It seems silly now, but nothing filled me with more anxiety than this game when I was kid. The stress when everything sped up, the ghosts were zipping to the Zuul building out of control, red flashing everywhere. But nothing compared to the sheer terror of the ghosts rushing to form the marshmallow man before I could blindly scramble for the 'B' key.
"Many people remember the title screen of Ghostbusters more than the game itself. Artist Hilary Mills drew a perfect Ghostbusters logo, and the late Russell Lieblich made an instrumental arrangement of the Ghostbusters theme song. Unable to leave it at that, I engineered speech for the C64 in order to enable the game to yell 'Ghostbusters! Add the song lyrics and a follow-the- bouncing-ball animation, and the title screen became one of the most memorable parts of the game." -- David Crane, designer and programmer
Reading through the comments it is good to see so much love still for this game and the C64 itself in 2020. Iv still got my C64 set up next to my PS4. And I still play this game alot. Iv got a whole page of codes in a notepad to continue with previously made credits. Thank for uploading this vid
The new film was just a crummy, unfunny, poorly written/paced and juvenile piece of junk remake that has a shitty script that lacks the brains/witty humor of the original screenplay of the classic film and lacks the edginess/darkness of the first 2 and i'm glad it flopped, some things outta be left alone.
my childhood memories just flashed back :-) we really enjoyed playing Commodore 64 games. Hard to believe for today's high definition playstation kids, right? I think our imagination offset bad graphics.
Until this very day, there has yet to be a superior Ghostbusters game or anything like it. It was perfect, the management part of it, the job part of it, the storyline part of it, and the trap gameplay was AMAZING!
I remember how thrilled was when I've first heard the synthesized "Ghostbuster" voice of this :) Could never complete the game but that's no surprise because I could barely understand English back then.
István Nagy I remember being around 8years old and repeatedly making it shout 'Ghostbusters!' thinking it was amazingly advanced and awesome. Loved it lol. BEST BIT in videogame history!
OMG, I was screaming at my tv screen as he waited for the buildings to turn red. If you find a purple one, drive to it and catch your yellow ghosts. By the time you arrive, Slimer will be there or not and there is no driving time,
@Angry Deli $5000 dollars in 1984 would be $12,164.39 in 2019. That's nothing for saving the world. If i saved the world, i would want a trillion dollars.
I remember getting so good at this game I was able to buy the exotic sports car--it got to the buildings in no time! To make it that far you don't have time to fool around with the streams--just release the trap as soon as the ghost gets near it.
I loved this game! My saddest memory is when I finally beat it. I went to tell my dad and sister, who also played it. Neither believed me and they told me to stop lying. I was devastated.
This was my favourite C64 game. My parents bought it for me as an Easter present when i was about 10 yrs old, and I got in trouble because I woke them up playing it, at about 5am the next morning 😅
Oh, Egon Spengler. Yes, I always used that name when I played this game back then. I actually spent two hours today playing this game. Never managed to sneak more than one guy padt the marshmallow man, but I worked up $83100 for my next game.
One thing I always liked about this game that I didn’t know when I was a child and my sister, brother and I used to play it on our C64 is what a great demonstration it is of the limited amount of notes you could hear from that computer and how innovative the programming of the soundtrack was. The first couple of times remember watching them play the game interpretation of the theme music sounded kind of silly.
I played this game as a little kid every chance I got. Even input the 600 characters long code you get to take your vehicle into other games so I could eventually upgrade everything and beat the game.
When I discovered David Crane made the Ghostbusters game I was, "Wait, what? That piece of crap?" I'm glad to see the original version is MUCH better than the Japanese ported NES game.
I remember playing the hell out of this as a kid. It was an inherited copy (possibly pirated) and had zero instructions with it. I always wound up broke with a ruined city, but had fun anyway.
When you complete the game, it generates a bank account code so you can play again with your new bank balance :) The codes were based on your previous game.
Dang...so that was the object of the game...I didnt realize you had to stop those ghosts ....We used to just play this without even knowing how to play.
@@KempTheReignman you have to purchase the 'ghost bait' at the begining of the game. You can only lay bait 3 times so save it for when the marshmallow man forms.
I use to love this as a kid. It got proper tense when everything was flashing red on screen with the ghosts flying in from all directions. God I used to get pissed when I hit B too early ...thinking about it I remember just wanting to get off the map screen as soon as poss lol . I'd even go to a building when it wasn't flashing 😄
I can't remember if the high-performance car was pink or not, but this is the only car you can't buy on your first playthrough because it's too expensive. If you beat the game, you can afford to buy it the next time you play.
I used to play this too but also enjoyed the Sega Master System version. The nintendo one i hated but if that was the one a friend brought over at least we'd talk about the cartoon.
