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Golly! Ghost! is a 1990 arcade game from Namco, a two player co-op release from the era when cabinets were built for side by side action. It fits right in with other lighthearted, spooky themed games of the time, offering a cartoonish take on the haunted house genre without taking itself too seriously.

You control a ghost hunter armed with a vacuum cleaner, moving through a mansion screen by screen. The main objective is to clear each room of its spectral inhabitants by sucking them up, all while hunting for the key that unlocks the exit door. Signature mechanics include the frantic co-op play, where you and a partner can accidentally vacuum each other, and the unpredictable enemy behavior, with ghosts popping out of furniture, paintings, and even toilets. The pacing is fast and chaotic, demanding quick reflexes as the screen quickly fills with phantoms. It feels like a messy, hilarious race against a house that's actively fighting back.