Ghostbusters: The Video Game - The Deleted Parade Level

[@cabbyteld399]

The script for the game was just brilliant. The jokes and call backs to the previous films made the game perfect.

[@kapiteinfox3142]

I love the game, but sadly the script is the core thing that doesn't work for me. The callbacks are so over the top that they're practically Family Guy style references. "Hey Egon, remember how you always say print is dead?" And the less said about the paper thin Venkman/Alyssa romantic thruline the better. Rather than a "the actual Ghostbusters 3", to me it feels like a Ghostbusters Universal Studios ride. A "best of" that's very enjoyable, but pretty bad as a standalone script.

[@speedsterjay]

@@kapiteinfox3142 while I respect your opinion and can see why you'd feel that way about aspects of the writing keep in mind, like sequels in any format, there's always going to be a TON of overlapping. They are not just appealing to the fans like us but our friends that maybe enjoy the movies but can't quote scene to scene. It's the drawback of the theme. 🖖🏻

[@springwoodslasher79]

Yet the game play was lacking fun.

[@speedsterjay]

I 100% disagree. But, you're obviously entitled to your opinions!

[@nicholaslittle6614]

@@speedsterjay you know how to conversate. Rare to see these days. I agree with points each have made on this thread. I'm playing it again now as my family gets ready for the Afterlife premiere. Watching the movies, cartoons, and gaming. But I actually enjoy the game play, but I can also see how someone else could easily find it boring. The throwbacks are over the top, but I like how you mention that that would be to us, who know the movies by heart. Never thought of it like that. But I think its a great game for an adaptation from a movie. And it'll always be on my shelf.

[@DarkSyg]

Ah memories. I worked on this game in the initial stages of the development. A fun and little known fact. Don't the credits fool you. A lot of people who did a lot of the core work on the game at Vivendi and Sierra were uncredited. Many of the guys who worked on F.E.A.R. also worked on this title as they were in the same office building. Anyways regarding the deleted Parade level, the idea was to have black slime slither up Blinkers Float and possess the dog float, horrifying Ray and making Egon comment about how Dogs were pretty apt Destructors. Egon: -watches two cars go flying- "..Blinkers likes to destroy things I see. ..Like all dogs." Probably my favorite line that was cut. The level involved chasing across rooftops after Blinkers as well as through the street. The hardest mobs I faced while working on the game however were easily the Order of St. Pelican Shriner Ghosts, which were absurdly hard to trap. The end result was supposed to be that the Ghostbusters reached the Mayor at the Parade and defeated Blinkers, who.. soaked Peck in slime from head to toe and prompted his melt down on the Ghostbusters, which later played out at the Museum instead. God Bless ya Harold Ramis. Hope this game, it's legacy, and the upcoming "Ghostbusters: Afterlife" are worthy tributes to you. Pretty sure they will be since a lot of us on the floor knew ages ago what the entire deal was with Ivo Shandor (and I won't say to not spoil the coming movie). We the originals will also always remember how you wanted to name this Ghostbusters III, but could not due to various bean-counters interfering in the game / creative design process, but we all knew your passion for this title and how you considered it the 'capstone' of the trilogy. So to anyone else out there in the world who like me worked on the title, I'll close with this. It was an honor to work with all of you, even if it was a time when Microsoft Sam was saying Shandor's lines (which was bloody ackward). "I. Am. The. Architect. -pause pause- I. am. The. Destroyer." or to try and defeat Stay-Puft with Gas-Barrels or "Flaming Marshmallows". Keep busting ghosts folks. I hope this game and it's remaster were fun to play for you! If they were, then all my late-nights andwork was worth every minute of overtime. Cheers.

[@DarkSyg]

There was also as I seem to recall the "Redeemed" Ghostbusters Picture (Post Vigo) in the Bookstore, which was intended as an easter-egg.

[@NavasGonzalo]

LOVED your comment! Did you really met Harold Ramis? I envy you, such a wonderful guy he seemed to be.

[@questionmark3666]

So where will ever get to see these or play these levels?

[@Shawnredfield98]

I've been playing this since the 360. I just wish they gave us a little more with the remastered version. Still grateful we got a re-release for the newer consoles. Definitely looking forward to more of these docu style videos.

