<s>
Ghostbusters	B-Application
II	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1989	O
action	B-Application
game	I-Application
based	O
on	O
the	O
film	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
same	I-Application
name	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
British	O
studio	O
Foursfield	O
developed	O
a	O
version	O
for	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
and	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
,	O
which	O
also	O
got	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
MSX	B-Operating_System
by	O
New	O
Frontier	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dynamix	O
developed	O
a	O
separate	O
version	O
for	O
the	O
DOS	B-Device
,	O
also	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
film	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
non-DOS	O
versions	O
were	O
praised	O
for	O
the	O
graphics	O
and	O
audio	O
,	O
but	O
criticized	O
for	O
long	O
loading	O
times	O
,	O
disk	B-Device
swapping	I-Device
,	O
and	O
the	O
final	O
level	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DOS	B-Device
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
and	O
Amiga	B-Device
versions	O
were	O
the	O
only	O
versions	O
released	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ghostbusters	B-Application
II	I-Application
follows	O
the	O
plot	O
of	O
the	O
film	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
spirit	O
of	O
Vigo	O
the	O
Carpathian	O
intends	O
to	O
enter	O
the	O
Earth	O
world	O
and	O
take	O
it	O
over	O
,	O
by	O
inhabiting	O
the	O
body	O
of	O
Oscar	O
Barrett	O
,	O
the	O
baby	O
son	O
of	O
Dana	O
Barrett	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
controls	O
the	O
Ghostbusters	B-Application
team	O
as	O
they	O
try	O
to	O
stop	O
Vigo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DOS	B-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
begins	O
with	O
the	O
Ghostbusters	B-Application
battling	O
the	O
ghosts	O
of	O
the	O
Scoleri	O
brothers	O
in	O
a	O
courtroom	O
,	O
as	O
in	O
the	O
film	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
other	O
Ghostbusters	B-Application
,	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
choose	O
to	O
rescue	O
the	O
institutionalized	O
character	O
from	O
the	O
ward	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
must	O
earn	O
$	O
55,000	O
to	O
take	O
control	O
of	O
the	O
Statue	O
of	O
Liberty	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
reach	O
an	O
art	O
museum	O
,	O
where	O
the	O
Ghostbusters	B-Application
battle	O
Vigo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
other	O
computer	O
versions	O
–	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
,	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
and	O
MSX	B-Operating_System
–	O
feature	O
three	O
distinct	O
levels	O
based	O
on	O
scenes	O
from	O
the	O
film	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
third	O
level	O
is	O
viewed	O
from	O
an	O
isometric	B-Application
view	I-Application
,	O
and	O
begins	O
with	O
the	O
Ghostbusters	B-Application
trying	O
to	O
safely	O
slide	O
down	O
a	O
rope	O
to	O
land	O
inside	O
the	O
art	O
museum	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
then	O
alternates	O
between	O
the	O
four	O
Ghostbusters	B-Application
as	O
they	O
rescue	O
Oscar	O
and	O
defeat	O
Vigo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DOS	B-Device
version	O
,	O
designed	O
by	O
Doug	O
Barnett	O
and	O
developed	O
by	O
Dynamix	O
,	O
includes	O
digitized	O
voice	O
tracks	O
and	O
images	O
from	O
the	O
film	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
other	O
versions	O
,	O
developed	O
by	O
Foursfield	O
,	O
include	O
only	O
the	O
images	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
is	O
divided	O
among	O
three	O
different	O
disks	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
version	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
four-disk	O
game	O
;	O
this	O
requires	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
swap	O
disks	O
at	O
certain	O
points	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
proceed	O
through	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Oliver	O
Twins	O
programmed	O
the	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
and	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MSX	B-Operating_System
version	O
was	O
a	O
port	O
of	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
version	O
and	O
was	O
only	O
released	O
