Ghoul Panic

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**Ghoul Panic**, known in Japan as **Oh! Bakyuuun** (オーバキューン) is a lightgun game developed by Raizing and published by Namco, originally released in 1999 for Arcades and later ported to the PlayStation. This game is a spiritual successor to Namco's own *Point Blank* series.

## Gameplay

Ghoul Panic is a simple gallery shooter game, where the player must shoot the given targets on the screen. The main targets are ghosts, skeletons and other monsters, with most missions requiring that the player shoot a specific number of enemies. Later missions introduce targets which the player must avoid shooting, such as the cats which must be protected and bomb-shaped monsters. The Arcade game is played with a lightgun, while the PlayStation port can be played with the regular joystick (in which case the player controls a reticule for targeting) or the Namco GunCon.

The player can pick between three difficulty levels, with Practice being only 6 stages long, while on Medium and Advanced the player plays through all stages. The game features various mission types:

* **Target Shooting**: The most common type of mission, the player must shoot a specific number of enemies before the timer runs out.
* **Object Destruction**: The player is given a single target which it much shoot continuously to either destroy it or push it into a designated place.
* **Cat Rescue**: The player must shoot enemies to prevent them from reaching the cats.
* **Accuracy Shooting**: The Player must shoot a given target with limited ammo.
* **Boss Fight**: After beating four missions the player faces a boss. These play much like the boss fights from the *House of the Dead* series, where the player must hit a specific part of the boss while deflecting it's attacks.

## Story

The old man behind the bar doesn't have a job or a home. Putting aside the old man's smell, Kevin and I didn't mind hearing his story.

"There is someone who is turning people in the city into cats," he says. It's true that the number of missing people has increased recently, and I feel like I'm seeing more and more cats. So, who can believe the story of an old man who keeps giving me Megumi's water all day long? But we just didn't believe it...we ended up with shiny beards that looked like shiny hair!

After all, when we heard, "On a red moonlit night, an old mansion on the outskirts of the city is a witch and a ghost, so don't approach it!" we couldn't contain ourselves, right? That's why we sneaked into the mansion in the middle of the night, but... there was a witch! Well, we were both caught in the blink of an eye, and then we were made to look this weird because of some weird magic!

"I'm going to live in the trash can of the cafeteria as a cat for the rest of my life." I felt blue for a moment, but Kevin said, "Okay, I have a great secret weapon!" It is... a toy gun with holy water! "That's the story of that old man, but you need a weapon for your adventure, don't you? I brought it before I went out!", he said. See, he can be useful once in a while. "But, does this really work for ghosts?" "Meow?"

But if you think about it, you might be lucky. Why isn't it much better than someone at tomorrow's school saying, "I've beaten the witch in the haunted house!" Well, I can be the heroine of the adventure, and Kevin will play the supporting role, and it's ok!

## Gallery

Japanese coverBack cover artEuropean coverGunCon ad
## External Links

* Official site
* Official site (PSX ver.)