Computer Graphics World

S trap on your proton pack, check your PKE meter, and be careful not to cross the streams as you take your place beside Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, and Ernie Hudson in battling an ectoplasmic threat of Gozerian proportions in one of the most highly anticipated sequels of recent years. Terminal Reality's Ghostbusters: e Video Game reunites almost all the principal cast members from the eponymous 1984 comedy classic and transports them back to 1991 for a new ad- venture. From script development to design, the game marks an unprecedented eff ort from an original cast, including William Atherton as Walter Peck, the city employee still at odds with our heroes, and Annie Potts as Janine, the Ghostbusters' secretary. ey're joined this time by new cast members Brian Doyle-Mur- ray, playing Jock Mulligan, the new mayor of New York City, and Alyssa Milano, playing the new love interest, Dr. Illyssa Selwyn. Capitalizing on this cast, the game features actor-specifi c facial animation and smooth, mocapped performances that perfectly capture the chemistry between the oddball characters. It also contains fully destructible and incred- ibly realistic New York City sets, along with physics, slime, and real-time dynamic lighting eff ects that are out of this world—thanks in part to Terminal Reality's newly revamped Infernal Engine, which the company is positioning as a competitor to the Epic Unreal 3 engine. While the engine has been in use since BloodRayne in 2002, it underwent a massive upgrade for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Ghostbusters is the fi rst Infernal Engine title that will ship for current platforms. Meanwhile, Red Fly Studio is also using the engine to bring the title to the Wii, PS2, and DS. The artists at Terminal Reality proved they weren't afraid of any ghosts, re-creating the campy appeal of the Ghostbusters movies for a game title. July 2009 55 Gaming ■ ■ ■ ■ EFFECTS Terminal Reality and Atari catch the spirit of the iconic 1980s classic film By Martin McEachern

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