Popular Culture References
In "Hit, Run and Homicide", a first season episode of Murder She Wrote, Jessica realizes the solution to the episode's mystery while playing Spy Hunter in the Cabot Cove grocery store.
A version of Spy Hunter is included as an Easter egg in the first release of Microsoft Excel 2000. It requires DirectX to work. Shortly after Excel 2000's release, Microsoft officially banned Easter eggs from its non-game software.
In March/April 2008, Pontiac aired a commercial featuring Spy Hunter with the Pontiac G8 GT taking over as the hero car after the original car is destroyed.
In the popular Zynga game Mafia Wars, a car is available called the Hunter "Spy" XS.
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