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Extreme Ghostbusters: Code Ecto-1

Extreme Ghostbusters: Code Ecto-1 (also released as Extreme Ghostbusters in North America) is the second of the Light & Shadow Production releases and was for the Game Boy Advance in March 2002. It commonly…

5 April 2002

Extreme Ghostbusters: Code Ecto-1 is an adventure developed by Magic Pockets, released 5 April 2002 on Game Boy Advance.

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What Extreme Ghostbusters: Code Ecto-1 is

Extreme Ghostbusters: Code Ecto-1 is an adventure game developed by Magic Pockets and released in 2002. It was published by LSP. It is available on Game Boy Advance only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Extreme Ghostbusters: Code Ecto-1 (also released as Extreme Ghostbusters in North America) is the second of the Light & Shadow Production releases and was for the Game Boy Advance in March 2002. It commonly has been mistaken for Extreme Ghostbusters Video Game for GBC(Gameboy Color). The half-human/half-demon Count Mercharior has kidnapped Roland and Garett, two key members of the Ghostbusters team. The remaining team members, Eduardo and Kylie, immediately set off to find them, determined to capture the ghosts who have come to invade the city. The game was a combination platform and shooter game with some races, using a top-down perspective. There were 12 platform levels and four regions…
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Ghostbusters series

Extreme Ghostbusters: Code Ecto-1 is the 15th of 33 entries we hold in the Ghostbusters series. It arrived 10 months after Extreme Ghostbusters. The next entry was Extrme Ghostbusters: Code Ecto-1 in 2002.

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What it launched against

Extreme Ghostbusters: Code Ecto-1 launched on 5 April 2002, within three weeks of Resident Evil (2002), Resident Evil, Star Wars: Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast and World Soccer: Winning Eleven 6 International.

Released around the same time: Resident Evil (2002), Resident Evil, Star Wars: Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast, World Soccer: Winning Eleven 6 International.

Official trailer

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Extreme Ghostbusters: Code Ecto-1 was released on 5 April 2002 for Game Boy Advance.

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