Commodore 64 -08 GHOSTBUSTERS

[crackadawg]

I remember you could hit the space bar during the song to get it to yell "Ghostbusters!"

[Paulmstiffy]

What a piece of assembly programming. Most people watching this take it for granted, but this was so ahead of its time regards multitasking, ie playing and loading the main programme in less than 39K of ram is amazing. , Uhh take me back to1984 any day

[reniisgod]

@Paulmstiffy Exactly mate. The amount of time spent to actually program the word "ghostbusters" is a nightmare on it's own nevermind the rest of the theme

[TheAnimeMurder]

sing along those bustards/retards!

[michaelboett173]

@zippy2508 buy a new c64 and stay young :)

[1xWertzui]

Mármint a 80-as évekből.

[MattyVonPenta]

And I just sang along until the end.

[Scrabbler27]

Think he was pissed wen he was saying Ghostbusters pmsl.

[Pokepimp30875]

RIP HEADPHONE USERS

[ilKoreano]

Ghostbusters! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Aaaaah..!

[ntrtube]

AWESOME !!

[dreamcastII]

When this game came out in 1984 at Christmas time, it got 10/10 for sound. I was really jelous and wanted a C64 becuase of this and Beach Head - which had good reviews too. I don't think these games were that good yet, to cause that envy. Way of the Exploding Fist, Summer Games II were good examples of the C64 getting an edge over other micros. By Autumn of 85 the SID chip tunes were coming through and I was really pleased now I had a C64 and it was not all hype.

[HeathenSaxon]

wow!! karoke AND a cheap ass game all at once???? shit.

[ISeeSickPpl]

god heheh, i was like 8 man, and imagine being german and trying to play an english game, man i didnt get it at all, and still i played it for hours ;DD

[LudeUwe]

great intro music !! it ownz ! loved this game as child !

[theMaikol1995]

that main menu music sounds so relax.... ahhhhhhhhhhh.

[eviltimeban]

Worst C64 game ever.

[MystikWizard]

@eviltimeban

Oh no. As disappointing as Ghostbusters was for C64, there were far, far worse games for the C64 than this.

[amkirby10]

GHURRESTBERUSTERRS!

[thunderstudent]

It sounds almost as bad at the "Ghostbusters" part as the Nintendo version.

[1xWertzui]

@thunderstudent This is actually good. The speech of the Amstrad CPC version waaaay underperforms the NES XD

[iamaporkpie]

what witch craft is this

[Kazuo1G]

I wonder how they programmed the voice synthesis. Did they use chunks of the different waveforms, or was it your run-of-the-mill PCM code?

[IBangedYourFather]

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­a

[mptrax]

My 1ST C64 game in 1984/5 here in central Italy.

[ersemola]

i was afraid to this game... i had just 4 years old ehe :)

[nylonTS]

my dear freind had this he loved it

RIP Ted i will always remmeber you dea freind x

[Lovelyangelcx2]

what is this? ghostbusters from hell?

[AngelOfIron]

@Lovelyangelcx2 Nope, that's the unused premise of the third movie. *Har har*

[tuncatutkun]

I Had this one!!!1noooo sooo many years agoo... but I remember like yesterday....

[davidstrongarm44]

My mother tells me I learned to type LOAD"*",8,1 before I could even walk properly

[mrbugjacobs]

This was one of my favourite gameintros back in the day .. GHHOOOWWSSSTTBUSTERRSSSS ! AAAHAHAHAHAHA !!

[darkdevil905]

Im from Europe and i have a zxspectrum 48k and a Commodore 64 and i prefer C64 becouse well in the Spectrum it looks all like farted graphics and all very bad printed stuff i would say 48k is not enough !!!!!!!!!!! 64k Rules !

[EgoShredder]

@darkdevil905

I might be wrong as it is a long time ago now, but the Speccy and Commie had various system stuff that reduced the amount of actual RAM available to programs, and I the Commie had a fraction less or about the same to work with as the Speccy. Even though the game was a bit crap, I still enjoyed playing the different versions.

[Yerflua]

Follow the bouncing ball!

[Subypowa]

Aht this is how Karaoke Began :)

[cornz38]

Oh my god. I cannot tell you how many hours i played this......

[bacardi666]

@cornz38 me too !

[cymrutroll]

This is dope as fuck .

[0709mati]

ARRGHH MY EARS!!! need to go play some mw2 now bye!

[TheRealDutchOwner]

@0709mati, < COD Fag. Not allowed here buddy.

[0709mati]

@TheRealDutchOwner :D i was just joking xD

[bm4hli]

8 bites karaoke :P :D

[mkunlimited756]

this version sowndz betta than the apple II version.

