History VideoGame / Ghostbusters1984

* AdaptedOut: Winston isn't in the game. All the ghostbusters are white.

* EvilLaugh: Most of the 8-bit computer ports managed to get one out at the title screen, and somehow even managed to make it sound ''manacing'' even though the voice is clearly from a SyntheticVoiceActor!

* SyntheticVoiceActor: One that clearly screams ''Ghostbusters!'' followed by an EvilLaugh appears on most of the 8-bit computer versions.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mw-XHU9l-hI]]

* SyntheticVoiceActor: One that clearly screams ''Ghostbusters!'' followed by an EvilLaugh appears on most of the 8-bit computer versions.

* EvilLaugh: The 8-bit computer ports managed to get one out at the title screen, and somehow even managed to make it sound ''manacing'' even though the voice is clearly from a SyntheticVoiceActor!

* SyntheticVoiceActor: One that clearly screams ''Ghostbusters!'' followed by an EvilLaugh appears on the 8-bit computer versions.

* InventoryManagementPuzzle: This is literally the game. You can ''[[LimitedLoadout only hold four items at a time]]''. But you need every piece of kit to help you up the [[ThatOneLevel awful stairway section]] to confront Gozer. Good luck ever trying to afford them all while grinding catching ghosts. When the prompt does appears to enter the "Zuul building", you're never ready, as you need the right equipment for that one section of the game. However, [[GuideDangIt many players don't realize the prompt is only active when you're have $15,000 or more]], so they end up spending too much and losing the offer in the process when trading items out.

* AWinnerIsYou: The infamous "Conglaturation!!!" ending screen of the NES version.

* WeaponsThatSuck: The proton packs and ghost traps, as well as the ghost vacuum that you must equip the Ectomobile with for the driving sequence.

* MisaimedRealism: The decision by the development team to implement how much fuel your car has, and avoid running out of it, is horribly botched, and it all adds to the overall {{Padding}} experience.

** The Sega Master System version's ending screens are marginally better, though they misspell Gozer's name as Gorza.

* BottomlessFuelTanks: There's a mechanic in the NES version's driving sections whereby the Ghostbusters have to refuel their car by running over barrels of gas laying on the road. Miss too many of them, and the guys will have to get out and push the car back to home base.

* InventoryManagementPuzzle: This is literally the game. You can ''[[LimitedLoadout only hold four items at a time]]''. But you need every piece of kit to help you up the [[ThatOneLevel awful stairway section]] to confront Gozer. Good luck ever trying to afford them all while grinding catching ghosts. When the prompt does appears to enter the "Zuul building", you're never ready, as you need the right equipment for that one section of the game. So you have to trade your gear - but the [[TimedMission prompt is short-lived]] and if you don't enter the building within the offer, too bad, you'll have to wait until the offer reappears later. Forcing you to trade back everything again for the ghost-catching stuff.

** The Famicom version has even worse grammar and spelling, though a bug in the programming keeps it from loading and you need a Game Genie code to fix the error.

* FinalBoss: Gozer in the NES and Master System versions.

* NintendoHard: The NES version is notorious for being this, even to the point of being a PortingDisaster.

* BigApplesauce: As with the movie, the game takes place in New York City.

* AWinnerIsYou[=/=]BlindIdiotTranslation: The ending screen for the NES version reads like this:

-->[[{{Engrish}} CONGLATURATION!!!]] YOU HAVE COMPLETED A GREAT GAME. AND PROOVED THE JUSTICE OF OUR CULTURE. [[WantonCrueltyToTheCommonComma NOW GO AND REST OUR HEROES!]]

In the game, you operate the Ghostbusters ecto-extermination business, and your job is to amass $10,000 or more before the city's PK Energy Meter reading reaches critical mass. To do that, you must buy your equipment, then you take on jobs to exterminate buildings of ghosts using your proton packs and ghost traps, being careful not to cross the streams or to miss capturing the ghost, because otherwise you'll be slimed and the ghost will get away. Occasionally the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man will appear and try to stomp down one of the buildings on the city map. To prevent this, you must use ghost bait to lure the Marshmallow Man away or else you could risk losing money having to pay for damages. Once you reach your goal, you must get two of your Ghostbusters past the Marshmallow Man and up to the top of the building (marked ZUUL, one of the demonic minions from the movie) to defeat Gozer the Gozerian. If you succeed, you'll get a cash bonus and a code which you can use to transfer your winnings to the next round of play.

* GuideDangIt: You would be tempted to purchase the cheaper regular capture trap inside of the more expensive super trap. This is a beginner's trap (no pun intended). You have to keep emptying the regular one at the Ghostbuster's HQ, whereas the super trap you never need to empty.

** The Famicom version has even worse grammar and spelling, though a bug in the programming keeps it from loading and you have to hack into the ROM to find it.

* PixelHunt: After the PKE Meter hits 9,999, you have to get past the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man in order to confront Gozer. In most versions, Stay Puft jumps vertically, so you just have to time it to know when to run, but in the Atari 2600 version he jumps laterally, which means that you have to cross half of the screen, wait for Stay Puft to jump over you, then cross the rest of the distance. The spot where Stay Puft's arc is high enough to jump over the player instead of into him is one pixel wide.