Before even seeing the rankings my mind is like "A bunch of awful games, a kind of fun for what it is arcade game, and the 2009 game is actually pretty great"

@bemasaberwyn55

2 жыл бұрын

Forgot about Ghostbusters (1989) for the Genesis/megadrive

@Nathan-rb3qp

2 жыл бұрын

@@bemasaberwyn55 The creators of Musha & Puyo Puyo made it.

@orinanime

2 жыл бұрын

Good: A decent arcade game The NEW Ghostbusters 2 NES Ghostbusters Sega Genesis The 2009 video game I think a decent GBA game based on The Extreme Ghostbusters AND Everything else is terrible

@JB0071051982

2 жыл бұрын

@@orinanime Correct, Extreme Ghostbusters did have a Gameboy Advance video game and it is quite decent. It came out after the show had ended its run-on TV and was released in Europe and the USA. I like that you can play as both Eduardo and Kylie and the Ecto 1 is drivable.

@caesar7786

2 жыл бұрын

@@orinanime ghostbusters 2009 wasn't just decent, but awesome

Extreme Ghostbusters may have only run for just over three months, but this was the era when cartoons would run Monday-Friday with new episodes almost every day, so the show had 40 episodes. That's plenty of material to build a fan base.

@GalactusTheDestroyer

2 жыл бұрын

I LOVE Ghostbusters and I enjoyed Extreme Ghostbusters. You had Alfonso Ribeiro, Tara Strong, and Billy West to name a few. I'm going to rewatch it again, it's been quite a while. Can't wait to watch Ghostbusters: Afterlife.

@mikefink7548

2 жыл бұрын

It also still has comics released at least up until 2019

@elijahthekid_

2 жыл бұрын

Extreme Ghostbusters also built it's own style and atmosphere, I think the hate comes from the era it was in honestly

@WinstonDreadmore

2 жыл бұрын

In the UK it was on TV for years. Probably the same in other parts of Europe too. My girlfriend is from Slovakia and she says it was very popular there And for some reason I just forgot Triple Jump is a UK show wtf. I remember it being repeated for years here

@bdpickett

2 жыл бұрын

@@mikefink7548 That was for the OG Ghostbusters.

"...to turn 'what fresh hell is this?' into a multiple choice question" Art.

@mikefink7548

2 жыл бұрын

i was cracking up at this line. that was bloody brilliant as they'd say in the UK lol

Always wanted to see a open world Ghostbusters game where you and friends (offline and online) work together by capturing ghosts and other missions, you can also drive the ecto-1 across NYC and you can also create your own home base/firehouse that's totally costumizable.

@The_Gallowglass

2 жыл бұрын

Not just NYC, but maybe even out to other cities and states like in the cartoon.

@VariaBug

2 жыл бұрын

There's a game called Ghost Control Inc, heavily inspired by Ghostbusters. It doesn't have everything, but it might be enough to take a look at.

@caesar7786

2 жыл бұрын

Still, they were great

@scottc2455

Жыл бұрын

Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed

@richardharris3449

7 ай бұрын

Hear me out: GB the video game for DS was basically open world with assignments. Also had rpg elements. For this fanboy it filled a void and supplemented the console version of the game.

Wow! Another Peter venkman/Garfield connection. For those who don't know, both Bill Murray and Lorenzo music played venkman and Garfield in live action and animated forms respectively(well, Murray's Garfield was CGI but you know what I mean). It's like these two completely unrelated characters are inextricably linked by the chaos of the universe.

@radim279

Жыл бұрын

WE KNOW

David Crane's Ghostbusters from 1984 remains my favorite to this day. I find it sad how the reputation of a bad NES port has colored opinion on the game. The game was well received in its time, and for good reason. It did a tremendous job ob implementing various elements of the source material into a game, something unheard of at the time. You don't just shoot ghosts, you use your proton beams and traps just as in the movie. You can buy equipment to suit your play style, also largely based on the movie in its effects. You are running a business answering calls from clients to catch ghosts, much like they do in the movie. And also money is an issue, as it is when they set up their business in the movie. You drive around in Ecto-1 to go move around the basic open world. And when keymaster and gatekeeper meet Zuul appears. This game is a classic and did a fantastic job in its day. It tries to offer more from the movie than any of the later games did. Of course you cannot judge a 1984 game by modern standards, but seeing the discrepancy between this video and how the game was actually regarded back then makes its description here sound really ignorant.

@MephProduction

2 жыл бұрын

the 84 game on the 8 bits was brilliant, it help sell many home computers at the time and is still really fun the play today, although repetitive but then so is the 'video game' it certainly not as bad as these guys are making out.