[@fatcat1]

Yeah it seems they removed content instead of adding

[@atomickid]

@@fatcat1 you're damn right. Here in France we lost the dub that the original had (with the original french voices). So, I'm fine with my 360 version for now.

[@phobic182]

How cool would it had been if they added “The Boogie Man” from The Real Ghostbusters cartoon as a boss ghost to fight? EPIC I TELL YA!!!!!

[@OGdadpool]

I'm terrified beyond the capacity for rational thought...

[@flyingnimbus86]

Would love to play new levels or a sequel

[@saturncrush]

The IDW comic presents so many possibilities for more material.

[@TB03]

@@filmbuff2777 Sadly we cant. RIP Harrold

[@FireMadeFleshII]

I didn't know of the missing parade level until some years later, but I do remember feeling like something was off (storywise) as the parade was mentioned in that news report & I said to myself, "Um, shouldn't the Ghostbusters be there?" On the other side, this is the first I'm hearing of the Gozer's Temple & River of Slime stages. That would've been so cool to actually play those iconic scenes!

[@verdant2215]

The thanksgivings day parade is in the DS version. Instead of blinkers, it is a giant Turkey.

[@user-si9fx4xb6v]

Got the Nintendo DS version of the game myself. Really glad that the parade level is included. Of all the boss battles, the turkey balloon is one of my favorites.

[@charleshunterii7157]

Such a great game. I really flet like I was a Ghostbuster. I love how they took they approached the game seriously .

[@jdog9165]

Would happily PAY MONEY for any DLC for this masterpiece of a game!

[@TheCdwilliamsVO]

I always love to learn the behind the scenes stuff. Bring on the vids!

[@ryanlutz5994]

Great video! I was actually able to test the game at Terminal Reality back in the Summer of 2008, you hit on everything that was in the level. The boss fight was never completed in the version I played, and the only thing you missed was that the painting from the end of Ghostbusters 2 was hanging over the entrance inside of Ray's Occult store. Venkman asks why Ray kept the painting. This was all before they decided to have Vigo in the firehouse. While riding on a float you used the trap on top of Ecto 1 to slam Ghosts into it, instead of it only being used briefly in the early Stay Puff level. You also had to travel through Ray's Occult and onto the roof because the street was eventually blocked. You would go onto the roof, fight a few of the circus ghosts, and then go back down and meet the mayor, culminating in the boss battle. Also one more thing, originally the PKE meter was the one from the movies, and instead the Ghost Dictionary was designed to look like an old book.

[@legitnessify]

Coming from someone who has played this game to death, this was amazing to find out! Super disappointed that they never came out with the multiplayer for the remaster.

[@jmsoko34ers]

Hopefully someone can make an all new The Real Ghostbusters game at some point.

[@JustinMacri007]

When will the game get Online again?

[@fredcasdensworld]

@@JustinMacri007 Probably when EA and BioWare make Mass Effect Andromeda 2

[@JustinMacri007]

@@fredcasdensworld really? Aby other update they should have called it ghostbusters online.

[@MaximumCarne]

That’s a great idea. I don’t remember any game based on the cartoon.

[@user-si9fx4xb6v]

@@MaximumCarne : Publisher Data East released an arcade game based on The Real Ghostbusters back in 1987, which did see ports to some home gaming consoles of the era. Despite the game only having three playable characters(which look nothing the cartoon and Winston is absent) and the game itself being a reskin of the Japanese arcade game Meikyuu Hunter G, I have heard decent things about it. Activision also released a Real Ghostbusters video game for the Gameboy back in 1993. Sadly it was not that good. Dr. Peter Venkman was the only playable character and could sadly only use his Proton Pack to break blocks at his feet. Ghosts were disposed of via bombs as you made your way through each level. The game itself was just a reskin of a puzzle game that Kemco and Activision had already published overseas, one version with Mickey Mouse and the other with Garfield. More about it here:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Real_Ghostbusters_(1993_video_game)

[@Lost_n_Found_1]

Hopefully they release the source code and it can become a passion project to restore/ fill out this content for some talented fans out there. Anything is possible on PC.

[@coolbeans9007]

This game (the remaster at least) was my first entry into the franchise when they teased this level I was like FUCK YEAH PARADE LEVEL and then it cut to the last level and I got sad :(

[@speedsterjay]

Do more of these. Like, a lot more. Ghostbusters behind the scenes knowledge nuggets are awesome no matter the topic.

