Hungry Ghost Night [Nintendo NES]

Hungry Ghost Night (NES)

You've been away for months and come home just in time for the autumn harvest festival. Under the full moon everything looks calm, but the gates of the underworld have opened and the island is full of restless spirits. These are the forgotten dead, souls who never received offerings, and now they roam the land looking for a host. Can you survive until morning?

Hungry Ghost Night was released in 2020 by ITG-Soft of Taichung, Taiwan. It is a top-down adventure game where you must survive the night and uncover the land's mysteries. It is based on the Hungry Ghost Festival, a Taiwanese tradition. It plays a lot like the arcade classic Gauntlet, with more focus on exploration. The world is a large maze with warp zones and boss fights. There are thirty large stages, the game supports one or two players, and it comes with a box and manual. It also works well as a Halloween game.

There are two versions to collect. In the first version you play as Sydney Wang, and in the second you play as Robert Gasse. If you want help, there is a 160-page official English strategy guide that covers both versions, with maps of every stage plus all the warp zones and boss battles.

Publisher: ITG-Soft (Taichung, Taiwan), https://itg-soft.tw/