10 Facts About Spy Hunter

1.

Spy Hunter is a vehicular combat action game developed by Bally Midway and released for arcades in 1983.

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2.

Spy Hunter was produced in both sit-down and standard upright versions with the latter being more common.

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3.

Spy Hunter was a commercial success in American arcades, where it was one of the top five highest-grossing arcade games of 1984 and 1985.

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4.

Spy Hunter is a vertical scrolling driving game with the player in the role of a spy driving an armed sportscar.

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5.

Spy Hunter designed the game with Tom Leon, with whom he had worked on Tron.

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6.

Spy Hunter was cloned as Major Motion, released by Microdeal for the Atari ST in 1986.

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7.

The player character from Spy Hunter appears as part of a sidequest where the player has to destroy 20 cars in the Super Sprint racetrack.

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8.

Spy Hunter was included in Midway's Greatest Arcade Hits: Volume 1 for Nintendo 64; Midway Arcade Treasures, a 2003 compilation of arcade games available for the GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, and Microsoft Windows; Midway Arcade Treasures: Extended Play for PlayStation Portable; and Midway Arcade Origins, a 2012 compilation available for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

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9.

Spy Hunter was slated to begin its budgeted $90 million production in spring 2004 in time for a summer 2005 release.

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10.

Spy Hunter left the project a year later due to his commitment to Death Race 2 as a producer.

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