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Questions And Answers
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Paul Dean
Guinness Book
High Score
Spy Hunter High Score
June 28, 1985
9,512,590
1. How long did I practice before I got my world record on
June 28, 1985?
Three hours a day four to five days a week since 1983 when
the game was first in my local Arcades, Flipper Flapper,
Gold Mine and Castle Park in my home town, CA.
2. How do I contact Paul Dean?
Go to [contact me] page
3. Where did I get my high score?
Guinness Book 3rd Annual Video Game Contest Masters Tournament
June 28 - 30, 1985
Upland Family
Fun Center
1500 West 7th
Upland, CA 91786
(909)-985-1313
4. How long did I play Spy Hunter on June 28, 1985?
11.5 hours
5. When was I first published in the Guinness Book of World
Records?
1986
6. Have I gone to any other Tournament Competitions?
I went to the State Championships for the
1979 Asteroids State Competition, after winning a
local contest after a 14 hour high score for Asteroids.
I did not win the State Competition because it was a three
minute speed score contest and not a longevity contest. My
goal for playing has always been to get the high score so
that I could put my initials, PMD, up for my friends to see.
7. Did I practice much for my spy hunter high score?
Three hours a day after school each day for about two years.
8. Will your high score ever be beat?
Anything is possible.
9. Could I teach my strategies to others who could improve
on
my score?
You can't find a Spy Hunter any more to show my skills.
10. Is my high score impossible to get because no one has
come
close to this score and therefore a bogus made up score or
some
sort of fake score?
I played in a legal competition, Third Annual Masters Tournament,
with official referree present.
11. What is the main reason I did so well on Spy Hunter?
Practice. That is what it is all about.
12. What was my second best high score?
I had gotten over two million on several occasions.
13. Why did you do so much better in the Masters Tournament
than your average score?
I was in the zone do to the magnitude of the competition.
14. Could you ever repeat your performance?
I do not play at the level I used to play at and it would
take a long
time to play at that level again.
15. Have you continued to play video games?
I don't have time but would love to get back into game playing.
16. What is special about you that makes you 10 times better
than any other player out there?
I tried harder and practiced more than other players
17. What makes a good games player?
Curiousity. You have to want to push the envelope.
18. Could I do well on another game if I was interested in
mastering it?
I haven't made the time to master another game but would like
to play again.
19. Am I in touch with any other great players?
They all got married and got busy with their jobs
and families and are not available. It would be great to get
them all together again.
20. Would I start playing video games again?
It takes up more time than I have but would love learning
about
video games again.
21. Could you master a different video game?
If I had more time I might do well at another game.
22. What games did you do well in?
Asteroids, Time Pilot, Front Line, Frenzy, Tutankham, Spy
Hunter
23. Why did I play video games?
To hang out with people with similar interests of mastering
video games.
24. Why did you create this web site.
So others could relive the 1980's video era, and look up high
scores.
25. Are there Spy Hunter tricks that can enable a player to
get a high score?
Yes, but not legal for the Guinness Book Records. A few tips:
1. Curvy Roads Trick: Shooting cars around the bend to get
more points while staying on the side of the road and
not moving when dropped off by weapons van.
2. Helicopter Trick: Allow helicopter to drop bombs in front
of you while you are slowly moving forward. The
bad guys will crash into these helicopter bomb holes.
3. Bridge out Trick: Go over bridge by getting in van before
bridge out which will allow you to go over the bridge.
Stop at bridge and Limo cannot cross this bridge out.
Watch bad guys go over into the water sometimes getting
points at end of bridge out.
4. Follow Weapons Van Trick: Allows you to stay alive
because weapon van stays between you and the bad
guys ahead of you.
5. Stay off Road Trick: When you are in a bad area,
summon the weapons van and make sure it drops you
off at the far right side of the screen. Stay far
right until you are in an area that is easier to
navigate, and then go back on to the road. There
by missing curvy roads and icy roads. This also gives
you the ability to gather weapons without taking
any risk of dying on the road. You will not get
points, but you won't die either.
