This is an arcade-style action game in which players control Julie and Zeke, a "Ghoul Patrol," who walk through themed levels to collect coins, keys, power-ups, their neighbors (tallied as "Victims"). The victims must be found before time runs out, before monsters attack and cause them to dissolve in a wisp of flame, a skeleton image. Scattered across levels, the monsters look 2D and cartoonlike: small ghouls, ghosts, sprite-like spirits, plants that sometimes eat flesh, zombies that don't eat their neighbors. The game's slightly top-down perspective, side-scrolling action, and somewhat minimal graphics (mid-90s renderings), make the violent acts seem more detached, less immersive than a "beat-'em-up" or shooter—though plunger arrows, ray guns, and plasma projectiles can be used to defeat the monsters. Also, a handful of boss battles may depict more protracted one-on-one fighting. Overall, the tone of the game is best summarized this way: Players may encounter "possessed" copy and fax machines that can and should be destroyed.