[cgasucks]

Brings back memories!!

[danilojrchacon]

karaoke!!

[MrFly78]

This game was fantastic.

[thesonglessbird]

This is one of my favourite games of all time. I was about 7 or 8 when I got it along with my Commodore 64 and I didn't realy know what I was supposed to do. A few years later I completed it and I think it goes down as the first game I ever finished!

[76MKIIDub16V]

Oh yeah this digitalized Ghostbusters....... wahhaawwaa ,i went mad when i first played this game with friends back those days !!!

[RMJ1984]

BEE SEVENTEEN BAUMER Beep beep tralala beep beeep

[DPluzsik]

thumbs up if avgn brought u here

[rtrgrl78]

Ha - used to play this pretty loud when I was kid, shame the game wasn't really all that.

[xsnrgman]

@rtrgrl78 I thought it wasn't that bad. Although I could never beat the game. 

[BOdelaRUT]

He, he, he...

Commodore 64 - the king of retro machines for over 20 years now!!!

[ChiefTac]

I love the sing-along with the bouncing ball!! its so EPIC!!!

[steafc]

why do you have to press F1 or F3 to start? what happened to press any key to start!

[imooreory]

@steafc No one knows where the ANY key is.

[LUNATIC75]

@steafc

Too many people looking for the 'any' key, I bet!

[tacoma2317]

Who gonna call?  Cherry busters!!

[Fibr3Optix]

This game was awesome in 85. Wow memories... makes me wana cry.

[Macintoshplus1986]

who you gonna call? THOSE BUSTARDS!



[Infected197]

Activision? WOW!!!

[kuramasan]

oh gods..... that actually gave me shivers. This song isn't scare at all... but something about the sounds use just gives me the complete shivers! It feels scary even though it's not. D;

[noodlestroop]

i feel bad for Tom Preston now

[NoVPops]

Doh! Why isn't there someone to press the spacebar at the right time for this video!!

* pouts *

[rainxxxx]

@NoVPops i know, wheres the sophistication ?!!

[MistaFista666]

We loved this game here in germany!

[cymrutube3]

Shit this was dated in 1991

[Clockwork0407]

The music is great, but the game is a sh*t load of f*ck!

(avgn quote) ;)

[mirabilis]

@Clockwork0407 you dont like fuck?

[jkeelsnc]

Used to play this a lot. The title music is even better than the silly sounding noise from the NES. NES better graphics than the C64 but not better music capability. Sometimes the C64 could come close on graphics if programmers pushed the hardware for all it was worth.

[rainxxxx]

@jkeelsnc i know, and i bet it was about 30 quid on the nes as well!

[jkeelsnc]

Ahhh.. pleasant relief after seeing this same sequence on the Apple II which is just pathetic on that machine. LOL

[robbieo79]

This brings back so many vivid childhood memories rushing back. Thanks for uploading this.

[96davidcool]

Who you gonna call??

Those bastards!! :DD

Imádom ezeket a jó kis játékokat! Ezekben még van valami érzés, szellem nem csak a grafikáról szólnak. És a "zene" az meg csodálatos. SID!

[samorivideos6]

look at the old activation game and than call of duty big difference

[illuminatioracle]

sega master system had the best music out of all versions

[TomSouthLondon]

@illuminatioracle think your missing the point.

[cmMerlin]

This was one of the funnest games for the C64. Whoever made the video, forgot that you are supposed to press the space bar when it says "Ghostbusters" during the song! Classic! :)

[michelrpg]

this game kicked so much ass...

seriously, I'd pay a hundred bucks to have a PS2-3 game of the Commodore's games collection.

[theirishinc]

Beat this game with ease.

[drumtip]

0:51! :)

[BlaineC1972]

this music was so much better than anything that came out like 6-8 years after this game.

[cookie123456789012]

Well at least the voice is better than the NES version.

[st8oftheart]

@cookie123456789012 I thought that too.

[Silkie341]

The first tape game I ever played on my C64 as I tried Commodore International Soccer on ROM first.

[bigredcanuck]

I remember when my dad got the c64 when I was a kid.. the first two games we had were Gorf and Ghostbusters

[merlin07756]

It sounds so fucking fat :D So great :D

[pimpakutya]

oh, its karaoke!!!

[tuohy05]

@pimpakutya Actually, it is an actual game, that is the title screen

[frigginjoe]

The voice in the beginning of this and Impossible Mision blew my frickin' mind and really made me hate my second-rate Radio Shack computer.

[mgabbard]

Hahah! I Still have my C-64 boxed up in the basement and had Ghostbusters - it was actually a pretty cool game. C-64 rocked! It's amazing how much that think could do with sound and graphics when it only had 64k of RAM.

