One of those few games with a perfect difficulty setting. Not too easy, not too hard. Loved it. Good stuff. It was a challenge, but ultimately doable and once you completed it you felt a sense of achievement.
I just played the game on my old Mega Drive. It's kinda strange and spooky that Spengler has the shortest life bar of all characters in this game, and now Harold Ramis ist the first Ghostbusters' actor who died... R.I.P Egon :-(
@@stuartives8412 Hmmm, Winston was removed due to either memory limitations (of the Sega Genesis /Megadrive cartridge) or maybe Ernie Hudson wasn't available to answer the call of the Ghostbusters/Spiritcatchers film/game series (video game that is). We have to realize that this title was released at a time when even major/giant media corporations couldn't pay or secure the rights to every available protagonist(s) --- honestly though, I am not trying to defend Sega ... because it was a pretty akward/weird decision not to include all the 4 or actually 5 (Rick Moranis even had a a chance to aid the original 4 Ghostbusters) members of the slime-time/hex-breaking quadruplet/quintet !
Winston might have or could have possibly worked behind the scenes and was most likely or probably instrumental in bringing about the 2009/2010 Gregorian/Julian calendar year reboot 3D action/rpg Ghostbusters revival electronic video-game IP ... at least in my honest opinion ! 🌍🌎🌏✌️💪🤗
Same here. I played it at my friends' house and I was the only one scared. The way the bosses look just give me the creeps, even today, no idea why exactly.
+Cytron1515 No Winston again. Typical. I guess their racist excuse was the standard "demographic not being big enough". Big enough for the movie, however, but not big enough for the game. lol. Which is kind of ironic, since it was a black man who created the Ghostbusters classic theme song. And Rick Moranis was never an official Ghostbuster. Winston was. There is no excuse for having him, other than racism.
+Wis Dom That's some nonsense right there. Famitsu stated after a request to the developers that he wasn't included for balancing reasons. Three characters already covered that(fast but fragile - balanced - strong but slow).
+Wis Dom You mean no excuse for NOT having him. Well, probably because the actors behind the main three characters (Peter, Ray, and Egon) have big-name actors behind them and Winston unfortunately didn't have anybody equally recognizable or iconic...unless you count The Real Ghostbusters cartoon, where Winston was voiced by Arsenio Hall.
That’s because Winston was a minor character in the first movie, since his character served as extra help during the Ghosbusters rise and massive workload caused by Gozer during the second half of the movie. It wasn’t until the cartoon series and sequel where he had a more bigger role, hence why you’re able to play as him in the ghostbusters 2 games on NES/Famicom.
@@vivi44 He's playable in New Ghostbusters II on the NES and Game Boy, yeah in the NES version his skin is blue because of color limitations, but he's there.
Zakari Genshin [ZGenshin97] The reason is probably due to memory for the game. The game was released in 1990, serving as a sequel (like a 1.5) to the original, but before the second film, just like the cartoon. That being said, it’s still screwed up, and Winston isn’t some minor character. He was just the Everyman played by a lesser known actor, sure, but the dude also defeated Zuul, just like the other dudes.
@spikeriley and because there are 3 characters, one fast but weak (Egon), another slow but tough (Raymond) and a third one balanced (Peter). There was (unluckily) no need for a fourth character, and Winston is the only one hired among the doctors (so no racism involved :p).
I was playing this game recently and the ladder won't come down fully (at 35:21) for me. It won't let me proceed to the next area to battle Stay Puft. I don't know why. Has this ever happened to anyone else?
Never noticed the litte green guy on the snowman's head that gets mealted as well. Remember when I was a kid my friend had big trouble agains the plant boss and after finally defeating, only to meet it again right away in the cave level and get a game over. :P
Only thing I hate about this game is how whenever you pause it resets the music once you unpause. Made me pause less than I should have because I wanted to hear the music in full.
