Old Games: Encyclopedia Bombastica: Ghosthunter

Apologies if the audio is a little wonked on this one. It was difficult to find a good balance with my recording setup and I'm not sure I entirely nailed it.

When you have Ghost Problems, you call Hunter Ghostman: GHOSTHUNTER!

Thanks for the content, Alex!

GHoooooOOOooOoooOOOooooooooosts!

The first public showing of the "Matrix shoot-out effect" was in pre-release demo footage of Max Payne, some say. Was that actual effect from The Matrix demonstrated before that?

God, PS2 games really don't age well in the looks department.

These GHOSTS are making me THIRSTY!

@alex: Yeah, game audio is pretty quiet. Still though, I'm getting to see Ghosthunter. I wont complain.

Why, Alex? Whhyyyy?

Because it was fun? Fuuuuuuun?

@ghost_cat: WHY NUNU WHYYYYY

Tie Mocap?!

Great vid Alex

Wish Alex had turned on subtitles, would have helped with the audio.

Subtitles, Alex! They were in the options. That's a lot more important than correcting silly inverted controls. (if you turn them on later I apologize in advance, I'm 11 minutes in)

@blacklagoon: One of those things I regrettably always forget to do. Next time!

Thanks Alex! These fill in the gaps of my video game knowledge and history. Keep on doing these please!

For a PS2 game this looks really good. Individually model fingers! Jackets that aren't textures! I'm kind of surprised. The acting is about what I'd expect from your typical supernatural-focused TV show. The gameplay looks pretty fun too.

he thought it was a juke box! he's a huge beach boys fan...

I wish I was called Lazarus.

Lazarus Jones... That's pretty good!

I still have this game in my collection. I completely forgot about it. Though I remember liking it a lot.

I never finished it... I think I gave up in the swamp area.

Makes me glad I never sold any of my games

I can't hear a word that Brad Pitt analog is saying.

Good stuff. Thank you Alex.

I remember this game from the PS2 era. Its weird tone & setting made up for the middling shooting. Wish I had finished it up. And yeah, I'd be down for a rerelease/remake of this game.

@alex I don't know what your setup is like, but if you're having capture issues, hit up the forums or something for tech support.

Have no memory of this game at all.

Cool video Alex.

Thank you Alex! I love this game.

Awesome

Content from Alex! Wonderful! He always adds a nice view point from the rest of the crew.

Really? This still looks nice for a 10 year old game, particularly the swamp stuff.

You know, I own this for the PS2. I never played much more than two missions or so, I remember getting really frustrated with it for some reason. Maybe I ought to give it another try some day.

Lazarus Jones would be my Pathfinder name.

Man, Ghosthunter! I remember watching my brother play this game when it was new. I didn't follow any games coverage back then (only the occasional magazine) and mostly just played stuff on a whim. Now it's pretty cool to see that people care about certain games that I haven't heard a thing about since my childhood. If that makes you feel old, Alex, I apologize. ;)

Btw, same goes for Dog's Life (on a UPF), another game I didn't expect to ever hear or see from again. :)

Hurrah for Bombastica.

@vod_crack said:

Oh yeah, for its time, it looks pretty good, and the character models seem pretty high-poly. Mostly it's just the environment textures that stand out to me.

Filmation's Ghostbusters was pretty good. I think the villains were kinda lame, but the Ghostbusting crew was fun. Also, Pat Fraley!

Sony is slipping up by not making a sequel to this all time classic!

This game scared the shit out of me as a kid.

Fun Fact: If you play this game on a PS3, you can't progress past the ladder in the church, he stops like a foot off the ground and won't detach from the ladder. At least that's what happens on my PS3.

Fun Fact 2: This is the other Ghostbusters with the gorilla

@alex you need to grow your hair out and style it like the main dude does, it'd be killer

This game was a pretty cool game that I never finished for reasons I can't think of, maybe I should revisit this one soon.

Alex! You should do more for the project of Quicklook Everything!

Looks like the Sunnydale High School basement to me.

I thought I forgot everything about this game but then I saw "Lazarus Jones" and it all came flooding back.

Also Lazarus seems like a proto-Agent York.

Lol "run around mode..."

Oh god, this game.

I thought it was basic common knowledge that you NEVER press the red button on machines you are unfamiliar with.