The Real Ghostbusters (1987) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

The Real Ghostbusters

A 3-player top-down arcade game where one player controls one of three unidentified ghost-busters. The game is based off of The Real Ghostbusters cartoon, rather than strictly off the movie franchise. The…

31 December 1987

What The Real Ghostbusters is

The Real Ghostbusters is a platform game developed by Data East and released in 1987. It was published by Activision. It is available on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A 3-player top-down arcade game where one player controls one of three unidentified ghost-busters. The game is based off of The Real Ghostbusters cartoon, rather than strictly off the movie franchise. The player can choose between a red, yellow or blue-jumpsuited character though all have the same abilities. These powers include an energy gun that transforms a hostile monster into a harmless, basic ghost, which are then captured using the proton beam. Other abilities are an invincibility field and the ability to summon Slimer to absorb attacks instead of the player. In Japan the game is known as Meikyuu Hunter G, but bears little resemblance to the western version as it did not use the…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Ghostbusters series

The Real Ghostbusters is the third of 33 entries we hold in the Ghostbusters series. It arrived a year after Ghostbusters. The next entry was The Real Ghostbusters in 1988.

See all 33 Ghostbusters games in release order →