@@aceq361 stuck with Venkman out of habit cause he was always my favorite as a kid. Might go back and try others, I know there’s a mod someone made where they finally put Winston into the game
Que recuerdos lo jugaba de niño cuando tenía 11 años y nunca lo pudimos terminar siempre todos perdíamos en la misión donde todo se ponía obscuro sin duda era muy difíciles los juegos 🎮
I never beat this game back in the day and now I'm stuck at the high-rise building. The ladder that's supposed to come down after the second ghost isn't working for some reason. EDIT: Figured it out, somehow it worked after I used a continue
I’m stuck here too and I used several continues. It only comes down half way and it’s doing this on my genesis and analogue mega sg. I wonder if my cart is failing. It works sometimes but more often then not it doesn’t load the ladder. 😢
Yes of course. But wouldn't it be alot better if the "catch ghosts" were stand alone? That way you'd have A) minibosses B) ghost catching and C) regular bosses!
quien es el jefe final? el tipo macabro del cuadro de la segunda peli? o es el primer gozer. Ah no ese, era el muñeco de malvavisco. yo creo que el juego no tiene nada que ver con la peli, digo por la historia, pero los personajes si son conocidos.
This game was fantastic. Definitely had a good challenge to it. If only the NES version was as good as this one. Way to go, Sega. The only other good Ghostbusters game in my opinion is the 2009 release.
That's because it wasn't based on the movie haha. They always seemed to butcher those no matter what movie it was. The super star wars series for the SNES was pretty good though. Even though they were really tough.
In the 4th building (stay puft Marshmallow), you can keep going out and in after taking money from the safe, takes some time but helps you stock up on loads of items if you're new to the game/would like to have everything ahead of when you need it.
I like this game. Wait, I like this? Um, I think the world is coming to an end! Seriously, fire and brimstone falling from the skies, rivers and seas boiling! 40 years of darkness, earthquakes, volcanoes! The dead rising from the graves! Human sacrifice, dogs and cats, living together, _MASS HYSTERIA!_
I played this game, is hard as fuck too! look simple but it ain't, i can still feel my thumbs numb trying to jump and avoid being hit by those damn ghosts....I played as Egon a lot since back then I thought that by playing as Egon i will get smarter and beat the game sooner....I was wrong... those 3 Ghostbusters were dumb as equals...great memories...
Wooooow the first game I got with my megradrive!! (apart sonic of course which came with it). I used to finish it too! Nice long game, no? I'm seeing in the suggestions that most are shorter and there are quite a few that are bigger but mostly they're shorter timed to finish.
![NES Longplay [325] Ghostbusters II](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/tmDyswPlWE0/mqdefault.jpg)
![Mega Drive Longplay [048] Earthworm Jim](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/49puptyIPVI/mqdefault.jpg)
One of those few games with a perfect difficulty setting. Not too easy, not too hard. Loved it. Good stuff. It was a challenge, but ultimately doable and once you completed it you felt a sense of achievement.
Nope,way to hard.
The game is really hard especially if you don't buy the upgrades.
This was easily one of the hardest megadrive games i ever owned....totally worth the grind
Played the hell out of this when I was younger! Such great memories!
Game was scary yet good AF back in the day
5:34 Love the little victory jig Peter does! 😄
This game still has one of the best shop themes I've ever heard.I'd replace ANY game's shop theme with this one any day.
I just played the game on my old Mega Drive. It's kinda strange and spooky that Spengler has the shortest life bar of all characters in this game, and now Harold Ramis ist the first Ghostbusters' actor who died...
R.I.P Egon :-(
We miss you, Harold. RIP Egon.
He will forever be remembered by his kids in Ghostbusters Afterlife aka Ghostbusters 4 and in all Ghostbusters games and movies
Rip
Ghostbusters is legendary with ABSOLUTELY AWESOME graphics and STUNNING gameplay
I agree! Some people say the graphics aren't that great. They done lost their mind! Especially considering the cartridge size.
Pretty fun game! great graphics and good music. The ice stage music is funky!!.
A great game! Memories...
Interesting they took the Activision version and tooled it into a platformer.
