Ghost Master

I was looking for this game for quite a while, since I absolutely loved the Flash Game "Haunt the House", and someone posted there is a whole shelf game like this. I was very glad to finally get it from on GOG. First the big plus: it is original. How many games have we played where we know the mechanics, because the whole "genre" is the same thing over and over again? Ghost Master is something different! Scaring people is fun. The sounds and music are okay. Next to the big plus there are unfortunally many minus signs in execution. The game often feels peripatetic, not only in voice acting, but also it tests your frustration tolerance to wait more and more until one of the toons finally does or it as the place you need it to be. The "puzzles" to get additonal spirits is a nice idea to not make all levels similar to Haunt the House, scare everybody. But in practice it are sometimes arbitrary loops you have to jump through, where going without walkthrough ever you really need nerves of steel. The whole interface is not too original and unneedly complicated. Like orders and powers would have easy to make more original and better look&feel than stricting to menu structure. The cut-scenes come without warning and any click make them go away, so you often dismiss them without intending to. Even for its time the graphics are meh, low polygons and textures, but for ones with weaker CPU this might be a plus. Right now I have played through two acts and don't have the nerves for act three. Comparing Ghost Master to the flash game "Haunt the House", I like the second one more, and it shows what potential a scare game like this in 3D and full shelf-value production has missed would it have been better executed.

I love it, I love spookiness and halloween vibe and all missions with releasing ghosts - its my comfort game and I wish some widescreen patch was involved with GOG

This is one of the most interesting and funny games I've ever played! This game is one of a kind. It's funny, some missions are challenging, graphics is still ok in my opinion. I have finished this game 3 times and still bought it when it was on sale. It's really underappreciated. Gameplay is good and fun, lot of characters, funny pop culture references, interesting locations and ghosts abilities. What can be more fun that scarying people? They are screaming, running, fainting etc. No matter if you are 10 or 95, just play it. For me it's 9/10.

Having enjoyed Haunting on Genesis. This was an easy buy. For the $1.19 I spent it was worth it. Works well enough on Windows 10, only complaint is no 16:9 support or any resolution above 1600x1200. Still works just as fine.

I tend to have a somewhat dark sense of humor. So when this game first appeared 15 years ago, it was right up my alley. I bought it, installed it, and had lots of fun with it. Funny references to all kinds of horror titles, silly spooky ghosts, interesting puzzles, and a bit of strategy - it's all there, combined with cute graphics. Even if I wasn't very good at it, all the levels were a lot of fun to (re-)play. Lately, though, the old CD version - like many games of those days - is getting harder and harder to install, so I'm thrilled to see a GOG version. I'm gonna spook the hell out of a few more hapless mortals :)