This game is an underappreciated classic. And as most who love it would say, it requires patience to fully master this one, which is why the name of the achievement/trophy for Spy Hunter II on Midway Arcade Origins is called ''Patience of a Saint'' which is earned by just playing the game for 15 minutes straight.

another fantastic video. Thanks for multiple videos a week TNT! great stress reliever.

I find that playing this with a GRS Star Wars yoke for player 1 and a NEGCON for player 2 works pretty well. The Star Wars yoke has 4 buttons in the same place as the arcade and if you hook it to your control panel you can use the right joystick for the shifter. The Midway arcade treasures version shows you what gear you are in. Thanks for this video. It really helped me set up and understand the game better.

Great video, ready for some more Gottlieb pin videos. Love the system 3 games.

I just bought a WWF WRESTLEMANIA arcade using the SH2 cabinet. Now I know why there’s a big old empty piece of plastic, it’s where the steering wheels go. Now I feel like I found some treasure. It even has the Bally’s midway paint exactly like this video!

Double the maintenance, half the rake!

I can watch these videos all day. As a matter of fact...I DO!

I love the whistle Jonathon does when you try and point something unique out.......

I'm not much of a Spy Hunter fan but the games look cool, great video.

Yeah, that SH2 was a nice attempt at a more "updated" look, but I'd rather play the first one. LOL @ "All I do is paint" at the end. Great vid as usual guys!

Dud of a game, incredibly clean inside and a great place to cook breakfast. PS : great work on the glass order.

Todd’s latest auction brought me here 😬

At 7:54 i think it was really nice that Bally used the " Heavy duty thing " and not the light duty thing ....LOL . I think it makes all the difference ...

I'd work all damn day non stop if given the chance to do this as a job/career.

11:29 sounded exactly like my door bell ..had me fooled lol

I for one am very happy that Todd N Tuckey exsists in real life

i saw a spiderman control panel . hehehehe so anxious for the battletoads reveal!!

Mr. Tod, I am curious and want to learn how all the wiring and electronic boards of general arcade machines function, and was wondering if you can recommend any books, videos, etc. for me to better understand how these beautiful pieces of gaming history work. Thanks :D

ANOTHER CLASSIC FROM BALLY!

Are the Sounds Good board and Cheap Squeak Deluxe (music board in Spy Hunter, also known as the Artificial Artist board) the same, aside from using the same 68K CPU? There’s also the Sounds Deluxe board, which was used in Bally’s late 80s pinball games. It also used a 68K CPU. Dungeons and Dragons, Heavy Metal Meltdown, and Escape from the Lost World used that board.

It's neat to see what's inside an spy hunter 2 arcade machine. I just up voted this videos. Did I win anything?

Great games, I have a Pinball Tecnoplay X-Force that have some artwork that is same on Spy Hunter Pinball Backglass

I would like to see how they take the input from the steering and pedals and use that in the game.

Wow SH2 is really bad!

I remember the first time I play Spy Hunter II. I liked Part One & the Pinball Game better. But I still have love for Bally.

Todd, what's the worst video game sequel in your opinion? Loved your Spy Hunter II video and so far it's my number one worst video game sequel, but you've inspired me to play it and give it another whirl on my PS3 Midway Arcade Origins compilation.

I just picked up a real nice spy hunter 2 #750 do you know how many where produced?

The male character on SH 2 looks like Ed Bassmaster. Lol.

you ever thought of doing a live stream? web cams ect? it would be great

More screaming goat!!!

I only played Spy Hunter 2 on Nintendo which was the arcade Spy Hunter. I have played Spy Hunter at a movie theater which we don't have anymore and enjoyed it a lot more. As far as the sequel, I don't like it.

Wow, that is pretty cheap for glass. If I never pick anything up from ya'll I will def add that on to what ever I pick up.

musta been a good green screen for that cup :P the Phantom will be good I'm sure. anyone figure out that last contest? :P think Steve does more than paint though :D at least that one item hasnt' happened yet :) yet . won't say what. I'll Jinx it

I think we all have our obscure favorites. Mine is Escape from the Planet of Robot Monsters. I'm sure the new owner will be happy with his Spy Hunter II, but much like the other commenters in this thread, I did not like this game. I was super excited the first time I saw it in the arcade, but after playing, I don't think I fed it more than one token. Although, watching your video made me realize that I never considered the vendor's perspective. I can't imagine what it must have been like to drop thousands of dollars on these games and then when you test play, you realize it's a dud. What do you do? I'd guess you try to put it in a suitable location. It seems like people would play anything at a location like a laundromat because there's nothing else to do. I don't suppose you could send them back to the manufacturer and ask for a refund.

First Bitches.. Big Big Fan Tilt It!

I knew it I said to myself I have seen this guy before in a spy movie 😉😵. Gotta get a spy hunter cab but not the sequel 👎.

I always wonder who has their hand on their chin at the factory going, 'Yah this'll work.' what a fail this game was. Honestly they probably could have just used the exact same original game and just added some different enemies, maybe change up the weapons or even better added some buttons on the 'dashboard' (caltrops, flamethrower, mines) in addition to the triggers and switches, add some new zones to the driving experience. IIRC they eliminated a helicopter sequence in SH for being too ambitious for the time, they could have added it in S2. Heck I wouldn't have changed anything graphical, just built on the original. Graphics hadn't progressed that much by the time S2 hit but there was more experimentation with perspective views. SH was better as a top down. Woulda coulda shoulda...

This version of Spy Hunter looks terrible... the first one is amazing!

great vid Todd, but spy 2 is the worst. if you look at the guy on the marquee the guy is thinking" why did I agree to put my face on this piece of crap game!"

it's about time... again when they designed SH II what were they thinking? even the music sucked. the first SH was so much better. to bad it didn't have an ending of some sort. worst sequel ever. throw that POS off the roof.

worst arcade sequel is a cross between spy hunter 2 and joust 2

Junk. Worst sequel ever