There was a glitch in the sit down version you could park up and eat your sandwich ask your friend if he remembers it or am i mistaken

The car IS the boat. Like James Bond's Lotus.

When you said something about the 1984 Shelby Putt-Putt your mother just laughed and laughed. I still don't get it. Maybe you do.

SPY HUNTER TIPS / Factoids: 1) The Weapons Van button does not call the Van, nor call it faster. Its for starting the game, and the flashing-light alerts the player, that the van is about to come. 2) The TOP of the actual Weapons VANS, show an icon of what weapon that they are carrying 3) To bump the baddies FAR... use a very QUICK and HARD movement (SLAM THE WHEEL). The game calculates how much acceleration you put into moving the wheel, and weighs that against the baddies bump. The Spy Hunter wheel assembly is built like a Tank, and is specifically designed to be ROCKED as hard as you possible can slam it. You wont ever be able to break it (unless some set-screws got loose). Try to hit the baddies before they start to bump you.. for maximum potentials. 4) You can Bump the switch-blade cars with the REAR of your car.. if you hit them just before their front tires. This is a very tricky move to master... but if you do... you can pretty much get away without using any weapons on rear-approaching switchblade cars 5) While you have 3 Smokes, and 3 Missiles... Oil is based on how long you hold the button down, just like a real liquid container. You can use very quick presses to extend your oil reserves. However... if you press too quickly.. the amount of oil may not be enough to effect the baddies. 6) As the Van drops your car back on to the road, you can shoot it with a single shot, and still manage to get out of it, as its blowing up. The timing has to be very precise for this trick. 7) If you enter the Water.. and have OIL Slicks.. the Oil button turns into Fire Trails. 8) If the boat is too fast, it will Jump into the air... and wont steer well. Reduce speeds for better turning and control. You will need to be able to steer quickly, to avoid dropped mines. Get to land ASAP. 9) If you drive as fast as possible before the timer runs out, you CAN actually earn TWO extra men, instead of one. Be careful not to hit pedestrian cars, as that will stop the point counter for a few seconds. 10) The ICY Roads stage is the most Dangerous. Reduce pedal speed, and turning speeds. Try to stay in the middle of the road, and anticipate being bumped off the road. Try not to bump others, as your bumps on ice.. will tend to be nullified at best. If things get crazy.. rather than speed up.. try nearly coming to a stop, to have enemies pass right by you. If you have to speed up, drive towards the safest edge, based on the roads upcoming direction, and quickly slow down asap. 11) Remove cars behind you, using cars in front of you. Align then Shoot the cars in front, and juke away before it hits you... and if you aligned things well.. the wreckage will crash into the baddies behind you. While you will be penalized on points...you can do this with pedestrian cars as well. 12) You can actually have all three weapons at once. Especially if you are conservative, in how you use them. Make sure keep mental track, of how many missiles and smoke screens you have left. Remember, that after a truck, that one particular weapon is fully re-loaded. 13) When the Heli comes... try to position yourself in a spot where you want him to drop a bomb, such as near the edge of the road... so that you can juke into the center of the road, safely. If you are good, you can get the Heli to destroy enemies behind you too. 14) Placing the pedal on top of the pedal bar assembly will give you a faster car speed.. BUT... it will destroy the bar assembly quite quickly. One of my buddies glued a thick piece of wood between the pedals base... that was lower than the metal edges. This allowed the wood to ride on the bar instead.. which would only damage the wood, instead of the metal bar assembly. 15) Drop the gas peddle near/fully to get up to speed quickly, then back off about 50%? as you shift into high gear. If you shift into high with full pedal down... you are going to wreck really fast. The optimal speed, is high gear.. but low gas levels. You want to be just a hair faster than the baddies... and be able to quickly burst away from them, as needed. * The only time this does not apply... is when you are trying to reach for the two extra men, before your timer runs out. At that time... you want to really try to push your speed, as quick as possible, for as long as possible. 16) While you want to get up to speed quickly.. try not to turn too harshly into the middle of the road, too quickly. Enemies may suddenly fly up from behind or to the side. Keep the pedal at medium speeds as you enter... rather than trying to enter full pedal.. as you will likely crash into something. 17) Make sure the pedal assembly's screws are tightened and the gears are lubed well. A Loose pedal assembly will cause the gears to grind into total destruction. 18) If you are missing the pedals wheel bearing part... its the same part as a pacman joystick actuator.

That's pretty cool, glad he was able to get to it on the video!

The boat was true but there were a lot of other myths like a final level in a graveyard or a level where you turn into a motorcycle or get out of the car. People were just desperate for this game to be "beatable" in some way though it was just a never ending score chaser.

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On the home computer ports, the boat happens really early iirc

It’s pretty epic!

