Haunting Starring Polterguy (Sega Genesis) James & Mike Mondays 

True story. In 93 when I was 12, my friend and I were hopping a fence near my apartments trash bin looked down and found a Sega Genesis in the dumpster. It was thrown out because the prong where the controller inserts was bent. It was an unbelievable find. We could not believe it. We bent the prong back. My friend gave me a controller, a game or two and I was set. I still cant belueve that happened to this day but it did.

Holy fucking shit! This is it! This is the game! I remember playing it when I was a kid and having fun. But I could never find it to play it again because I could never remember the name. All I could do was try to explain it to people. Thank you guys SO much for playing this and to everyone who suggested it. Seriously.

This and Zombie's Ate My Neighbors were two of the best "scary" games for genesis.

"While your in the dungeon, I'm gonna grab my mask." What kind of Halloween party is this Mike?

I stumbled across this game as a kid at a pawn shop and my dad bought it for me. I LOVED it as a kid. This is what the Beetlejuice NES game should have been like.

Was hoping you guys would review this someday. This was one of my favorite Electronic Arts games back in the 90's next to General Chaos and Mutant League Football.

One of the most underrated games on the Genesis ever made. Always loves this one!

James & Mike Halloween special in costume playing Horror or Halloween themed games. You know it's a great idea.

I remember this game, it was awesome. Thanks for bringing back the memories. A pleasure to watch as always.

Has this game as a kid back in the 90's. My fav two scares is when the rat runs into a food blender. The other is the toilet monster. He lifts up the toilet seat and starts throwing turds around the room lol.

I rented this from Jim's Video so often I basically owned it. Loved this game to no end. And yeah, the dungeon sections SUCK so of course the final boss fight takes place there.

Omg I died when mike showed the mask lmfao please make it a tradition to wear costumes every October for JAMM please!!

I love it when Mike's in character. He always commits, even when it's off the cuff like this one :)

I got this game as a gift from mom without asking or knowing what it was at all. Very entertaining going through seeing all the scare animations. This Dragon Warrior (Mail order with all the maps), and World of Illusion starring Mickey and Donald were games I did't ask for but turned out to be very memorable.

Like to see Clock Tower for Snes covered.

James will forever defend snes and the blood situation xD its so funny

its a rocky mask after he fought Apollo :)

Oh my God! I totally remember this game. I've thought about this game many times over the years not k owing what it was called. I knew it had something to do with "Poltergeist". I rented this bunches from either Blockbuster or PicAFlick as a kid. Always thought it was cool because how interactive it was. Awesome guys.

I always love Mike's Sylvester Stallone impressions 😂

I'm meltin here

watching james play this reminds me of watching my parents navigate a google search, i just want to take it from them and do it for them lol

This is one of the funnest games for the Genesis. It's so simple but so satisfying to play.

Your Sly drifted slightly into Andrew Dice Clay.

Mike killin me with the Stallone impressions 😂

Time to play the Ooze

LMFAO when Mike put on the mask at the end I was dying.

When I wasn't playing Sonic or Mortal Kombat on my Genesis, I was playing Haunting.

The ending to this game is perhaps the best ever conceived.

If there was ever a ghost in my toilet, I would be scared shitless.

This is one of my all time favorite games and I am glad it is finally getting recognition,

I love how Vito just runs out of the house and abandons his family.

This game is also available on the psp on the EA REPLAY game. A must have for psp owners!

I just started this vid but I LOVE this game! Played it all the time when I was a kid :)

I've been fascinated with trying this game since I saw Pat's review of it a few years ago.

All I can say is I am so happy you did this one. I think i requested it to you guys a couple of years ago, so glad it eventually came up!!!

I had this game, never knew what to do in it because we had it without the manual.

I read the Stallone Poe script, and it was pretty good. He was actually never going to play Poe. At one point, he was thinking of casting Sean Penn in that part.

Love love love this game! Still play it!

One of my favourite megadrive games of all time.

Stallone doing Poe; (shouting as when he says Adrian) Nevermoooorrre!

"IT STINKS!"

Fucking great game, Gotta replay it this month.

Back when EA made awesome games...sigh...

This game is so underrated. Also why isn't there any other game like this?

This reminded me of Soul Reaver. The Nether realm to collect souls.

Hey fellas, just wanted to chime in: Doctor Gordon (Carey Elwes’ character) DID actually survive - Jigsaw saved him and nursed him back to health, then had him kill off the apprentice dude, who had killed Jigsaw’s wife. The implication is that Elwes and the others from the survivor support group were going to continue Jigsaw’s work, its possible the new movie will feature Gordon and the others.

This game looks really unique and fun

Oh my god. I LOVE this game. This was one of my favorite games as a kid. My Dad and I played through this game so many times.

I rented this like 10 times as a kid, loved it. So great to see you guys play it!

OK, I absolutely, positively looooooove Haunting Starring Polterguy!!! 😀 👏 🙌 It is such an entertaining and unique experience! I constantly played this game when I was a kid. I just couldn't get enough of it. I never have been able to beat it though. It's definitely one of my all-time favorite Genesis games. In fact, I still break it out and play it every once in a while. I'm just so glad James and Mike finally tried this game out. It deserves to be much more well-known among classic gaming aficionados. I highly recommend it to anyone that enjoys playing quality and original Sega Genesis games. 👍👍

Thanks James and Mike I know Ive been requesting this for awhile

I think he switched into Andrew Dice Clay at the end there.

