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Haunting Starring Polterguy

Scare the evil, greedy Sardinis out of their houses by turning everyday household objects into something scary, funny or just plain gross. Or use your special spells to really send 'em shrieking. But you gotta…

31 December 1993

Haunting Starring Polterguy is a simulator developed by Electronic Arts, released 31 December 1993 on PlayStation Portable and Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.

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What Haunting Starring Polterguy is

Haunting Starring Polterguy is a simulator game developed by Electronic Arts and released in 1993. It is available on PlayStation Portable and Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Scare the evil, greedy Sardinis out of their houses by turning everyday household objects into something scary, funny or just plain gross. Or use your special spells to really send 'em shrieking. But you gotta hurry, 'cause your ectoplasm may run out! 16 megs of cool graphics, gross special effects and blood-curdling sounds. Unique 3/4 view perspective. Over 400 scary, funny or gross fright items, each causing something different to happen. Five special spells: Zom-B-Ize, Supr-Scare, Boo-Doo, Ecto-Xtra and Dog-Off. "Killer" dungeon with 12 different paths!
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Haunting Starring Polterguy launched on 31 December 1993, within three weeks of Doom, Mega Man X, Theme Park and Windjammers.

Released around the same time: Doom, Mega Man X, Theme Park, Windjammers.

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When did Haunting Starring Polterguy come out?
Haunting Starring Polterguy was released on 31 December 1993 for PlayStation Portable and Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.

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