MAMECADE 24: Spy Hunter Arcade Game

MAMECADE breaks tradition to review Bally Midway's hit Spy Hunter and explains why the emulation and ports of it fall so short of the mark.

An in depth look at what makes Spy Hunter so unique of an Arcade game and Arcade machine.

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Category:

Gaming

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• mamecade
• mame
• arcade
• video
• game
• review
• emulator
• spy
• hunter
• bally
• midway
• playstation
• George Gomez
• john pio

[TurdFergusonJunior]

Why does the man on the arcade machine look like Tom Berenger? ha

[MAMECADE]

@TurdFergusonJunior Berenger? hmmmm I always thought more of a Don Johnson clone.

[ArcadeGames]

Nice cabinet!

[MAMECADE]

@ArcadeGames Thanks, the cabinet is in pretty good shape considering it's age.

[MAMECADE]

@ArcadeGames Hey thanks. I try to keep it clean.

[nascarbr]

Great video. A love to play Spy Hunter on my C64.

[MAMECADE]

@nascarbr I love my Commodore 64!

[ChesneyDigital]

Too bad there's no way to beat this game.

[blueguy15]

@MAMECADE your channel is my favorite channel on youtube because i love arcade games :D

[ianmaw66]

Hi,

I loved the video.

I have a sit down version in my garage.

If you are ever really stuck for spares contact me and I may possibly be able to help.

Cheers,

Ian

[AxiomofDiscord]

@qbertaddict1 I am modifying a Guncon 2 was going do a guncon 1 but it would take a lot more carving of the plastic even though I prefer the look of the guncon 1. I don't have enough computer to run Fzero GX fullspeed and on my system its unstable to say the least crashes a lot. So I am going put that off for a few years till I have a computer emulator combo that works better.

[qbertaddict1]

@AxiomofDiscord If you are looking to get a lightgun going on your mame cab let me know I know of a place that mods old sega guns for use in mame cabs. Im doing a video of it now but wont release it until I release my lighted control panel video. Speaking of F-zero gx I just did a video of it tonight. Its running on the dolphin emu at full speed. You could mount a wheel in a cockpit cabinet and map the controls from within dolphin or any other emu that you want. Make it a dedicated racing cab!

[AxiomofDiscord]

@qbertaddict1 Sounds kinda like my eventual plans. I got a lot lot more to do first though currently working on a lightgun .... my biggest dream is to play FZERO GX with something more cockpit like than a gamecube controller.... Maybe in time.

[qbertaddict1]

@AxiomofDiscord I agree with you. I use a momo racing wheel that has 4 buttons on the wheel and a gear shift on the side. It also has a separate break and gas pedal setup making it a pretty close to original setup.

[chronolocke]

Wow. Great review. Thanks for the vid!

[dickiedocker]

Awesome review i loved this game so much but i remember it being really hard to play was that because i was only a kid? and the machine they had in the arcade was the sit in version the sound was amazing.... Please do a part 2

[0takuMetalheadGamer]

Seeing those arcade machines makes me wish that i was born before the 80's cause most of those games look way more awesome then some games they bring out today.