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| Full title | Ghostbusters |
| Year of release | 1984 |
| Publisher | Activision Inc (UK) |
| Re-released by | Dro Soft (Spain) EDOS (UK) Erbe Software S.A. (Spain) Proein Soft Line (Spain) Ricochet (UK) |
| Author(s) | James Software Ltd (David Aubrey-Jones) |
| Tie-in licence | Colombia Pictures (USA) (movie: Ghost Busters) |
| Machine type | ZX Spectrum 48K/128K |
| Number of players | 1 |
| Controls | Kempston, Interface 2, Cursor and Keyboard |
| Type | Arcade: Adventure |
| Message language | Multiple languages |
| Original publication | Commercial |
| Original price | £9.99 2700 ptas. |
| Budget price | £1.99 |
| Availability | Distribution denied |
| Protection scheme | Multiple schemes |
| Additional info | Appeared on tape 1, side A of the compilation 20 Chart Busters (Beau-Jolly Ltd)
Appeared on tape 1, side A of the compilation 30 Red Hot Hits (Beau-Jolly Ltd) Appeared on the compilation Big Box (Beau-Jolly Ltd) Appeared on the compilation Mastertronic Compilation 1 (Mastertronic Ltd) Appeared on tape 1, side A of the compilation Story So Far Vol 4, The (Elite Systems Ltd) Appeared on tape 1, side B of the compilation They Sold a Million 3 (The Hit Squad) Appeared on side A of covertape MicroHobby issue 194: Tape 15 (MicroHobby) Appeared on side B of covertape Stars Spectrum issue 01 - Juegos (Stars Spectrum), as 'Cazafantasmas' Participant in the C&VG 1984 Golden Joystick Awards Also listed on Wikipedia and Freebase |
| Remarks | Runner-up in the C&VG 1984 Golden Joystick Awards - Game of the Year 1984. |
| SPOT comments | 128k version available |
| Series | This game belongs in the following series:
1. Ghostbusters 2. Ghostbusters II |
| Other systems | This title was also advertised for and/or published on the Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, MSX, NES and Sega Master System |
| Score |
6.76 (59 votes) 
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| Origin | Model | Code | Barcode | D.L. | Language | Year | Encoding scheme | |
| Original release | 48K | MRK108 | 04787546108 | English | 1984 | SpeedLock 1 | ||
| Original release | 128K | UJK108 | 04787547108 | English | 1986 | None | ||
| Re-release | Dro Soft | 48K/128K | 2MT123 | M-11513-1988 | English | 1988 | None | |
| Re-release | Erbe Software S.A. | 48K/128K | unknown | 1984 | None | |||
| Re-release | Proein Soft Line | 48K/128K | MRK-108 | 04787538108 | M-17001-1985 | English | 1985 | SpeedLock 1 |
| Re-release | Ricochet | 48K | RS021 | 5012967400514 | English | 1984 | None |
| Filename | Size | Type | |
 | Ghostbusters.gif | 4,503 | (Loading screen) |
| Ghostbusters.scr | 6,912 | (Loading screen dump) |
| Ghostbusters.gif | 4,537 | (In-game screen) | |
 | Ghostbusters.txt | 9,793 | (English instructions) |
| Ghostbusters.zip | 4,723,168 | (Scanned English instructions) |
| Ghostbusters(DroSoft).pdf | 71,972 | (Spanish instructions) |
| Ghostbusters.png | 37,094 | (Game map) |
| Ghostbusters.jpg | 53,553 | (Cassette inlay) | |
| Ghostbusters128.jpg | 142,593 | (Cassette inlay) | |
| Ghostbusters(DroSoft).jpg | 174,954 | (Re-release cassette inlay) | |
| Ghostbusters(ProeinSoftLine).jpg | 83,937 | (Re-release cassette inlay) | |
| Ghostbusters(Ricochet).jpg | 81,144 | (Re-release cassette inlay) | |
| Ghostbusters.jpg | 143,022 | (Advertisement) | |
| Ghostbusters_2.jpg | 57,883 | (Advertisement) | |
| Ghostbusters_3.jpg | 243,886 | (Advertisement) | |
| Ghostbusters_4.jpg | 168,049 | (Advertisement) | |
 | Ghostbusters.ay.zip | 7,666 | (Ripped in-game and theme music in AY format) |
| The Tipshop has hints, cheats and/or POKEs for this game! |
| This title is available for sale at The Preservation Team Shop! |
| 7 player reviews [ View | Write one ] |
| Magazine | Issue | Type | ||
| Popular Computing Weekly | 9.84 | page 405 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Crash | 11.84 | page 40 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 11.84 | page 208 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| TV Gamer | 11.84 | page 6 | (News/Note) | |
| Computer & Video Games | 12.84 | page 22 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Games Computing | 12.84 | page 7 | (News/Note) | |
| Personal Computer Games | 12.84 | page 24 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer News | 12.84 | page 443 | (Review) | |
| Big K | 1.85 | page 8 | (Feature - movie review) | [full page] |
| Crash | 1.85 | page 170 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Home Computing Weekly | 1.85 | page 413 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Crash | 2.85 | page 110 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Games Computing | 2.85 | page 57 | (Feature - Games of the Films) | |
| Home Computing Weekly | 2.85 | page 241 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Home Computing Weekly | 2.85 | page 443 | (Letter) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer Games | 2.85 | page 13 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Your Spectrum | 2.85 | page 3 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| ZX Computing | 2.85 | page 81 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Crash | 3.85 | page 61 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 3.85 | page 5 | (Letter) | [full page] |
| Home Computing Weekly | 3.85 | page 419 | (Feature - Critic's Choice) | [full page] |
| Sinclair Programs | 3.85 | page 17 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 3.85 | page 36 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Your Spectrum | 3.85 | page 36 | (Feature - Hey, Anyone Seen A Ghost?) | [full page] |
