Capcom's "Ghosts N Goblins" series is widely known as one of the most difficult collections of video games ever created.  Every episode has been filled with a wide variety of unforgiving challenges, most notably the untouchable "Red Devil" that flys around the screen at light speed, and having to finish the last level with a "special" weapon that just happens to be the weakest item in the game (something most gamers unfortunately discover the hard way, I might add).  Simply finishing one of these games has been regarded as a great achievement, as few people have reached the ends of these games without continues or even cheat codes.  NO ONE has ever done this in a single game before...until now!

Scott Kessler, from Monroe, North Carolina, has turned in the first ever complete game of Super Ghouls N Ghosts, for Super Nintendo.  In so doing, he has set an innaugural fastest completion record of 45 Minutes, 41 Seconds (45:41).  Even more impressive than the time (which is blazing fast, for as slow as the hero moves), is the fact that Scott managed to get through the entire game without ever taking a hit!  He completed 7 grueling stages TWICE OVER (stupid princess), found the hidden Goddess' Bracelet during the second loop, and then somehow used its weak attack powers to defeat the final boss.  All of this, with literally millions of places to screw up, yet he came through with a perfect game.

This is a truly remarkable accomplishment...one that I must say that I thought would never happen during my lifetime!  I've never been happier to be proven wrong, or to have to cough up $100 for the bounty (assuming this time holds up until Dec. 31st, of course).  Congratulations, Scott on a run for the ages!