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[NoPiece]

GhostMaster was kind of a DungeonMaster meets Sims concept that was pretty fun, but unfortunately buggy. You control ghosts to solve puzzles/scare inhabitants of a house.

 

[DomsPlaying]

Came here to post this. Well done.

 

[atomic moth]

Close enough

OP specified not Geist.

...in the first sentence on the first line of the OP. I can't believe someone would take the time to find a photo and post it and not even just scan the original post.

 

[PandaShake]

There is.

Was there a game like this for the Snes or n64? I recall something like this but better 2d graphics and I can't remember the name.

 

[jobrro]

Nintendoland Luigi Mansions's minigame where one player is a ghost.

Yep. Probably the most fun I have had with local multiplayer on the Wii U.

 

[Rushersauce]

In The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth/Afterbirth you can play as The Lost and rage Everytime you do!

 

[Platy]

Open world ghost game would be a problem since you can walk trough walls... but you can try noclip mode in open world games that have it, like Fallout 4

;D

 

[pierce_m]

 

[Shrike Alvaron]

In addition to all the ones posted so far, here's a small indie game I rather like where your're a ghost and have to possess different people to solve puzzles and progress the story: Why Am I Dead At Sea

 

[Tohsaka]

Was there a game like this for the Snes or n64? I recall something like this but better 2d graphics and I can't remember the name.

I'm not sure, I think this is the only real game of its type that I've played.

 

[Mesoian]

Everyone literally forgot about Geist.

 

[Glix]

Where the fuck are the awesome Ghost Trick animated gifs at????

Gaf I am disappoint.

 

[FStop7]

I got you fam

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ep8rKYs2RKo

 

[Yakhont]

There is Wayward Manor with input from Neil Gaiman, but it is terrible.

 

[PrinnyBomb]

Vouching for Ghost Trick, incredible game

 

[Magnet_Man]

Actually never heard of ghost trick. KS it really good?

Get off the internet right this second and play it. It's on DS and should be on iOS.

I'd link you to a trailer but those related videos on the side will be a landmine of game-breaking spoilers. Here's the premise (just stuff the teaser trailer would show)

Spoiler

There has been a murder late one night and it's on you to solve it. The problem is, it was your murder. So you need to use your "Ghost Tricks" to find out who killed you and why.

 

[SJRB]

 

[Platy]

Everyone literally forgot about Geist.

No, you literally forgot to read the OP

Where the fuck are the awesome Ghost Trick animated gifs at????

Gaf I am disappoint.

 

[Razmos]

GhostMaster was kind of a DungeonMaster meets Sims concept that was pretty fun, but unfortunately buggy. You control ghosts to solve puzzles/scare inhabitants of a house.

I got that for 99p on steam a few Halloweens ago, a good fun little game

 

[Vandole]

Remember the NES "classic" Chubby Cherub? Well that was actually a tweaked version of a Famicom game called Q-taro the Ghost: BowWow Panic.

 

[Justinh]

Geist is the game that came to mind when I saw the title, but I never played it so I wasn't really sure. OP took care of that anyways.

Come to think of it though, what about the Sims games?
Like... your "family" or Sim lives in a haunted house, that you haunt. You then just watch them live their lives and can influence or maybe possess them to do things: like pee their pants or burn the house down.

Maybe there can be a "Haunted House" DLC pack released for Sims 4.

 

[.JayZii]

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[archangelmorph]

This (kind of)..:

Also this (2nd half of the game)..:

 

[L Thammy]

I think you could turn into Ghost Kirby and possess people in Squeak Squad.

 

[MemoryHumanity]

Came to post this. So much fun in multiplayer.

 

[Ashtar]

Legacy of kain soul reaver you were technically a wraith but pretty close right?

 

[Fliesen]

brilliant.

 

[hydrophilic attack]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casper_(video_game)

Came to post this.

One of my first games as a kid.

Took me a long ass time before I could beat it.

Actually, scratch that, I was thinking about the ps1 version, this is snes

 

[Ostinatto]

James is a ghost?

 

[Tagyhag]

Avenging Spirit for arcade and Game Boy. Take control of enemies.

Yesss thank you, loved this game.

 

[TabooV]

.

 

[Jux]

That gif from ff6 comes from exploiting a bug that allows to keep ghost in your party for a while (I think it also breaks most of the game ). You can do that with an official cartridge iirc. Actually there was a link somewhere explaining all the different exploits you can do in the game to break it in many may different fun ways. About to board a plane so can't really find it now unfortunately :/

 

[TGO]

 

[nickgia]

 

[steeljungle7]

Wrong

 

[Papilloma]

GhostMaster was kind of a DungeonMaster meets Sims concept that was pretty fun, but unfortunately buggy. You control ghosts to solve puzzles/scare inhabitants of a house.

Came here to see this! A great game......

 

[Vinsanity.]

There is.

16 MEG

 

[Combichristoffersen]

Final Fantasy 8

Spoiler

Squall is dead

 

[Glix]

16 MEG

Hey those early EA Genesis games were the shit they looked so fucking good.

Even James Pond

 

[CamHostage]

Playing as a ghost or poltergeist would probably make a good VR game, where you try and scare the crap out of people in a haunted house or something. Move and throw things around, slam doors in the middle of the night ect.

Countdown begins for how long until we see this concept on Greenlight...

 

[pete_clarf]

I played this all the time as a kid and it's still fun today:

Ah, damn. I was going to post that one!

 

[CloudWolf]

Does Ghost Master count? Because Ghost Master is awesome.

 

[Labadal]

http://store.steampowered.com/app/270630/

 

[Semajer]

Spoilers for a spooky Wii game about ghosts:

Spoiler

Fatal Frame 4.

 

[retroman]

 

[petran79]

Do not forget Ghost Hunter, a PS2 forgotten classic

 

[Jerry Orbach]

Nobody ever played all the way to the end of Apocalypse, so Bruce Willis is in sort of a Schrodinger's cat situation in that one.

 

[evilromero]

There is.

Such a cool game. Still have it. This answers the OPs question IMO.

 

[Omnii-chan]

Nice.

James is a ghost?

Spoiler

No. I think he means Mary, but it's debatable. I think she was a creation of the town more than an actual ghost.

 

[QuantumSquid]

Haunt the House: Terrortown is a fun mobile game where you haunt a house as a ghost during a Halloween party. I think it's on Steam too.