The Real Ghostbusters (Game Boy)

The Real Ghostbusters
Also known as: Mickey Mouse IV: Mahou no Labyrinth (JP), Garfield Labyrinth (EU) Developer: Kemco Publishers: Kemco (EU/JP), Activision (US) Platform: Game Boy Released in JP: April 23, 1993 Released in US: October 1993 Released in EU: 1992 This game has unused graphics. This game has regional differences.

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The Real Ghostbusters is the only game where you use an unlicensed nuclear accelerator to destroy floor blocks to find stars to get a key to exit the level. Phew.

We ain't afraid of no blocks!

To do: Regional differences.

Kid Klown in Krazy Floor Blocks

The Real Ghostbusters was originally a Mickey Mouse game, which became a Garfield game in Europe and a Ghostbusters game (with extra levels) in America...but apparently, Kemco had other plans for the game.

The NES game released in North America as Kid Klown in Night Mayor World was released as Mickey Mouse III: Yume Fuusen in Japan, and judging by these tiles The Real Ghostbusters was also going to be a Kid Klown game.

Present at 0xE570 are graphics for a sequence with Kid Klown and Princess Honey...

...Plus graphics for an ending sequence at 0x10A92! A mockup can be seen below:

The frames seem to indicate that Honey would run towards Kid Klown and they'd hold hands in the final frame. D'aaaaaaaaaaaww.

Regional Differences

Japan	Europe	US

The title screen was appropriately changed for each region.

Japan	Europe	US

The introduction sequence was slightly changed. The big difference is that (aside from that Mickey loses Minnie and Garfield loses Odie before falling into a pit) is that Mickey and Garfield find a laser gun at the bottom of the pit, but the Ghostbuster does not.

Japan	US and Europe

The passwords were also changed to account for Nintendo's password censorship. The Real Ghostbusters and Garfield Labyrinth use the same passwords while Mickey Mouse IV uses different passwords. The stage-clear screen was also appropriately changed to display the proper character.

There are numerous sprite changes between the games.

Power-Ups

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Japan	Europe	US

The extra life icon is different between games. Mickey eats cheese, Garfield drinks coffee while the Ghostbuster just picks up an icon of his face.

Japan	US and Europe

Garfield and the Ghostbuster can lay bombs that will blow up any enemy that walks into it. Maybe that was too violent for Disney, so Mickey lays down wands that make the enemy magically disappear in a puff of smoke. Same effect.

Of course the Ghostbusters game alone uses the Ghostbusters theme song for most of the stages.

Sprites

There's a bunch of enemy sprite changes as well. Some versions reuse sprites for enemies that behave differently.