Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts/Weapons

Regular
The weapon with which you start the game. Reasonably powerful and with a straight horizontal flight. Two may be on-screen at once.

Enchanted
Your lances become sheathed in holy fire and are thus more powerful. However, only one may be on-screen at once.

Magic
Lightning strikes your head vertically from the top of the screen and then flies horizontally out of either side of you body. You rarely find yourself in situations where this is useful.

Regular
Two arrows are fired at an upwards angle. As the firing rate is quick, this is an ideal weapon for killing airborne enemies and is decent against enemies on the ground. The downside is that the arrows are weak and even weaker if you attack enemies at a distance since only a single arrow will likely hit the target.

Enchanted
Three powerful fireballs are fired that follow enemies and hit them. You don’t have to aim but you still have to face the enemy for the fireballs to track them properly. The one downside is that only two of the fireballs will likely hit a target unless you’re close and you won’t be able to use the weapon again until the last fireball hits something or disappears.

Magic
You are frozen in place for a second as the screen turns grey and hidden chests are forced to appear. This magic is not very useful unless you are playing the game through for the first time and still do not know where the chests are. However, a slight plus is that you are invincible for a few seconds when the screen goes grey. Enemies may then pass through you.

Regular
While slightly weaker than most of the other weapons, the dagger is very quick. Three may be on-screen at once and their flight is a straight horizontal line.

Enchanted
As each dagger leaves your hand it transforms into a powerful laserbeam that flies across the screen and through scenery. Very useful in most situations.

Magic
A blue dragon forms above your head before circling the screen and destroying enemies. Quite powerful and useful.

Regular
Only found on later levels, this boomerang-style weapon flies a short distance vertically above your head, returns, flies a short distance horizontally in the direction that you are facing and then returns. Two may be on-screen at once. This is a tricky weapon to use reliably though it can prove handy on levels where enemies appear on platforms above you.

Enchanted
Resembles a shuriken, though the flight remains the same as the regular blade. More powerful but with the same problems of accurate usage.

Magic
An explosion forms above you.

Bracelet
Only available after completing Stage 7 for the first time, this may be dropped by treasure chests whilst you are wearing the gold armour. What looks like a glowing ball of goo flies a medium distance from your hand. Damage is governed by distance—up close the bracelet is extremely powerful but this drops off to being weak at the limit of its range. There is no enchanted version of or magic associated with the bracelet.

Axe
When thrown is acts as an upward force. Useful in all scenarios.