[@MikeAshkewe]

I did an ENG piece at Terminal reality during college and saw some neat behind the scenes stuff there when i toured the studio. The coolest thing i saw was a Dallas GB in full kit in the soundbooth being recorded as they moved. They wanted the sounds of the pack and the way the clinks and clangs sounded as good as it did. It was a def career highlight and i got to show off the elevator scene at the hotel as a world premiere.

[@TheProphetJoshua]

I will never complain about what ifs with this game. That it exists at all is a miracle.

[@bashcrash9148]

This is one of your best videos, Jason. Sincerely. I’ve always heard about this mysterious parade level but never knew the full details until today. Thank you for this...

[@007odc]

Well the level wasn’t a big lost atleast….the main missed opportunity i feel is, they could have had a flashback of “Winstons” first time busting ghost….it would have been nice having a game version of everything from the first film aswell (not the whole movie just winstons first ghost case) as telling a piece of the story everyone would have liked…the problem would just be fitting it into the plot… or it could have just been a story they were telling the rookie before he goes to bust his first ghost…like a training type flash back of them explaining what its like in the field first time out

[@Adam-mt1bv]

The beauty queen ghosts now make sense I always wondered why they were in the museum

[@Nick_1003]

I'd like to see another Ghostbusters video game like this but with the characters from the upcoming Ghostbusters Afterlife 😄

[@YaBoyKels1]

Yes!!! A Ghostbuster Afterlife The Video Game would be AMAZINGLY EPIC!! Hopefully we can get that in a few years

[@toonpool7511]

I always thought of that too, the only scene that the level is sorta showed was only when they mentioned the ghost chaos on the news, i feel like it would've made the game longer and awesome Especially if the boss would be that giant balloon

[@ab5olut3zero95]

And now I’ll have to go replay it again…. Such a great game.

[@FrankGrudge]

I was at that Letterman taping. Highlight of my 8 years in NYC.

[@jbischof71]

Super intriguing to see news on this game so long after the fact. Such a well made game. I’ve bought it 4 separate times, helps scratch that sexual itch

[@retronewstv]

This game is AMAZING! Great video, Jason!

[@ashtray4344]

You know i just were searching for this and then you dropped. I love you

[@MrKevin486]

The fact this was included in the remaster is a crime

[@jawajuice7009]

I really enjoyed this documentary style of video from Ghostbusters news. Definitely do more!

[@yogidemis8513]

I still remember the time that my mom took me to the video store and I rented Ghostbusters for the Nes. That was a long time ago. Crazy how video games advanced so much in less than 30 years.

[@Spintechfilms]

This game is still my Ghostbusters 3

[@thehumerus]

Same, it technically is to be honest.

[@foxynight308]

I play Ghostbusters the video game with the blue ray movie on the PS3

[@kind2311]

Bill Murray's phoned-in lines just about ruined the immersion for me. You can tell they did MAYBE two takes for each line before Bill had to leave to get back on the fairway.

[@FireRising86]

I love Bill as Peter Venkman but he always seems to be so uninterested in anything Ghostbusters which ticks me off

[@NightWinggl]

Very cool. Great video. Would have loved more levels in the game.

[@topdoomslayer3913]

I played the Wii version, the DS version, the 360 version and now the Xbox One version. Man, what a great game!!!

[@funboy46]

Loved this behind the scenes look! Fascinating!

[@jeromebrookter1743]

I'm still playing this game on my ps3.. love it.. Im a huge ghostbusters fun..

[@ultimatespike0]

Great video! The more inside info we get about the game the better!

[@luis1237]

I want that Thanksgiving Day Parade to be in the Ghostbusters Afterlife Third movie

[@auroraackley227]

I didnt know there was a switch re-do of this! I loved that game!

[@bruisedhelmet8819]

I love these behind the scenes. Even though I am a fan I wasn't aware of this.

[@zenzenith4791]

Love this style of video, nice work

[@lepterfirefall]

The ghost buster's 3 we didn't get.

