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Pictures of the maching inside and out!!
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I love the artwork on the cabinet

Is there any way you can post them here? Can't really acess Facebook at the moment...

No sorry man I have like 50 pics and it would take me forever to post on here

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That is awesome! Thanks for sharing! Was it difficult to track down?

Well I just happen to come across it on craigslist and the wife got it for me..

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Got it to work...

And on another related note, I always found the design choices for the side art and bezel to be odd yet strangely intriguing...I mean, they seemingly had the DiC style sheets for at the very least the proton pack, as evidenced by Egon's pack, but chose to go in a different direction entirely...

And as Kingpin pointed out to me in an earlier thread about this very art, the firehouse design is based off that of the movie and not that of the Tv show...Not to mention the the Ecto-1 has the whip antennae and ladder of it's movie counterpart...

It looks like the artist mistakingly painted the wand affixed to the pack (with the exception of the handle) even though Egon is obviously holding it...makes it look like an additional section to the pack.

I've never actually heard of this game/cabinet before. Do you have any idea how many of them were produced?

I believe there were at least 27.. but most have been turned into different games and parts...not sure how many are left

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I have the game for the Amiga but I've always been interested in playing the original arcade game.

do you know how to turn your real ghostbusters arcade game on and off

Well ya! I have a switch on the top of the machine why?

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You are a lucky Ghost head to own such a unique piece of Ghostbusters history. What is like playing the game?

Ahh I love it! There is ten levels of busting! Lol

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Definately not that low. Game cabinets are usually in the 1000 range.

Ya idk i m just guesstimating how many there are left..

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I would say there are far more than 27 out there, the cabinet was released in 87 and I remember playing it in the theater lobby waiting for Independence Day to start in 96. It was in pretty much ever arcade I frequented here in Florida.

Some info from the Wiki for those who are interested:

The Real Ghostbusters arcade game

The Real Ghostbusters (Data East) on the Arcade (1987).
The Real Ghostbusters was an arcade game based on the cartoon series of the same name released by a Japanese game company, Data East in 1987. The game was later ported to the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, and ZX Spectrum. Up to three players can control members of the Ghostbusters. The characters are only differentiated by the colors of their uniforms, no effort is made to identify them, although the game's marquee art shows the characters from the cartoon. The game has a total of 10 levels. In Japan the game is known as Meikyuu Hunter G, but bears little resemblance to the western version as it did not use the Ghostbusters license. It supports only up to two players, makes no mention of the Ghostbusters, equips the players with different weapons, many of the monsters are different and has completely different level designs from the western version.
The Ghostbusters fight off hordes of nightmarish creatures with energy guns which reduce the monsters to harmless ghosts which can then be captured with beams from their proton packs. Power-ups available included stronger basic shots, a force field that makes the Ghostbuster invincible for several seconds, and an item that summons Slimer to throw himself in the way of attacks.

Wow! Very cool info man thanks!

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Can you post any video of you playing it? Man that is so cool! Now I need to find a Real Ghostbusters pinball machine...I would never get anything done again. Thanks for sharing your good luck with us!!

There is no Real Ghostbusters pinball machine.

NOOO!!!! It's probably for the better...