Lovely memories.

$.50 pizza slices.

I remember a sit down version of tempest.

@@thistlethrook2778 l remember playing the stand up version, l never saw the sit down version.

There was a sitdown Tempest... I've seen the Spy Hunter cockpit version but unfortunately I've never had one, I'd like to get one in though!

I grew up in arcades. I feel like it's a tragedy that arcades basically don't exist anymore.

Asmodeus Mictian they’re still big In JApan

Definitely a brilliant addition to it!

It was supposed to be the James Bond theme but they couldn’t get the rights to it. Funny how things work out because I think the Peter Gunn theme is perfect

Best thing with the spy hunter theme you get different guitar riffs. Some of them are awesome & I get goose bumps . When I get different a guitar riff, I make sure the limo appears on the screen to make it even better 😀 I played this game when it first came out back in 1983. The music caught my attention in attract mode when I was a kid. If you guys wanna know. The limo is a 1935 Cadillac . Bullet proof bully is a 1955 Chevy nomad. Switchblade : can’t make out what kind of car it is. Lt. Blue car is a volkswagon, red car is a Ferrari. Car your driving is a Porsche .

LOL you'd probably have to end up with SWAT before they gave you those, Kelly :)

Yeah I didn't even know there was one, LOL

Duneedon never even new. Crazy

I remember playing for 2 hours straight once. Got 963,000

Duneedon me either! I dropped $30 worth one night with friends and I wanted to kick this machine ass

That just means your really bad. I made it to the boat stage almost ever time I played.

It was pretty awesome, think of the money it must have made....

Yeah it was really something!

I'll bet you can still smell the popcorn when you see one of these :) We used to play some at the movie theatre but it was a few years later, that was something else going to the movies, blowing money on the popcorn and drinks, then seeing what games were in the arcade room down the hallway.... a completely different world back then!

Thanks for watching Russell!

@@JoshTheTechnoShaman did you do it?

@@Inf7cted if he did, they must be married by now.

LOL Yeah I can't get there either, haha Matt can though :)

Thanks Bren, we appreciate you watching!

It was definitely a thing :)

Thanks for watching virtualyme!-

That's pretty wild, I'd never heard of that! Thanks for the info.....

So - this doesn't work on the sit-down version? I regularly play the sit-down at the bar I DJ at: Blipsy Bar in L.A./Koreatown.

Thank you for watching!!!

Yup, and Van halen! LOL Yeah we had a local pizza place with it's own arcade too, it was pretty awesome... Maybe kids think the same nowadays when they go to a family fun center????

Bobbie Hall Mazzio’s in so jersey?

Mazzio's In Indiana?

Thanks for watching, Mark! See you on the next video.

I knew if I played it it would be BORRRRINNNNG , so glad we got Matt in to do it.

Thanks, we appreciate you checking it out. Yeah I knew I wouldn't get anywhere on it so I waited to film it until Matt dropped by, I knew he'd work it out for us :)

That's kind of where we got the inspiration to make the channel years ago... when I was a kid I never really played the games much at the arcade, I always watched someone else play because I didn't have much money! Thanks for watching Melanated Prose!

It's a great game Paul!

Good memories, I used to play them at a department store when I was a kid, they only had a couple... I played one at a grocery store too, they used to be all over the place!

Thanks Twig Son, your old man is finally going viral on youtube, they're recommending all my crap to everybody even if it's years old :)

The local mall here was called The Galleria mall too !

Yeah it's something special. The game has a completely unique design and sound.

This may be one of the cabinets you actually played on :)

Thank you for watching! it's definitely something special....

Thank you Micah, glad you enjoyed it!

I'll tell him you're living vicariously through him, he'll be happy :) Thanks for watching man, see you on the next video!

Wow what a ton of money! You must have had all the cool Star Wars stuff :) Even though you spent the money at least you kept the memories!

@@LyonsArcade If I had some of the original boxes I would have double it especially the tall Luke Sky Walker even though the sliding light saber was broke I got $100 just for him. One guy came and bought it all. Cant and don't want to think of the value of them now. By the way the theme song to Spy Hunter has been with me all day.......Thanks lol

You put the operators kids through college!

TyeMan Stop exaggerating you fucking jit.

They designed the music perfect had that nice wet and squeaky sound.

Think of the quarters!

I don't have any adjustments on my camera for that, the MCR games from Bally used a slightly different refresh rate so I guess it just matches the camera a little better!

I'd love to have one of those but I've never had one in!

Opryland! I can't bring myself to go ever since Little Jimmy Dickens died. I'll let Matt know your kind compliments, thanks for watching Jeff, we appreciate it!

Yeah, especially one like this with the crazy controls and lights on the bezel that indicate what's up!