| Your Spectrum | 3.85 | page 39 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| Computer Gamer | 4.85 | page 9 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Crash | 4.85 | page 76 | (Letter) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 4.85 | page 31 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 4.85 | page 60 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 4.85 | page 108 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Sinclair Programs | 5.85 | page 7 | (Letter) | [full page] |
| Crash | 6.85 | page 74 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Sinclair Programs | 6.85 | page 31 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| ZX Computing | 6.85 | page 15 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| ZX Computing | 6.85 | page 32 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 7.85 | page 37 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Sinclair Programs | 7.85 | page 30 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Sinclair Programs | 8.85 | page 30 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Your Spectrum | 8.85 | page 6 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 9.85 | page 113 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 11.85 | page 334 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 3.86 | page 54 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 5.86 | page 26 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 8.86 | page 341 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 9.86 | page 56 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 10.86 | page 76 | (Review) | [full page] |
| ZX Computing | 10.86 | page 36 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 2.88 | page 220 | (News/Note) | |
| Your Sinclair | 6.88 | page 30 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| ACE | 7.88 | page 31 | (Feature - Licence To Thrill?) | [full page] |
| YS Smash Tips | 8.88 | page 20 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| YS Smash Tips | 8.88 | page 20 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| Crash | 9.88 | page 46 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 10.88 | page 28 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 11.88 | page 55 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| ACE | 1.89 | page 117 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 6.89 | page 29 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| ACE | 6.90 | page 89 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 3.91 | page 18 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| MicroHobby | 2.85 | page 14 | (Nuevo) | [full page] |
| MicroHobby | 5.86 | page 28 | (Micromania) | [full page] |
| MicroHobby | 3.87 | page 30 | (Tokes) | [full page] |
| MicroHobby | 5.87 | page 29 | (Tokes) | [full page] |
| MicroHobby Especial | 11.85 | page 19 | (Supercincuenta) | [full page] |
| MicroHobby Especial | 6.86 | page 17 | (Tokes) | [full page] |
| Magazine | Issue | Type | ||
| Big K | 11.84 | page 17 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Crash | 11.84 | page 113 | (Advert - coming soon ...) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer Games | 11.84 | page 149 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 11.84 | page 73 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Your Computer | 11.84 | page 81 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Big K | 12.84 | page 47 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Crash | 12.84 | page 61 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 12.84 | page 52 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 12.84 | page 162 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer Games | 12.84 | page 98 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer Games | 12.84 | page 113 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 12.84 | page 49 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 12.84 | page 154 | (CompoEntry) | [full page] |
| Your Computer | 12.84 | page 68 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Big K | 1.85 | page 31 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Crash | 1.85 | page 65 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 1.85 | page 66 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 1.85 | page 128 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Games Computing | 1.85 | page 9 | (Advert) | |
| Personal Computer Games | 1.85 | page 43 | (CompoEntry) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer Games | 1.85 | page 101 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer Games | 1.85 | page 103 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 1.85 | page 85 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Your Computer | 1.85 | page 56 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 2.85 | page 33 | (CompoEntry) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 2.85 | page 22 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Your Spectrum | 2.85 | page 80 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Crash | 3.85 | page 81 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 3.85 | page 10 | (CompoResult) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 3.85 | page 27 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Your Spectrum | 3.85 | page 22 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Your Spectrum | 4.85 | page 57 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 5.85 | page 61 | (Full-page ad - not a Spectrum advert) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 5.85 | page 120 | (CompoResult) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 7.85 | page 98 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Home Computing Weekly | 7.85 | page 305 | (CompoEntry) | [full page] |
| Crash | 8.85 | page 73 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Home Computing Weekly | 8.85 | page 205 | (CompoResult) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 1.86 | page 67 | (CompoEntry) | [full page] |
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