"Ghostlop" was created by most of the same team that previously worked on several projects at Data East for the Neo Geo platforms such as "Spinmaster", "Windjammers", "Karnov's Revenge", "Street Slam" and the "Magical Drop" franchise, after which a group of employees would later go on to work at Kaneko on "Cyvern: The Dragon Weapons" before the former company declared bankruptcy in 2003.