Ghost Master Fun

[TehAnkh]

too bad an SDK was never released, this game could have so many custom level contributed by players

[WojtaStudios]

Old Man, Boo, Scarecrow and Headless Horseman are my favorites. Never seen old man streching his eyes like that...

[KrazyKlay135]

This is one of the most amazing games I have played.

[MikePhilbin]

@KrazyKlay135 thanks for all your continued enthusiasm for this original game idea.

:)

[MikePhilbin]

@KrazyKlay135 thanks

:)

[FantasyFan4Eva]

the ghost at 0:01 (xD) is she realy from shost master game ? :D

[ddjava]

@FantasyFan4Eva yes it's ladyrose or something like that, she's in the mirrors.

[SeaOfVoice]

Only the baseball player, the knight and the film director didn't make it in - even the thing at 1:27 made it as the macabre reflection attack by the mirror ghosts

I recognise all the others - Good memories :')

[VisserZer0]

Did you .BSP swap to do this?

[BleuJean]

This is a terrific game; my favorite one, in fact. Thanks for creating such a fun one, Mike. Too bad there's no plans for a sequel, or at least an expansion pack.

[treb1988]

any plans for a part 2? i loved it. and if there are plans for a part 2 anything u can say about it?

[MikePhilbin]

@treb1988 sorry, no plans for GM2. The team was disbanded when GM was complete and the company, Empire, went into liquidation.

:(

[SeaOfVoice]

@MikePhilbin no chance of the old team getting back together then? Because this was a really amazing game and I'm pretty sure another company would take you on :) I'd defo buy it

[creepygal800]

Ghastly looks just like one of the Cenobites from Hellraiser.

[BigScaryJoe]

These are really cool but what the hell is that at 1:25?! :L It's very creepy.

[MikePhilbin]

@BigScaryJoe ah, the seldom seen, or used, MIRROR MONSTER - wonder if that even made it into the game?

:)

[BigScaryJoe]

@MikePhilbin You made it and you don't even know if it was in the game? :O Did you never play it? But it isn't in the game, no. When I bought the game I got a poster that had Boo on one side and all the ghosts on the other side in little portrait frames and the Mirror Monster isn't one of them! xD Shame, it looks scary. But maybe it got cut as the game has a 7+ censorship and that monster looked as though it had a head growing out of it's...

[MikePhilbin]

@BigScaryJoe yeah, I played the game quite a lot during development ... cuts were made as the game was put into the box over the last few weeks, and I haven't played the boxed version. It works the same in the fim industry, for actors, they do their bit for a couple of weeks then post-production adds loads of extra stuff or the editor cuts your piece.

[BigScaryJoe]

@MikePhilbin Ohhh that's cool. I find it interesting because I would love to work in the film industry when i'm older :D Are you working on any games at the moment?

[Nebuchadnezzaurus]

Headless horseman's my favourite. I also love the mission you get him in.

[RiseAgainstdude]

Ack - I loved this game quite a bit. Can't play it due to technical difficulties now, unfortunately...

Very disappointing to know that a sequel isn't likely in the conceivable future. =/

[ItsBlitzz]

Wow some of these characters didn't make it into the final game but very good work !

[MikePhilbin]

thank you ,

yes there was a 'slight' tightening of the cast just prior to release but glad you enjoyed the game.

[Darksteel85]

I enjoyed the game, even though I never made it past the final level :(

[akatsukifan345]

who is the baseball player?????? at 0:10

[brumben]

The Baseball player is Smokin' Joe, and the Director is Hunchcork..

[benimo6]

@brumben I ve got the PC game of GhostMaster and I never saw does characters before

[MikePhilbin]

@benimo6 not all of them made it into the game - but they were all made.

[benimo6]

@MikePhilbin ah thanks for telling me

[erererer2]

can you plz plz plz tell me were to find this it looks awesome ive never played plz reply as soon as you can

[RazulLD]

lol some of those creatures are cool why they are not inclooded in the game?

[moriya2k2]

i don't remember the baseball player and the director. did they make it into the final game?