Back in the day, I never got past the castle, and after watching this I'm noticing how useful the crouch feature is. I never used it.
this flower has a bug if you lie in the right place, then it will not hit you, that's how I passed it :D
Poor Winston :(
Ikr
Fucking A. Rom hack now.
@Cheesy Even the Gameboy game got Winston. wth Sega
was this ever explained ?
Winston would be god mode:)
Looks like a good game! i have one question though: Where the heck is winston! I guess hes on vacation!
Samuel Black Probably, it was the 80s
@@stuartives8412 Hmmm, Winston was removed due to either memory limitations (of the Sega Genesis /Megadrive cartridge) or maybe Ernie Hudson wasn't available to answer the call of the Ghostbusters/Spiritcatchers film/game series (video game that is). We have to realize that this title was released at a time when even major/giant media corporations couldn't pay or secure the rights to every available protagonist(s) --- honestly though, I am not trying to defend Sega ... because it was a pretty akward/weird decision not to include all the 4 or actually 5 (Rick Moranis even had a a chance to aid the original 4 Ghostbusters) members of the slime-time/hex-breaking quadruplet/quintet !
@Samuel Black 😟🙄🤦♀️🙍🏼♂️
Winston might have or could have possibly worked behind the scenes and was most likely or probably instrumental in bringing about the 2009/2010 Gregorian/Julian calendar year reboot 3D action/rpg Ghostbusters revival electronic video-game IP ... at least in my honest opinion ! 🌍🌎🌏✌️💪🤗
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Game used to freak me out a bit as a kid but still enjoyed playing it, nostalgia!
Same . This game scared the hell out of me when I was a kid 😂
It looks just as creepy to this day!
Same here. I played it at my friends' house and I was the only one scared. The way the bosses look just give me the creeps, even today, no idea why exactly.
I had this game back in the day I used to play with my mom those are the good old days when Sega and Nintendo ruled
WHERE THE FUCK IS WINSTION? I HATE IT WHEN THEY DON'T INLCUDE WINSTON ZEDMORE. HE'S APART OF THE GB AS ANY OF 'EM.
***** He was in both.
+Cytron1515 No Winston again. Typical. I guess their racist excuse was the standard "demographic not being big enough". Big enough for the movie, however, but not big enough for the game. lol. Which is kind of ironic, since it was a black man who created the Ghostbusters classic theme song. And Rick Moranis was never an official Ghostbuster. Winston was. There is no excuse for having him, other than racism.
+Wis Dom
That's some nonsense right there. Famitsu stated after a request to the developers that he wasn't included for balancing reasons. Three characters already covered that(fast but fragile - balanced - strong but slow).
+Wis Dom You mean no excuse for NOT having him. Well, probably because the actors behind the main three characters (Peter, Ray, and Egon) have big-name actors behind them and Winston unfortunately didn't have anybody equally recognizable or iconic...unless you count The Real Ghostbusters cartoon, where Winston was voiced by Arsenio Hall.
+Cytron1515 Apparently it was a colour palette issue. Sucks but tech was pretty limited back then
This game is amazing...but the Middle Ghost boss music is the best. That synth bass and those power chords...great riff in A minor. \m/
JESUS! The Marshmellow man rising up like that? Hello nightmares!
Maaan, who puts spikes on the floor of their on house?
RIP Harold Ramis. We still miss you, Egon.
@@gabetuttle981 Sadly, yes--he passed away a few years ago
@@gabetuttle981 He died from complications from autoimmune inflammatory vasculitis (it had already cost him the ability to walk by then) in 2014.
Man, I thought Stay Puff wasn't supposed to be till near the end. I guess Sega wanted to give ZOOL the final boss honor.
I've always been curious about the exclusion of Winston when it came to some of the Ghostbusters games. Can anyone help fill me in?
That’s because Winston was a minor character in the first movie, since his character served as extra help during the Ghosbusters rise and massive workload caused by Gozer during the second half of the movie. It wasn’t until the cartoon series and sequel where he had a more bigger role, hence why you’re able to play as him in the ghostbusters 2 games on NES/Famicom.
Racism of course. In all the game he is absent till the 2010 official sequel game.