18:05 this part had me dying. Just hilarious to think of Stallone doing Poe, then Mikes shitty impersonation...I lost it 🤣🤣🤣⚰️🪦

This was my favorite genesis game back in the day. Nobody knew about it except whoever put me onto it. Every one would be like what game is this. Somehow it was the only video game that survived my childhood and still have it complete in box

Glad you guys finally got around to playing this... always fun to pop in and play through

This is one of my favorite Genesis games

I'm so glad you did this review--Haunting was one of my favorite games growing up on the Genesis. There are so many random, awesome animations built into the cartridge!

Another great way to imitate Rocky is to yell, "Am I talking too loud?!"

James "Yeah" Rolf.

I loved this game as a kid. The detail in the houses was pretty awesome for its time

I've never been more afraid for someone's life than when Mike took out that mask. He sounded positively deranged when he said he was gonna go get it. I thought James was about to get slasher movie'd.

I used to play this game a lot as a kid and it was super hard to beat. I never could get past the third house with that flying head and dog that could see you. Put hours into this game trying to beat it and never could. It's on the bucket list now.

this game is so much fun! It made me into the scary dude I am today. SCARY GAMER RETRO SEGA RULES!!!!!

After seeing this game, I feel like playing Ghost Master again.

This game was my jam as a kid. I played through it so many times, just so I could see all the animations. If you jumped in one of the toilets in the second house this Ghoulies looking thing would crawl out and throw hunks of poo everywhere. 😂

A few explanations. Each color it shines means the different kind of haunt you can perform, some take more ecto than others. When you run out of ecto you end up going to the doorway to the underworld and you are trying to collect enough ecto to return to the land of the living. You can play the whole game without ending up there but you need to be efficient. You also get some powers you can use once per level, these are super useful once you find out how to use them. You are playing a dude that got ran over because his skateboard was defective, the company that made them is led by vito, the dad. So he is getting his revenge. This is a points game, the more efficient you are the higher score you get. Any more Questions James? Id be glad to answer them for you, I played a lot of this when I was younger.

I loved this game when I was a kid. It gets challenging later on because the people get harder to scare and the dog starts aggressively following you. His barks drain your ectoplasm, and you can't rid of him usually. It was well made for its time, definitely a forgotten gem for the Sega Genesis library.

lol mike putting the mask on and doing stallion impressions was the best part of this video.

Haunting. I had this game back in the days. It''s pretty easy to clear all 4 houses without once getting to the underworld. But in the last house there is a twist so stupid, that I never was able to beat the game.

About time I suggested this long ago. It's my fav sega game. Glad they finally played it.

One of my favorite games growing up.

I also wonder since it's an EA game if any names attached to this game later worked on The Sims franchise. Cause years after this was released and The Sims came out some aspects felt similar or influenced to me. Electronic Arts hands down made the absolute best games on the Genesis.

The Mask and Stallone impressions had me crying 🤣🤣🤣 Hey I'm melting over here 🤣🤣🤣

I fucking loved this game as a kid. Game play wise, there isn't much to it. It's basically a puzzle game with a really unique premise. The trick is to jump into as many things as you can quickly, and time the bigger scares(the ones you're stuck in until they go off) and the controllable scares until they're just about terrified and then pop those as they're running. More scares = more slime when they run. One of my favorite scares as a kid was the upper bathroom toilet in the second house. A little ghoulie pops out of the crapper and starts flinging literal shit all over the place.

I'm British and I didn't get the memo that we apparently use chain-flush on our toilets.

That mask is terrifying Mike. Reminds me of one of the best twilight zone episodes ;)

That "Stallone" mask was hilarious. Great video guys.

This game was part of my childhood. Its fun but challenging

It's like a Beetlejuice simulator! I fucking love this game.

Do General Chaos next!!

This is my all time favorite Sega game. Thanks, guys.

Happy canadian thanksgiving James and Mike...from Canada lol!

I borrowed this game and LOVED it, back in the 90’s! This & Kid Chameleon r my go to. Earth Worm Jim is on another level though.

I can't believe you never played it. Definitely an under rated gem

At the end Mile was doing Dice Clay acting like Sylvester Stallone in a mask

This is one of my fav games of all time.

I love how you jump on the door frame and scare the shit out of the woman made me laugh my ass off lmfao

I wouldn't be scared if I saw those ghosts roaming around

Great looking game. Thanks for the share.

I love the sound in these old EA Genesis games, so unique

oh god i remember this game.. i enjoyed this so much as a kid

Great to see you guys playing this one. It's a really fun, largely unsung Genesis title.

JAMES IS WEARING A FUCKING FRIGHT RAGS!!!!! OMFG

I loved this game as a child

I'm glad you guys played this game, it has always been one of my favorites and is definitely a cult game.

I wish I played this back in the day. Never even heard of this game before.

This game was amazing as a kid, I freaking loved it!

I was lucky enough to have this game as a kid, it's a fuckin classic.

God, I love it when they do Stallone.

I was a genesis kid in the 90s and never seen this game ever. Love your content btw.