When I was a kid, I went to the Nickelodeon arcade, where they had a game based on The Real Ghostbusters. I was sad that I wasn’t good enough to win it, and didn’t have enough quarters to get very good at it.
How long to beat The Real Ghostbusters (Arcade – 1987)
HowLongToBeat currently lists these rough player-reported times for The Real Ghostbusters:
- Main Story: about 29 minutes
Source: HowLongToBeat – The Real Ghostbusters. These numbers can shift over time as more players log their runs.
Play The Real Ghostbusters Arcade Game
Controls
Here’s a partial list of the controls, as figured out by Ross May and Richard Crypt. I’ll also be contributing to the controls soon. I’ve found some keys that do stuff that I haven’t listed yet. So this is a work-in-progress.
| Button | Effect | Button | Effect |
| 5 | Insert Coin | 1 | Extra Lives |
| P | Pause | Alt | Basic Fire/Capture Stream |
| CTRL | Spread Shot | Arrows | Movement |
