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The Real Ghostbusters known in Europe as Garfield Labyrinth and in Japan as Mickey Mouse IV: Mahō no Labyrinth, is a 1993 action-puzzle game developed by Kemco and published in Japan and Europe by Kotobuki System and in North America by Activision.
The Japanese version is based on Disney's Mickey Mouse, which is part of the Mickey Mouse side of Kemco's Crazy Castle series, while the European version is based on the Garfield comic strips. The North American version is based on the animated series The Real Ghostbusters and contains ten more stages than the previous incarnations.
Gameplay[]
Depending on which version is played, the player controls Mickey Mouse, Peter Venkman, or Garfield. The game emphasizes puzzle-solving in a dungeon-like atmosphere. To advance to each new stage, the player has to collect stars, which open the door to the next level. In the North American version, the player has a proton gun instead of a pneumatic hammer, but it's only effective on blocks at the character's feet, not on the ghosts, which must be destroyed with bombs. If the player character loses all their health (by touching damaging things like ghosts, flames, and reforming blocks), or the 999 second timer winds down to zero, they loses a life.
The player is rewarded with a twelve-digit password after successful completion of a level, which enables them to start at the end of that level next time they play. An inventory screen is present in the Japanese version of the game.
Plot[]
The storyline features the two main characters (depending on the version) trying to cross a bridge. When the main character falls down the bridge, he tries to yell at the secondary character for help. All three versions in the game have a variation on the pneumatic hammer, which enhances the puzzle-solving element of the game. Venkman, however, lacks a non-player character companion (from the other Ghostbusters) in the North American version of the game and simply mutters to himself prior to falling through the broken bridge.
Reception[]
External links[]
- The Real Ghostbusters at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- The Real Ghostbusters at GameFAQs
Garfield series | |
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Main series | A Week of Garfield • Garfield Labyrinth • The Search for Pooky • His Nine Lives • A Tail of Two Kitties • Garfield's Nightmare • Fun Fest • Gets Real • Threat of the Space Lasagna • Garfield Kart • Garfield Kart: Furious Racing |
Ghostbusters series | |
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Main series | Ghostbusters • Ghostbusters II • New Ghostbusters II • The Real Ghostbusters Extreme Ghostbusters • Extreme Ghostbusters: Code Ecto-1 • Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered • Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed |
Related | Lego Dimensions • Activision • Kemco • DreamCatcher Interactive • Atari • Terminal Reality Saber Interactive |