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Zener Cards Test
This experiment is a test of your psychic abilities. It's called the Zener Cards test. It was developed by Dr. Karl Zener in the early 1930's. In this experiment you will be shown five cards, each containing a different symbol, a cross, circle, square, star and wavy lines. The goal is to predict which symbol has been chosen at random.
* Javascript version
* Shockwave Flash version
* Javascript version (Dr. Venkman's ESP Test)
Extreme Ghostbusters / Men In Black Rifle Arcade (Shockwave Director/Flash)
Official Video Games / Computer Software
ROMs (game files) and the emulators to play them can be found on the sites that I've linked to on my Software page. In addition to that, Ghostbusters Headquarters has some ROM files.
| Ghostbusters | |||
| System | All Game Guide | GameFaqs | Other Links |
| Sega Genesis | X | X | * Screen Shots * Ending Screens * Package Scans * Game Music |
| Commodore 64 | X | X | * Screen Shots * Ending Screens (Good) * Ending Screens (Bad #1) * Ending Screens (Bad #2) * Documentation: File #1 / File #2
Videos: |
| Personal Computer (IBM PC) | * Cover Art | ||
| Atari 2600 | X | X | * Screen Shots * Game Manual (archive) * Info - Special label #1 * Info - Special label #2 * Info - Blue label * Improved Hack * Download The ROM |
| Sega Master System | X | X | * Screen Shots * Ending Screens * Package Scans
Videos: |
| Nintendo Entertainment System | X | X | * Screen Shots (USA) * Screen Shots (JAP) * Review
Videos: |
| Amstrad CPC (UK) | * Package Scans | ||
| Mobile Phones "Ghostbusters Mobile" (2005) |
* Official Site * Trailer
Videos (Trailer): |
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| Ghostbusters II | |||
| Atari 2600 | X | X | * Screen Shots * Info/Box Art * Easter Eggs * Easy Hack * Download The ROM |
| Nintendo Entertainment System | X | X | * Game Manual (archive) * Instructions * Review * Advertisement * Game Music
Videos: |
| Commodore 64 | X | * Screen Shots | |
| Personal Computer (IBM PC) | * Screen Shots * Cover Art * Help Doc (very bottom of file) * Review |
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| Gameboy | X | X | * This game is a port of HAL's "New Ghostbusters II" NES game that was not released in the U.S. The character of Louis was removed, as was the color (since the Gameboy is a monochrome system). I don't know if any other changes were made. |
| "New Ghostbusters II" Nintendo Entertainment System (European) |
X | * This game was later ported to the Gameboy and released in the U.S., but with the character of Louis and the colors removed.
* Screen Shots |
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| The Real Ghostbusters | |||
| Arcade (aka "Meikyuu Hunter G") |
X | X | * Arcades That Have This Game * Screen Shots * Screen Shots * Screen Shots * Advertising Flyers * Game Info * Game Info |
| Gameboy | X | X | * This game is a reprogrammed version Kemco's Garfield Labyrinth with Peter Venkman replacing Garfield as the main character (note the Bill Murray / Lorenzo Music irony to come). The Garfield game is a reprogrammed version of the Japanese game Mickey Mouse IV: Mahou no Labyrinth (Magic Labyrinth) with Garfield in place of Mickey Mouse.
Screen Shot Comparisons: |
| Amiga (European) | * Box Art & Info | ||
| Extreme Ghostbusters | |||
| "EGB: The Ultimate Invasion" Playstation (European) |
* Official Website * Screen Shots (page in Italian) |
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| Gameboy Color (European) | X | X | * Official Website * Official Cheats * Official Press Release * GameSpot |
| "EGB: Code Ecto-1" Gameboy Advance |
X (US) X (EU) |
X | * Screen Shots * Ending Screens * Official UK Site * Official US Site * Official Press Release (pdf) * GameSpot |
| "EGB: Zap The Ghosts" Personal Computer (IBM PC) |
* Official Website * Official Press Release (pdf) |
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| "EGB Creativity Workshop" Personal Computer (IBM PC) |
* Official Press Release #1 * Official Press Release #2 (pdf) |
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| Ghostbusters: The Video Game | |||
| PC / PlayStation 3 / Xbox 360 | * Multimedia & News Archive | ||
| PlayStation 2 / Wii / PSP | * Multimedia & News Archive | ||
| Nintendo DS | * Multimedia & News Archive | ||
Official Role-Playing Games
WEST END GAMES - GHOSTBUSTERS: A FRIGHTFULLY CHEERFUL ROLEPLAYING GAME (1986)
Thanks to a Geocities page that is no longer online, parts of the book are available for your downloading pleasure. To view these files, you will need a PDF Reader. More information can be found on the Help page.
