Spy Hunter is definitely one of my all time favorite childhood games. I've played it numerous times on my old Nintendo and in the arcade. So as you can imagine, I was pretty happy to find out that Pocket Express ported this old 1983 Midway arcade game to the Palm OS along with four other classic arcade games. The Midway Arcade Classics package contains the following five classic arcade games for your Palm OS device: Joust, Defender II, Spy Hunter, Sinistar, and Root Beer Tapper. Spy Hunter is definitely the highlight out of all the Midway Arcade Classics but the other games are nice to have too.

All the games have been optimized to create as authentic an arcade experience as possible within the confines of your portable device.

• Spy Hunter is kind of a weird premise now that I look back at it. For some reason, the highways are crawling with driving Spies. Your mission is to knock the Spies off the road, without killing the innocent civilians which are all over the highway as well. Your default weapon is a set of machine guns mounted to the front of your sexy red sports car. But the occasional special weapons truck can stock you up with all of the same weapons that you had in the arcade. Just drive up the ramp into the weapons truck to get everything from oil slicks, smoke screens, and missiles. Watch out for sneaky enemies, icy roads, and special detours. You can even turn your car into a boat and race the waterways to wash out the enemy there, too.
  
  
• In Joust, just as in the original, you will take to the air on your winged bird of prey and defeat opponents with your javelin. In case you forgot, this is the basic plot of Joust: In the future, brave knights will climb onto their birds of prey and compete for the ultimate goal--their lives! The basic premise of Joust is simple. You just fly around the arena and knock your opponents out of the sky with your trusty lance. This version of Joust has over 100 levels.
  
  
• Defender II lets you use your spaceship and antiballistic weapons to defend your planet from attacking aliens. Fly your spaceship at dizzying speeds and use lasers and special weapons to defend the planet and save the astronauts. You must combat wave after wave of deadly aliens in order to survive! Fly your spaceship over the planet’s surface in an attempt to destroy the aliens that are abducting your astronauts. You are equipped with a laser canon and a limited supply of smart bombs. These bombs are useful for taking out a large number of enemy ships on a single screen – without harming any astronauts on the screen. Aliens will abduct humans, but you can blast the aliens and rescue the humans with good shooting and fast flying!
  
  
• Sinistar sets you against the game's eponymous villain and his merciless hordes. Fly through the asteroid belt and defeat Sinistar and his evil hordes. Mine planetoids for Sinisite crystals to use as bombs against Sinistar himself, and keep your lasers ready to fend off the enemy spaceships!
  
  
• In the game Root Beer Tapper, your goal is to pour frosty mugs of Root Beer and fling them to your customers without breaking any mugs. I'm pretty sure in the original arcade version you were serving Beer not Root Beer. I guess Midway had to make this game a little more kid friendly. Anyway, the drink orders come faster and faster, so you’ll need quick reflexes to keep all your customers happy. Root Beer Tapper features 4 different types of levels: Cowboy bar, Sports bar, Punk bar, and Alien bar, Unlimited levels, and a 2-Player mode. You'll need to perfect your bartending skills as you serve it up for everyone from cowboys to aliens!

The game play is fast and bug free for all 5 of these games. It's hard to believe that these old favorites can look and play so well on a Palm! A lot of times these arcade game ports to the Palm sacrifice game speed and crash a lot, but not the Midway Arcade Classics. Midway and Pocket Express did a great job in bringing these games to the Palm.

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