Your reviewer is old enough to remember the palpable disappointment of forking out a tenner for the original Ghostbusters computer game on the ZX Spectrum, and sitting bewildered as he kept failing to get into Zuul courtesy of the bouncing Marshmallow Man.
The tie-in game to Ghostbusters II was worse, bizarrely, and when you factor in the tepid Real Ghostbusters outings too, it's odd to think that it's taken 25 years to finally get a game worthy of the classic film's name.
That said, it's genuinely been worth the wait. With a script partly written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis, and attracting voice talent from the film too (including the always-marvellous Bill Murray), the first thing to notice is that the game doesn't skimp on its production values. With graphical representations of the lead characters and movie sets that are actually recognisable, you step into the shoes of a new Ghostbusters recruit. And after a quick sojourn to the basement to learn the basics of busting ghosts, it's down to action.
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