 The game was revealed at E3 2003 , with a playable demo being a mostly complete version of the game , albeit with a few levels missing . Grabbed by the Ghoulies was released in North America on 21 October 2003 , in Europe on 21 November 2003 and in Japan on 29 April 2004 , becoming Rare 's first game to be released under Microsoft . It was later re @-@ released as an Xbox Originals game for the Xbox 360 on 16 February 2009 , later being removed from the store on 16 June 2015 . At Microsoft 's E3 2015 press conference , the compilation title Rare Replay was unveiled . Rare Replay has a selection of thirty games from Rare 's lifetime game library , including Grabbed by the Ghoulies . The game was remastered to run natively on the Xbox One , increasing its resolution and framerate relative to the original Xbox release . 