6. There are some areas you can stall out to far right
side of screen and not die. This is useful for
avoiding bad guys and racking up points if you stall
out right before a big helicopter bomb crater. This will
only work after a successful bridge out crossing.
7. Keeping the weapons van between you and the limozine
will keep you from being shot by the limozine. The weapons
van becomes a shield for you.
8. In order to control your machine gun, only use short
bursts when shooting at all vehicles.
9. Don't shoot at vehicles that aren't bad guys because
their wreckage debree can be a hazard to your driving.
10. Avoid the Enemy Limo: Summon the weapons van when you
see the limo
coming out because you are safe in the weapons van. Once you
come
out of the weapons van stay on the side of the road and speed
to
the next season on the side of the road. This confusses the
limo
and gives you a chance to get into another weapons van for
safety
and for new weapons from the weapons van.
11. Only use smoke and oil slick in small amounts so you
wont run out when you really need it.
12. Don't speed it won't give you enough reaction time for
bad guys coming
from the top of the screen.
13. Getting refill of Weapons: Go full speed on the side
of the road as far
as possible in order to get through the screens. This is the
quickest
way to get to the next season and to the next weapons van
with new weapons.
14. Longevity: The goal is not to kill the bad guys as much
as it is to
live as long as possible so I play the game in a moderate
mode without
taking any excessive risks. Let the bad guys come to you and
take your
time in taking them out.
15. Avoid Accelerator: The reason most people do so poorly
on this game
is because they cannot handle the gas peddle and go to fast.
Take your time and set up your shots and then take them when
there
isn't to many obstacles on the road. I consider this to be
an
endurance game because if you play it right it is just a matter
of
setting up your enemy and taking him out when you feel it
is safe to
do so. I don't rush my shots and I take my time when each
new enemy
appears.
16. Avoid the Enemy Limo: Summon the weapons van when you
see the limo
coming out because you are safe in the weapons van. Once you
come
out of the weapons van stay on the side of the road and speed
to
the next season on the side of the road. This confusses the
limo
and gives you a chance to get into another weapons van for
safety
and for new weapons from the weapons van.
17. My favorite weapons are smoke and oil slick and so I
try to keep
these until I really need to use them. The best time to use
either
of these is when the limo is right behind you. The limo is
the
hardest vehicle to take out and is usually the vehicle that
can
take me out the fastest by shooting at me.
18. When I am certain that I am going to die any second I
use all the
oil slick and smoke screen all at once giving me ample time
to get
into a better position. This technique has saved me on many
occasions
when I became desperate to survive and couldn't get into the
safety of
the weapons van.
19. Spiked Vehicles: Sometimes you can push another vehicle
into the spiked
enemy vehicle which knocks out their spikes. After they are
despiked
they are easier to get rid of. Some times you can bump the
weapons van
into them to despike these vehicles. Other times you can knock
their
own non spiked car into their spiked car which will take care
of them.
20. Helicopter: Let the helicopter make its first pass over
you before
attempting to blow it up. It will usually pass you quite quickly
and
them come around slowly the next time, making it an easy target
for
your missles. If you don't have missles, summon the weapons
van and
try to get to the next season as quickly as possible in order
to gather
a new type of weapons from the weapons van. Stay on the side
of the
road as long as possible.
21. High Score: These tips aren't so much about how to get
a high score
as they are of how to survive the game. The points will come
if you
avoid being killed. The error most players make is in thinking
that
if the points don't come fast that they aren't doing well.
But what
is more important is surviving for the long hall. If you can
stay on
the game for a couple of hours without dying then you will
have a good
score even though the points come slow with the strategies
that I have
suggested above.
22. Wide Blue Enemy Car: This car doesn't have spikes
and is easy to kill but I like to just follow behind it and
leave it
alone so that I can just gain points without having to worry
about
any car taking me out. Most the time I am going the same exact
speed
or a little bit slower than the enemy cars. I go slower when
I feel
I need more space for safety.
23. Water Trick: I like to go into the water and change
into a boat only
after I complete going over a bridge out.
Twin Galaxies [Video Game Golden Age.]January 18, 1982 -
January 5, 1986.
No [Blue Book] unallowed tricks were used in my high score.
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