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Ghostbusters: The Video Game

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This page is for the 2009 game. For the 2016 game, see Ghostbusters (2016). For the 2019 remaster, see Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered.

Ghostbusters: The Video Game
Ghostbusters: The Video Game cover
Developers
Terminal Reality
Publishers
Atari
Engines
Infernal Engine
Release dates
Windows June 16, 2009
Reception
Metacritic 74
IGDB 70
Taxonomy
Series Ghostbusters
Ghostbusters: The Video Game on IGDB
Ghostbusters: The Video Game guide on StrategyWiki
Ghostbusters: The Video Game on MobyGames
Ghostbusters: The Video Game on Wikipedia
Ghostbusters
Ghostbusters 1986
Ghostbusters II 1989
Ghostbusters: The Video Game 2009
Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime 2011
Ghostbusters (2016) 2016
Ghostbusters VR: Now Hiring 2017
Ghostbusters VR: Showdown 2018
Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered 2019
Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed 2022

Key points

PC version lacks the console versions' multiplayer.[1]

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Requires online activation
CD key
SecuROM 7 and SecuROM PA DRM.
Windows
Amazon.com
Requires online activation
SecuROM 7 and SecuROM PA DRM. Incorrectly described as DRM-free on the store page.[2]
Windows
Steam (unavailable)
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Windows

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete/rename video files[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\video\
  2. Delete or rename loading.ogv and logo.ogv.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\GHOSTBUSTERS (tm)\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/9870/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\GHOSTBUSTERS (tm)\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/9870/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings.
Video settings.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Possible, but essentially unusable.
Ultra-widescreen
Almost all prompts and UI outside of the Proton Pack are cropped at the top and bottom halves of the screen.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See Windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See Anti-aliasing (AA).
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Capped at 120 FPS. See Run the game at screen refresh rate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
settings.ini also contains an option for SSAO

Windowed

Force windowed[citation needed]
  1. Install Special K by following the Special K Unofficial Guide.
  2. Start the game and press Ctrl+ Shift+← Backspace to toggle Special K's Control Panel.
  3. Open the Display menu and select "Windowed Mode" and "Force Override".
  4. Set the preferred window style and close the Control Panel.
  5. Press Ctrl+ Shift+O to toggle Special K's On-Screen Display.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Set higher AA[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open settings.ini.
  3. Change antiAliasMultipleX=1 to antiAliasMultipleX=2.
  4. Change antiAliasMultipleY=1 to antiAliasMultipleY=2.
  5. Higher values are not recommended as they are extremely taxing even on powerful hardware.

Input

Audio

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Dutch
Your OS "Language for non-Unicode programs" should be Dutch.
French
Your OS "Language for non-Unicode programs" should be French. To enable french audio, disable "English Audio" in game menu.
German
Your OS "Language for non-Unicode programs" should be German. To enable german audio, disable "English Audio" in game menu.
Italian
Your OS "Language for non-Unicode programs" should be Italian.
Spanish
Your OS "Language for non-Unicode programs" should be Spanish.

Issues fixed

Game not launching in Windows 8.1 and Windows 10

This issue is most likely caused by a controller being plugged into your computer.
Unplug controller[citation needed]
  1. Unplug the controller from your PC before launching the game

Notes

If you'd like to use a controller while playing, wait until the game has completely loaded and plug it back in.
The Xbox 360 and Xbox One controllers are not affected by this issue.
Some players have reported adding the -safe launch option in Steam has worked as well.

Run the game at screen refresh rate

Fullscreen mode defaults to 60 Hz, even if the screen refresh rate is set higher than that.
Set screen refresh rate[citation needed]
  1. Install Special K by following the Special K Unofficial Guide.
  2. Start the game once and close it to allow the configuration file of Special K to be created.
  3. Open <path-to-game>\d3d9.ini or %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Mods\SpecialK\Profiles\ghost_w32.exe\SpecialK.ini depending on the installation method you used.
  4. Change RefreshRate=-1 to RefreshRate=0 under [Render.FrameRate].

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista
Processor (CPU) Intel or AMD Dual Core
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 9 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 8400
ATI Radeon X1300
512 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/9870/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (9870) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. Atari and Threewave comment on lack of multiplayer in PC Ghostbusters - last accessed on May 2023
  2. Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2019-05-18