in	O
Spain	O
as	O
Cazafantasmas	O
II	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
New	O
Frontier	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
MCM	O
Software	O
S.A.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
Activision	O
planned	O
to	O
release	O
the	O
DOS	B-Device
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
and	O
Amiga	B-Device
versions	O
in	O
October	O
1989	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Amiga	B-Device
and	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
versions	O
received	O
a	O
budget	O
re-release	O
in	O
late	O
1991	O
,	O
published	O
by	O
The	O
Hit	O
Squad	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
David	O
Wilson	O
of	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
wrote	O
a	O
mixed	O
review	O
of	O
the	O
DOS	B-Device
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
other	O
computer	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
were	O
generally	O
praised	O
for	O
their	O
graphics	O
,	O
and	O
their	O
audio	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
"	O
Ghostbusters	B-Application
"	O
song	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Paul	O
Glancey	O
of	O
Computer	O
and	O
Video	O
Games	O
considered	O
it	O
superior	O
to	O
the	O
film	O
and	O
praised	O
the	O
gameplay	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
the	O
levels	O
made	O
good	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
film	O
's	O
action	B-Application
sequences	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amstrad	O
Action	B-Application
also	O
considered	O
it	O
better	O
than	O
the	O
film	O
,	O
and	O
wrote	O
that	O
the	O
"	O
good	O
graphics	O
immediately	O
set	O
this	O
game	O
apart	O
"	O
from	O
typical	O
film-license	O
games	O
,	O
stating	O
,	O
"	O
It	O
captures	O
a	O
cartoonesque	O
quality	O
that	O
manages	O
to	O
convey	O
the	O
comic	O
aspects	O
of	O
the	O
movie	O
excellently.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Andy	O
Smith	O
of	O
Amiga	B-Device
Format	O
called	O
the	O
game	O
a	O
"	O
good	O
translation	O
of	O
the	O
film	O
and	O
a	O
worthy	O
successor	O
"	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
Ghostbusters	B-Application
video	O
game	O
(	O
1984	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mark	O
Higham	O
of	O
ST	O
Format	O
considered	O
the	O
gameplay	O
tedious	O
and	O
worse	O
than	O
the	O
original	O
Ghostbusters	B-Application
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Writers	O
for	O
Zero	O
criticized	O
the	O
gameplay	O
in	O
their	O
review	O
of	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
and	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
versions	O
,	O
while	O
Zzap	O
!	O
64	O
criticized	O
the	O
gameplay	O
and	O
graphics	O
of	O
the	O
C64	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amiga	B-Device
Computing	O
wrote	O
that	O
while	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
is	O
undoubtedly	O
an	O
audio-visual	O
feast	O
,	O
there	O
is	O
little	O
game	O
in	O
it	O
that	O
is	O
fun	O
to	O
play.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Amiga	B-Device
User	O
International	O
stated	O
that	O
none	O
of	O
the	O
levels	O
were	O
particularly	O
addictive	O
,	O
and	O
opined	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
offers	O
pretty	O
poor	O
value	O
for	O
money	O
"	O
considering	O
that	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
"	O
only	O
motivation	O
is	O
to	O
see	O
the	O
following	O
stage	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewers	O
for	O
Amiga	B-Device
Action	B-Application
criticized	O
the	O
minimal	O
number	O
of	O
levels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1991	O
,	O
Amiga	B-Device
Power	O
called	O
the	O
game	O
a	O
"	O
disgrace	O
"	O
and	O
wrote	O
,	O
"	O
Almost	O
everything	O
you	O
could	O
possibly	O
do	O
in	O
Ghostbusters	B-Application
II	I-Application
called	O
for	O
a	O
disk	O
swap	O
-	O
even	O
getting	O
killed	O
on	O
the	O
very	O
first	O
level	O
-	O
and	O
the	O
playing-time-to-time-spent-buggering-around-with-disks	O
ratio	O
was	O
so	O
completely	O
ridiculous	O
that	O
some	O
people	O
thought	O
they	O
'd	O
been	O
sold	O
a	O
demo	O
version	O
by	O
mistake.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
year	O
,	O
Amiga	B-Device
Powers	O
Stuart	O
Campbell	O
reviewed	O
the	O
re-release	O
and	O
criticized	O
the	O
gameplay	O
as	O
"	O
lame	O
and	O
uninspired	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
