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Sentences written about this title, gathered by type from the Japanese and English Wikipedia articles (as of 2026-8-30).

People (4)

The game was listed by AMOA as one of the US's top five highest-grossing arcade games of 1984, with AMOA later giving it the award for "most played" arcade video game of 1985 in the United States.

(English)English Wikipedia"Spy Hunter"from "Reception"

In 1995, Flux magazine ranked the arcade version 29th on their list of the "Top 100 Video Games".

(English)English Wikipedia"Spy Hunter"from "Reception"

"Dev Hunter", a game made in the style of Spy Hunter is included as an Easter egg in the first release of Microsoft Excel 2000.

(English)English Wikipedia"Spy Hunter"from "In popular culture"

In August, Johnson said the film was still developing without a director.

(English)English Wikipedia"Spy Hunter"from "Film adaptation"

Changed from the original (3)

In January 2004, screenwriters Mark Swift and Damian Shannon replaced the original writing duo to rewrite the script, with production slated for June.

(English)English Wikipedia"Spy Hunter"from "Film adaptation"

In April 2005, Penn was replaced by screenwriter Stuart Beattie to rewrite the script.

(English)English Wikipedia"Spy Hunter"from "Film adaptation"

In November 2015, Blanchard was replaced with the duo Neal Greaves and Sam Chalsen while Dan Lin and Roy Lee were set to produce the film.

(English)English Wikipedia"Spy Hunter"from "Film adaptation"

Numbers (2)

Computer and Video Games scored the ColecoVision version 80% in 1989.

(English)English Wikipedia"Spy Hunter"from "Reception"

Spy Hunter was slated to begin its budgeted $90 million production in spring 2004 in time for a summer 2005 release.

(English)English Wikipedia"Spy Hunter"from "Film adaptation"

Reception (1)

They praised the game music, controls and gameplay.

(English)English Wikipedia"Spy Hunter"from "Reception"

Firsts and onlys (1)

"Dev Hunter", a game made in the style of Spy Hunter is included as an Easter egg in the first release of Microsoft Excel 2000.

(English)English Wikipedia"Spy Hunter"from "In popular culture"

Disputes (1)

Shortly after Excel 2000's release, Microsoft officially banned Easter eggs from its non-game software.

(English)English Wikipedia"Spy Hunter"from "In popular culture"

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