Spy Hunter
created and published by Sunsoft in 1987-09, running on Nintendo Entertainment System
type: racing/driving, shooter
genre: Boat combat, Scrolling shooter, Vehicular combat
series: Spy Hunter
perspective: bird's-eye
player options: single player
languages: eng
genre: Boat combat, Scrolling shooter, Vehicular combat
series: Spy Hunter
perspective: bird's-eye
player options: single player
languages: eng
Personal review
Spy Hunter might be a real classic in the arcades, but the NES version doesn't appeal to me. It's fast, yes, but thats all good I can say about it. The graphics are not very pretty and the gameplay is not very varied. An endless street (or waterway), avoiding other vehicles or shoot them down. And on and on it goes without change. There are no levels and no end goal besides accumulating a high score. That might have worked for an 1983 arcade game, which drew its main attention from its steering wheel controls, but it does not for a 1987 NES game in my opinion. I turned my NES off with a big yawn after two tries.
teran01 # 2014-01-30 17:13:16
teran01 # 2014-01-30 17:13:16
Official description
Spy Hunter... considered armed and extremely dangerous. You control the turbo charged race car/hydro spy boat. You control a deadly arsenal of missiles, machine guns, oil slicks and smoke screens. Multiple nerve-shattering spy-action screens. Sophisticated spy-challenging graphics. This is hardly a game. It's a high-speed test of your secret agent skills. Meet the challenge and survive SPY HUNTER!
# 2014-02-06 17:16:46 - official description
# 2014-02-06 17:16:46 - official description
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