I love platform games and I love challenging games, two things I feel have now diminished in the gaming world with current games. But that doesn't mean I still can't reminisce what gaming used to be like and one game which reminds me of this all too well is Capcom's brutal platformer Ghosts 'n Goblins.

Playing as Arthur the Knight it is your job to go and save the Princess Prin Prin from the Ghosts 'n Goblins which have held her captive. Playing through six brutally difficult levels and only being allowed two hits before you die it is a truly difficult quest only completed by the bravest of knights and gamers. Through the levels check-points are accessable and better items and weapons are too but it still doesn't mean the game gets any easier to play through. Added to this, the game has unlimited continues like Castlevania, teasing you to play even more and to complete it before you have a break-down.

Ported from the arcades to nearly every console at the time, the NES version is one of the best home conversions of this cult classic and has great graphics, music and controls. This version of the game regularly appears in best games lists so it is a solid conversion of this infamous arcade platformer. This version of the game is available for download on the virtual console for 500 Wii points so if you want to try and complete this gaming challenge it is there ready and waiting.

Ghosts 'n Goblins on the NES is a throwback to how gaming used to be and one of the best games for the system. With its unrelentless difficulty, brilliant music, graphics and gameplay it is one game every retro gamer should try and complete.