Haunting Starring Polterguy is an Action video game released in 1993 for the Sega Mega Drive game console.
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| Developer | Electronic arts |
| Publisher | Electronic arts |
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| Genre | Action |
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| Platforms | Sega Mega Drive / Genesis PlayStation Portable |
| Game modes | single user Multiplayer |
| Carrier | 16 megabit cartridge |
| Control | Gamepad |
Content
About the game
The Sardini family was involved in the murder of a guy who turned into a ghost, eager to avenge his death. The main task of the player is to scare each of the four family members living in the house with the help of various items in the house.
House
When a person is scared, he will run away from home. The game involves four stages, as soon as all family members are scared, they move to a new house, you follow them and everything starts anew. In total, the game has 4 houses with 4 dungeons. From the second level, flying heads will appear in the houses, taking away your energy. After that, the poltergeist will fight with the final boss and the game is over. Horror stories in each house, there are more than 50 pieces. There are both very original (a corpse in the trunk, a frolicing severed arm, a ballerina rotating her head 360 degrees), and quite primitive (blood on the floor, fireworks, mosquito invasion). When viewing such phenomena, the inhabitants of the house begin to go crazy with fear.
Family
The family includes: Vito Sardini - an impossibly greedy businessman-fraudster, father of Mimi and Tony, Flo's husband, Flo Sardini - cruel woman, wife of Vito, mother of Tony and Mimi, Tony Sardini - son of Flo and Vito, brother of Mimi, Mimi Sardini - unbalanced person suffering from sharp bouts of spleen and tantrums, daughter Flo and Vito, sister of Tony.
Dungeon
For each successfully executed horror story, energy is given. Plasma appears only after the victim runs out of the room where she was intimidated. Its number is directly proportional to the number of horror stories committed. You can see how many points were awarded for the horror story in the lower right corner. When it ends, the poltergeist will go to the dungeon, where he will have to collect all the energy and lose as little health as possible. Each house has its own dungeon. For gaming diversity, there is a collection of scarlet plasma. Each such plasma is drawn in the form of a letter. Different letters - different useful items. You can use them at any time, being outside the dungeons and when fighting with the boss.
Sardini Family Dog
The family dog ββis the only living creature in the house that knows about poltergeist. When she sees him, she begins to bark, thereby depriving him of some of the energy. A dog can be neutralized with a dog bone. The dog appears from the second house. After all members of the Sardini family run away from the 4th house, the dog will turn into a giant monster and in order to complete the game you must defeat her.
Two-player mode
The game has a two-player mode, which can be enabled in two ways:
- It is enough to press Start on the second joystick.
- When the poltergeist starts to run out of energy, you should often press A and spin in different directions.
When the energy runs out, the first player will not get into the dungeon, and first another Poltergeist will appear, controlled from the second joystick. After this player has exhausted his energy, both Poltergeists will get into the dungeon and collect plasma together. The first one to leave the dungeon will go to scare the family first.
Reviews
Basically, the game received positive reviews from critics.
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Notes
- β Haunting Starring Polterguy for Genesis (1993) - MobyGames . MobyGames Archived July 4, 2013.