Is Road Fighter also considered a knock off off this game?

Neal this might be the same exact cabinet you played back in the day, did you scratch your initials on it somewhere I can check ? :) See you on the next video!

Joe's Classic Video Games if it was in Hope Arkansas that was it!!

It's a classic :)

very cool Rana, glad you enjoyed it!

It probably saved you a ton of money, though!

I'll bet it was! These things were very magical when we were kids, the local arcade I can still remember even smelled different than most places, LOL

Yeah I remember when 'that guy" would leave and you'd take over, then like you said I'd end up losing every single life almost immediately as I hopelessly couldn't do crap like he was doing it, hahaha. Thanks for watching scott!

Thank you, I'll let Matt know you enjoyed it!

it's all in the sound, man!

@@LyonsArcade It's all in the game play! What a flashback ;)

Thanks for watching Ninjak, glad you enjoyed it!

It's been our most talked about video! Lots of people must have great memories of it.

Thanks for watching David, we appreciate you stopping by :)

I think he played the crap out of it when he was a kid, lol

@@LyonsArcade and a huge thanks to you for bringing these artifacts back to life. Tons of entertainment watching the troubleshooting and repairs.

It was definitely something special!

It was such a cool game :)

They were pretty cool :)

They need to bottle that smell, like the way the pepperoni and cheese used to smell at Pizza Hut back in the day... it's nothing like that now, I guess they changed something but it's nowhere near the same. If somebody never smelled it, they can't possibly remember it, just one of the quirks of growing up I guess!

Good memories Trixie Kat, he should have came in and played a few games with you :) See you on the next video, we appreciate you watching.

JORDACHE!

We appreciate it SG!

Thanks, we appreciate it!

Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed it 7upac!

"Ain't it funny how a melody, can bring back a memory" That's good you have good memories of it man, great game too!

It was a real gaming experience :)

It was a real gaming experience :)

It sure does! Even the colors and things.

Thanks for watching David, we appreciate it!

Very cool man, it's a fun game :) You must have spent a fortune to get that good at it!

@@LyonsArcade There was a guy who called himself "Dragon" who was crazy good at the game. His name was on top of every game score for Spy Hunter in the area. I decided that I wanted to beat him, so I did.... After watching him play for hours. Once I got the wheel, he never got it back until I quit. I could finish the game with a glitch that would screw the game up until you powered it down LOL! My giant score wouldn't get recorded but I didn't care. It was more about just thrashing Dragon at the game.

@@LyonsArcade First time ever revealed on YT (I don't care any more). My birth date 09/21/57. Coincidence? See my channel. It may accelerate your awakening. Wish I had a vid showing how I used to play. Would make this look so lame.

Thanks for the tips, Michael!

It was something else :)

You probably wouldn't like the rest of my videos, LOL

@@LyonsArcade That's OK, I'm decades out of practice so my playing isn't anything I'd record and upload myself. I grew up in Metro Detroit with a lot of cousins and free time. I know the 'classic' games very well because I always hung out with the operators when my quarters were gone. I was going to be an arcade operator, but the arcades all but vanished by the time I graduated high school. Every operator warned me to steer toward computers and programming. That's exactly what I did and still do.

Joe's Classic Video Games sounds like a David banner line from the 80s hulk, adapted

It's something else for sure!

Yeah they took it to the next level!

Man you did better than me :) Matt must have spent a fortune to get decent at it...

Yeah I was proud of myself for awhile, but to not be able to achieve that "magic" game just ate at me. I moved on to Tempest, Star Castle, Defender, Afterburner and Tron, and enjoyed them all. Many good hours were spent in the arcade.

Glad you found it again :)

it might be THIS one, you never know!

Thanks Peter we appreciate it man see you on the next one!

Yeah you can tell they took their time designing it.

I never played that one, I’ll have to check it out!

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Yeah I loved Operation Wolf back in the day but like usual wasn't any good at that one either!

It's pretty awesome! Very tough though....

Yeah that limo sucks! I don't like the cars that move slow either :)

@@LyonsArcade i got a emulator on my old XP MAME i think i have that game. Hard to keep that old digital world alive. Aahh 64mb's

I've never had one but I'd like to get one in for sure!

Thanks J we appreciate you watching!

I didn't check it out on this one, I should have put it real high so Matt wouldn't know what to do :)

That's so funny, I like the secretive, almost spy like nature of your plan, LOL Good memories, I love the name Winko Lanes too that's hilarious. See you on the next video!

Couldn't your mommy afford pants with pockets on them or what?

@@paulsolfelt8452 i left all my pants with pockets at your mothers house son.😊

Yeah it was!

We've had an Elevator Action in before but it's been a long time, most people have forgotten about that game!