While most my childhood friends had Nintendo Entertainment Systems, I somehow ended up with a Sega Master System. I was supposed to get a Nintendo, but Toys ‘R’ Us was sold out of the system the day my dad took me there. Instead, they had this other system that was kind of like a Nintendo, so we got that instead.

It’s a great system and I still love it, having eventually overcome NES Envy when my friends got to play the super cool Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game while I was left with Ghostbusters as the only licensed game in my collection. But dammit, I loved that game, and playing Ghostbusters: The Video Game on Xbox 360 and Wii has made me nostalgic for the Sega Master System version to the point where I almost want to play it.

Instead, I’ll settle for watching this speed-run of the entire game (EDIT: Here’s the second part). I was never able to defeat Gozer in that last stage, and damn that stairwell level was a bitch. The Slimers move too fast, and what’s with those elongated Slimers? On second thought, maybe I don’t want to know. If ghosts are supposed to be apparitions of deceased humans, I gotta wonder what Slimer might have looked like.

Anyhow, enjoy the clip and crank up the volume. This is actually one of the better 8-bit renditions of the Ghostbusters theme I’ve heard. Even though I’ve heard this loop thousands of times, and despite the fact that this tune makes my tinitus go crazy, I still get a kick out of it. The author of the clip has wisely replaced the music about three minutes in so regular folk like yourself don’t go crazy from it. Alas, it is too late for me.