fighter
- Powered Gear – Strategic Variant Armor Equipment
- Cyberbots Fullmetal Madness
- 19XX – The War Against Destiny
- Battle Circuit
- Giga Wing
- 1944 – The Loop Master
- Progear
- Display Frame Set 1
Ghost ‘n Goblins Resurrection, a new take on the classic game has recently launched on Switch and it has just been announced that ports for PS4, Xbox One, and PC are on the way and will be arriving soon. Like, next week, on June 1st. The game includes local co-op for some couch goblin action.
Source: Pushsquare
MrYd
The main download also includes 1943 for everyone, even without PS+.
They seem to have done a decent enough job, with extra features (like the rewind) and plenty of display options. I’d probably recommend not stretching the display out to fill an entire large 4K TV. And there’s a bunch of trophies I think you can earn for free. Although playing 1000 games and playing for 100 hours is quite a bit for some trophies.
The other games are available in packs of 10 for £11.99, or £32.99 for the whole lot.
Lieutenant Fatman
Thanks, i didn’t notice 1943 was playable as well, I’ll take a look after work.
MrYd
It’s not mentioned anywhere. It’s not one of the 3 packs of 10 games, and it’s not a separate free download, like Ghosts ‘n Goblins.
It’s just there as part of the main (free) download you need to play everything else.