Real Ghost Busters, The

Manufacturer: Data East
Year: 1987
Class: Wide Release
Genre: Scrolling Fighter
Type: Videogame
Sub:

Monitor:

Orientation: Horizontal
Type: Raster: Standard Resolution
CRT: Color

Conversion Class: JAMMA+
Number of Simultaneous Players: 3
Maximum number of Players: 3
Gameplay: Joint
Control Panel Layout: Multiple Player
Controls:

Joystick: 8-way
Buttons: 2 [Plasma|Super]

Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)

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Real Ghost Busters, The Description

Up to three players, each assuming the role of a Ghostbuster, run around a top-down universal scrolling terrain, shooting creatures while trying to suck up ghosts with their plasma guns.

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Cabinet Information

This game features a half-panel side art sticker featuring the animated characters and the familiar "no ghosts" Ghostbusters logo. The marquee is curved, like many of Data East's other games of the era (e.g. Bad Dudes), and the control panel featured equally spaced controls (right, center, and left) with a Ghostbusters logo above the center controls. A two-player conversion kit with a flat marquee also exists.

Game Introduction

Adapted from the animated cartoon of the same name. Up to three players, each controlling a Ghostbuster, must run around a top-down universal scrolling terrain, shoot creatures and then try to suck up ghosts with their plasma guns. Players can shoot and then collect various power-ups, including a protective Aura, shot and beam boosters, and a "Green Ghost" Slimer shield sattelite. Has interesting screen transition effects and a well-orchestrated version of the movie's popular theme song.

VAPS Arcade Census

GAMES OWNED, WANTED, or FOR SALE BY MEMBERS OF THE VIDEO ARCADE PRESERVATION SOCIETY

Uncommon - There are 19 known instances of Real Ghost Busters, The owned by one of our 3,650 members who participate in our machine census project. Of these, 10 of them are original dedicated machines, and 9 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

Of the 59,767 machines (3,520 unique) tracked by the Video Game Preservation Society, this game ranks a 5 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most commonly seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on ownership records.

Wanted - There are 2 VAPS members currently looking for Real Ghost Busters, The.

For Sale - There is one VAPS member with a Real Ghost Busters, The machine for sale. There is one VAPS member with an extra Real Ghost Busters, The circuit board for sale. VAPS members are totally independent of VAPS and the International Arcade Museum, and we are unable to recommend, endorce, or guarantee any person or company selling games or game parts.

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Technical

The PCB is actually two PCBs connected with spacers. The DIP switch settings are similar to those found on Bad Dudes and Robocop. There is no free play mode. The volume control is a small white knob on the top PCB, threaded for use with a Philips screwdriver.

The two-player model/conversion kit uses a standard JAMMA pinout.

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