- Training Manual (26 pages) (4.4 Mb)
- Item Cards 1 (1 page) (1 Mb)
- Item Cards 2 (4 pages) (3.4 Mb)
- Reference File A (4 pages) (259 Kb)
- Reference File B (4 pages) (370 Kb)
- Reference File C (4 pages) (304 Kb)
- Ghost Die (image)
- Firehouse Blueprints (image) (not movie-accurate)
Unofficial Video Games / Computer Software
Grand Theft Auto Ghostbusters PC mods
Ghostbusters Mod for DOOM 2 (PC) (Download Mirror)
Ghostbusters Game (PC)
The Real Ghostbusters Video Game (PC) (Updated Demo)
Ghostbusters Game Demo (PC) (Download)
Ghostbusters 3D Back In Action (PC) (alt download) [homepage listed for the game is no longer online]
Ghostbusters Demo (PC) [homepage listed for the game is no longer online]
Ghostbusters 3 (PC) (Freeware, Full Game it seems) [homepage listed for the game is no longer online]
Ghostbusters 2D - An old school GB sidescroller, with some awesome sprite art.
Ghostbusters Video Game Fan Remake - This entry in the Retro Remakes 2006 competition is a remake of the old C64 Ghostbusters game.
Unofficial Role-Playing Games
| ExorSystems, Inc (2007, Octavirate Games) Not an officially-licensed Ghostbusters role-playing game, but one that very much evokes the Ghostbusters feel. It also has elements that delve into Men in Black, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Hellboy territory. You don't have to join up with the Ghostbusters-like, science-driven ExorSystems, Inc. A few other groups exist in the game, which you are free to join: the mystically-minded Mithra Group, the media-driven psychics of PRECOG, and the shadowy agency known only as Department-7. Of course, you don't have to join up with any groups at all - but what's the fun in that?!? The game works with the d20 modern "metasystem", which means it runs on a core system similar to Dungeons and Dragons. (more info) * FREE: Free Preview (alt url) * PAY: Sneaking Preview (alt url), Game Markers, Core Rulebook, Bundle. * FREE: Gurencher - Spook Central's Exclusive Ghost (1.7 Mb) |
 The Gurencher |
GURPS Ghostbusters (2008, Steve Jackson Games)
This is a fan-made module for the Generic Universal RolePlaying System (GURPS) that allows you to use Ghostbusters characters with that system. I believe that you still need to buy the GURPS handbook in order to use this (the GURPS Basic Set Fourth Edition according to the back cover). It's not officially part of the GURPS series, nor could it ever be, since it not only uses the Ghostbusters property that Steve Jackson Games doesn't own and didn't license, but it uses photos and artwork from a multitude of sources that are also not properly licensed either. The interesting thing about this is that not only does it look professional - with an ISBN number, UPC code, price, etc. - but there were a few hard copy books printed up, too. Thanks to a Geocities page that is no longer online, a PDF of the Fourth Edition, 1st Printing (April 2008) (144 pages) (16.8 Mb) is available for download.
The Complete Guide To AD&D Technology For Advanced Dungeons & Dragons
by Desmond Reid / by Reid Bluebaugh
Includes a section on using Ghostbusters equipment in a AD&D game.
Other Games
The Real Ghostbusters board game (United States)
Info coming soon.
The Real Ghostbusters board game (Sweden)
Plus various electronic handheld games released in the United States (of which I owned a couple at one point). Specific information to be added as I get it.