Arcade

Avenging Spirit

During a walk with his girlfriend, the player is ambushed by agents of a mysterious crime syndicate who take his girlfriend away and shoot him to death. Now, as a wandering spirit with the ability to possess most others, he is summoned by his girlfriend's father (who researches ghost energy) and is given a mission to save her from the mysterious crime syndicate that holds her hostage, enabling the player to rest in peace.As it turns out, the crime syndicate is also researching ghost energy, and they kidnapped the girl in an effort to force her father to cooperate with them. The player must fight through 6 stages to infiltrate the evil syndicate's base, collecting three keys on stages 2, 5, a...

Genre: Platform
Year: 1991
Developer: Jaleco
Publisher: Jaleco
Players: 2

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Achievements

34 achievements · 223 total points

Too Late to Get Your Life Out of the Dumps Clear stage 1
2 pts
Ghosts Are a Major Factor-y for Engineering Clear stage 2
3 pts
A Night on the Town with Spirits in Hand Clear stage 3
5 pts
The Sew-er That Connects Life to the Afterlife Clear stage 4
5 pts
Leaning the Tricks of This Anti-ghost Place Clear stage 5
5 pts
What a Horrible Night to Have a Ghost Clear stage 6 without saving your girlfriend
10 pts
The Keys to Unlock One's Chains of Regret Clear stage 6 having saved your girlfriend
10 pts
Spirits Bursting with Excitement from Snakes Defeat the boss of stage 1 while possessing a grenade commando without using a continue or the boss selfdestructing
5 pts
Haunting the Fighting Streets of Demolition Defeat the boss of stage 2 while possessing an orange-haired amazon without taking damage, using a continue, or the boss selfdestructing
10 pts
Ain't Nothin' Foul Bout These Swings Defeat the boss of stage 3 while possessing a slugger enemy without doing damage in the baseball's attack range, using a continue or the boss selfdestructing
10 pts
Igniting the Flames of Hell to Clean Sewage Defeat the boss of stage 4 in 14 seconds or less
10 pts
Out Looking for Troops to Join the Anti-Belmont Army Defeat the boss of stage 5 while possessing a vampire without using a continue or the boss selfdestructing
10 pts
The Dangers of Meeting a Yuki-onna Defeat the boss of stage 6 while possessing a snow woman without jumping, using a continue, or the boss selfdestructing
10 pts
Backstreet Pathfinder Reach the boss of stage 1 without losing your possessed enemy.
2 pts
Accident Free Workplace Reach the boss of stage 2 without losing your possessed enemy.
3 pts
One Night to Live Reach the boss of stage 3 without losing your possessed enemy.
4 pts
Underground Survivor Reach the boss of stage 4 without losing your possessed enemy.
5 pts
You Only Live Twice Reach the boss of stage 5 without losing your possessed enemy more than once.
10 pts
Die Another Day Reach the boss of stage 6 without losing your possessed enemy.
10 pts
Queen of the Jungle In a single run, possess both types of amazon enemies.
2 pts
Don of the Dead In a single run, possess both types of gangster enemies.
2 pts
Hoarder of Souls In a single run, possess all three types of dragon enemies.
3 pts
Jumping Jacks In a single run, possess both types of hopper enemies.
2 pts
Ghost Recon In a single run, possess all four types of commando enemies.
4 pts
Shady Business In a single run, possess both types of ninja enemies.
2 pts
Phantom Menace In a single run, possess both types of wizard enemies.
2 pts
Spectral Specialist In a single run, possess a slugger, a guru, and a robot.
3 pts
Spooky Haunts In a single run, possess a vampire and a snow woman.
3 pts
Sewer Vault Dweller In stage 4, find and possess a laser commando hidden somewhere in the level.
3 pts
A Key-n Mind for Finding Secret Loot Vaults In stage 6, possess a laser commando and pick up a 30,000 point item on the same screen
3 pts
Settling the Score Reach a score of 450,000
5 pts
Worth More Dead than Alive Reach a score of 900,000
5 pts
This Doesn't Feel like a Sixth Sense to Me With the Flip Screen dipswitch active, clear stage 1 without using a continue
5 pts
Harder to Kill than the Reaper Himself Beat the game without using a continue
50 pts

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Avenging Spirit frequently asked questions

How do I play Avenging Spirit online with a friend?

Avenging Spirit (Arcade) can be played online with friends using Etera's P2P netplay. Create a room in the launcher and invite your friend, who joins through the invite. Step by step:

Download the Etera launcher for Windows or Linux and create your account.
Ask your friend to do the same and add them to your friends list.
Pick the game in the library and create a netplay room.
Invite your friend: they accept the invite and join the room.
The launcher keeps dependencies on the same version for both players, avoiding desync.

How do I play Avenging Spirit on PC?

Download the Etera launcher (Windows or Linux), find Avenging Spirit in the Arcade library and click to download. The launcher handles the emulator and setup for you.

Does Avenging Spirit netplay lag?

Etera uses a direct P2P connection between players, which usually means low latency. Results depend on each player's internet quality.

Does Avenging Spirit have achievements?

Yes, Avenging Spirit has 34 achievements worth 223 points. Achievements are counted and saved to your history and the leaderboard for subscribers and during the trial period.

Can I play Avenging Spirit for free?

Yes. Every account gets a 5-day trial with premium features. After that, the free plan allows 3 new games per day and 1 netplay session per day. Premium raises those limits.

Play Avenging Spirit on Etera

Download the launcher for Windows or Linux, find this game in the library and play solo or with friends.