Ghostbusters The Video Game

Publisher: Atari

Developer: Terminal Reality

Category: Action

Release Dates

N Amer - 06/16/2009

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GameZone's Review

8.5
GZ Rating

Gameplay	8.5
Graphics	8.5
Sound	8
Difficulty	Medium
Concept	8
Overall	8.5

Reviewer: Dan Liebman

Review Date: 06/17/2009

Shut off the lights and fire up the proton packs – because that sound is just so cool!

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7.5

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Michael Lafferty - 04/30/2008

Ghostbusters is an impressive visual treat that should provide a fair number of thrills

Interviews

When a Ghostbusters Game Appears in the Neighborhood, Who You Gonna Call? Brendan Goss, Executive Producer at Terminal Reality
“We learned that Sony and Sierra had been wanting to do Ghostbusters for years but they had not found the right partner. They really wanted a developer that had a passion for the project.”

News

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Ghostbusters: The Video Game Now Available On Xbox Live And Playstation Network!

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Atari Announces Worldwide Launch Plans for Ghostbusters: The Video Game
PSP Version Coming Worldwide Autumn 2009

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Atari and Terminal Reality has released a new developer diary for their upcoming Ghostbusters title

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Description

Ghostbusters™ The Video Game, based on the classic films that have transcended and entertained generations of audiences. To deliver a special gaming experience to the tremendous Ghostbusters’ fan base around the world, the game will feature the original film cast from Columbia Pictures' classic Ghostbusters films, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, and Ernie Hudson, back again for the first time in more than 20 years. Supporting the ghost busting crew are the talents of Annie Potts, Brian Doyle Murray and William Atherton. Equipped with a variety of unique weapons and gadgets, players will hunt, fight and capture a wide range of supernatural villains in a funny and frightening battle to save New York City from its latest paranormal plague.

Features

THE AUTHENTIC GHOSTBUSTERS GAME EXPERIENCE – Delivering a special gaming experience to the tremendous Ghostbusters fan base around the world, Ghostbusters™: The Video Game features the original cast from Columbia Pictures’ classic Ghostbusters films, including Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson – together again for the first time in over 20 years. Supporting the original Ghostbusters crew are the talents of Annie Potts, Brian Doyle Murray and William Atherton.
UNIQUE GHOST BUSTING ACTION – Like the films before it, Ghostbusters™: The Video Game is all-new classic adventure with Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis returning to the helm to script and create a new storyline that leads gamers through the trials and tribulations of the world’s leading paranormal ghost busting team. Players experience a variety of frightening new ghosts, even some based on ideas from Aykroyd and Ramis that never made it into the original feature films.
EQUIPMENT, GADGETS & ENEMIES – Ghostbusters™: The Video Game features never seen before ghost hunting, wrangling and trapping game mechanics with upgradeable gadgets. Gamers can wear ghosts down into a weakened state with the Proton Pack’s Blast Stream and use the Capture Stream to wrangle them into the trap, execute different strategic tactics with the new Slime Tether and Stasis Stream, and scan and analyze targets using like the P.K.E. Meter and Paragoggles.

Hardware Requirements

Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista 32-bit and 64-bit
Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 or AMD Athlon X2 3800+
ATI Radeon X1800-series 512MB, NVIDIA GeForce 8400 512MB
2GB RAM
9GB free hard disk space
DirectX 9.0c-compatible soundcard
Keyboard, Mouse or Xbox 360 Gamepad
Internet connection required for first-time authentication (connection not required after authentication)

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