New Ghostbusters II

Nintendo exclusive

"New Ghostbusters II" is an action video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System developed and published by HAL Laboratory in 1990 in Japan and in 1991 in the PAL region. The NES version was never released in North America due to licensing issues with Activision. As a result, NES players in North America only received Activision's Ghostbusters II game.

Released: 26 December 1990
Platforms: Game Boy NES
Genres: Action Adventure
Developers: HAL Laboratory
Publishers: HAL Laboratory
Series: Ghostbusters
Modes: Multiplayer Single-player
Perspective: Side view
Themes: Action Science fiction
Country: Japan
Languages: English, Japanese

About

New Ghostbusters II (ゴーストバスターズ２, Gōsutobasutāzu 2) is an action video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System and Game Boy, both developed and published by HAL Laboratory in 1990 in Japan and in 1991 in the PAL region. The NES version was never released in North America due to licensing issues with Activision. As a result, NES players in North America only received Activision's Ghostbusters II game. HAL also developed a Game Boy version of New Ghostbusters II, titled simply Ghostbusters II, which they also published in Japan, while Activision published it in North America and PAL regions.

›Story

The world-wide hit movie is now available on the Nintendo Entertainment System! Capture the ghost that haunted New York City in this comedy-action-adventure. Six stages in all, including a Courtroom, the Subway, the Art Museum and more!

Keywords

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Gameplay

In the game, the player is presented with four Ghostbusters to choose from: Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz, Egon Spengler, or Winston Zeddemore. The NES version features their accountant, Louis Tully, as a fifth playable character. This, along with the North American version of Ghostbusters II, were the only titles ever released that allowed players to play as Winston. While the action can be performed by oneself in the NES version, a secondary player may join the game with the ability to press B on a second controller to release a ghost-catching trap.

The objective of the game is to trap all the ghosts in an area until an arrow appears which alerts the player where to travel to next. A boss appears at the end of each stage.