Play Super Spy Hunter Online

Sunsoft released Super Spy Hunter for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1992, a time when top-down shooters and run-and-gun action were common on the platform. It stood out by putting you behind the wheel of a heavily armed, transforming vehicle instead of controlling a soldier on foot. The premise is straightforward: a terrorist group seizes control, and your mission is to stop them by driving through hostile territory.

You control a prototype combat car that can switch between different weapon configurations on the fly, like spreading shot or homing missiles, by collecting power-ups dropped by enemies. The main objective is to survive each stage, which scrolls vertically or horizontally, destroying everything in your path from enemy vehicles to helicopters and fixed gun emplacements. The pacing is relentless, with constant incoming fire and narrow escapes, and the difficulty is punishing if you lose your weapon upgrades. Driving that car, swapping guns while dodging bullets, makes you feel both powerful and completely outgunned.