Ghost Master (released as Ghost Master: The Gravenville Chronicles on the Xbox and PlayStation 2) is a puzzle/strategy game for the PC. The game was later published on Mac OS by Feral Interactive. It is among a small selection of games that put the player in the role of the enemy. In this case, the player assumes the role of a Ghost Master, a bureaucratic spirit tasked to perform certain duties. While the bulk of a Ghost Master's duties consist of hauntings, a Ghost Master may also be "called in" to increase belief in the supernatural, avenge deaths, and conscript renegade ghosts. Because a Ghost Master cannot directly interfere in the world of mortals, the Ghost Master is given a team of subordinate ghosts to do so. When not haunting, the Ghost Master is responsible for the training of the ghosts under his/her command.
The game consists of 14 levels (15 in the UK Steam version of the game.) In all but a few levels, the primary goal of the game is to scare away all the mortals (humans) and cause them to flee the area in fear or succumb to madness.
Ghost Hamster...
Late in the night, while the world sleeps
You might hear a tiny distant wheel squeak
And into the room of some boy or girl
Pops a Habitrail tube from the nether world...
Then comes a specter from beyond the pale
A fuzzy apparition, with a cute little tail
His fog filled, haunted cage is lined
With an old newspaper from 1989...
Listen young friends, for what I say is true
You must treat your pet hamster as you would have him treat you
Or fear that one day you'll hear a ghostly voice exclaim,
"wooo...someone forgot to clean my cage..."
Ghost Ghost Ghost Ghost Ghost Ghost Hamster
"wooo...my water botttle is empty..."
"won't somebody pet me? ... wooo"