Games of the 8-, 16- & 32-bit era

Spy Hunter

Title	Spy Hunter
First release	1983
Developer	Midway Games
Publisher	Midway Games
Platforms	Amstrad CPC, Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, BBC Micro, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, DOS, Game Boy Color, NES / Famicom, PC (Windows), ZX Spectrum, Arcade ADB
Genre	vehicular combat game
Players	1 player
Co-op	No
ESRB rating	E Everyone
Releases	Amstrad CPC: 1983-01-01 (PAL) Atari 2600: 1983-01-01 Commodore 64: 1983-06-03 ColecoVision: 1984-12-01 (NTSC-U) ZX Spectrum: 1985-01-01 (PAL) NES / Famicom: 1987-09-01 (NTSC)
Wikidata ID	Q1788165

Driving from an overhead perspective, players maneuver a turbo-charged spy mobile to destroy enemy agents like the Road Lord and Switch Blade. Collecting weapons from a passing van grants tactical tools, including missiles, oil slicks, and smoke screens. The gameplay shifts between land and water as the player transitions from a race car into a hydro spy boat.

Description: REG-Vault, CC BY-SA 4.0

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Sources

Wikidata (Q1788165) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0

REG-Vault (atari2600/spy-hunter) · last updated 2026-10-30 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

REG-Vault (c64/spy-hunter) · last updated 2026-10-01 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

REG-Vault (nes/spy-hunter) · last updated 2026-10-26 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

REG-Vault (amstradcpc/spy-hunter-2) · last updated 2026-10-23 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

TheGamesDB (130939) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (22182) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (6409) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (32934) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

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TheGamesDB (2106,108637) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

Arcade Database (ADB) (spyhunt) · last updated 2026-10-02 · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 · internal use only

Arcade Database ADB

MAME romset	`spyhunt`
Title at ADB	Spy Hunter
Manufacturer	Bally Midway
Year	1983
Genre	Shooter / Driving Vertical
Players	1
MAME driver status	GOOD

Artwork: ADB (Arcade Database); artwork © original manufacturer (Bally Midway); snaps by ProgettoSnaps via ADB. Non-free, internal use only (hotlinked, not downloaded).

Scraping using Arcade Database by motoschifo · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 · romset via Wikidata P2451 (wikidata-qid) · fetched 2026-10-02 16:29 UTC · filled here: platform

Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Midway Games · internal use only

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Image credits

Box art, Screenshots, Logos (17): Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Midway Games · internal use only. REG-Vault page

Box art (1): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded, PAL release) · © Midway Games · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork (6): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Midway Games · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

Screenshots (3): Source: libretro-thumbnails (upstream libretro-thumbnails (art by developers/publishers; see repo README)) · © Midway Games · internal use only.

Image: vonguard, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (“Spy Hunter arcade cabinet.jpg”)

Sprites

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Videos

SPY HUNTER (ZX SPECTRUM - FULL GAME)

Zeusdaz - The Unemulated Retro Game Channel · ZX Spectrum version · longplay · 29:46auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:channel-harvest, checked 2026-10-25 18:42 UTC

NES Longplay [864] Spy Hunter

World-of-Longplays · NES / Famicom version · longplay · 6:49auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:channel-harvest, checked 2026-10-25 18:41 UTC

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