Spyhunter Sweetness

This is footage of a pretty decent run on this arcade classic. The boats are in there as well as the dreaded icy roads.

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Entertainment

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• spyhunter
• arcade
• car
• icy
• roads
• boats
• jon
• madsen
• video
• game

[TieLandProductions]

Apologies if this is a stupid question, but where did you get this/ play this game? I've been looking for it for ages.

[rexbasior]

@TieLandProductions it's on the PS2. there's a disc you can buy called "midway arcade classics" and it has about 25 arcade games on it.

[CaptainBuckRogers]

Love this game. Feel like Sean Connery, Roger Moore and Pierce Brosnan all at the same time. My PS2 all-time score is 80,445. Never tire of the game. Thanks for posting.

[rexbasior]

@CaptainBuckRogers hmm. you just gave me a goal to beat. i'll work on 80,445 and then take a shot at finnboy67's record.

[alfabdall]

what version is this? It looks very close to the arcade version, however, there are the weapons light-ups on the side. I play the MAME version and never know what weapons I have unless I used them.

[rexbasior]

@alfabdall this is on the ps2 from a disc called 'midway arcade classics.' the disc has about 20 arcade games on there that are pretty identical to the originals from what i can tell.

[IlyushinIL2]

I wish you could find these machines nowadays. The original SpyHunter is one of the best arcade games to ever come out of the 80s. I can't remember the last time I actually played it though.

[yeeeah503]

very tight video! i always preferred playing in the sit down cabinet version.

[dalecampbl5]

i used to love two car games at chuckee cheeses....spyhunter and road blaster

[jetsonic69]

THIS GAME ALWAYS MADE ME NERVOUS AT THE ARCADES :) I HAD PLENTY OF QUARTERS IN MY POCKETS , HEHEHE

I LOVED SPYHUNTER

[BlaineC1972]

Great run through... I have this on the Gamecube, and it is very hard to play... much harder than the actual arcade.

[mhks68]

@CottagePeas SWEEEEeeEeeeT!!!!!

[IlyushinIL2]

@MrHiu2 Interesting. I knew they had to be out there somewhere, especially in the hands of collectors and the like, but it seems like all the public places I go to are devoid of them. It's a shame, since all the old arcade classics were exactly that, classic, and yet I've only seen maybe two or three real Spyhunters in my life.

[MrHiu2]

@IlyushinIL2 Oddly enough, the best place to find these machines is either at Theme parks (like Disney or CedarPoint, both had a Spyhunter) or at Funspot Arcade.

[caroline1697]

juicebox

[ShapeyFiend]

@shotgunwound search Paul Dean, he's played it for 12 hours on one credit.

[Dristarg]

Remember the glitch that enabled you to drive 'cross-country' after you backed out of the van? I liked doing that just before the bridge, as it also worked for driving over water. Trouble was, if the helicopter bombed you while you were doing this, the game shut off and reset itself.

[MrWINNSLAW]

"I was the 1st place man everytime I played this game back in the day! Excellent post!"