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Spy Hunter is a port of a 1983 Bally Midway arcade game. The port was developed by U.S. Gold and published by Sega Enterprises, Inc. for the Atari 2600 and various home computers. The 2600 version was produced internally at Sega Electronics.
Versions
Amstrad CPC version
Rights for an Amstrad CPC port of Spy Hunter were picked up by first-party CPC developer Amsoft, who advertised its existence in a January 1986 Amstrad CPC catalogue[5]. Amsoft never managed to release any of the Sega games they had promoted, however, and while the company reaffirmed its intention to publish a CPC port of Spy Hunter in mid-1987[5][6], it did not arrive until later in the decade, when it was "re-released" by budget label Kixx.
Another opportunity to release the CPC version of Spy Hunter was missed with the 1988 U.S. Gold compilation History in the Making (which includes Spy Hunter as one of the fifteen titles). A CPC version of this compilation was reviewed by some publications of the day, but also does not appear to have been released. Spy Hunter was, however, included as part of the 1989 compilation Coin Op Hits, also by U.S. Gold.
The CPC version, coded by Choice Software has a 1986 in-game copyright, suggesting it was ready for release in Amsoft's original timetable.
Magazine articles
- Main article: Spy Hunter/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
Home versions US print advert
Commodore 64 print advert in (UK) #49: "November 1985" (1985-10-16)
Commodore 64 print advert in (UK) #51: "January 1986" (1985-12-16)
Commodore 64/ZX Spectrum print advert in
(UK) #38: "December 1984" (1984-11-16)
also published in:
- (UK) #39: "January 1985" (1984-12-16)[7]
Commodore 64/ZX Spectrum print advert in
(UK) #40: "February 1985" (1985-01-16)
also published in:
- (UK) #41: "March 1985" (1985-02-16)[8]
- (UK) #42: "April 1985" (1985-03-16)[9]
- (UK) #43: "May 1985" (1985-04-16)[10]
Commodore 64/ZX Spectrum print advert in
(UK) #44: "June 1985" (1985-05-16)
also published in:
- (UK) #45: "July 1985" (1985-06-16)[11]
Atari/Commodore 64/ZX Spectrum print advert in (UK) #47: "September 1985" (1985-08-16)
ZX Spectrum print advert in (UK) #14: "March 1985" (1985-02-28)
Physical scans
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References
- ↑ Computer & Video Games, "September 1985" (UK; 1985-08-16), page 38
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Computer & Video Games, "August 1986" (UK; 1986-07-16), page 26
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Computer & Video Games, "November 1985" (UK; 1985-10-16), page 107
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Computer & Video Games, "February 1985" (UK; 1985-01-16), page 97
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Amstrad Computer User, "July 1987" (UK; 1987-xx-xx), page 5
- ↑ Popular Computing Weekly, "Vol. 6 No. 27" (UK; 1987-07-10), page 40
- ↑ Computer & Video Games, "January 1985" (UK; 1984-12-16), page 48
- ↑ Computer & Video Games, "March 1985" (UK; 1985-02-16), page 44
- ↑ Computer & Video Games, "April 1985" (UK; 1985-03-16), page 56
- ↑ Computer & Video Games, "May 1985" (UK; 1985-04-16), page 87
- ↑ Computer & Video Games, "July 1985" (UK; 1985-06-16), page 34
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Computer & Video Games, "July 1985" (UK; 1985-06-16), page 25
- ↑ Zzap!64, "May 1985" (UK; 1985-xx-xx), page 40