Ghostbusters 2 (PC DOS) Playthrough

Five years ago the Ghostbusters roasted a 30 story marshmallow and in the process destroyed most of downtown Manhattan. Surprisingly, people noticed. While many applauded, the Mayor and his staff were less amused. Naturally, the Ghostbusters presented a huge bill for their services to the city. The city presented an even bigger bill to the Ghostbusters. The Ghostbusters decleared bankruptcy. The city declared bankruptcy again. The city stayed in business. The Ghostbusters didn't. What spook and ghouls couldn't accomplish, several persistent collection agencies did.

Venkman attended the correspondence school of shock broadcasting and took his ascerbic wit to the airwaves. Belittling weirdoes and wackos, he found his ratings up and his friendships down. Stantz and Zeddemore made a modest living breakdancing for yuppie larvae and running and occult bookstore. Egon retired to acedemia, tormenting unsuspecting human guinea pigs in the name of science. The former Ghostbusters were will integrated into mainstream society.

Unknown to the ex-Ghostbusters, a river of slime is growing under the streets of New York. It feeds on the bitterness, cynicism and bad tips of the citizens in the Big Apple. Coursing through the old pneumatic railway shafts and tunnels, it worms its way to the Museum of Art.

In the restoration wing of the museum a new occupant has moved in. It's a 300 year old painting of the tyrant Vigo the Carpathian. He's not a nice person. The painting is more than just a bad example of renaissance art: Vigo's unholy immortal soul is trapped within, looking to get out and party. The portrait has been waiting for the spark which will bring the murderous madman back to life. This spark is the slime --- the collection of negative energy of millions of gruff, short-tempered people living too close together, commuting too long to work, and taking too long on their lunch breaks.

As the slime and Vigo reach critical mass, only the former Ghostbusters can stop Vigo from coming back and leading the people in and even worse rendition of Auld Lang Syne than usual. To do this, they must battle the bureaucracy, the legal system and Venkman's sense of humor. But they're commited in more ways than one to making New York safe again for the out of work stockbrokers, the chestnut vendors and third world cab drivers that make the city unlike anywhere else in the world, except maybe Los Angeles. Or Chicago. Or, well, just about anywhere. Except where you live. Well, maybe there, too.

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• ghostbusters
• ii
• pc
• dos
• activision
• dynamix

[Toad64]

The Statue of Liberty part always seems to get me. I always run out of time before I reach the museum.

[elbryan42]

Yeah, it took me about a week of practice, and a map right in front of me to get it just right. A cool sequence, but those damn cars can really slow you down. Add to the fact that it's the only part of the game that's a bit harder with the mouse (you can only pick one control style for the entire game), and it can be very frustrating.

[Toad64]

@elbryan42 Yeah, I just did a video of this game myself, and on the Statue of Liberty section, you can see me not making very good progress with the mouse! That being said, when I was a kid, I didn't have a mouse, so I played the whole game with a keyboard! The statue part was easier, but busting ghosts was WAY harder, LOL!

[elbryan42]

Yeah, I used a big gravis joystick myself. This is actually the first PC game I bought! :)

[GOTH86]

It's the wrong Nintendo-controller:p

[elbryan42]

You noticed that too huh? :P

[GOTH86]

@elbryan42 hard not to(a) I grew up on these movies:P

[AtorTheFlyingEagle]

I haven't thought of this game in almost twenty years. Used to play this on my Tandy TL 1000. Fuck, I feel old now.

[1Dudelove]

I have the map!

I'll explain it for you.

it's a 7 by 7 grid

on the left side downwards the streets are: wood, mill, high, polk, park, moss, oak, bell

on the top across from left to right

41st, 42nd, 43rd, 44th, 45th, 46th, 47th, 48th

The museum is located on 45th street between polk and park.

I hope this helps you.

[vagosgta3]

The best version of Ghostbusters 2