[ToonWatcher3000]

Thumbs up if Tom Preston brought you here.

[ineedanewnameplease]

wow Activision has been around a really long time

[daicheandiamo]

First example of karaoke?

[cragpictures189]

GASTHBUSTAS AALALALLAALLAALALA

[ronie2652]

This is absolutely adorable.

[kthunder079]

You're supposed to press the SPACEBAR when it got the GHOSTBUSTERS word.... Fail.. Do it again! lol

[1xWertzui]

INVADE-A-LOAD?!?!

(too bad I am reading the comments backwards)

[1xWertzui]

Nem kötekszem, de ez a játék a nyolcvanas évekből való (1984), nem a kilencvenes évekből, mint ahogy a leírásban van.

[ReviewGameX]

Is the text sync with the music ? I mean try to sing it :-)

[Brooklynmario]

That laugh used to scare me as a kid.

[MetalDragonX694]

Aw Crap! This sounds even more retarded than the Atari 8-bit family one.

[Bradkalproductions]

at least you could sing along with it

[lambbroadway]

régi szép idok. commodore 64, jómagam és a ragasztott joystick,

milyen rég is volt.

nagyszeru volt újra hallani az intrót, koszi!

[omenroc1]

@lambbroadway -- I know, right..

[Konni1969]

I always played it back then with my brother. He had a C-64 and once he spilled his milk right into the computer. One day later he bought a new C-64. It costed 699 DM.

[judd204]

wow where did my live go 

[Supportahol]

@judd204 lololol! I was thinking the same thing about my own life.

[carrierpilot1357]

GWASHBWUSHTERSH! ERLAGLAGLAGLAGLAGLA!

but seriously SID music rules :P

[ryudragon86]

@carrierpilot1357 ahahahahha lol

[OldCaesar1]

@carrierpilot1357 Uahahahah LOL

[herrloop]

Such simple games compared to today but to us kids in the 80s they had so much atmosphere! Thanks for posting

[97channel]

@herrloop That's a key word, atmosphere. The thing which strikes me everytime I think about an old C64 game is the amazing atmosphere which they created. Ghostbusters was particularly notable for being highly atmospheric, as was Pitfall 2 and Exploding Fist. They were almost hypnotic once you started to get into them.

[glomiagui]

The voice sound likes Peter Griffin =\

[1xWertzui]

@glomiagui Who is he?

[Cjl99]

that laugh reminds me of that dude on the movie mcauly caulkin played on home alone...keep the change you filthy animal

[phaidaux]

8 bit rules.... i try n tell my kids how AWESOME games were back in my day, they think i'm nutso!!... shit! im old

[16mmDJ]

How come my commie plays music much quicker than emulation and other computers seem to?

[Killakeks]

i always failD beating marshmallow man :(

[Delfrod]

Sounds great. I wish there was a full C64 Ghostbusters theme on Youtube.

[AtariAndre42]

The Atari 8-bit version sounded better than this.....IMHO.



[NFITC1]

@DanielChristy19 I found my old one in my closet a few weeks ago. The thing must be as old as I am. :D

[smtc5b]

To think of the money I cuold have made - I have made so many custom games (both basic and ASM) on the C-64 As for the SID, with clever ASM coding you could emulate more than 3 voices. To think that some of those best C64 games took less than 64k of RAM or 166k disk space, and now we are stuck with some PC games that are over 8 GB and worth crap !!!!

[nscarroll]

Oh how I loved this game!

[ersemola]

WHO WAS AFRAID OF THIS MUSIC WHEN WERE CHILD?? me...

[Louisjc46]

Still love this game, from sound track to the "He slimed me!" when ya missed a ghost.

Faffin' nigh on impossible to complete though, except once when I remember shouting a giant "YES!" when got past Mr Stay Puft.

I miss those C64 days... /sigh

[bacceli]

friggen creepy music :D

[Larrylarp]

Man, the Commodore64 always had the best games in the 80's. Yeah, some fools may claim that the NES had it better. But the NES never had the amazing sound of the SID.

Oh, and the C64 had Elite, Last Ninja, International Karate, Commando, Sid Meier's Pirates!, Paradroid... even those that were ported to the NES where a dozen times better on the ol' Commodore.

[nelizmastr]

when theres somethin' strange in your neighbourhood.....

ah good ol' memories

[dumbtrooper]

to listen when high lol

[smtc5b]

Actually this does not do justice to the SID, there have been some pretty absolutely bloody AMAZINGLY realistic SID demos - you could really push the SID to its limits and make pro quality synthesizer sounds with it, even real instruments, I've heard some very amazing stuff, and yah SID is the best, sure beatrs the FM 2OP and 4OP on early PC soundcards. You had full control over ADSR, filters, effects, amazing shit. :)

[rmcdev]

@smtc5b

Agreed. While this is HANDS down the best 8 bit version of Ghostbusters, This is about as basic of a workout as the SID could get.

