Ghostbusters

Ghostbusters (1990)

by Tec Toy
Genres:Platform, Shooter
Themes:Action, Fantasy, Comedy, Horror, Science fiction
Game modes:Single player
Story:Ghostbusters was published by Sega and developed by Compile for the Mega Drive/Genesis on June 29, 1990. It is unrelated to the earlier Activision game (though their name still appears in the copyright screen), and is instead a run and gun game in which the player takes control of squat cartoon representations of three of the four Ghostbusters from the movie, with the noticeable absence of Winston Zeddemore. Four levels are available initially; after they are completed, a fifth level is unlocked, followed by a sixth and final level. Each level contains a number (usually two) of mid-bosses known as "middle ghosts"; after a middle ghost is defeated, it turns into a small green ghost which can be captured for extra money by luring it over a ghost trap. Between levels, money can be used to buy powerups, such as a 3-way shot or recovery items.Show more
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user avatar@Gnatratuser avatar@Gnatrat
February 02, 2025
The Genesis Ghostbusters game had the best mini-boss theme song ever. You can still find it on YouTube. I used to play the game with friends. I was never that good at it, so I never finished it. I remember it being fun, though.
user avatar@Jeffry84user avatar@Jeffry84
February 04, 2025
This was among the first games I got as a kid back in the early nineties with the Mega Drive my mother bought to me and my brother (the other two games were Cyberball and Mortal Kombat). I obviously played the hell out of it as I was too young to buy more games by myself and I've always been a Ghostbusters fan. I still have my copy and I still play it from time to time even though through emulation. If it were sold here I would get it even only to show appreciation, and I would surely recommend it to other people as it's my favourite Ghostbusters game, with the PS3/XBox360 game of the same title coming second.
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