Ghosts'n Goblins - Knight/Maiden Artoria Edition

This is a Ghosts'n Goblins/Makaimura sprite hack that changes Arthur’s sprites into those of a Maiden/Knight, Artoria. First romhack for this game so I tried my best to not cut any corners!

EDIT: Fixed gngmaident's romdata; please redownload.

Note: Releases just add documentation/added revisions/listed emulator support changes.

Version 1.1 Changes:

• Updated the death frames' palette to use Artoria's instead of being shared with a monsters' palette.

• Patcher updated to provide the roms in .zip format, as an option.

Release 5 Changes:

• • 21/3/2026: Hack's main 4 sets are supported by FB Neo! Rest of the sets can be loaded through romdata.

    • 22/3/2026: Full hack is now supported by HBMame!

    • 4/4/2025: Full hack is now supported by the MAME2003-Plus core!

    • Get the boxarts here: Knight Artoria Edition, Maiden Artoria Edition

Release 4 Changes:

• Emulators yet again updated the rom order, so I'm updating accordingly. At the moment of release, FB Neo will already have the changes running, so make sure to update the core or get the nightly emulator again.

Release 3 Changes:

• Added credits & versioning to titlescreen.

• Added romdata support to: gngc, gngt, makaimurb, makaimurc, makaimurg

Release 2 Changes:

• Added gngnew (New rom discovered, now known as "gng") and gngb (Known as "gnga" until now) to the patcher. For these 2, you'll have to use romdata for FB Neo or Side Load into MAME. Version 1.0 Changes:

• Fully replaces Arthur with a Maiden/Knight, Artoria.

• Sprites, life icon, map icon, dialogue.

• Updates the dialogue correcting typos and "Engrish".

• Every enemy sprite has been redone.

• Most enemy attack sprites have been redone.

• Every weapon sprite has been redone.

• Some fire graphics have been redone.

• Princess Prin Prin has been redone.

• New logo for both World and Japanese versions.

• Citizen Dolls have been changed into "Capcom Gals", can you name them all?

Currently, FB Neo only supports gngmaiden, gngknight, makmaiden and makknight. Patches are included for the new gng and gngb. Will require using romdata to load into FB Neo.

I shall update the patcher once things settle with the new rom thorough the rest of the emulators.

gngknight/gngmaiden are based on the version known as "gng" up until last month (Currently gnga).

Filename: Unknown
CRC32: ECFCCF07
SHA-1: 0A1518E19A2E0A4CC3DDE4B9568202EA911B5ECE
Verified: No
Filename: Unknown
CRC32: 6AAF12F9
SHA-1: 207A7407288182A4F3EDDAEA634C6A6452131182
Verified: No
Filename: Unknown
CRC32: 81E567E0
SHA-1: 2A917E562686E782EA7D034A54E9728695A19258
Verified: No
Filename: Unknown
CRC32: 4613AFDC
SHA-1: 13E5A38A134BD7CFA16C63A18FA332C6D66B9345
Verified: No
Filename: Unknown
CRC32: 60343188
SHA-1: DFC95D3F23A3A4B05B559F1DC76488B2659FBF66
Verified: No

• dink: Developer behind the checksum check bypass for the Program Roms, and tremendous help in understandin
• phonymike: Invaluable help in getting the graphics modifiable through Tile Molester/YY-CHR
• morb: Hacker behind death frames' palette changes and checksum fix

https://github.com/GoodLuckTrying/Ghosts-n-Goblins-Artoria-Editions