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Super Spy Hunter
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Super Spy Hunter wears a famous name, but the game underneath is its own beast. In Japan it was Battle Formula, a 1991 Famicom vertical shooter from Sunsoft, and since Sunsoft had already ported Bally Midway's Spy Hunter to the NES, the North American release picked up the license and a new story. It is the year 2525, the United Nations is under attack by unknown terrorists, and after the agents sent before you go missing, your heavily armed car is the last line of defense.
It plays like a shoot-'em-up on wheels. Pushing toward the top of the screen speeds the car up and easing back slows it down, so you are always managing pace as well as aim. A forward cannon fires alongside a roof-mounted turret whose angle you can adjust on the fly, letting you rake enemies coming in from the sides, and the same button triggers your special weapons. Destroy a red vehicle and your cannon gains upgrades such as auto-aim, extra power or rapid fire that last until you lose a life, while blue vehicles drop secondary weapons like screen-clearing bombs, oil slicks and tire slashers. As the mission moves on, the car transforms into a boat and even a fighter plane, and the game does not forgive mistakes: one boss is a laser cannon that kills in a single hit, and the boat section is strewn with water bombs that do the same.
This is late-era NES work, released after the Super Nintendo had already reached stores, and it shows the polish Sunsoft's 8-bit games were known for. The soundtrack is credited to Naoki Kodaka, the composer behind the pounding, bass-heavy music of Sunsoft's Batman and Blaster Master, and it carries the same driving energy. It is no pushover, either: when Shinya Arino took on Battle Formula in an episode of GameCenter CX, the jet stage finally got the better of him and he had to give it up.
For Spy Hunter fans it is a fascinating branch of the family tree, and for shooter players it is a rewarding late discovery: a game that asks you to master speed, turret angle and power-up timing all at once, and pays that effort back with some of the most satisfying vehicular mayhem on the system.
Fast factsgame data via IGDB
- Released
- 1991
- Publisher
- SUNSOFT
- Players
- Single player
About the game
After Japanese video game developer Sunsoft ported Spy Hunter to the Nintendo Entertainment System, the company created Battle Formula with similar gameplay. Sunsoft America signed a deal with Bally Midway to release it outside Japan as Super Spy Hunter. The Super Spy Hunter has a super spy car. It's actually a well-armed car that can turn into a boat or a plane at opportune times. The action is fast vertical scrolling as the vehicle faces all manner of powerful vehicle threats from a well-funded terrorist enemy -- cars, trucks, helicopters, etc. Luckily, there are many powerups to collect along the way, both defensive and offensive.
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