@jimx117

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed- that game on the c64 was legendary. The Sega Master System got a pretty good port of it at least, but unfortunately it seems that myself and like 5 other people played that version. I agree though that NES port was, sadly, rubbish. The stairwell segment is damn near unplayable

@BirdBrain0815

2 жыл бұрын

Yep! ... He sliiiiiimed me! ... it was awesome at the time :D

@RogueBoyScout

2 жыл бұрын

Even the Atari 2600 version was a damn decent game considering what it had to work with re:hardware

@pforson

2 жыл бұрын

Totally agree. On the Speccy it was (is) a great game and I loved it as a kid.

I reckon the reason why there were so many Extreme Ghostbusters games is that the show was extremely (heh) popular in reruns & syndication in parts of Europe. Hence why the games were mainly published in Europe.

16:35 Judging by the fact, the show is remembered fondly, has a 6.9 on IMDB and has one of the characters become a major character in IDW's Ghostbusters comics, those kids are likely NOT embarrassed they liked Extreme Ghostbusters.

@SergioLeRoux

2 жыл бұрын

They just repeat that because they want to be an edgier version of Outside Xtra.

The 1984 Commodore 64 Ghostbusters game was very well-liked by everyone I knew who played it and is still considered a classic. It's only "bad" if you think all Commodore 64 games are "bad" and that's to entirely ignore game history and context.

@tysonsflag

2 жыл бұрын

I played that game as a kid and absolutely loved it. It was ahead of its time in many ways.

@Podbod

2 жыл бұрын

@@tysonsflag this. By far one of may fav games as a kid. Ignoring the shoddy ports (nes staircase!!) the c64 version had cool music. Digitised voice. Consistant and very winnable gameplay. Rpg-lite elements with the cash system and custom load outs to vary the gameplay slightly. Compared to games at the time it was great. Sure its naff by today's standards but then 99% of games from back then are.

@imushavem7504

2 жыл бұрын

I can still hear that sid music for ghostbusters theme song in the background and the synth voice yell "Ghostbusters" whenever I caught a ghost.

@barrywallace2744

2 жыл бұрын

Jesus man do not and defend that utter garbage heap of a game, it was bad. It looked bad even back then, played worse and the music was worse than nails going down a blackboard.

@SergioLeRoux

2 жыл бұрын

It also had a little ball bouncing on the lyrics of the song, and allowed you to press spacebar to scream "Ghostbusters!" Every time it told you to.

The Japanese Ghostbusters 2 games on NES & Game Boy were actually developed by Hal Laboratory.

I liked the C64's Ghostbusters game when I was a kid very much. It was a cool game for a kid and for the time and you could save your progress and get it on the next cycle, so it had some replayability too.

oh come on the commodore 64 game for it's time was AWESOME, i loved it.

I loved the DS one as a kid. I liked that between and post story you get to manage the Ghostbusters business and take random contracts across New York and bust ghosts. I loved driving around and seeing how many ghosts I could bust with the Ecto-1's turret. I also liked that you can research new weapons and equipment and pack extra gear in the trunk of Ecto-1 in case you need it.

@soulbounddoll1826

Жыл бұрын

When I played the DS version, I liked getting all my allies killed. Their "Dead" faces were kind of scary too.

@goldenamber5168

Жыл бұрын

@@soulbounddoll1826 If you're attacking them before they become ghosts...is it a pre-bust?

And here I thought there was only like 4

@sylv3053

2 жыл бұрын

So did I! (One on the GameCube, one on the 3DS, one on the arcade, and one on the Switch) Bah! I'm just teasing, but in all seriousness, I thought there were only like 4 officially licensed Ghostbusters games as well.

@bemasaberwyn55

2 жыл бұрын

Nope. AVGN took 3 20 minute videos to get through a sampling

@smorgasbord26

2 жыл бұрын

If this list is anything to go by you're better off not knowing most of these exist

@raphaelturtle4146

2 жыл бұрын

Don't you wish you could go back to before you knew better?

@donovaneckstrom

2 жыл бұрын

I honestly thought they were separating the Activision ones into 6 different rankings due to the wide range of quality. What a delightful surprise!

Seeing the 1990 mega drive game brought back fond memories, it was the first game I got for my Mega drive(apart from Altered beast, but I didn't touch that game for months because of the Ghostbusters game). i loved it, i spent so much time playing it and would love a port of it to play again, the difficulty spike coment was totally fair, but they added to the enjoyment for me.

