GHOST MASTER - THE GRAVENVILLE CHRONICLES
OFFICIAL TITLE  Ghost Master - The Gravenville Chronicles
COMMON TITLE  Ghost Master - The Gravenville Chronicles
SERIAL NUMBER(S)  SLES-52671
REGION  PAL
GENRE / STYLE  Strategy.

DEVELOPER  Sick Puppies Studio.
PUBLISHER  Empire Interactive, Inc.
DATE RELEASED  27 August 2004
DISC NUMBER &
PRINTED SERIAL NUMBER
DISC 1

SLES-52671
SERIAL NUMBER IN DISC SLES-52671
MEDIA DVD-5
NUMBER OF TRACKS 1
( 1 Data Track )
BARCODE NUMBER(S)
( UPC / EAN )

From the back cover.
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English

French

German

Italian

Spanish
Menus and gameplay are in Multi-5 (English, French, German, Italian & Spanish); Voices in English.

In the "spirit" of movies like Beetlejuice and games such as Haunting Starring Polterguy, Ghost Master has players in the role of an afterlife civil servant charged with the task of scaring away humans from their homes and workplaces. Ordered by the Haunter Committee to remove the townsfolk of Gravenville, players assemble a team of ghosts, ghouls, gremlins, and other beings from the netherworld to carry out the task. The game offers parodies of horror movies as players focus on channeling psychic energy throughout the 3D locales. The goal is to increase each dwelling's fear factor so the residents pack up and leave.

Ghost Master casts you as an afterlife civil servant whose job is to frighten lowly mortals from their homes and places of work. You'll have command over legions of ghosts, ghouls, and spirits to help you with this task. In addition, you can use a wide range of scaring tools to drive out unwanted guests. Ghost Master also features a simple game interface, intelligent enemies, and enhanced graphics.

Ghost Master puts the player in the role of a new Ghost Master; a spirit assigned the task of cleansing certain locations of all human activity. They will harness psychic energy, known as plasm to generate all manner of ghostly and psychic phenomena - literally scaring all the people away. The player makes use of the history of the site he or she is assigned to haunt, and gradually builds up enough plasm to summon ghosts and spirits from the Spirit World. These spirits help the player build up the Fear Factor, and eventually do drive away the mortals and achieve victory.

The game is not a direct port of the PC game Ghost Master. Instead, Spiral House was contracted to modify the original codebase by Sick Puppies to make it more user-friendly for the consoles. This includes a complete overhaul of the interface to make commands easier to access, the introduction of battle elements - next to the regular missions - to speed up the game's pace, a more linear game structure, and a redesign of the control over ghosts. They now have less AI and there is more variety in the types, requiring you to tap wisely into the plasm pool to deploy the most adequate ghost for each situation.

* Frightfully unique gameplay
* Thrills, scares, B-movie violence: but nobody gets killed
* Parodies of well known famous "splatter" movies
* Easy to play forget-the-manual interface
* Freeform real 3D camera which goes everywhere, even inside people
* Play it or watch it - It is a real world game

  MANUFACTURER'S DESCRIPTION:

Humans have forgotten what it truly is to fear. To feel terror so deep that breathing becomes a challenge.

Gravenville will be the start of our revenge. Do combat with fiendish witches, shaman and priests, conquer their fears and show them the depths of hell.

Create darkness and despair in this disgustingly pleasant town, and scare the mortals out of their skin with your gang of horrors. To Gravenville, where your nightmare can finally begin.

  FEATURES:
  • First person perspective.
  • 3D graphics
  • Cartoon graphics
  • Ghosts, Horror & Humour themes.
NUMBER OF PLAYERS  1 Player
NUMBER OF MEMORY CARD BLOCKS  87 KB Minimum
COMPATIBLE CONTROLLERS TESTED
( OFFICIAL GAMEPADS ONLY )
 Standard Controller / Analog Controller ( Dual Shock Controller compatible )
COMPATIBLE LIGHT GUNS
( OFFICIAL LIGHT GUNS ONLY )
 None
OTHER COMPATIBLE CONTROLLERS
( OFFICIAL CONTROLLERS ONLY )
 None
SPECIAL CONTROLLERS INCLUDED OR
SUPPORTED ( OFFICIAL ONLY )
 None
VIBRATION FUNCTION COMPATIBLE  Yes
VIDEO MODES  50 Hz = Yes / 60 Hz = No / Progressive Scan = No / 16:9 Option = No
AUDIO MODES  Stereo = Yes / Mono = No / Dolby Surround = No / Dolby Digital = No; Dolby Pro logic II = No
MULTI-TAP FUNCTION COMPATIBLE  No
LANGUAGE SELECTOR  No
NETWORK ADAPTOR (ETHERNET) COMPATIBLE  No
EMULATOR  PCSX 2 v.0.1.2.1 (Videos in software)
SPEED HACKS USED  EE Cyclerate = 1; VU Cycle Stealing = 0; Enable INTC Spin detection = Yes; Enable Wait Loop Detection = Yes; Enable fast CDVD = Yes; mVU Flag Hack = Yes; MTVU (Multi-Threaded Micro VU1) = Yes
SPECIAL GAME FIXES USED  None
VIDEO PLUGIN  GSDX r5864 ( Allow 8-bit textures = Yes; Alpha Hack = No; Offset Hack = No; Skipdraw Hack = 0 )
AUDIO PLUGIN  SPU2-X r5830 ( Interpolation = 4; Disable Effects Processing = No; Use the de-alias filter = No; Enable Dubug options = No; Module = 1; Synchronizing Mode = TimeStretch Mix; Audio Expansion Mode = Stereo )
CD-ROM PLUGIN  CDVDolio Cdrom plugin v.0.1.0
GAME PAD PLUGIN  LilyPad svn (r3993) 0.10.0
VIBRATION COMPATIBLE  Yes.

  NOTE:   This is not the only possible combination of plugins. There are others that will work (better or worse) for your particular hardware. We provide you with one working set-up so that you may get the game up and running, hassle-free. Testing other emulators/plugins is up to you.
 

 BASIC CONTROLS:
 Move Boo -  Left Analog Stick and the icon walk in ghost Carrusel and Press X to move
 Zoom in and Out -  Right Analog Stick
 Move Camera -  Left Analog Stick
 Move Between Actions in Ghost Carrusel -  D-Pad Up or Down
 Select a Boo/ Place Boo / Select Action -  X Button in Ghost Carrusel Option
 Information about Ghost and Powers -  Circle Button in Ghost Carrusel Option
 Ghost Carrusel -  L1 Button
 Mortal Carrusel -  R1 Button
 Move Between Floors -  L2 and R2 Button
 Pause game -  Start Button

 

MISC CODES:

Level skip -   Hold R1+L1 and press triangle (4) times at the level selection screen.Hold R1 to skip a level or a group of levels 
Maximum plasma -   hold R1+L1 and press SQUARE,TRIANGLE,SQUARE,TRIANGLE to get maximum plasma. 


RAW CODES:

Infinite Plasma Bar -  
202B5A80 0000000F
202B5A84 0000000F
 

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Res. - 300 dpi
File Size - 684 KB
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Res. - 150 dpi
File Size - 370 KB
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Res. - 300 dpi
File Size - 861 KB
 - DISC COVER
DISC
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Dim. - 1000 x 1000 pix.
Res. - 72 dpi
File Size - 244 KB

 

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