[@originalbestdadofgaming]

I honestly think this game deserves a next-gen remake, imagine if everything looked as good (better than?!) as the cutscenes AND includes all the cut content and new multiplayer modes? Also, as a side note, I really hope this is the year that the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade features a Ghostbusters segment of the parade. Imagine the Ecto-1 towing a massive Stay Puft balloon through the streets of New York 🥲

[@duke3250]

dude the cut scenes from the game in the beginning of this video look infinitely better than they do in the actual game lol

[@HeyDBNyce-ms8sh]

I just started playing this again. I played it when it first came out back in 2009. I bought the remastered version for my X-Box One. Still, a fun game to play!

[@redhood7524]

One thing that I think would be cool is if they had both multiplayer and challenge mode, where you can play campaigns, trapping ghosts at Gozer's Temple, or the River of Slime, maybe even Ray's Occult, or the parade level, or something like that.

[@bradpeterson7957]

I sure wish The River Of Slime level would've made it into the game! The concept art looked so freakin' cool!! 😎

[@tylerkepple640]

So many times Murray threw a wrench in the franchise makes me even more thankful we even got what we did. Kinda hoping the new animated GB series that was rumorred has some creative directions to take the franchise, but after Frozen Empire I'm afraid to get my hopes up....

[@jamespungello8361]

I miss the multiplayer so much, and the fact that the river of slime and Gozer temple maps were never released is just sad.

[@lawfvader6]

I had no idea we were supposed to be getting the Gozer building multiplayer level. What a bummer

[@bluesman6891]

I would love it if they include the parade level. It sounded pretty unique

[@alex_the_stampede]

This was great! Please make more!

[@harrycollins3248]

Why is is in videos about this game nobody ever mentions how each port of the game visually looks different? There are even different levels.

[@KamenRiderGumo]

For some reason people flat-out ignore the Wii version of the game, which I think was easily the most fun.

[@dcfanproductions]

I didn't even know it was still a great game

[@matthewsmith3078]

Would have been cool if Murray the Mantis was in it.

[@faye61]

somewhere out there....there's gonna be a group or community dedicated to remaking this level

[@falleneldor]

Sounds like there is enough deleted content that if finished, with new cut scenes for a new independent storyline, would make for good "episodes" in a series.

[@stevenbutcher4565]

I’m sad they never included those maps. They look good!

[@DeanIrvine]

Still kills me we never got the multiplayer for the remaster it was one of the reasons so many bought it., especially after the original was screwed up with the patch. The documentary style video could be fun especially if you can deep dive into the history and concept of certain things. Would love to see one on the real gb ghost designs

[@TJ_Actual1]

Absolutely love this game. Have it for every platform

[@mojitoschmierfink7744]

In 2009, I bought a ps3 just for this game. And i play it every year after watching the movies. I love this game. I would like to have a sequel or the Parade level. Greetings from Dresden, germany.

[@puppothedoggo5208]

I hope Afterlife gets a game like this

[@ChitChatGaming]

Loved it! Loved this game too! Interesting

[@ghis2801]

Great work Jason. I really like this kind of content 😍😍

[@happyhammer1]

I really enjoyed this video. I would love to see more like it.

[@zachsummers2872]

The jump between defeating the chairman and the cutscene does seem a bit odd. I like to think that since the level starts with them coming up from the sewers and the chairman boss was in the sewer that the parade level would take place after the museum level and then the cutscene with Mulligan and Peck then go to the Sedgwick again. This level would have been so cool, make the game a little bit longer and make cuts seem a little bit more fluid.

[@mattbehari5939]

Play the game all the time on steam

[@warpstarrogue3554]

Wish this was a bonus level after completing the main game in remaster. Yet at the same time, with all the rage I experienced with the stone angels two shot splash damaging arrows, I'm glad it isn't.

[@BenWalker11]

On of the beste video game that I have ever played! I hope there make a new one 🙏

[@theupsetter1969]

I love this game, played it on PS3 and PS4 I may even have it on my PC

[@SolarPoweredHobbies]

originally had this on the ps2 then again on the 360 and xbox1 brilliant game

[@mariolopez4389]

What a good deleted scenes of the video game

[@melissaandrzejewski9417]

I wish this parade level was in the game. It would have been cool to have Blinkers the science pup as one of the bosses in the game.

