Episode 126 - Spy Hunter

About this episode

This episode discusses the arcade game Spy Hunter and its NES port, highlighting its fun gameplay and nostalgia.

An early arcade game that got a close to perfect NES port, Spy Hunter was a fun high score challenge that is mostly forgotten about these days but the first NES game (along with the sequel) were some great fun! Check out the Afterglow linktree which has discord, patreon, and merch links as well as links to friends of the show at ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/Leathco⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Show Logo and Artwork from TobyVonDoom from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Secret Levels⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Intro and outro music by: Grim from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Lost and Gone⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ podcast and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Grim Glow⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ .

People in this episode

Host: Chris Leathco

Topics covered

• arcade games
• NES ports
• high score challenges
• retro gaming
• forgotten games

Keywords

• Spy Hunter
• NES
• arcade
• retro gaming
• high score

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Afterglow, Secret Levels, The Lost and Gone, Grim Glow

Products: Spy Hunter, NES

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