New Ghostbusters II

December 26, 1990 HAL Laboratory HAL Laboratory
Adventure
famicom NES
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"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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The world-wide hit movie is now available on the Nintendo Entertainment System! Capture the ghost that haunted New York City in this comedy-action-adventure. Six stages in all, including a Courtroom, the Subway, the Art Museum and more!
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Game Info

Release Date December 26, 1990
Developer HAL Laboratory
Publisher HAL Laboratory
Game Modes Single player
Perspective Side view
Themes Action, Science fiction