An early breakout hit of the arcade era, Spy Hunter inspired everything from vehicular combat games like Twisted Metal to the race-and-shoot kart racers popularized by Mario Kart. Gameplay involves driving a tricked-out spy-mobile (think something from the Q labs in James Bond movies) via a top-down perspective, wrecking enemies and keeping civilians safe.
Beyond its far-reaching influences on consoles, Spy Hunter also popularized the vertical-scrolling driving-combat genre, spawning games such as Atari’s RoadBlasters series and, tangentially, vertical scrolling shooters such as Gradius.
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