Arcade Hits : Moon Patrol & Spy Hunter

by Game Boy Color

Product Details

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• ASIN: B000021Y3P
• Media: Game Cartridge
• Release Date: April 28, 1999
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #35,581 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Editorial Review

Showcasing two arcade classics from the early to mid-1980s, Arcade Hits: Moon Patrol/Spy Hunter is a hit-and-miss package. The hit is Moon Patrol, a horizontally side-scrolling game where you control a moon rover patrolling sector nine of Luna City. While fending off wave after wave of alien attacks, you must avoid totaling your rover on the boulders, craters, and mines that cover the lunar surface. Because the arcade game had basic controls (joystick and two buttons) and rudimentary graphics and sound, it's been faithfully reproduced here. Moon Patrol fans won't be disappointed. The miss is Spy Hunter, a vertically scrolling game that has you driving a James Bond-like car on a mission to take down the bad guys using an arsenal of special weapons. While this adaptation looks and sounds like the original, the controls are too awkward to make the game worth playing, as the Game Boy just doesn't have enough buttons for the job. --Joe Hon

Pros:

• Faithful adaptation of Moon Patrol

Cons:

• Awkward controls for Spy Hunter

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Moon Patrol is great, Spy Hunter bites, December 2, 1999

By 

Jeremy York "-beanish-" (Bothell, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Arcade Hits : Moon Patrol & Spy Hunter (Game Cartridge)

Moon Patrol is a great, faithful rendition of the original arcade classic. Drive your bouncy moon jalopy along, blasting obstacles and jumping over pits, blowing pesky UFO's out of the sky.

I found that the game is hard to play if there's any glare at all - many of the important features on the screen are hard to see. The bombs that the UFO's drop on you are especially hard to see if you're not playing somewhere with good lighting and minimal glare. Another disappointment is that the cartridge doesn't have a battery, so it won't save high scores or record time.

Spy Hunter is a waste. The controls are very awkward even if you don't use the special weapons. When you add in those weapons, trying to pull off something like B+left arrow for one thing versus B+up arror for another is just pointless.

If you fondly remember Moon Patrol and have decent vision, you'll have a great time. If you're hoping for a good version of Spy Hunter, well, you won't find it here.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Hrm.., May 1, 2001

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"spriseris" (St. Petersburg, FL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Arcade Hits : Moon Patrol & Spy Hunter (Game Cartridge)

Growing up, I played both Moon Patrol and Spy Hunter in the arcades, then on the Atari 2600 console and Atari 800XL computer. The Spy Hunter reminds me of the Atari 800XL version of Spy Hunter, slightly easier than the 'real thing' but still awkward to get your car moving fast enough to be effective, but slow enough to give you time to react to things coming down the road (typical Spy Hunter problem though). For a better Spy Hunter, and a faithful arcade adaptation, go to shockwave.com and play theirs. As far as Moon Patrol, the music is hard to hear, and the UFO's are hard to shoot and and dodge, but it is a faithful arcade adaptation. Unless you REALLY liked these two games in the past (to discover this about yourself, ask yourself "Can I hum the Moon Patrol theme?"), I wouldn't suggest the purchase. I feel I paid $15 too much for this $20 cartridge..

7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, November 13, 1999

By A Customer

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Arcade Hits : Moon Patrol & Spy Hunter (Game Cartridge)

Not a good version of Spy Hunter, as the maneuverablility is not good on this platform. Am awaiting a version of Super Spy Hunter somewhere. This is just not fun to play.