@tjjavier

Жыл бұрын

YES! Great memories with this one ❤️❤️❤️

14:49 Would love a ranked list of Garfield games now

@UltimateGamerCC

2 жыл бұрын

sadly all but the one for Genesis - Garfield: Caught in the Act - are crap, and note this is coming from a guy that LOVES Garfield, i even like the live-action movies.

@mossena

2 жыл бұрын

I always enjoyed "Big Fat Hairy Deal" on the C64 back in the day, but to be honest it wasn't a great game - I was just an undiscriminating kid!

The list I didn't know I needed. Triple Jump doing hero's work again! (Hope the Megadrive game charts high! Underrated gem.) EDIT: BOOM!

@H0lyMoley

2 жыл бұрын

Since you posted your comment two hours ago, I will say that the Megadrive game got one place lower than it deserved, given its competition.

Ghostbuster 2 on the Gameboy was amazing! I replayed that game so many times. Loved the animation style, and how, even though they were tiny pixels, each character looked authentically like the film actors lol. Very fun game indeed.

Ghostbusters: The Video Game for console and PC is the best game of the series. It feels like a propper "Ghostbusters 3" sequal and is the last time we'll ever see Harold Ramis reprise his role as Egon Spengler. Recently they released Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed. A great asymmetric multi-player game with some really obscure refferences from the entirety of the franchise. Some of the customizeable options you can add to your Ghostbuster (customizeable characters will always be a plus) actually take from the 80's action figure line, the Real Ghostbusters, the Extreame Ghostbusters, and 2016 Ghostbusters. The last bit of DLC they added was free. Plot wise, it takes place between Afterlife and the upcomming Frozen Empire film. It even has Ernie Hudson and Dan Akroyd reprising their characters. It's fun game that gave my brother and I our childhood wish fulfillment. Oh and it's also cross platform whitch is always a plus in my book.

so happy to see "New Ghostbusters II" so high on the list. One of my favs from back in the day.

The best Ghost Busters game is luigi's mansion

@retrovideogamejunkie

2 жыл бұрын

What about tumblepop?

@CrazeeAdam

Жыл бұрын

Kind of funny that in the early 2000s Nintendo showed it WAS possible to make a good Ghostbusters game. And no one actually took cues from it

@rusty1008

10 ай бұрын

I totally agree

@dmo848

7 ай бұрын

Dead ass true 😂

@jakesepicgamingandmusic

7 ай бұрын

ITS GHOSTBUSTERS NOT GHOST BUSTERS AS A HUGE GHOSTBUSTERS NERD I TELL YOU TO GET IT RIGHT

The Commodore 64 version of Ghostbusters was a fond childhood memory

1984 Ghostbusters WAS my childhood. I needed a Commodore 64 because I needed that game. All of the other 150 disks paled in comparison to this.

When the DS version came out, I played it for months on end. My family and I would go camping 3 times a year and on the drive there Id play that game. Ahhhh good times

@filthycasual8187

2 жыл бұрын

DS version, to me, is the game you play when you just wanna be a Ghostbuster. I don't even bother with the main missions (I have the realistic version on PC for that), I just take the randomized jobs and bust some heads... in a spiritual sense, of course.

If there's one thing I didn't like about Ghostbusters '09 it's that it didn't have co-op. Seriously, if any game was supposed to have co-op, it was Ghostbusters. Both me and a friend who played the game a lot kept talking about the lack of it, especially since we used to play Ghostbusters at the playground when we were kids. This game was the chance to really play Ghostbusters with your friends, but unfortunately they dropped the ball on that one. Still a very fun game.

I've ain't been afraid of a ghost before, so I'm going to call everyone I've got!

Maybe do a ranking of Lego games or Spongebob games

@hosephanerothe1440

2 жыл бұрын

Yes yes yes LEGO

@mackinblack

2 жыл бұрын

Gay

@humanperson6372

2 жыл бұрын

@@mackinblack homophobe

@GhostofKittyKatDawg

2 жыл бұрын

@@humanperson6372 be nice, he's clearly just coming out to the world

@charlottestreet3301

Жыл бұрын

@@hosephanerothe1440 they have already done lego games

35:26 BM genuinely sounds like he couldn't be bothered in every role he's done,it's just his overall delivery lol

The Mega Drive version is such an underrated gem. As far as I'm concerned, this game is canon.

Wow I've only played 1 Ghostbusters game. Really didn't know there was this many!

@roxassora2706

2 жыл бұрын

Mine was on the wii

The Extreme Ghostbusters games kept popping up because Extreme was the most recent cartoon that had been out and they banked on kids remembering that show more than the first cartoon or the movies.

