Ghostbusters The Video Game (PC)

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Bonus options

Complete the indicated task to unlock the corresponding entry at the "Options" menu.

EntryHow to unlock
Equipment Strength UpgradeCollect all art.
Faster Health RecoveryCollect 50% of the art.
Gozerian Rookie OutfitComplete the game under the Gozerian difficulty. This outfit will allow you to be immune to sliming.
Increased Scanning SpeedScan 50% of the ghosts and scannable objects.
InvulnerabilityComplete the game with all art collected and scan 100% of the ghosts and scannable objects.
No Equipment OverheatScan 100% of the ghosts of scannable objects.

Easy Mini-Crests

You can get a large amount of Mini-Crests one time only, when you have used the Luck Potion and are making your way to Herbology. At this point, every time you use Diffindo to get the Mini-Crests to appear, you will get the full amount of Mini-Crests available, due to your luck. Get as many as possible at this point to help reach the 25,000 pieces goal.

Ghostbusters II reference

In front of the water fountain in the firehouse is a window looking back into storage. You can see the "Ghostbusters II" sign and some doors from Ecto 1A.

Indiana Jones reference

One of the messages on the answering machine is from a Professor Jones who is trying to locate the Vigo painting, stating that it belongs in a museum.

Most wanted Ghost Locations

Complete the indicated tasks in the following locations.

Any level except for Slime Dunk
Rotten Slimer: Capture 10 slimers.
Wee Slimer: Capture Rotten Slimer and win at least three Slime Dunks.
Polar Slimer: Capture Wee Slimer and achieve twenty slim dunks on each of the Slime Dunk maps.
Glutton Slimer: Capture Polar Slimer and complete 60 jobs.

Cemetery (Graveyard, Altar, Lost Temple)
Mad Mad Minimo: Earn $50,000 in any Cemetery job. Must be in a single match (survival recommended).
The Darkest: Capture Mad Mad Minimo and kill fifteen black slime monsters.
The Clawed Menace: Capture The Darkest and kill fifty Cemetery crawlers (spider like tombstone creatures).
The Uprising: Capture The Clawed Menace and complete ten survival jobs in the Cemetery.

Library (Reading Room, Basement Stacks, Twisted Stacks)
The Book Of Pain: complete any job in any of the Library levels.
Captain of the Guard: Capture The Book of Pain and kill twenty paper enemies.
Olga the Terrible: Capture the Captain of the Guard and complete five jobs in the Library.
Dredge: Capture Olga the Terrible and complete ten Library thief jobs.

Museum (Rotunda, Mayan, Egypt)
Grundel: Complete five Museum protections.
Sharpshooter Bailey: Capture Grundel and capture fifteen civil war ghosts.
The Maestro: Capture Sharpshooter Bailey and complete ten Museum survival jobs.
Grand Pappy Sargassi: Capture The Maestro and complete fifteen jobs on Museum levels.

Times Square (Streets, Office, Rooftops)
Smelly Ned: Complete five containments in Times Square maps.
Dolnasky: Capture Smelly Ned and collect fifty power-ups.
Grimgreave: Capture Dolnasky and kill twenty gargoyles and/or cherubs using slams.
Binky: Capture Grimgreave and complete ten survivals on Times Square maps.

NES Ghostbusters reference

Look at one of the monitors on a desk upstairs at the Ghostbusters headquarters. You can see the ending screen from Ghostbusters on the NES.

Player awards

Complete the indicated task to unlock the corresponding award.

AwardHow to unlock
Ain't Afraid Of No GhostLeast amount of knockouts.
BefrienderMost ghosts turned into good guys with Pink Slime.
Best RescuerMost Artifacts returned to the safe zone.
Blink OutMost ghosts eliminated by destroying Evil Relics.
BrokeLeast cash earned in the match.
Comeback KidTrap 3 ghosts in "Sudden Death".
CommandoHighest ghost defeat to player knockout ratio.
Darkest MatterMost ghosts hit with the Shock Blast (including the Stasis beam).
Dead AimMost ghosts hit with the Meson Collider (including alternate fire).
Demolitions ManMost ghosts damaged in a single explosion.
Destruction MasterMost Evil Relics destroyed.
Duckin and DodginMost dodges and jumps.
First DeathFirst knockout of the round.
First RescuerFirst player to destroy an Artifact thief.
GhosticleMost ghosts frozen with the Stasis Beam.
Gloop DreamsFirst person to perform 5 Slime Dunks in the match.
Itchy Trigger FingerFirst Person to shoot in the round.
Keeping An Eye OutLongest period of time in PKE goggle view.
Light ShowLowest accuracy with the Proton beam (including the Boson Dart).
Long Time WranglerLongest ghost wrangle.
Marathon RunnerLongest total distance traveled in the match.
MedicMost revivals of teammates.
Most RevivedMost times revived by a teammate.
MVPMost points in Slime Dunk.
My Ghosts My TrapMost ghosts trapped in your own trap.
Nice Shootin TexHighest accuracy with the Proton beam (including the Boson Dart).
PuristFewest power-ups collected in the match.
RampagerShortest period of time between destroying two Evil Relics.
Red HandedThe player who destroys the most Artifact thieves.
Rollin In DoughMost cash earned in the match.
SlammerMost wrangled ghost slams.
Slime MagnetMost times slimed.
SlimerMost shots with the Slime Blower (including the Slime Tether).
Slimer DodgerLeast number of times knocked down by Slimer.
Slimer WranglerLongest amount of time wrangling Slimer.
SlowpokeShortest total distance traveled in the match.
Smashy SmashyFirst player to destroy 10 Evil Relics.
Soul SurvivorLongest run without getting knocked out.
Team SaviorRevived each teammate at least once.
Tech HeadMost power-ups collected in the match.
The Real GhostbusterMost ghosts trapped or destroyed.
True ProtectorTrap 3 ghosts in a row while the active PKE Disruptor remains undamaged.
VendettaBe the first to destroy or capture a ghost after it has damaged a PKE Disruptor.
We Came We SawFirst person to trap 10 ghosts.

Player ranks

The player ranks in order are as follows.

Intern Ghostbuster
Rookie
Greenhorn
Supernatural Investigator
Novice Ghostbuster
Paranormal Examiner
Slime Collector
Spook Spotter
Spirit Trapper
Ghostbuster
Proton Slinger
Slimer Snagger
Phantom Blaster
Ecto Exterminator
Elite Ghostbuster
Wraith Wrangler
Soul Hunter
Specter Slayer
Defender of New York
Ghostbuster of the Year

Rookie's real name

Check your messages when you get back from the Stay Puft Marshmallow level. The new person's father or friend says "You're doing adequate work out there Luke, keep it up!". This reveals that his name is Luke Hoss.

The Extreme Ghostbusters reference

When you are in the firehouse, go down by the containment unit. Look on one of the work desks to see a circular ghost trap that was used in the late 1990's cartoon called The Extreme Ghostbusters.

Unlock NES Ending Screen

In the Ghostbusters headquarters, one of the monitors on the upstairs desks has the ending screen from the original Ghostbusters game on the NES. The monitor comes complete with all the spelling and punctuation errors.

Watchmen reference

When listening to the answering machine messages, one will be of a man talking in a gruff voice asking, "Who busts the Ghostbusters?"