I have beaten Ghouls 'N Ghosts Geneis!!! :D
WELCOME TO MY THIRD POST EVER IN REDDIT!
I have came from the Sonic and Mega Man series for this one, although I forgot the reason, I'm now hyperfixated in the GNG series, I already most of the other GNG Games, but I didn't finish them yet (I did finish SGNG, but it was with Super Arthur Rom Hack, so I won't count it), and I can't play Ressurrection as my PotatoC doesn't support it.
Opinions on Ghouls 'N Ghosts (the Sega Genesis version)
Controls: They feel really tight and satisfying to play, especially with the Multidirection Shooting.
Weapons: They feel good to use, even the Bad ones feels a bliss to use, the Controls complements on making them feel like that. I even like using the Fire Water sometimes.
Levels: I like them, they have their own identities, Level 1 is memorable so much that it gets predictable, and I like that, I dispise Level 2, the Turtles is a big reason for that opinion, Level 3 is chill, the Post Checkpoints is kinda bad with those Bug Enemies sometimes, especially when they drop Weapons I don't want to get, but that asides is a really easy Level, just needs timing, I LOVE Level 4, especially the Post Checkpoint area, my only and big issue with it is how most of the Weapons are really bad in this one, and the Sword makes it outright unbeatable if you get to the Boss with it, Level 5 is a mixed badge, I somehow manage to beat 4 Red Arremers with the Fire Water.
Bosses: Pretty fine, most of them are Easy, I even found a Cheese Strat with Astaroth, but I don't really like the Third Stage's Boss, it feels random and it can easily corner you and hit you, and sometimes even send you to the Bottomless Pits, I also don't like "Ohme" (which I think that's the Name of the Fourth Stage's Boss), but I found a easy way to beat it with the Fire Water.
Musics: Great. (For some reason, the start of Level 5's Theme makes me think of Yoshi's Island Final Boss' Theme.)
Overall, I really like Ghouls 'N Ghosts, I managed to beat it twice without needing to use Save States, and now I'm attempting to finish it without using any Continues for the achivement in RA, speaking of which, have some extra Screenshots of it (with Cloud Boss beaten with Fire Water too as that one is more of a Achivement than with the Sword for me). I may attempt the Professional Mode sometime too.
... And uh... Arthur holding on the Top Score.
If you ask, I'm aware of the other Games besides GNG, like Demon's Crest (which I also started to play recently).