I do sometimes randomly yell out "BUSTIN' MAKES ME FEEL GOOD!", too.

10:14 Ghostbusters was also released for the Apple II, the Atari 8-bit home computers and the ZX Spectrum.

@diecarro79

2 жыл бұрын

And MSX is incorrectly spelled in the list.

@Highretrogamelord

2 жыл бұрын

@@diecarro79 True, I just didn't want to write that because spelling mistakes can easily happen.

@TheHimble

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, had the spectrum version at the time and child me loved it.

I remember PP Hammer. I had no idea about Kemco ripping him off. Outrageous!

Glad you did a video of the Ghostbusters games

What TF was up with Winston not getting his proper credit or being completely left out some games?? Reminds me of star wars' Finn left out of China's movie poster! Kinda shady Asia lol

Sometimes I am like they have done everything they can for a worst to best list, but their pleasantly surprise me every time

3:46 you hush up right now. That show has an awesome aesthetic. Looks great!

I haven't played GB II on the GB since '93. Now here's me, close to three decades later and the video footage alone brought the score back into my brain. Congratulations, TripleJump, for successfully implanting an earworm without a single note. Achievement unlocked, I guess.

@theonlybilge

2 жыл бұрын

Ghostbusters 2 on the Ghostbust

"What fresh hell is this, into a multiple choice question" LMAO!!!

Ghostbusters on the Genesis was made by Compile: The creators of Aleste & Puyo Puyo.

I have fond memories of playing Ghostbusters on the Sega Master System. The one with the driving segment and the weird flashing map.

Ghostbusters: The Video Game is my favorite of course and I just started playing GB2 for the Gameboy and that one sure surprised me on how fun it is. I own the NES versions but mainly for collection and not for playing

The only good things that came out of the 2016 ghostbusters is the redesigned gadgets, which i kinda dig and wish to see return. Also zootfly was making a ghostbusters game set in the modern day, they had some really cool ideas.

I had all versions of Ghostbusters 2009, and i loved playing every one of them. Havent played the ds version in a while though and i cant find the wii version at the moment. I mainly just play the 2019 remaster these days.

New Ghostbusters 2 for nes was a really fun game for the day and the soundtrack still bangs

I actually quite like the stylized version of Ghostbusters 2009. The player models looking somewhat more cartoony evokes The Real Ghostbusters in a fun way, the way they abridged the story segments actually means the gameplay parts shine through more, and it features male and female playable characters, which is of course a little more inclusive. And it still has the full original movie cast, so the flavour of the game is still pretty on point.

I didn't even know there was so many Ghostbusters games

The fact that HAL labs made a Ghostbusters II game is a fun fact that I always find novel

VIDEO CONCEPT: Rank all the consoles/handheld Sims games from worst to best

I like how extreme wasn't that popular but has the most games..

Loved the #1 Game! Will you make a video about Spirits Unleashed? I've been hooked on it!

They also had a role playing game, which I found out by buying the majority of the content from dollar stores. It wasn't bad, definitely true to the franchise and full of some really funny writing.

You guys are killing it lately! But… it’s too bad there isn’t a Ghostbusters sports title. Ah well…

@staylor0902

2 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah, Ghost time!

@juicepouch1

2 жыл бұрын

@@staylor0902 I've never seen a ghost before, but I do believe in ghosts. So I'm going to give this everything I've got!"

Am happy to see New Ghostbusters II on the NES on this list, I used to love playing that game, and it was far more enjoyable than Activision's game. HAL Laboratory gave us some great titles on the NES, Kirby's Adventure, the Adventures of Lolo series, and New Ghostbusters II!

I had the Garfield version of that labyrinth game on the game boy, one of the first games I actually owned, always struck me as an odd premise for a Garfield game, it all makes sense now!

Wow. Ghostbusters II on Gameboy was pretty challenging. When you defeated the final boss, it starts over on harder difficulty. Nostalgia!

@chesspunk489

Жыл бұрын

I got that game earlier this year and I love it. The price for it keeps going up. I guess it's kind of rare.

C64 Ghostbusters is one of my all time favourite games. You've done it dirty here.

The 1984 game was also available on the ZX Spectrum, and it was great both on the Spectrum and the C64.

Sitting on a nail broke me 😂

7:25 is my fave Miller joke yet!

Mega Drive Ghostbusters was my first videogame. Got hit with a whollop of nostalgia there.

@H0lyMoley

2 жыл бұрын

Now be honest... how long did it take you to realise that it was the orange dude that lived in the hat that you had to shoot?

