Ghoul Panik was not released for the Sony PlayStation in the United States market despite being categorized under the Gun Shooter genre for search purposes the actual title Ghoul Panic developed by Namco as an arcade light gun shooter launched in 1999 received a port to the Sony PlayStation console but this version was distributed exclusively in Japan and select European territories with no official localization manufacturing or retail launch occurring for the North American PlayStation audience due to regional licensing constraints perceived market limitations for light gun peripherals during that era and Namco s strategic focus on other franchises for the US territory consequently there exists no verifiable summary gameplay details critical reception highlights box art specifications or regional variant information attributable to a United States PlayStation release of this title the reference to iOctavio.com documenting an entry on 2002-11-18 appears to reference either a database inaccurately listing the game under a mistaken regional assumption a user generated submission error or confusion with similarly named titles as no credible historical retail records publisher announcements or contemporary gaming press from 2002 corroborate the existence of a US PlayStation SKU for Ghoul Panic any description of its features such as horror themed shooting stages cooperative gameplay mechanics power up systems or arcade style scoring would pertain solely to the original coin operated machine or its non US home console ports and cannot be applied to a non existent United States PlayStation version which remains absent from official Sony licensing archives regional release lists and verified collector databases for the platform