Echo all that been said about this game , awesome back in the day . I played it till was sick of it lol. Soooooo good ! Loved the stay puft man being caught .such great memories . Don't make em like that anymore . .
I had a copy of this game years ago & it had a Space Invaders style game that you played while the game was loading, what is funny is that if you fail to catch a ghost it will come down & slime you & you would hear a voice saying "He slimed me".
Allen Jeremy Ahh yes, the famous Invade-a-load game ;) I think it used the music from "One Man and his Droid" by Rob Hubbard as backing music. In fact, Invade-a-load was often better than the actual game you were loading up!
After turning off the computer it was still possible using the account for the next game. You only have to make sure, that it is more than the money at the start of the game. The „station wagon“ was great, but the „high performance“ was only for some fun with speed. If you have the „PK Energy Detector“ you could get $900 per ghost instead of only $200.
I know the limits of graphic now but I didn't as a 4 year old playing this in 1990 and I wished I could've had more of the Firehouse especially around the Containment Unit.
![Ghostbusters Longplay (C64) [QHD]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/VITLJsgXCUQ/mqdefault.jpg)
Finally...30 plus years later I finally know how this game ends
Same here.
Same same.
Same
Same! My game would always crash. Always had to take the floppy disk out and restart.
30+
Dude it's been almost 40 years
I was a kid, and we were all in awe of the graphics quality. Good, sweet times.
And the music!!
@@skavenqblight my grandpa allways complained about the beep-beep computer music. bus his music was even worse
It seems silly now, but nothing filled me with more anxiety than this game when I was kid. The stress when everything sped up, the ghosts were zipping to the Zuul building out of control, red flashing everywhere. But nothing compared to the sheer terror of the ghosts rushing to form the marshmallow man before I could blindly scramble for the 'B' key.
You nailed it, I felt the exact same way.
I remember it well, when the whole screen was flashing tiles, exhilarating and exhausting.
I remember playing this as a kid. You knew when you got your first Marshmallow Man, shit got real
Getting under its legs was the hardest part
This used to be my favorite game on C64. Man do I feel old.
Dr Ivo Robotnik I've just downloaded it on my tablet , C64 emulator , plays pretty good , but I must dig out my trusty old C64 and play it properly!
Iam 47 and just got my girlfriend a diamond ring for Christmas all I want in return is a commodore 64 with disk drive or iam leaving her
Remember it getting loading on cassette! 😂
Same bud same
@@benignasiak3015 😊😊
Goathbuthters!
The C64 version of this was the best.
A lot better than the NES Version.
played this to death on the C64
It wasn't really "death," of course - just getting slimed. ;-)
This game is legendary. I loved this back in the day. I got goosebumps when the city started flashing red lol
The voice at the start is better than the NES voice.
Not exactly that hard though
The laugh definitely adds more character
Absolutely: the C64 sid and the fantastic team of the Electronic Speech Systems of Berkeley (CA) makes the difference!!!
The music is also way better
@@SimoneVoltolini The side effect of the SID as it wasn't designed to do voices.
"Many people remember the title
screen of Ghostbusters more than
the game itself. Artist Hilary Mills
drew a perfect Ghostbusters logo,
and the late Russell Lieblich made
an instrumental arrangement of the
Ghostbusters theme song. Unable to
leave it at that, I engineered speech
for the C64 in order to enable the
game to yell 'Ghostbusters! Add
the song lyrics and a follow-the-
bouncing-ball animation, and the
title screen became one of the most
memorable parts of the game."
-- David Crane, designer and programmer
David Crane is truly a visionary and a master of programming and design. He was untouchable back then
It's amazing how playable this seems compared to the NES version.
This has aged surprisingly well compared to a lot of the era.
David Crane was so ahead of his time
I don't think I ever got past the Staypuff Marshmellow Man at the end when I played this as a kid. Now when I watch it, it seems simple.
Words cannot describe how cool this game was in 1980s!
RIP Ted i still miss you we had such happy times with the Commodore 64 in the early 80s you were ahead of your time for an old man
Never beat this game. Used to play it when I was 7 or 8. Happy memories
same - I never made it to the Stay Puft level
Reading through the comments it is good to see so much love still for this game and the C64 itself in 2020. Iv still got my C64 set up next to my PS4. And I still play this game alot. Iv got a whole page of codes in a notepad to continue with previously made credits. Thank for uploading this vid
This will still be better than the new film and new game. LoL
agreed. 😆
The new film was just a crummy, unfunny, poorly written/paced and juvenile piece of junk remake that has a shitty script that lacks the brains/witty humor of the original screenplay of the classic film and lacks the edginess/darkness of the first 2 and i'm glad it flopped, some things outta be left alone.
