New Ghostbusters II (1990)

HAL Laboratory

Family Computer · Nintendo Entertainment System

3.63 from 30 ratings

79 members have it in their collection · 1 playing now · 18 backlogged · 8 wish listed

How long? Main story 1h (from 1 logged playthrough)

"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.
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Details

Developers
HAL Laboratory
Publishers
HAL Laboratory
Genres
Adventure
Themes
Action, Science fiction
Franchises
Ghostbusters
Series
Ghostbusters

Release dates

  • Dec 26, 1990 (Full Release) (Japan) Family Computer
  • Q1 1992 (Full Release) (Europe) Nintendo Entertainment System

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Rating distribution

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4 stars
14
3 stars
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2 stars
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1 star
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Chovus

Status Chovus Jun 27, 2025

Beat. This game reminded me of the firemen. It was pretty simple 1 button to shoot ghosts and the other to make the AI partner trap it. Usually the partner simply walked up to the enemy but a few times he walked around obstacles when I was shooting through impassable area. I was impressed at that level of path finding. …

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Beat. This game reminded me of the firemen. It was pretty simple 1 button to shoot ghosts and the other to make the AI partner trap it. Usually the partner simply walked up to the enemy but a few times he walked around obstacles when I was shooting through impassable area. I was impressed at that level of path finding. The ghosts were fairly creative with different movement and attack patterns, and the core gameplay was fun. Dying in 1 hit sucked though the only penalty was getting back up after losing a life. The 1 time I tested using a continue it put me right before the room where I died. The level design was not great as many similar looking rooms repeated during each level with only slight variations in enemies. Despite the game being way too short, each stage dragged on too long with repetitive content. Bosses were decent and changed up the basic combat. I had to look up how to kill the 3 big head guys just before the final boss because I has not realized I could move around while shooting. Final boss was a very simple shoot em up boss and I slowed the speed to make dodging easier. Disappointing that there was no 2nd phase or more than 1 simple pattern. I did like the cute animations during the credits. Fun well made game but sorely lacking in content.

7.5/10

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scoopings

Status scoopings Oct 10, 2024

It seems the Gameboy and NES versions are entirely different, but seeing as they were released in the same year, based on same movie, and developed by same company, no issue with just being 2 releases within one entry (like with the later Harry Potter games etc.) But I will have to do 2 different reviews. Surprisingly, the Gameboy game …

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It seems the Gameboy and NES versions are entirely different, but seeing as they were released in the same year, based on same movie, and developed by same company, no issue with just being 2 releases within one entry (like with the later Harry Potter games etc.) But I will have to do 2 different reviews. Surprisingly, the Gameboy game comes first chronologically!

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