Avenging Spirit
Avenging Spirit, known in Japan as Phantasm, is a 1991 2-player platform arcade game developed by C.P. Brain and published by Jaleco. Players attack (or possess) enemies, collect power-ups, and defeat bosses to advance. Players can possess one of four characters with unique abilities at the start of the game, but the library of enemies expands and changes with each level.
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DeveloperC. P. Brain
PublisherJaleco
ReleasedMay 1, 1991
StatusReleased
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Worth Playing70/100
About This Game
A young man is gunned down by operatives of a shadowy criminal organization during an outing with his girlfriend, who is subsequently kidnapped by the same group. Trapped between worlds as a restless spirit, he is contacted by his girlfriend's father—a researcher devoted to paranormal phenomena—who offers him a chance at redemption: possess the bodies of the living and infiltrate the syndicate's operations to rescue his captured lover. With the promise of eternal peace contingent on her safe return, the protagonist must navigate a hostile underworld, commandeering the forms of those around him to dismantle the conspiracy holding his girlfriend captive.