[@EctoMaster]

CSB: I have a friend (though we haven't spoken in a while) who was the colorist for a webcomic. The artist and he were contacted by a fan who was working on the game and asked if they could do something for an Easter Egg to the webcomic. He said they were going to put it into Ray's Occult that would be accessed during this level. This was all long before the game had come out and finding out that the level had been cut. They put something quick together but alas, as we know, it never made it into the game.

[@Abbojnr]

I really hope there's a VR ghost busters game one day, that'd be awesome,

[@gorgeousfreeman2876]

I can still hope that we get to see the restoration of the multiplayer some day

[@kevinwilliams4845]

Great discussion, thanks!

[@RetroLiminal99444]

Honestly I’m glad they cut the level because the game does look impressive.

[@chozoone19]

Not that big on multiplayer, but would have so loved having that parade level put back in. Had kinda hoped for it to get back into the remastering...but alas it was not to be

[@ravenspeaks8887]

An open world ghostbusters game would dope.

[@MrParkFan]

I hate that those levels got deleted I would love to explore Dana Barrett’s Building, the River of Slime, many more it would be awesome for them to add them as “Downloadable Content”

[@YaBoyKels1]

online multiplayer making a come back plus that Gozer Temple and River of Slime DLC stage additions would have been SUPER Dope!!! It’s a shame honestly. Regardless I play GBTVG to this very day. I’ll be waiting for Ghostbusters Afterlife: The Video Game👻🚫🚨

[@miyuruify]

I imagined the rookie as tobey maguire when playing. :D

[@jatx1231]

I love stuff about ghostbusters the video game

[@EP1C_GHOSTMSMYT]

Let's ask Dan to get sony to work on a RGB game in the same style as GTA but using the Spider-man maps

[@venomsjunkmail]

I really hope with GB:A coming soon they'll make a beefier version of the online experience for modern consoles and pc. It was a lot of fun and you could really add to it. Have the busters selectable. Let you create your own buster from face to jump suit. I just wanna bust ghosts with my friends again with good ol' proton stream and trap. Maybe the stasis beam too since that was my favorite.

[@thegrimone1318]

Yes more behind the scenes documentary stuff Also wouldn't it be nice if that stuff somehow made it into the fandom's hands and there was a pc mod to not only finish the level but add in other lost stuff

[@TheRileyPreast]

I wanna try that myself however idk. There’s no modding community I’m looking hard to find a way

[@jugghead82]

Man Ghostbusters The Video Game is an amazing game the feel an overall appeal is GB3 in my opinion. James loved the a question of a Documentary I always wanted to do one on my channel I think it is really interesting if you would be able to do a video about the movie Evolution movie that starred David Duchovny, Julianne Moore, Orlando Jones, and Seann William Scott. I remembered hearing about how this was originally suppose to be Ghostbusters 3. Great Content as Always

[@kylepeterson4147]

3:08 Ooh, very poor choice of words!

[@butterflynova3136]

Okay, then let's do this... "Ghostbusters: the Advance Video Game!" Problem Solved.

[@Rocky_January]

That is my favorite game!

[@greywolf7583]

I wish they could turn The Ghostbusters Video game into a CGI movie because there are some who don't play video games and this is really Ghostbusters 3 and the reunion of the Real Ghostbusters return once again one last time.

[@stevenbutcher4565]

They should’ve included the parade level in the remastered

[@just_delightful]

They actually promised that the multiplayer mode would be released after the remaster launched. I bought it based on the promise. This was a terrible terrible bait and switch and the publisher should be held accountable.

[@ghostcorp.inc.5021]

They should have added the skeleton dinosaur level that you had to shoot with pink slime

[@Oldmanskateboarder]

Hopefully one day we can get this as free dlc also that multiplayer they said would happen. With the new film and interest in the movies again maybe we will

[@bennielatonyaholmes8907]

I love this game , but feel cheated these levels were left out . They should add these as DLCs for the current remaster . I would buy in a second !!!

[@fredcasdensworld]

Ah Bull Murray half-assing something.... color me surprised....

[@lutherheggs451]

Nobody seems to notice that Venkman isn't in much of the game and when he is, its like he uses the same few recycled lines all because the miserable prick decided halfway through recording that, meh he was done no need to finish the job.

[@fredcasdensworld]

@@lutherheggs451 That's because Ernie, Harold and Dan went above and beyond with their parts