Beetlejuice is a video game developed for the Nintendo Entertainment System, where players control the titular character through a series of side-scrolling and overhead levels. The objective is to scare the Deetz family and their associates who occupy the Maitland House. Players defeat enemies by stomping on cockroaches for points, which can be used to purchase various scare tactics. While early levels are inspired by the film, later stages feature original content, including battles against mythical creatures in diverse settings.
In the game you control Beetlejuice through various side-scrolling and overhead view levels in an effort to scare the yuppie Deetz family and friends that have taken over the house. You stomp on cockroaches in order to gain points that you used to buy various scare tactics that you use to defeat various enemies and bosses. Although the initial levels of the game are based upon the film, with Beetlejuice venturing through the Maitland House to find and scare away Otho, the later levels are original and involve Beetlejuice fighting mythical creatures in such locations as a sewer system and the afterlife.