Ghost Hunters
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| Status | Discontinued |
| Introduced | 1994 |
| Discontinued | 1999 |
| First built | Ghost Hunters (Osaka ATC Galbo) |
| Last built | Ghost Pirates |
| Statistics | |
| Type | Tracked Dark Ride |
| Capacity | 2 per car |
| Duration | 4 Minutes |
Ghost Hunters is a Tracked Dark Ride product from Sega, and produced through their AM5 division.
Based on the company's lightgun toy of the same name, the attraction combines the traditional dark ride with augmented reality and light gun shooter gameplay, where the moving ride vehicle will stop at points of the route to allow the shooting game element to take place throughout.
Revisions
Ghost Hunters
The original version of the attraction was featured at many Galbo and Joypolis venues in Japan in addition to being seen at a small number of non-Sega venues, as well as SegaWorld London and Sega World Sydney.
Ghost Hunters II
Fully titled Ghost Hunters II - The Labyrinth of Poisonous Moths, this software rendition replaced the original Ghost Hunters ride at Osaka ATC Galbo and Yokohama Joypolis in September 1995, and was soon expanded to other Joypolis venues. It featured an altered storyline and brand new theming, but otherwise featured the same gameplay.
Ghost Hunters DX
Another upgraded rendition - Ghost Hunters DX, was located in Fukuoka Joypolis as an opening day attraction in 1996. It was similar to the other renditions of the ride aside from some minor differences to the original version's game and theming. However, it was downgraded to Ghost Hunters II not long after.
A duplicate was originally intended to be located at Shinjuku Joypolis, but instead went with Treasure Panic.
Treasure Panic
Treasure Panic debuted at Tokyo Joypolis in July 1996 and was later seen at Shinjuku Joypolis under the name Ghost Hunters - Treasure Panic in 1997. This version of the ride changes the setting to a sunken ship helmed by enemies and ghosts, while players battle against the ghost captain to obtain the buried treasure.
The Tokyo Joypolis rendition was removed sometime after 2000, while the Shinjuku rendition was downgraded to Ghost Hunters II at one point.
Ghost Pirates
Ghost Pirates was located at the Sega World Hakkeijima Carnival House game center at Sea Paradise. It is unknown if this was a clone of Treasure Panic or a different rendition outright. It was added to the venue in 1999 and removed within an unknown timeframe.
Completed attractions
At least twelve installations have existed over the years. Some of them have been relocated or seen at Non-Sega owned venues. Two of the standard installations were relocated to Yokohama Dreamland , as well as YoYo Land in Thailand.
The only installation to remain in operation is the model at Haailand, which was formerly located at Sega World Sydney.
| Name | Owner | Country | Opened | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ghost Hunt | SegaWorld London |  |
7 September 1996 |
Closed Early 2000 |
| Ghost Hunter Formerly Ghost Hunters |
Haailand Resort & Theme Park Sega World Sydney |
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2010 or earlier 18 March 1997 |
OperatingClosed 2000/11/12 |
| Ghost Hunters | Ichikawa Galbo |  |
November 30, 1994 | Closed 1996 |
| Ghost Hunters | Yokkaichi Galbo | |
March 18, 1995 | Closed 1995/12/19 |
| Ghost Hunters | Neo Geo World Tsukuba | |
1995 | Closed 2001/05/31 |
| Ghost Hunters II Formerly Ghost Hunters |
Osaka ATC Galbo | |
April 14, 1994 | Originally Ghost Hunters, upgraded to Ghost Hunters II revision on 1995/09/11, closed 1998 |
| Ghost Hunters II Formerly Ghost Hunters |
Joypolis H. Factory | |
July 20, 1994 | Originally Ghost Hunters, upgraded to Ghost Hunters II revision on 1995/09/11, closed 2001/02/28 |
| Ghost Hunters II Formerly Ghost Hunters |
Magic City @ Niigata Joypolis | |
December 9, 1995 | Originally Ghost Hunters, upgraded to Ghost Hunters II revision in 1996, closed 2001/01/16 |
| Ghost Hunters II Formerly Ghost Hunters DX |
Fukuoka Joypolis | |
April 20, 1996 | Originally Ghost Hunters DX, downgraded to Ghost Hunters II revision sometime within the same year, closed 2001/09/24 |
| Ghost Hunters II Formerly Ghost Hunters - Treasure Panic |
Shinjuku Joypolis | |
October 4, 1996 | Originally Ghost Hunters II, upgraded to Ghost Hunters - Treasure Panic software rendition in Early-1997, downgraded back to Ghost Hunters II revision sometime in 1998, closed 2000/08/31 |
| Ghost Pirates | Sea Paradise | |
1999 | Closed within an unknown timeframe |
| Treasure Panic | Tokyo Joypolis | |
July 12, 1996 | Closed after 2000 |