Notes:
Gameplay-wise, from the middle point of Level 5 and onwards the arrow's spinning motion will become invisible, making it significantly harder to line your shots correctly. Since this is present across all versions, it's likely an unintended leftover bug, functioning as a difficulty upgrade.
Ghoulish is a small but interesting niche title with a surprising amount of history, the original version was developed by Max Manning and published through Newgrounds.com, Kongregate.com and ArmorGames.com on 2006 as his first feature game, intended as his entry for the Newgrounds held "Halloween Contest" for 2006, being updated and re-released later on 2007-05-10 under the name "Ghoulish - High Scores" to add Highscore support and a BGM designed by a friend of the developer. This version would later on be seemingly appropriated and un-officially republished by YouGame.com with minimal modifications, limited to splash screen additions.
The BGM incorporated on the 2007 release is titled "Fat Cat Shuffle", from Newgrounds author Armon (I-ILG), with "Ghoulish" seemingly being the only title on which it was featured.
Included in the present curation are 3 versions of "Ghoulish", the updated 2007 version as a main release, the original 2006 release, and the un-official YouGames.com version of the 2007 release.
Lastly, included is an .mp3 ripped version of the "Fat Cat Shuffle" by Armon (I-ILG) under Extras.
[Curator's note.]
Sources:
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/345519
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/382976
https://www.kongregate.com/games/Smallzworld/ghoulish
https://web.archive.org/web/20080501072805/http://www.newgrounds.com:80/audio/listen/84296
https://www.supersurge.com/games/game.php?id=934
https://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/580961/1
https://board.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?707828-Ghoulish-Halloween-Game
http://web.archive.org/web/20070708034036/http://games.smallzworld.com/Main.php
Original Description:
From newgrounds.com:
Author Comments
Hope you all enjoy the game.
Since I am not that great at 3D modeling on the computer, I decided to do a majority of the artwork in clay. I would have done alot more, but didn't have much time before the deadline.
Would love to hear your feedback. I intend to make some more claymation games soon.
From smallzworld.com:
Shoot ghouls with your trusty arrows.