Haunting Starring Polterguy

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Haunting Starring Polterguy
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer:
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
US
$49.9549.95[1] 714901
Videogame Rating Council: MA-13
Sega Mega Drive
EU
E250SMXI
Sega Mega Drive
UK
£44.9944.99[3][4] E250SMXI
Sega Mega Drive
AU
Sega Mega Drive
BR
046060

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Haunting Starring Polterguy is a Sega Mega Drive comedy horror simulation game developed by EA Creative Developments and published by Electronic Arts. First released in the United States in October 1993, the game is most notable for its unique premise and gameplay design, and for its large number of detailed animation sequences.

Gameplay

You play as Polterguy, a ghost whose task is to haunt the Sardinis, a family of snobs, out of the houses they keep moving into. You do this by taking control of various inanimate objects scattered around the house and loading them with traps that the family members will encounter, scaring them. The object to load with a trap is indicated by a mark resembling a flash of light; hit A once to "go into" the object and A again to get out. B and {{}} do something; exactly what is unknown (TODO).

After successfully scaring a family member out of the room they are in, pieces of "ecto" drop from above; collect them to refill your "ecto" meter (which goes down as you play). If your meter empties, you will be taken to the Underworld, where you must collect all the pieces of "ecto" to escape.

History

During development, Haunting Starring Polterguy was known under the working title of simply Haunting.

Production credits

  • Design: Dave Ralston, John Salwitz
  • Programming: John Salwitz, Keith Roberson
  • Graphics: Will Noble, Dave Ralston, Carolly Hauksdottir, Greg Williams, Cynthia Hamilton
  • Music & Sound Effects: Tony Berkeley, Michael Bartlow, Don Veca
  • Producer: Don Traeger
  • Associate Producer: Scott Gilliland
  • Technical Director: John Brooks
  • Product Testing: John Boerio, Eric Newhouse
  • Product Manager: Dave Neubecker
  • Marketing Art Direction: Nancy Waisanen
  • Package Design: Jim Blair
  • Documentation: Michael Humes
  • Documentation Layout: Corey Higgins
  • Quality Assurance: Walter Ianneo, Erik "Whitey" Whiteford
  • Special Thanks to: Connie Braat, Tom Collie, Jessie Fremont, Marc Gilliland, Gordan Bellamy
Source:
In-game credits
Haunting MD US Manual.pdf
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Magazine articles

Main article: Haunting Starring Polterguy/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in (US) #50: "September 1993" (1993-xx-xx)
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Print advert in (FR) #21: "Octobre 1993" (1993-10-08)
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Print advert in (ES) #17: "Septiembre 1993" (1993-xx-xx)
also published in:
  • (ES) #24: "Septiembre 1993" (1993-xx-xx)[6]
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Print advert in (AU) #1: "December 1993" (1993-xx-xx)
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
53 [7]
Sega Mega Drive
53
Based on
1 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
(DE)
75
[8]
(FR)
83
[9]
(RU)
70
[10]
(UK)
75
[2]
(US) NTSC-U
78
[11]
(RU)
60
[12]
(RU)
60
[13]
(US) NTSC-U
73
[14]
(DE)
47
[15]
(UK)
75
[16]
(ES)
83
[17]
(AU)
60
[18]
(FR) PAL
87
[19]
(UK) PAL
68
[4]
(UK) PAL
83
[20]
(FR)
85
[21]
(DE) PAL
71
[22]
(UK) PAL
70
[23]
(UK) PAL
76
[24]
(RU)
70
[25]
(UK) PAL
86
[26]
(AU)
76
[27]
(FR)
78
[28]
(NL)
78
[29]
(CZ)
78
[30]
(DE)
72
[31]
(UK) PAL
51
[32]
(UK) PAL
75
[33]
(UK) PAL
80
[34]
(UK) PAL
75
[35]
(ES)
81
[36]
(RU)
64
[37]
(DE) PAL
74
[38]
Sega Mega Drive
73
Based on
33 reviews

Haunting Starring Polterguy

Mega Drive, US
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Cover
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Cart
Haunting MD US Manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, EU
Haunting MD EU Box.jpg
Cover
Haunting md us cart.jpg
Cart
Haunting MD EU Manual.jpg
Manual
Mega Drive, AU (NTSC)
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Cover
Mega Drive, BR
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Cover
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Cart

Technical information

Main article: Haunting Starring Polterguy/Technical information.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 GamePro, "October 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 70
  2. 2.0 2.1 Computer & Video Games, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-15), page 52
  3. Sega Force Mega, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-16), page 100
  4. 4.0 4.1 Mega, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-16), page 36
  5. File:Haunting MD US Manual.pdf, page 15
  6. Hobby Consolas, "Septiembre 1993" (ES; 1993-xx-xx), page 2
  7. Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-xx-xx)
  8. Aktueller Software Markt, "Februar 1994" (DE; 1994-01-10), page 36
  9. Consoles +, "Octobre 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 134
  10. Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 178
  11. Electronic Games (1992-1995), "October 1993" (US; 1993-09-23), page 60
  12. Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 347
  13. Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 4, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 119
  14. GamePro, "October 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 68
  15. Gamers, "Oktober/November 1993" (DE; 1993-09-24), page 62
  16. (UK) "Series 3, episode 2" (1993-09-16, 24:00) (+8:39)
  17. Hobby Consolas, "Septiembre 1993" (ES; 1993-xx-xx), page 102
  18. Hyper, "January 1994" (AU; 199x-xx-xx), page 65
  19. Joypad, "Octobre 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 74
  20. Mega Action, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-09), page 30
  21. Mega Force, "Octobre 1993" (FR; 1993-10-08), page 116
  22. Mega Fun, "10/93" (DE; 1993-09-22), page 32
  23. Mega Power, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-19), page 22
  24. MegaTech, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-20), page 84
  25. Magazina Igrushek, "1/1996" (RU; 1996-xx-xx), page 56
  26. Mean Machines Sega, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-08-28), page 99
  27. Megazone, "October 1993" (AU; 1993-xx-xx), page 38
  28. Player One, "Octobre 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 112
  29. Power Unlimited, "Nummer 5, December 1993" (NL; 1993-12-01), page 46
  30. Score, "Srpen 1994" (CZ; 1994-08-01), page 56
  31. Sega Magazin, "November/Dezember 1993" (DE; 1993-11-03), page 44
  32. Sega Power, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-02), page 68
  33. Sega Pro, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-09), page 62
  34. Sega Zone, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-xx), page 64
  35. Sega Force Mega, "Autumn 1993" (UK; 1993-09-16), page 98
  36. Todo Sega, "Septiembre 1993" (ES; 1993-0x-xx), page 66
  37. Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 84
  38. Video Games, "1/94" (DE; 1993-12-19), page 87


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