Always thought this game was a prequel to the original movies. Which is why i thought it was the reason for Winston absence.
@@vivi44 He's playable in New Ghostbusters II on the NES and Game Boy, yeah in the NES version his skin is blue because of color limitations, but he's there.
Zakari Genshin [ZGenshin97] The reason is probably due to memory for the game. The game was released in 1990, serving as a sequel (like a 1.5) to the original, but before the second film, just like the cartoon.
That being said, it’s still screwed up, and Winston isn’t some minor character. He was just the Everyman played by a lesser known actor, sure, but the dude also defeated Zuul, just like the other dudes.
One of my favourite and one of Mega Drive best games a must have
@spikeriley and because there are 3 characters, one fast but weak (Egon), another slow but tough (Raymond) and a third one balanced (Peter). There was (unluckily) no need for a fourth character, and Winston is the only one hired among the doctors (so no racism involved :p).
I was playing this game recently and the ladder won't come down fully (at 35:21) for me. It won't let me proceed to the next area to battle Stay Puft. I don't know why. Has this ever happened to anyone else?
1. Where's Winston????? 2. Why is the Big Head code on All characters of this game?
This brings back so many memories!!!
It's amazing how much they squeezed into a 4mbit cart...
I remember seeing a picture of this game in C&VG back in the day, I thought ' I want a Mega Drive ' lol.
Never noticed the litte green guy on the snowman's head that gets mealted as well. Remember when I was a kid my friend had big trouble agains the plant boss and after finally defeating, only to meet it again right away in the cave level and get a game over. :P
I have hears alot of good things about this,even that it's the best ghostbusters game evermade.
One of the good early mega drive game 👍
Only thing I hate about this game is how whenever you pause it resets the music once you unpause. Made me pause less than I should have because I wanted to hear the music in full.
I wonder what the technical reason for that was, since most games around that time and before that game didn't do that.
15:20 Ghost Snowman: What is? I'm Melting, noooooooo!
Peter: winter is not until December, pal.
They should do a game hack where Winston is added.
27:32 Ghost cops, hey that's a good name for those dudes.
Wow Such memories ❤ Thank You
Excellent do-over!
I learned a lot from watching this.
It’s taken me three days and tons of save states to get to the end of this game. So unreasonably hard
Did you try a different character or anything? It was hard for me too but I was like 5
@@aceq361 stuck with Venkman out of habit cause he was always my favorite as a kid. Might go back and try others, I know there’s a mod someone made where they finally put Winston into the game
where's Winston?
I guess they didn't put him in because he wasn't a doc-tah.
Wait, there's a second stage? As a kid I never got past the house...
Peter Vankman looks like David Carraddine when he faces screen. On the side he looks like Bill Murray.
Good game, but really hard
Egon.. or Howard Stern?
you tell me
This game was a blast! I still love it!
0:06 Oh fuck! It's Michael Myers! Run!
Que recuerdos lo jugaba de niño cuando tenía 11 años y nunca lo pudimos terminar siempre todos perdíamos en la misión donde todo se ponía obscuro sin duda era muy difíciles los juegos 🎮
why wasn't ernie hudson's character in this?!
es raro solo están: rayd, peter y egon. ¿no eran cuatro en la peli? falta winston el negro.
racismo
Estupido
Esos 3 iban a la facultad, el negro era un simple albañil
49:37; how did the creators of this game avoid a Frank Oz lawsuit from that boss character?
This was a good game, but where's Winston?
@JPerez9011 No, its Janna. Also, its spelled Zuul, not Zool.
I just recently bought this on ebay for 15 quid and its still awesome!
Just brought mine as had as a kid. Cost my £40 but hey I’m rich 😎
Just purchased this for $80 cib Worth every penny. ^_^
They left Winston out.
Loved this game as a kid. Love it as an adult too.
I never beat this game back in the day and now I'm stuck at the high-rise building. The ladder that's supposed to come down after the second ghost isn't working for some reason.
