Ghostbusters

Ghostbusters is an action game based on the 1984 film. Players work from Ghostbusters Headquarters to monitor midtown Manhattan for ghost alarms and roaming spirits, plot routes, and drive a purchased Ghostmobile through city traffic.

At haunted locations, two Ghostbusters use proton beams to guide ghosts over a trap. Successful captures earn money for new vehicles and vehicle modifications, while failed attempts allow ghosts to escape and increase the city's paranormal threat.

The game's overhead and side-view sections support a broader objective: keeping the city's psychokinetic energy, or PK level, below critical levels before the Temple of Zuul awakens. If conditions remain manageable, the Ghostbusters can enter the temple for a final confrontation with Gozer.

Game Details

• Release date: December 31, 1983
• Genres: Action, Adventure, Arcade, Platform, Strategy
• Developers: Activision, Bits Laboratory, Compile, David Crane, James Software, James Software Ltd, Sega
• Publishers: Activision, Activision, Inc., Activision; Pony Canyon, Activision Inc, Sega
• Platforms: Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Atari 800, Atari 2600, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS, Microsoft MSX, MS-DOS, MSX, Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Genesis, Sega Master System, Sega Master System/Mark III, Sinclair ZX Spectrum, ZX Spectrum