Haunting Starring Polterguy

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Haunting Starring Polterguy

Distributor: Tec Toy (BR)

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1993-10^[1]	$49.9549.95^[1]	714901
EU	1993		E250SMXI
UK	1993-11^[2]	£44.9944.99^[3]^[4]	E250SMXI
AU	1993
BR	199x		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 once to "go into" the object and again to get out. 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^[5]

Magazine articles

Main article: Haunting Starring Polterguy/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #50: "September 1993" (1993-xx-xx)

Print advert in Mega Force (FR) #21: "Octobre 1993" (1993-10-08)

Print advert in Mega Force (ES) #17: "Septiembre 1993" (1993-xx-xx)
also published in:

Hobby Consolas (ES) #24: "Septiembre 1993" (1993-xx-xx)^[6]

Print advert in Hyper (AU) #1: "December 1993" (1993-xx-xx)

Artwork

Prototype box art (US)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Aktueller Software Markt (DE)

75

^[8]

Consoles + (FR)

83

^[9]

Cool Gamer (RU)

70

^[10]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

75

^[2]

Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US)

NTSC-U

78

^[11]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)

60

^[12]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 4 (RU)

60

^[13]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

73

^[14]

Gamers (DE)

47

^[15]

GamesMaster (UK)

75

^[16]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

83

^[17]

Hobby Consolas (ES)

83

^[18]

Hyper (AU)

60

^[19]

Joypad (FR)

PAL

87

^[20]

Mega (UK)

PAL

68

^[4]

Mega Action (UK)

PAL

83

^[21]

Mega Force (FR)

85

^[22]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

71

^[23]

Mega Power (UK)

PAL

70

^[24]

MegaTech (UK)

PAL

76

^[25]

Magazina Igrushek (RU)

70

^[26]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

86

^[27]

Megazone (AU)

76

^[28]

Player One (FR)

78

^[29]

Power Unlimited (NL)

78

^[30]

Score (CZ)

78

^[31]

Sega Magazin (DE)

72

^[32]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

51

^[33]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

75

^[34]

Sega Zone (UK)

PAL

80

^[35]

Sega Force Mega (UK)

PAL

75

^[36]

Todo Sega (ES)

81

^[37]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

64

^[38]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

74

^[39]

	74
Based on 34 reviews

Haunting Starring Polterguy

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, AU (NTSC)
Cover

Mega Drive, BR
Cover
Cart

Technical information

Main article: Haunting Starring Polterguy/Technical information.

References

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

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[:File:GamePro_US_051.pdf_p70-1] 1.0 ^1.1 GamePro, "October 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 70

[:File:CVG_UK_143.pdf_p52-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Computer & Video Games, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-15), page 52

[:File:SegaForceMega_UK_07.pdf_p100-3] Sega Force Mega, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-16), page 100

[:File:Mega_UK_13.pdf_p36-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Mega, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-16), page 36

[:File:Haunting_MD_US_Manual.pdf_p15-5] File:Haunting MD US Manual.pdf, page 15

[:File:HobbyConsolas_ES_024.pdf_p2-6] Hobby Consolas, "Septiembre 1993" (ES; 1993-xx-xx), page 2

[7] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-08-26)

[:File:ASM_DE_1994-02.pdf_p36-8] 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

[:File:ElectronicGames2_US_13.pdf_p60-11] 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

[:File:GamePro_US_051.pdf_p68-14] GamePro, "October 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 68

[:File:Gamers_DE_1993-06.pdf_p62-15] Gamers, "Oktober/November 1993" (DE; 1993-09-24), page 62

[gamesmastertv3x02839-16] GamesMaster (UK) "Series 3, episode 2" (1993-09-16, 24:00) (+8:39)

[:File:GameInformer_US_012.pdf_p32-17] Game Informer, "September/October 1993" (US; 1993-0x-xx), page 32

[:File:HobbyConsolas_ES_024.pdf_p102-18] Hobby Consolas, "Septiembre 1993" (ES; 1993-xx-xx), page 102

[:File:Hyper_AU_002.pdf_p65-19] Hyper, "January 1994" (AU; 199x-xx-xx), page 65

[:File:Joypad_FR_024.pdf_p74-20] Joypad, "Octobre 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 74

[:File:MegaAction_UK_05.pdf_p30-21] Mega Action, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-09), page 30

[:File:MegaForce_FR_21.pdf_p116-22] Mega Force, "Octobre 1993" (FR; 1993-10-08), page 116

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1993-10.pdf_p32-23] Mega Fun, "10/93" (DE; 1993-09-22), page 32

[:File:MegaPower_UK_02.pdf_p22-24] Mega Power, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-19), page 22

[:File:MegaTech_UK_21.pdf_p84-25] MegaTech, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-20), page 84

[:File:Migr_6_RU.pdf_p56-26] Magazina Igrushek, "1/1996" (RU; 1996-xx-xx), page 56

[:File:MeanMachinesSega12UK.pdf_p99-27] Mean Machines Sega, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-08-28), page 99

[:File:Megazone_AU_32.pdf_p38-28] Megazone, "October 1993" (AU; 1993-xx-xx), page 38

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_035.pdf_p112-29] Player One, "Octobre 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 112

[:File:PowerUnlimited_NL_005_199312.pdf_p46-30] Power Unlimited, "Nummer 5, December 1993" (NL; 1993-12-01), page 46

[:File:Score_CZ_08.pdf_p56-31] Score, "Srpen 1994" (CZ; 1994-08-01), page 56

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_02.pdf_p44-32] Sega Magazin, "November/Dezember 1993" (DE; 1993-11-03), page 44

[:File:SegaPower_UK_47.pdf_p68-33] Sega Power, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-02), page 68

[:File:SegaPro_UK_24.pdf_p62-34] Sega Pro, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-09), page 62

[:File:SegaZone_UK_11.pdf_p64-35] Sega Zone, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-xx), page 64

[:File:SegaForceMega_UK_04.pdf_p98-36] Sega Force Mega, "Autumn 1993" (UK; 1993-09-16), page 98

[:File:TodoSega_ES_06.pdf_p66-37] Todo Sega, "Septiembre 1993" (ES; 1993-0x-xx), page 66

[38] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 84

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1994-01.pdf_p87-39] Video Games, "1/94" (DE; 1993-12-19), page 87

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Haunting Starring Polterguy

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Contents

Gameplay

History

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Artwork

Physical scans

Technical information

References