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Largely forgotten arcade game by [[Sega]], ''Laser Ghost'' is a shooter that tells the story of Ghost City, a [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|ghost town]] that appears every 13 years and demands sacrifices of young virgins. This time poor little Katherine is kidnapped by a demon, but luckily, three young guys (Bill, Max and Carol) are there to save the day and rescue Katherine before she is sacrificed.

The game appeared in the arcades in 1990, it was a first person shooter with an horror theme which could be played by up to three people, well before ''[[House of the Dead]]''. In 1991, SEGA ported the game to [[Master System]], but it was largely changed: gone were the three heroes, instead the player got to protect young Katherine, which was onscreen at all times, from various possessed stuff that appeared from nowhere and tried to kill her, by shooting them with the light gun of course.

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhcLVbrGmzw Here a video of the gameplay.].

* [[Absurdly Spacious Sewer]]: levelLevel three3 of the arcade.

* [[Body Horror]]: whenWhen you rescue Katherine at the end of the arcade game, she turns out to be a fake and the [[Final Boss]] of the game. She turns into a bloated, ugly version of herself that fights with a [[Sinister Scythe]], ''then'' becomes a multi-faced, multi-legged lump of flesh that attacks, among other things, by shooting eyeballs at you.

* [[Dem Bones]]: someSome enemies.

* [[Everything Trying to Kill You]]: letLet's see... among others, possessed trashcans, cars, bricks, ropes, tombstones, ''shirts'', ''pineapples'', and an evil cuckoo clock. Possessed apples, furniture, suits of armor and portraits in the Master System version.

* [[Gang Plank Galleon]]: levelLevel four4 of the arcade.

* [[Hell Hotel]]: levelLevel 2 in the arcade game, last level in the SMSSega Master System version.

* [[Raising the Steaks]]: possessedPossessed roast chickens, lobsters and piglets hurl themselves at you in the "haunted hotel" level.

* [[Shout -Out]]: theThe heroes of the game are ''very'' reminiscent of the [[Ghostbusters]], and Katharine looks a bit like Carol Anne from ''[[Poltergeist]]''.

** The three floating heads that appear at the end of levelLevel 5 in the arcade are similar to Eddie The Head, [[Iron Maiden (Music)|Iron Maiden]]'s mascot.

** In the intro screen of the arcade game, there is a tombstone with "Line Of Fire" carved on it. ''Line Of Fire'' was a previous arcade shooter by SEGA.