Funny how often the Statue of Liberty appears in these games when I don't even recall those scenes from the movie

I love the "Doe, Ray, Egon" reference.

I used to enjoy the first C64 Ghostbusters game. It was one of few (possibly only) C64 game I completed. (And therefore most likely the first game I ever finished).

Hilarious Intro,Guys.

whats the violin track that plays throughout your video mate? :)

Every looney tunes game please for the love of God!

the activision version on the atari XE was THE BOMB yo. literally top bow-locks

How dare you slander the 1984 game! That was one of my first introductions to gaming on the ZX Spectrum, I absolutely loved it.

I was really hoping for a high Mega Drive/Genesis position! I loved that game!

Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed This game was released after this video.... I am curious where the game would go in the list.

The Ghostbusters on the Nintendo DS was my second ever ds game along with Crash Bandicoot: Mind Over Mutants, it was a great era of games to grow up with.

I love Mega Drive Ghostbusters. Compile knocked it out of the park. I also owned Ghostbusters 1 on 2600. That was pretty confounding I couldn't understand what I was meant to be doing because the symbols were completely unintelligible.

One of the most anxiety inducing gaming moments for me was jumping the ecto-1 over the extremely long potholes in the nes game

I knew about some of these games, but I didn't know there were this many. I had no idea how many Ghostbusters games there were.

I think the Extreme Ghostbusters game on PSone was actually re-released in 2004, the original game I believe was 2001 like the Game Boy game. For some reason, Argos went big on Ghostbusters stuff around that time as I can remember the toys and games being featured in the catalogues, much like Thunderbirds in that sense. But yeah, a bunch of PSOne random games were re-released in 2003/2004 for some reason with newer PEGI age ratings over the older ELSPA ones.

I am just starting the video and I am curious if you will mention the Apple II Ghostbusters game. I know it exists because I used to play it. Edit: At 10:17 you are covering the game that I played on my Apple clone

3:13 it probably doesn't make up for the game but that walking animation is kind of pleasant though

23:30 they had a licensing deal with Papa Joe's, you know, that disgusting slop that gives you GAAAAAAAS?

I suspect that the "late" Extreme Ghostbusters games came about because licensing "Extreme" was likely cheaper than licensing OG Ghostbusters but would still bring in the paypigs.

It’s good to see the Mega Drive Ghostbusters so high. Put a lot of fun your into that one as a kid

now i really wanna go back and play the 2009 ghostbusters on DS

Another amazing list! We really appreciate the time and effort you all out into these!

Nice list. I would like to provide an alternative scoring: Ghostbusters The Video Game (PC, 2009): #1 Ghostbusters (Commodore 64, 1984): #2 Everything else: #3 or worse

"The biggest crime of sanctum of slime" Go on 🤣

The '84 Ghostbusters was one of the first games I ever owned on the C64. It wasn't that great but hey, digitized speech!

I had Ghostbusters (1984) on Commodore 64. Can’t temper much of it because I was about 5 at the time. I think I gave up in frustration at not being able to get past early levels.

Was waiting for New Ghostbusters 2! One of my favourite games when I was a kid! Honestly thought it would be number 1 on the list, it deserves to be in my opinion

would have ranked the 1984 version (with all the systems) higher. I played it as a kid on my C64 and later also found the master system version to be the best. Still give it a go a few times a year (with save points on an emulator because the stairs and gozer are horror!)

TripleJump is hilarious! Glad i found your page!

@mistylover7398

Жыл бұрын

Busting makes me feel good. Me :That's what she said

I love Extreme Ghostbusters. I even just revisited the series maybe 3-5 months ago

I own the Ghostbusters theme on 45 record vinyl for some reason. It has a B side but not sure anyone needs another song from the series

@WinstonDreadmore

2 жыл бұрын

I have the Ghostbusters 2 Bobby Brown song on vinyl we should join powers

It would have been nice to include the GhostControl Inc. as a bonus. This game is like Ghosbusters meets X-Com.

X-Men games ranked next!!

Funny how "Bustin' makes me feel good" can mean a WHOLE different thing as opposed to years ago.

27:24 YES i was waiting for that one, this game was amazing i played that thing soooo much

I was born in 85 and loved the Ghostbusters as a kid. I watched the cartoons, had the toys and any time I was off school sick as a kid I'd watch the two films back to back. Extreme Ghostbusters was not something I remember fondly.

The humor's on point guys. Keep it up..

What they needed to do was make a Ghostbusters the movie video game where everything that happens in the movie plays out in the video game