EDIT: Figured it out, somehow it worked after I used a continue
I’m stuck here too and I used several continues. It only comes down half way and it’s doing this on my genesis and analogue mega sg. I wonder if my cart is failing. It works sometimes but more often then not it doesn’t load the ladder. 😢
best Ghostbusters game!
but most difficult Ghostbusters game
I never beat that game
There's one thing I don't get. When we kill a ghost boss, there's yet another ghost to catch. Wasn't the ghost boss enough?
With the minibosses? You have to have a "catch the ghost" moment somewhere in there.
Yes of course. But wouldn't it be alot better if the "catch ghosts" were stand alone? That way you'd have A) minibosses B) ghost catching and C) regular bosses!
I know Winston and Janine are not in the game though both appeared in the movies and the 2009 video game.
And don't forget about the super popular real Ghostbusters cartoon show.
Why isn't Winston selectable?
The world may never know. But, he is playable alongside Luis in the fan-made special edition that can be played on real hardware.
Racism. Probably.
Because hes black
The thunder sfx in the castle stage sounds broken, is that normal?
A Ghostbusters game without emptying traps?
It does remove the realism, but makes the game a fucking beast.
Now that iook back these houses made no sense....878ft tall ceilings, ladders and no stairs
Where is Winston?!
I could never beat the house w fire and i was so scared of it as a kid
how come the ghost trapping laser is not showing on the screen?
TH-cam cuts framerates down by half, so the refresh rate will only show every other frame.
How the hell did I ever beat this game as a 6 year old kid
I loved this game...why no Winston?
There is one guy missing
Hey Death what are you doing here?
Have you lost your way to Castlevania?
I always wondered why you couldn't play as Winston in this game?
I guess that they wanted to show the original 3?
Peter, Egon and Ray?
What happened to Winston?
I think the game designers are racist or something.
@@alienboy1322 Either that, or they only used three characters. But thankfully, fans are making a mod that adds Winston to the game.
@@jeremyriley1238
Good to know.
@ValisHD I always wondered what was up with that.
quien es el jefe final? el tipo macabro del cuadro de la segunda peli? o es el primer gozer. Ah no ese, era el muñeco de malvavisco. yo creo que el juego no tiene nada que ver con la peli, digo por la historia, pero los personajes si son conocidos.
Es Janna DIOS de la muerte y la destruccion
STILL one of my favorite video games
is this game available for xbox (as a download)
👻👍🎃🚯💀 GHOSTBUSTERSженя
This game was fantastic. Definitely had a good challenge to it. If only the NES version was as good as this one. Way to go, Sega. The only other good Ghostbusters game in my opinion is the 2009 release.
I agree. I prefer this one better though as the music (especially the mid-boss theme) is perfectly made for it.
This is an impressive movie tie in game especially for the time.
That's because it wasn't based on the movie haha. They always seemed to butcher those no matter what movie it was. The super star wars series for the SNES was pretty good though. Even though they were really tough.
@@The_Bad_Guy. That second sentence is a terrible and unfair generalization.
This game is tied with New Ghostbusters 2 As my 2nd favorite Ghostbusters video game.
This is my 3rd favorite. Slightly below new Ghostbusters 2. But both are way behind the 2009 Ghostbusters the video game. That game is a masterpiece.
@@The_Bad_Guy. "Way behind"? That's doing both games a bit of a disservice.
In the 4th building (stay puft Marshmallow), you can keep going out and in after taking money from the safe, takes some time but helps you stock up on loads of items if you're new to the game/would like to have everything ahead of when you need it.
I like this game. Wait, I like this? Um, I think the world is coming to an end! Seriously, fire and brimstone falling from the skies, rivers and seas boiling! 40 years of darkness, earthquakes, volcanoes! The dead rising from the graves! Human sacrifice, dogs and cats, living together, _MASS HYSTERIA!_
Is that an AVGN reference?
Yes!
shut up.....
Don't worry though...
*I'll find something about it that sucks.*
The music scared me as a kid
I always muted my tv lol
I miss good game
Now if only we got this on Switch Online.
