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|imagecaption=Cover.
|imagecaption=The game's cover art.
|status=<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Lost'''</span>
|status=<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|datefound=17 Sep 2017
|foundby=[http://lostmediawiki.com/User:Namcokid47 Namcokid47], [http://lostmediawiki.com/User:Tatsumi Tatsumi]
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'''''Golly! Ghosts! Goal!''''' (ゴーリーゴーストゴール ''Gōrī Gōsuto Gōru'') is a Japanese puzzle game for PC developed and published by Namco on March 29th, 1996. It is a spinoff of the light-gun arcade game ''Golly! Ghosts!'' and is essentially a clone of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_Lines ''Color Lines''] with very few non-aesthetic differences.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170924093207/http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/gollyghost/gollyghost.htm Archived Hardcore Gaming 101 page on the game.] Retrieved 29 Jun '19</ref>


'''''Golly! Ghosts! Goal!''''' (ゴーリーゴーストゴール ''Gōrī Gōsuto Gōru'') is a Japanese puzzle game for PC developed and published by Namco on March 29th, 1996. It is a spinoff of the light-gun arcade game ''Golly! Ghosts!'' and is essentially a clone of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_Lines ''Color Lines''] with very few non-aesthetic differences.
==Gameplay==
The main goal is to connect 5 or more balls of the same color in vertical, horizontal, or diagonal lines and erase them. If you get jammed by the colorful balls that appear one after the other and the balls get stuck, it's game over.


==Availability==
==Availability==
The game is quite rare, and despite being listed on Bandai Namco's [http://bandainamcoent.co.jp/cs_support/catalog/index.php?div=2&par=16&start=20 game catalog], can not be bought commercially or downloaded online. However, on Janurary 5th, 2017, "Namcokid47" dumped the game online. While the game can be played using a virtual machine or the like, the dump is currently missing sound.
The game is considered rare, and despite being listed on Bandai Namco's [http://bandainamcoent.co.jp/cs_support/catalog/index.php?div=2&par=16&start=20 game catalogue], the game can not be bought commercially or downloaded online.


<br/><br/><br/>
On January 5th, 2017, user Namcokid47 dumped the game online. While the game could be played using a virtual machine or similar tool, this dump missed video files which ended up being uploaded online by user Tatsumi on September 17th, 2017.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
[[File:Golly Ghosts Goal Back.jpg|thumb|150px|Back of the cover.]]
<gallery mode=packed heights=175px>
{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ur7lsvlMUe0|320x240|center|Gameplay.|frame}}
File:Golly Ghosts Goal Back.jpg|Back of the game's packaging.
</gallery>
{{Video|perrow  =1
  |service1    =youtube
  |id1          =ur7lsvlMUe0
  |description1 =Gameplay footage.
}}
==External Links==
*[http://mediafire.com/file/u98rsotwue72sxf/Golly%21+Ghosts%21+Goal%21.zip Mediafire download link.] Retrieved 07 Feb '17
*[http://www80.zippyshare.com/v/n6WPFGjm/file.html Files missing from the original dump.] Retrieved 16 Sept '17


==External Links==
==Reference==
*[http://www.mediafire.com/file/u98rsotwue72sxf/Golly%21+Ghosts%21+Goal%21.zip Mediafire download link]
{{reflist}}
*[http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/gollyghost/gollyghost.htm Hardcore Gaming 101 page mentioning the game]


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Latest revision as of 16:40, 16 April 2023

Golly Ghosts Goal Cover.jpg

The game's cover art.

Status: Found

Date found: 17 Sep 2017

Found by: Namcokid47, Tatsumi

Golly! Ghosts! Goal! (ゴーリーゴーストゴール Gōrī Gōsuto Gōru) is a Japanese puzzle game for PC developed and published by Namco on March 29th, 1996. It is a spinoff of the light-gun arcade game Golly! Ghosts! and is essentially a clone of Color Lines with very few non-aesthetic differences.[1]

Gameplay

The main goal is to connect 5 or more balls of the same color in vertical, horizontal, or diagonal lines and erase them. If you get jammed by the colorful balls that appear one after the other and the balls get stuck, it's game over.

Availability

The game is considered rare, and despite being listed on Bandai Namco's game catalogue, the game can not be bought commercially or downloaded online.

On January 5th, 2017, user Namcokid47 dumped the game online. While the game could be played using a virtual machine or similar tool, this dump missed video files which ended up being uploaded online by user Tatsumi on September 17th, 2017.

Gallery

Gameplay footage.

External Links

Reference