[CPhillips92]

@rmcdev

Totally agree. This is blip-blop mediocrity compared with the stuff Hubbard and Galway put out.

[HardWarUK]

Just put a quote on a console loving reviewer (Classic games Room) pointing out that the C64 was the world's biggest selling console of all time and in the 80's had all the innovation while the consoles just made platform/arcade games!

[Moschusochse]

sounds much better than the original version

[1xWertzui]

@Moschusochse Which is the original version? The Atari 8bit?

[ThePinball1982]

@SarahLouise

Yes, there was. "Aliens" was the same. I think it was only when they were both released on the "Ricochet" label. They were the only two that I ever played that had it.

[jimjamjom56]

Lol sing along!!!

[Dave54600]

I played this all day long. :-)

[jimjamjom56]

@Dave54600 So did I!!!

[SaucyBegger25]

activision haha bet they were thinking god we didn't think it would get better than this, now look at us millionaires lol.

[MyEmptyHouse]

Unbelievable how they did that with 32k.

[AngeredKabar]

SIDs have that unique sound. I love it.

[AlsatianCousin]

@AngeredKabar - yeah you can't beat the Sid! And not talking about Sid the Kid either although I reckon his parents were C64 fans.

[saralouise2776]

is it me or was there a space invaders game that came on when ghostbusters was loading?

[SaucyBegger25]

@saralouise2776 .yes there was lol, i cant believe i remember that

[1xWertzui]

@saralouise2776 What?

I guess you had a cracked version with a "crack intro".

[jasonked1]

@1xWertzui I had some retail games that had this loading game. I think it was the budget rereleases that had it.

[ericberner]

Yay! Attach vacuum cleaner to ECTO1 and put out the fires!

[shairaptor]

Love to play it in the 80s. Great memories.

[twilight9202]

great stuff ~ beats the 360 stuff ~ U don't believe it ~ huh ~

[Guuster00]

played this game a zillion times, had it on cassette, it was one of my first games ever! :)

I had more fun with this then ever with Call Of Duty

[optionen100]

i have c64 ghostbusters 2 (hollywood collection)

[amerigo3000]

first karaoke ever

[ControlCardPin]

I would press spacebar to make it say "Ghostbusters" in time to the music. :3

[BlakeVII]

I remember this game.

It was the most expensive game I'd ever bought for the CBM 64 which was £10.99

I played it until I got to the end. It was a big thrill to beat the game.

I enjoyed playing it. No complaints. lol

[cubeyuk]

Epic game. I loved it.

[motormusic1]

I got this when it came out and wet myself at the realism of the audio lol...

They were the days that every year had something cutting edge being released.. not like now !

[Romulien]

Atari 8 bit version is better more instrumental

[LTGeraldo]

at the start it sounds like bill murry or bruce campbell

[BrotherLonnie]

I used to play the heck out of this game. So cool. All you did was run around and catch ghosts for money. It was an absolute blast, though!

[feverpitch82]

the tune is so catchy lol

[michelrpg]

man that intro alone...

C64 > next gen consoles.

[dilliot2k]

CLASSIC!

[neilam6]

wow i was 4 i think when this came out i remember my dad playing it on the c64

[CUR50R]

type in "investigations" as your name and your credit will be something about +22900120088 $

[arranmc182]

C64 & Sega Mastersystem where the best versions out

[itsmu]

Just when you thought it was safe to make a cup of tea...it's INVADERLOAD.

[1xWertzui]

@itsmu Again! Now I got really curious. Could you tell me more about it, please?

[itsmu]

@1xWertzui lol well some copies of ghostbusters had a cool loader that let you play a space invaders clone while ghostbusters was loading (called invade-a-load), and the tagline at the top of main menu read "Just when you thought it was safe to make a cup of tea... it's... INVADE-A-LOAD!" just one of those strange things people remember :) if you type invade-a-load into youtube you can see it

[1xWertzui]

@itsmu Thank you!

[Simon0]

i used to love this intro screen with the music. Actually scrap that, i STILL love it!

[JayArgonaut]

Nostalgia time! I used to love this on my C64 all those years ago, this is the best version of all the 8-bit micro releases of this game that David Crane produced for Activision U.S.

Apparently the new console versions are supposed to feature a tribute to this one in elements of their gameplay as a tip of the hat to this version and the gamers who enjoyed it :)