Laser Ghost

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Laser Ghost
Sega System 18

Laser Ghost is a

cabinet, representing the three members of a ghost hunting team. The game puts the players in the role of Bill, Max and Carol, who must rescue a little girl kidnapped by a blue gargoyle, as well as protect the city from the ghost menace.[4] A Master System
game with the same title was released in 1991 exclusively for Europe, but was not based on the arcade original.

Gameplay

Arcade screenshot

The game was distributed in a horizontally oriented cabinet with a standard resolution color screen that is reflected by a mirror. The game can be played by up to three players simultaneously. It is controlled by a

life bar
, which can be replenished by shooting a medical kit that some enemies leave after they are destroyed.

Laser Ghost for the

Light Phaser gun, players eliminate the various hazards Catherine encounters as she attempts to escape with her soul.[6]

Development

The arcade version of Laser Ghost was exhibited at the UK Amusement Trades Exhibition International in 1991.[7]

Reception

In Japan, Game Machine listed Laser Ghost as being the seventh most-successful upright arcade unit of the month in their January 1, 1991 issue.[8]

The arcade game received positive reviews upon release. According to Zzap!64, the game sounded good and played well, but it did not do enough to distinguish itself from similar games such as Operation Thunderbolt, Space Gun and Mechanized Attack.[4] British gaming magazine The One reviewed the arcade version of Laser Ghost in 1991, comparing its gameplay to Beast Busters and its plot to The Real Ghostbusters. The One calls Laser Ghost's gameplay "nothing out of the ordinary to play", but expresses that "the ghostly goings-on will get most players [excited]".[7]

Console XS reviewed the Master System version in 1992, giving it an 84% score.[9]

Retrospectively,

Allgame opined that the arcade game was fun, but probably not worth the quarters players had to spend to play it.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Laser Ghost". Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  2. ^
    Allgame. Archived from the original
    on 2014-11-15. Retrieved June 2, 2009.
  3. ^ a b "Sega Master System". The Mean Machines Archive. Retrieved June 2, 2009.
  4. ^ a b "Laser Ghost". Zzap!64. August 1991: 37. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ^ "Laser Ghost". klov. Retrieved June 2, 2009.
  6. ^ "Laser Ghost". Moby Games. Retrieved June 2, 2009.
  7. ^ a b Nesbitt, Brian (February 1991). "Coin-Operated Corkers!". The One. No. 29. emap Images. p. 20.
  8. ^ "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - アップライト, コックピット型TVゲーム機 (Upright/Cockpit Videos)". Game Machine (in Japanese). Amusement Press, Inc. 1 January 1991. p. 37.
  9. Console XS. No. 1 (June/July 1992). United Kingdom: Paragon Publishing
    . 23 April 1992. pp. 137–47.

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