[vactrox]

no, but they are actually in the game files. but they don't have animation rigging or any actual way to get in game. there are 4 "hidden" ghosts this way. the baseball, the director, a xmen's storm parody, and a 4th one.

also, if you have any contacts to inside the game, mike, the fanbase is requesting that mods will become legal if a GM2 or a level editor is released...

knowing where this games group of programmers came from, I'd imagine it easy to make a level editor...

[moriya2k2]

the company went under years ago.

[vactrox]

yeah, I know...

well technically the "company" (sick puppies) was an offshoot of maxis, specifically the group that was dedicated to "the sims". so technically, it's still around.

also, I've always wondered if there would be a way to convert the sims level files to ghost master levels, since it seems to be the same AI / graphics...

[AlexofZippo]

the 4th one was Banzai, another earth elemental

[MikePhilbin]

to the guy who just now asked about Ghost Master 2 - sorry I deleted your comment by mistake - as I'm no longer with the company, I can't answer whether there will ever be a sequel to Ghost Master.

:)

[invaderbrandy]

at 1:25 - What is THAT?

[MikePhilbin]

ah, you've never used the Mirror Beast in the frat house?

:)

[BlackzAngel]

Are you the creator of the ghost master???

That was a nice game... miss it very much~!

[MikePhilbin]

not the creator, lead 3D character artist/animator.

[RazulLD]

The game is great I hope to see a sequal soon. It reminds me of sims some how but it have the things that sims don`t have. True fun with ghosts. In Sims its not that cool. I always wodered how can be made such a game when i first saw it i didn`t slept almost 24 hours. Btw I saw a pettition some days ago about a sequal I hope that you will see it too, the number of the poeple who voted is big (including my self).

[MikePhilbin]

Metacritic gave it got some good 90%-100% reviews, it just wasn't MARKETED very well, so the team who made it was disbanded. Shrugs. Stupid capitalism where PROFIT is worth more than critical acclaim.

[RazulLD]

Well i hope one day some one to notice your progress in the game industry and give you a second chance with it. You realy showed big talent there. The graphic is realy good for its years. Most games those days are made with bad gameplay. You made a very good game. It will be a huge waste this idea to go in the trash. Unfortunatly I can`t help with something more than support as friend. I live in Bulgaria and the game industry here is weak. :(

[RappingNess]

you get flash jordan by using Banzai on the plant next to her urn. Cast quake and she's yours! Knuckles you have to put lucky on the roulette wheel. When someone comes to play cast good luck on them.If they win- Knuckles is yours! To get fingers,the chef on the boat is whistling the right tune. When he's close, draw him in using that fat ghosts power. When fingers hears the tune- he is free! (To get banzai, put the other rock one on the plant in the reception of the police station. He will come!

[YuroTako89]

What ghosts are taht at 0:11 and 0:25?

[MikePhilbin]

some old baseball player

some old film director

not totally sure if they both made it into the final game, or whether you just haven't found them yet

:)

[unitedstates1983]

Is there a mission where your at a train station and could you post the level at the army base? I'm stuck on the level where the Darkling joins your team(he's the one with four red legs) The job is with him, a salamander and a wisp ghost. The mortals have to do the speel again but the only way over to the destination is a broken bridge. Can you please help me by also telling how to free Flash Jordan, Knuckles, and Fingers. (They're the ones with the little water fairy on the boat level.)

[MikePhilbin]

US1983,

I'm sure there's a cheat guide somewhere on th'net if you're that desperate --gotta catch 'em all-- have fun.

:)

[NeoSpeedfire]

ò.o

[MikePhilbin]

we used a 3D package called Softimage that became XSI

:)

[ANGELICAtheRAT]

how did you make these?

[willa32000]

Please do sequel with 150 ghosts, with 1000 powers and 50 missions!

[RupertDuffy2321]

Seconded.

[leon010]

I miss this game I think its by far one of the best games ever made

it just kinda makes me sad to think theyll probs never be another one

[copycatblog]

this is a brilliant game. they should make a Ghost Master 2. if it was promoted properly it'd be huge.

[essentialDemon]

God, i wish those jerks would mqke q sequel... damn i miss it