Oh, you mean the Feminist Busters?
Right
Wolverine Prime haha agreed!
my childhood memories just flashed back :-) we really enjoyed playing Commodore 64 games. Hard to believe for today's high definition playstation kids, right? I think our imagination offset bad graphics.
Until this very day, there has yet to be a superior Ghostbusters game or anything like it. It was perfect, the management part of it, the job part of it, the storyline part of it, and the trap gameplay was AMAZING!
God this game was ahead of its time. So much fun but that dam state puff getting between legs got me every time.
Quite possibly the most flawless run ever.
I remember how thrilled was when I've first heard the synthesized "Ghostbuster" voice of this :) Could never complete the game but that's no surprise because I could barely understand English back then.
István Nagy I remember being around 8years old and repeatedly making it shout 'Ghostbusters!' thinking it was amazingly advanced and awesome. Loved it lol. BEST BIT in videogame history!
I was never able to make it past the Marshmallow Man either.
the "Ghostbusters!" voice sounds infinitely better here than it did on Nintendo, the little laugh at the end was a nice touch too
You know the clicking b part always eluded me to this day. Now I am going to complete the game for the first time.
OMG, I was screaming at my tv screen as he waited for the buildings to turn red. If you find a purple one, drive to it and catch your yellow ghosts. By the time you arrive, Slimer will be there or not and there is no driving time,
The greatest movie tie in game to this day. Fact.
Listening to "Ghostbusters" every Halloween always brings me back to playing this game as a kid.
Could played this for hours...It never gets boring! One of the best movie adaption at this time !!!
Good that you didn't have to deal with getting gas or beating the drunk drivers, OR that long tedius climb up the stairs in the Zuul building.
One of The ultimate C-64 games.
Forgot how fun this game was. Ten years old, up till 3am to beat the game. Castle wolfenstein, summer olympics, beach head. Too fun.
$5000 for saving the world? Wow.
@Angry Deli $5000 dollars in 1984 would be $12,164.39 in 2019. That's nothing for saving the world. If i saved the world, i would want a trillion dollars.
This is my early childhood on a floppy disk.
I remember getting so good at this game I was able to buy the exotic sports car--it got to the buildings in no time! To make it that far you don't have time to fool around with the streams--just release the trap as soon as the ghost gets near it.
I loved this game!! I played it all the time.
This game was incredible for the time.
I was addicted to this game in the eighties.
I loved this game! My saddest memory is when I finally beat it. I went to tell my dad and sister, who also played it. Neither believed me and they told me to stop lying. I was devastated.
This was my favourite C64 game.
My parents bought it for me as an Easter present when i was about 10 yrs old, and I got in trouble because I woke them up playing it, at about 5am the next morning 😅
(Drinks a glass of water)... "GRRSTBRRSTRRS!
[bad now, good for the time ghostbusters theme chiptune rendition intensifies]
I hadn't seen or played this game in over 31 years....wow...its felt funny to c this again
Oh, Egon Spengler. Yes, I always used that name when I played this game back then. I actually spent two hours today playing this game. Never managed to sneak more than one guy padt the marshmallow man, but I worked up $83100 for my next game.
i had this game on c64 in the 80's could never solve it.
I never reached the end of the game. Mr. Stay Puff always clobbered the city.
One thing I always liked about this game that I didn’t know when I was a child and my sister, brother and I used to play it on our C64 is what a great demonstration it is of the limited amount of notes you could hear from that computer and how innovative the programming of the soundtrack was. The first couple of times remember watching them play the game interpretation of the theme music sounded kind of silly.
That yell when you close the portal sounds like an old man dying.
Yep - still cool though 😉
I played this game as a little kid every chance I got. Even input the 600 characters long code you get to take your vehicle into other games so I could eventually upgrade everything and beat the game.
I used to play this for hours at my cousin's house back in the day.
My all-time favourite game, this. I played it on the Spectrum though.
I played this game all the time as a kid! Man, some great memories! 👍
I'm with the others. I had this when I was a kid and never figured it out 100%
When I discovered David Crane made the Ghostbusters game I was, "Wait, what? That piece of crap?" I'm glad to see the original version is MUCH better than the Japanese ported NES game.
I remember being at a computer fair back in the 80s and seeing this and thinking that the music was out of this world.
I remember playing the hell out of this as a kid. It was an inherited copy (possibly pirated) and had zero instructions with it. I always wound up broke with a ruined city, but had fun anyway.
When you complete the game, it generates a bank account code so you can play again with your new bank balance :) The codes were based on your previous game.
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I remember having this on a Tandy 1000 at least 30 years ago. Good times.
i cant explain why i loved this game as a kid ;)
I didn't even know you could win!!! I finally beat impossible mission. Looks like I'll have to give this a try as an adult now!
