Ghostbusters

As a Ghostbusters fan (and frankly, is there anyone who has seen the film who isn't a fan?), I'm really looking forward to the new Ghostbusters game.

All the reviews agree that, not only is this a good game, but its also a great Ghostbusters experience. The consensus appears to be that, by getting the original writers and actors so heavily involved, they were able to recapture that Ghostbusters magic. In effect, this feels like the third movie in the franchise. With praise like this, is it any surprise that I'm looking forward to playing this game?

The other big thing that the reviews mention is generally along the lines of "OMFG, first game evah based on a movie that doesn't suck balls!!". Granted, there have been loads and loads (and loads) of bad games based on movies but has everyone already forgotten the original Ghostbusters game way back in the early 80's!

Granted, the game is simple and crap by today's standards but at the time, I had loads of fun with it. I can't recall the number of hours I poured into tearing around NY in Ecto1, vacuuming up stray ghosts along the way before setting up my trap for the infamous green slimer. In fact, I recall that I had so much fun just catching ghosts that the ending, where you had to sneak your ghostbusters past the Stay Puft marshmallow man and into the building so that you could cross the streams, was always disappointing.

Anyway, if you want to relive your early days of glorious 8 bit gaming, you can download a remake of the classic Ghostbusters game here.