It’s Ghostbusters, Like You’ve Never Seen Them Before

Pachinko? Boring. One of our least favourite types of gaming. A pachinko machine with adorable little Ghostbusters and an official licence, though, well, now we are interested.

Fujishoji is releasing this particular unit in Japan, and it looks incredible. It not only recreates key moments from the movies – yes, even Ghostbusters 2 – but also stars a ton of supporting characters, like Gozer, Zuul and… the Scolari brothers. There’s also footage from the films sprinkled throughout, though Venkman’s dry humour loses a little something when he’s dubbed in Japanese.

One interesting thing; despite the official licence, there’s no Winston. You know. The black guy. What’s up with that, Japan?

Ghostbusters Pachinko [Fujishoji, via Proton Charging, thanks Chris!]

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(4 Comments)
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    Michael Barnes

    Tuesday, June 1, 2010 at 8:53 PM

    Glad to see something western is wacky enough for the Japanese to pick up!

    I suppose it always was really:

    Doeee, Rayyy, Egonnn!

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    Matt

    Tuesday, June 1, 2010 at 9:15 PM

    i thought it was ghostbuster babies….

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    Doug Sherry

    Wednesday, June 2, 2010 at 12:45 PM

    the resemblance is striking! As I recall the original did have bobble-heads to begin with, right?

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    upandatthem

    Wednesday, June 2, 2010 at 1:25 PM

    I’m about 3 minutes in, and I still have no freakin’ idea how this game works.

    damn racist video games

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