Sega Genesis will ALWAYS be the GREATEST console and console generation EVER
1:59 My Favorite Sound!
1:10:00 Peter: Ouch!
1:10:29 Ending
I always hear "Peter"
Me to
Really what is it with that funny little dance at the end of each level?
The Ultimate Choice ~Soul Melter~
A. Autobots
1. Galaxy Force (Ability: Sword)
a. Lucky (Leo Red)
b. Garrr (Wolf Blue)
c. Champ (Ox Black)
d. Hammy (Chameleon Green)
e. Spada (Fish Yellow)
2. Asterix (Ability: Fighter+Wing)
3. Obelix (Ability: Suplex+Stone)
4. King Dedede (Ability: Hammer)
5. Meta Knight (Ability: Sword)
6. Bandana Waddle Dee
7. Rick, Coo, Kine
8. Gooey (Weapon: Black Beam)
9. Marx (Weapon: Arrow Arrow)
10. Adeleine (Ability: Artist), Ribbon
11. Dark Meta Knight
12. Daroach (Weapon: Triple Star)
13. Magolor (Weapon: Ultra Sword)
14. Taranza (Ability: Spider)
15. Susie (Hair Color: Pink)
16. The Three Mage-Sisters
17. Beetley (Ability: Beetle)
18. Bio Spark (Ability: Ninja)
19. Birdon (Ability: Wing)
20. Blade Knight (Ability: Sword)
21. Bonkers (Ability: Hammer)
22. Broom Hatter (Ability: Clean)
23. Bugzzy (Ability: Suplex)
24. Burning Leo (Ability: Fire)
25. Chef Kawasaki (Ability: Cook)
26. Chilly (Ability: Ice)
27. Como (Ability: Spider)
28. Driblee (Ability: Water)
29. Gim (Ability: Yo-Yo)
30. Jammerjab (Ability: Staff)
31. Knuckle Joe (Ability: Fighter)
32. NESP (Ability: ESP)
33. Parasol Waddle Dee
34. Plugg (Ability: Plasma)
35. Poppy Bros. Jr. (Ability: Bomb)
36. Rocky (Ability: Stone)
37. Sir Kibble (Ability: Cutter)
38. Vividria (Ability: Artist)
39. Waddle Doo (Ability: Beam)
40. Wester (Ability: Whip)
Vs.
B. Decepticons
1. Aeon Secretary [Light Power]
2. Aeon Secretary (Hair Color: Red)
3. Zarutz (Parallel Color: Black)
4. Carbot/Gryphinx Prime
5. Carbot/Disc Cannon Prime
6. Buff D-Mind (Color: Black)
7. Death Trap (Parallel Color: Black)
8. Flame Face (Parallel.C: Black)
9. Snowman (Parallel Color: Black)
10. Scaley (Parallel Colot: Black)
Winston should have been in the first game he appeard later in the 1st film so he still counts
I bought this a few years ago. I'm going to play it soon and my PS3 one. It's gonna be fun
Before I'm going to Final Boss in Deep Hole I'm ready the Last Preparations in the Shop I need to Collect some more weapons
Where's the black guy!?
Is this the same one that was on the PC Engine?
This almost looks like it was meant to be a different game but then got changed to ghost busters at last minute
5:43 Venkman: Beat it Spook
I played this game, is hard as fuck too! look simple but it ain't, i can still feel my thumbs numb trying to jump and avoid being hit by those damn ghosts....I played as Egon a lot since back then I thought that by playing as Egon i will get smarter and beat the game sooner....I was wrong... those 3 Ghostbusters were dumb as equals...great memories...
Anyone find 1:10:06 the most satisfying part?
Wooooow the first game I got with my megradrive!! (apart sonic of course which came with it).
I used to finish it too! Nice long game, no? I'm seeing in the suggestions that most are shorter and there are quite a few that are bigger but mostly they're shorter timed to finish.
I'm planning on getting this Sega Genesis game once it's been restocked, because this game is awesome.
So can someone show me the part where Arthur died because it said that plant trapper killed him on screen but I didn’t see anyone die