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7. The Rock (SpyHunter: Nowhere To Run)

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Terminal Reality's 2006 revival of Bally Midway's combat car classic Spy Hunter is a curious example of a film tie-in for a movie that never saw the light of day, resulting in the faintly ludicrous situation of none other burgeoning action hero The Rock starring in a game ostensibly concerned with nothing but on-the-road action. It's a bit like paying megabucks to cast Vin Diesel as the main character in a driving sim.

Oh, wait. Midway did that too.

Anyway, because they had The bloody Rock on board - and absolutely no film to help boost sales - the developers realised they'd better scrape something a bit more substantial together to justify his fee. What we got was a peculiar action-espionage hybrid, which largely abandoned the fundamental principles which had made Spy Hunter such a success 23 years earlier.

Nowhere to Run is interesting in hindsight, in the same way it'd be interesting if, for example, Jason Statham was integrated into a new Pac-Man game. Interesting, but not good.

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Benjamin was born in 1987, and is still not dead. He variously enjoys classical music, old-school adventure games (they're not dead), and walks on the beach (albeit short - asthma, you know). He's currently trying to compile a comprehensive history of video game music, yet denies accusations that he purposefully targets niche audiences. He's often wrong about these things.