Ghostbusters (1990 video game)

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Ghostbusters
PAL: December 1990[3]
  • BRA: June 1991
    • Genre(s)Platformer, shoot 'em up
    Mode(s)Single-player

    Ghostbusters is a 1990

    Tec Toy was released for the console in 1991.[12]

    Gameplay

    Ghostbusters is a

    oversized heads meant to resemble their respective actor's likeness.[5][7][14] The player can crouch, jump,[11] and is equipped with a positron gun, which can be shot in all directions and is used to eliminate ghosts.[13] The player earns money by eliminating ghosts, and can use the funds to buy upgraded weapons through shops that appear in between levels.[13][11] Upgraded weapons include a bomb and a gun that emits flames.[11][15] The player can also purchase a shield that provides temporary invincibility.[11] Money is also used to buy food for health replenishment.[13]

    Ghostbusters includes six levels,

    boss enemy at the end. Middle ghosts include Slimer from the films, while boss enemies include the first film's Stay Puft Marshmallow Man.[10][13][11][6] The player must capture each boss enemy after its defeat.[6] The fifth level, set in a medieval castle, only becomes available upon completion of the other levels, and is followed by a final battle.[10][4][14] The game features 22 selectable musical scores, including Ray Parker Jr.'s song "Ghostbusters".[10]

    Reception

    Raze liked the graphics, but criticized the gameplay as repetitive and average.[15]

    The Games Machine praised the playable character sprites for resembling their film counterparts, but criticized the simple and repetitive backgrounds. The magazine wrote that it was one of the better platform games available for the Genesis, but considered that it did not capture the spirit of the film.[7] Robert Swan of Computer and Video Games praised the graphics, including the playable character sprites. He also praised the in-game music, but criticized the game's version of Parker's "Ghostbusters" song. Swan considered the game addictive despite its difficulty.[13] Eugene Lacey of ACE praised the design of the game's ghosts, but believed that Parker's song had been rendered better in other Ghostbusters games.[10] Mega Play's four reviewers gave very positive reviews unanimously to the graphics, diverse gameplay, the variety of enemies and the boss fights. One reviewer opined that it was one of the best games made for the Genesis.[19]

    In 2004, Ken Horowitz of Sega-16 wrote that it was one of the better movie-licensed games of its time, although he was disappointed by the minimum amount of visual effects, and said that the opening theme music was the major weakness of the game. Horowitz stated that the game had good graphics upon its release, but not as appealing by today's standards.[5]

    In 2008, Levi Buchanan of IGN said that the game was "pretty cool" upon its release, especially for Ghostbusters fans, but wrote that it was now something of a mediocre side-scroller, stating that the graphics were still adequate but that the gameplay was "fairly tame compared to what would come later" on the Genesis. Buchanan also questioned the absence of the Ghostbuster character Winston Zeddemore.[6] In 2014, Robert Workman of Shacknews ranked it among the top three best Ghostbusters games. Although Workman believed that there were superior Sega platform games available at the time of its release, he stated that the game had an "innocuous charm to it".[16] In 2016, Luke McKinney of Den of Geek called the game "pretty decent" but ranked it among the weirdest Ghostbusters games, for its "macrocephalic" Ghostbuster characters and its absence of Winston.[20]

    References

    1. ^ "File:EGM US 011.PDF". 7 June 2022.
    2. ^ "ソフトウェア一覧（セガ発売） | メガドライブ | セガハード大百科 | セガ". sega.jp. Archived from the original on 20 July 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
    3. ^ "File:MeanMachines UK 03.PDF". 7 June 2022.
    4. ^ a b c d Marriott, Scott Alan. "Ghostbusters Overview". AllGame. Archived from the original on November 14, 2014. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
    5. ^ a b c d Horowitz, Ken (June 24, 2004). "Ghostbusters". Sega-16.com. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
    6. ^ a b c d Buchanan, Levi (August 1, 2008). "Retro Ghostbusters". IGN. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
    7. ^ a b c d "Ghostbusters". The Games Machine. September 1990. p. 62. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
    8. ^ "Sega's 'Target Earth' a great game, but hard". The Milwaukee Journal. June 5, 1990. Retrieved April 10, 2019 – via NewsLibrary. For August things will pick up with "Pat Riley Basketball", "Cyberball" and "Ghostbusters".
    9. SouthtownStar
      . August 9, 1990. Retrieved April 10, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
    10. ^ a b c d e f g Lacey, Eugene (September 1990). "Ghostbusters". ACE. p. 56. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
    11. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Ghostbusters". Mean Machines. December 1990. pp. 64–66. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
    12. ^ "Ghostbusters". Ação Games (in Portuguese). June 1991. p. 12. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
    13. ^ a b c d e f g h Swan, Robert (September 1990). "Ghostbusters". Computer and Video Games. pp. 92–93. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
    14. ^ a b c d "Ghostbusters". Sega Visions. October 1990. p. 20. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
    15. ^ a b c Boardman, Julian (April 1991). "Ghostbusters". Raze. p. 54. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
    16. ^ a b Workman, Robert (September 5, 2014). "Who you gonna call?: The three best Ghostbusters games ever made". Shacknews. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
    17. ^ "Ghostbusters". VideoGame (in Portuguese). October 1991. pp. 60–62. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
    18. ^ "Ghostbusters". VideoGame (in Portuguese). June 1991. p. 54. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
    19. ^ a b "Mega Reviews". Mega Play (1): 29. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
    20. ^ McKinney, Luke (July 8, 2016). "Ghostbusters: The Greatest, Goofiest, and Ghastliest Games". Den of Geek. Retrieved April 10, 2019.

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