Uploaded June 2020 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
Haven't touched this classic in a looooong time. Now that PCSX2 can emulate it properly (almost), I thought it's time to give it the quality touch-up it deserves.
This is the first level. There are no real enemies. Think of it as a tutorial to demonstrate what the G-6155 Interceptor (the vehicle) is capable of doing. As each level goes by, there are upgrades that are unlocked for it. This can include offensive weapons (Machine Gun upgrades, Missiles, EMP, Railgun) or rear weapons (Smoke, Flamethrower). The gameplay isn't the fastest, but the goal is to give you the content in the highest quality possible.
I am also uploading levels of the Japanese release in parallel with this one. The playthrough of this level in the Japanese release is here: youtube.com/watch?v=BF6d7tTQjeg
Now before anyone goes and complains, the true 4K and 60 FPS only take place in-level. Menus, cutscenes, etc are all in 30 FPS. Menus with the FPS uncapped make everything go almost "too" fast.
This was a media project to bring the highest quality gameplay to YouTube. The production procedure was documented on CN_Blog: blog.claranguyen.me/post/2021/06/19/spy-hunter-production-procedure
Here's a list of changes to make the viewing experience better:
- Cutscenes were manually scaled to preserve their original aspect ratio
- Midway & Paradigm Intro Videos are 4:3 (1.33).
- Intro sequence and all mission endings are 48:25 (1.92).
- NOSTRA's video is at a true 16:9 aspect ratio.
- Properly separated 5.1 surround sound (After I enable it in sound settings @ 2:59) + Proper Stereo track mixed by hand.
- No audio clipping (Volume is intentionally set to 60% to give enough headroom)
- True 4K 3D rendered graphics + Widescreen Hack
- 60 FPS (Except in menus... Everything goes too fast)
- Toggleable Subtitles in 3 languages:
- US English
- UK English
- Japanese (NOSTRA Cutscene only, from the Japanese release)
Surround sound on the PS2 is a bit tricky, since PCSX2 doesn't support outputting it just yet. Though, when Surround is enabled in-game, a Stereo stream encoded with Dolby Pro Logic II is sent to the speakers. Dolby Pro Logic II was made to be split from Stereo to 5.1, so I got ffmpeg to split it for me. There's some cross-talk between the channels, but it works at least! And yes, YouTube now supports 5.1. That was a welcome addition by them. :)
Chapter Metadata:
0:00 PS2 Boot up
0:15 Game start up
0:54 Introduction Video
2:42 Name Entry and Audio Settings
3:10 Mission selection
3:21 Loading
3:37 Objective Overview
4:11 Gameplay
7:34 Ending Cinematic
7:46 Mission Results
8:02 NOSTRA Introduction
Haven't touched this classic in a looooong time. Now that PCSX2 can emulate it properly (almost), I thought it's time to give it the quality touch-up it deserves.
This is the first level. There are no real enemies. Think of it as a tutorial to demonstrate what the G-6155 Interceptor (the vehicle) is capable of doing. As each level goes by, there are upgrades that are unlocked for it. This can include offensive weapons (Machine Gun upgrades, Missiles, EMP, Railgun) or rear weapons (Smoke, Flamethrower). The gameplay isn't the fastest, but the goal is to give you the content in the highest quality possible.
I am also uploading levels of the Japanese release in parallel with this one. The playthrough of this level in the Japanese release is here: youtube.com/watch?v=BF6d7tTQjeg
Now before anyone goes and complains, the true 4K and 60 FPS only take place in-level. Menus, cutscenes, etc are all in 30 FPS. Menus with the FPS uncapped make everything go almost "too" fast.
This was a media project to bring the highest quality gameplay to YouTube. The production procedure was documented on CN_Blog: blog.claranguyen.me/post/2021/06/19/spy-hunter-production-procedure
Here's a list of changes to make the viewing experience better:
- Cutscenes were manually scaled to preserve their original aspect ratio
- Midway & Paradigm Intro Videos are 4:3 (1.33).
- Intro sequence and all mission endings are 48:25 (1.92).
- NOSTRA's video is at a true 16:9 aspect ratio.
- Properly separated 5.1 surround sound (After I enable it in sound settings @ 2:59) + Proper Stereo track mixed by hand.
- No audio clipping (Volume is intentionally set to 60% to give enough headroom)
- True 4K 3D rendered graphics + Widescreen Hack
- 60 FPS (Except in menus... Everything goes too fast)
- Toggleable Subtitles in 3 languages:
- US English
- UK English
- Japanese (NOSTRA Cutscene only, from the Japanese release)
Surround sound on the PS2 is a bit tricky, since PCSX2 doesn't support outputting it just yet. Though, when Surround is enabled in-game, a Stereo stream encoded with Dolby Pro Logic II is sent to the speakers. Dolby Pro Logic II was made to be split from Stereo to 5.1, so I got ffmpeg to split it for me. There's some cross-talk between the channels, but it works at least! And yes, YouTube now supports 5.1. That was a welcome addition by them. :)
Chapter Metadata:
0:00 PS2 Boot up
0:15 Game start up
0:54 Introduction Video
2:42 Name Entry and Audio Settings
3:10 Mission selection
3:21 Loading
3:37 Objective Overview
4:11 Gameplay
7:34 Ending Cinematic
7:46 Mission Results
8:02 NOSTRA Introduction