I could never get past the marshmallow man at the end.
Damn. 5K for saving the city! Tight! ;-)
I was 12 or 13 maybe 15 16 ,now i am 50 years old still i never forget this game
Dang...so that was the object of the game...I didnt realize you had to stop those ghosts ....We used to just play this without even knowing how to play.
My older sister had this game and it really scared me. I was like 4 lol. It was the 8 bit music and the voice, man! XD
Great songs
Lol I've wondered for over 30yrs how I was meant to play this game as a kid.
Loved this game back in the day. On par with Boulder Dash.
As a 7yr old I remember the feeling of raw anticipation when hovering my finger over the 'B' button ready for the big guy!
Hey, the b button doesn't work the second time of I play so the marshmallow man destroys a house. Why is that?
@@KempTheReignman you have to purchase the 'ghost bait' at the begining of the game. You can only lay bait 3 times so save it for when the marshmallow man forms.
@@fusoya6544 Thanks, I did buy it but must have pushed the b button too many time the first time marshmallow man turned up.
Damn how many people used to play this game back in the day as a kid just at the very end to get stomped to death by the marshmallow Man.
I use to love this as a kid. It got proper tense when everything was flashing red on screen with the ghosts flying in from all directions. God I used to get pissed when I hit B too early ...thinking about it I remember just wanting to get off the map screen as soon as poss lol . I'd even go to a building when it wasn't flashing 😄
Holy cow, I played this thing all the time on an old Apple computer.
I can't remember if the high-performance car was pink or not, but this is the only car you can't buy on your first playthrough because it's too expensive. If you beat the game, you can afford to buy it the next time you play.
They planned ahead to make you play the game another time.
boy im glad i never made it to the end.. that would have been so disappointing..
That music is incredible
Kids these days will never learn the joys of finally learning how to catch a slimer 😢
You do not need to wait until a building is flashing to start to drive there. That's the whole purpose of buying this detector.
This looks and plays a lot better than the NES game.
CONGLATURATION !!! YOU HAVE COMPLETED A GREAT GAME. AND PROOVED THE JUSTICE OF OUR CULTURE. NOW GO AND REST OUR HEROES.
Thanks for putting this up! I used to play the shit out of this when I was in high school!
I loved to play this videogame
I have played that game endless when I was a child.
I remember playing this on a Tandy PC when I was a kid.
this used to be my favourite game on the commodore 64... after waiting 20 minutes to load it lol
I used to play this too but also enjoyed the Sega Master System version. The nintendo one i hated but if that was the one a friend brought over at least we'd talk about the cartoon.
Echo all that been said about this game , awesome back in the day . I played it till was sick of it lol. Soooooo good ! Loved the stay puft man being caught .such great memories . Don't make em like that anymore . .
Press play on tape
So this version doesn't have a stairwell sequence huh?
The music sounded decent too, though we also got that infamous "Ghostbusters!" shout.
Played the shit out of this one when I was wee :)
holy crap I vaguely remember this.
Holy crap, you the real David Hopkins? I'm a huge fan :) Of you and this game which I also played the shit out of.
I had a copy of this game years ago & it had a Space Invaders style game that you played while the game was loading, what is funny is that if you fail to catch a ghost it will come down & slime you & you would hear a voice saying "He slimed me".
Allen Jeremy Ahh yes, the famous Invade-a-load game ;) I think it used the music from "One Man and his Droid" by Rob Hubbard as backing music. In fact, Invade-a-load was often better than the actual game you were loading up!
I can still remember myself singing along with the bouncing dot.One of the cool games during the early 1980's C-64 era.
@@AL82RetrogamingLongplays Especially pretty much the vast majority of the Mastertronic games that it was on
@@AL82RetrogamingLongplays Yup, and if you stopped the tape of the crap game as it was loading, you could play invadeaload forever!
29:38 A lot better than the NES Ending of the Game.
After turning off the computer it was still possible using the account for the next game. You only have to make sure, that it is more than the money at the start of the game. The „station wagon“ was great, but the „high performance“ was only for some fun with speed. If you have the „PK Energy Detector“ you could get $900 per ghost instead of only $200.
This is awesome I'm thinking about trying to buy a copy for my c64
This was so much better than the Apple version.
Nobody ever gets that first turn off Broadway right.
I always ran out of traps and had no idea of how to refill. I still don't know how.. :)
The GTA of the '80s. Ghost Trap Auto
i beleive tis game was developed in a village two miles away from where i live. Hatley St George
I know the limits of graphic now but I didn't as a 4 year old playing this in 1990 and I wished I could've had more of the Firehouse especially around the Containment Unit.
My version of Ghostbuster Craw had the phone number to the Local BBS that Cracked it.