

The Interceptor is also a versatile vehicle, able to transform from car to boat and back again.


Aside from the smoke screen, oil slick, and front-mounted guns found in the original, your supercar can be equipped with heat-seeking missiles, defensive flamethrowers, and more exotic weaponry, like an electromagnetic pulse cannon. The core mechanics of the arcade classic remain intact-that is, you can drive down stretches of road and blow up any enemy cars that cross your path. Taking to the road in the G-6155 Interceptor, you'll travel around the world to locations such as the canals of Venice, the autobahns of Germany, and the Panama Canal. The game's story plays out like an unmade James Bond movie, pitting you as the lone superspy up against an evil organization known as the Nostra, which is conspiring to drain the globe of its power. It manages to bring this classic drive-and-shoot arcade game into the next-generation of polygonal gaming without losing the core appeal of the original. Midway has certainly been guilty of squeezing its franchises for everything they're worth and then some, but its PlayStation 2 remake of Spy Hunter qualifies as more of a revival than a cash-in. Popular games tend to have sequels and be imitated ad nauseum, and classic titles are often recycled by publishers looking to cash in on existing name recognition. As we all know, history has a way of repeating itself, and this maxim is no more evident than in the field of video games.
