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Ghostbusters II

198936/100
ShooterArcade

Comedy · Horror · Sci-Fi

This 1989 arcade title distilled the supernatural shenanigans of its source material into a frenetic, top-down shooter. Players, as the iconic Ghostbusters, roamed New York City streets and haunted locales, blasting ectoplasmic threats with proton streams and trapping specters in a surprisingly strategic capture mechanic. Its blend of run-and-gun action with the pressure of limited equipment and the need to protect civilians made for a unique arcade experience that, despite its limitations, captured the spirit of the films.

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The Ghostbusters are back in this sequel based on the second movie in the franchise. It's been five years since the Ghostbusters roasted the 30-story marshmallow menacing downtown Manhattan. The Ghostbusters sent a huge bill to the city and the city sent back an even bigger bill for damages. Both declared bankruptcy and the now retired Ghostbusters have since moved on. Unknown to the former Ghostbusters, a river of slime has been amassing underneath the city, feeding on all the negative energy of the denizens of New York. Meanwhile a new occupant of the Museum of Art, a 300 year old painting of Vigo the Carpathian and its immortal soul, has arrived and is waiting to get out, eager to use the approaching slime as its medium of escape. The game starts with the Ghostbusters in trial, with escaped ghosts wrecking havoc in the courtroom. A battle ensues and the player must attempt to vaporize the flying ghost in a sidescrolling environment while dodging ectoplasm thrown by the ghost. Victory or defeat in this battle as well as future battles with ghosts, will be summarized by a newspaper editorial at the end of the battle. After the courtroom battle, the main game starts in the office of the Ghostbusters. Here the player choose various activities, such as: attempt to gain money by answering distress calls to hunt down ghosts, collect slime from the sewers, test slime (if successfully collected from the sewers), and check the duty roster.

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