For the most part, this video game adaptation follows the movie quite faithfully. The soundtrack by Frank Kovitz and Mark Van Hecke is quite good. It also has a decent rendition of the Ghostbusters theme. Unfortunately, this game actually prevented New Ghostbusters 2, a far better game, from being released in North American markets, because it would have caused confusion over this game.
The sprites are poorly detailed. The sprites don't have very much detail into them. Despite this, the background graphics are also good.
There is no way to pause your game. Pressing the Start or Select buttons, which would be the logical pause buttons, does nothing. And unlike other NES games, you have to press B to jump. In fact the controls are overly complicated and poor. Controlling one of the characters is finicky because of how floaty the controls are.
Catching a ghost is difficult. While you do have infinite Ghost Traps, it's easier said than done. Dodging obstacles is also difficult because of the aforementioned controls.
To complete the last level, you have to play it four times. Not only that but you don't even fight Vigo in this version. Instead, he's defeated in a cutscene.
Ha, Ghostbusters, how about you need the afterlife...