Even once I figured out how this game works, it's still bad.
I prefer this over the NES release, so I'd be safe in saying it's my favourite version. Even though the driving section has been reduced to almost nothing but waiting for the counter to go down. Once you get hooked on catching ghosts you'll find an hour has gone by before you know it, and you're already at dangerous levels of PK energy, ready to take on the ferocious, wobbly Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man.
I played this game a lot when I was younger and it sucked then and it sucks now
The irony of my renting this (AND the sequel, back to back I think) as a kid, is that I didn't get to actually WATCH the damn movies! I got to see PART (where the demon dogs attack Dana Barret and Luis Tully) of the first movie at a friends house, but for whatever stupid reason, my grandmother (who could be incredibly nonsensical and inconsistent like that), never rented or let me SEE Ghostbusters 1 and 2 when I was growing up. Which sucks complete ass, because I would have loved them (even IF what little I saw did scare me at my friend's house). I WAS able to later catch a BIT of the "Real Ghostbusters" cartoon (which is awesome) on TV. But GB was one of many things I should have been able to see as a kid, that I missed out on.
And yet, she let me rent the games? Who even knows. As for the game itself, it's not very good. In fact it kinda sucks, if I'm being honest. I even thought so as a kid, and at that age I was MUCH less jaded, I would try to get the most out of ANY game, no matter how crappy. As such, while I probably had some help from Game Genie (I would imagine), I DO remember getting up those goddamn stairs, and facing Gozer at the end of the game. I can't quite remember whether or not I BEAT Gozer...but let's say maybe?
And yet, she let me rent the games? Who even knows. As for the game itself, it's not very good. In fact it kinda sucks, if I'm being honest. I even thought so as a kid, and at that age I was MUCH less jaded, I would try to get the most out of ANY game, no matter how crappy. As such, while I probably had some help from Game Genie (I would imagine), I DO remember getting up those goddamn stairs, and facing Gozer at the end of the game. I can't quite remember whether or not I BEAT Gozer...but let's say maybe?
PC
One of the first NES games I had growing up. So I naturally played it alot. I could never figure out what I was supposed to do in order for things to happen. I mean it's terrible all around even if you do figure it out. The only good thing I can say about it is the ghost busters theme is really good. Except for the fact that it's the only song in the entire game and is played on loop. It doesnt bother me but it has destroyed many a peoples ears. Terrible game that many kids were stuck with.
It has all the thematic elements of the movie, but the gameplay loop is incredibly clunky.
This is one of the most strange, frustrating and boring games I've ever played. I enjoyed it a little more on the Atari 2600, but I'm pretty sure that's just because you gotta have lower standards when playing anything for that system
Eh, it's fine. Looks fine, sounds fine, plays ok.
It is infact a thing. Nice version of the Ghostbusters theme tho.
It is infact a thing. Nice version of the Ghostbusters theme tho.
Honestly I think that playing as the Ghostbusters spending money on traps, cruising through the city and catching ghosts is actually kind of a cool idea. It could've been an interesting mix between simulator and action game, but the ghost catching is quite dull. You can't sell your old equipment to upgrade, which means if you buy the old equipment earlier in the game you're stuck with it since you have a limited amount of item slots. The developers of the Master System version really tried to make this a decent game, but it needed more improvement.
Ghostbusters?
How about you go bust some bitches.
How about you go bust some bitches.
based as fuck