Spy Hunter 1983

Released: November 1983
Genres: Shooter · Racing · Arcade
Platforms: ColecoVision · Arcade · BBC Microcomputer System · Atari 2600 · Atari 8-bit · Commodore C64/128/MAX · ZX Spectrum · DOS · Apple II · Amstrad CPC
Developer: Bally Midway
More info: IGDB

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Is it still worth playing?

A spy drives the Interceptor, an armed sportscar, down a freeway that scrolls vertically in this 1983 arcade game, destroying enemy vehicles and sparing civilian ones. It borrows from the James Bond films and was originally meant to carry that brand. The cabinet has a two position gearshift, a floor accelerator, a steering yoke with five buttons and a dashboard of status lights, and the machine gun on the car never runs out of ammunition. Enemy vehicles try to wreck you or push you off the road, and a helicopter drops bombs from above. The score climbs while the car is moving on the road. A spy car with a machine gun and a gearshift still has its place today.