Spy Hunter: Nowhere to Run is a racing

Racing game

A racing video game is a genre of video games, either in the first-person or third-person perspective, in which the player partakes in a racing competition with any type of land, air, or sea vehicles. They may be based on anything from real-world racing leagues to entirely fantastical settings...

 video game for Microsoft

Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...

 Xbox

Xbox

The Xbox is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Microsoft. It was released on November 15, 2001 in North America, February 22, 2002 in Japan, and March 14, 2002 in Australia and Europe and is the predecessor to the Xbox 360. It was Microsoft's first foray into the gaming console...

, Sony

Sony

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 PlayStation 2

PlayStation 2

The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...

 released on September 5, 2006. A PC

Personal computer

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 version was released in 2009. It is the first installment in the Spy Hunter

Spy Hunter

Spy Hunter is a 1983 arcade game developed and released by Bally Midway. It has also been ported to various home computers and video game systems....

series to allow the player to play as the character and not only the vehicle.

Nowhere to Run was intended to be a tie-in to a movie by the same name. However the film got stuck in development hell

Development hell

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 and the game was released as a stand-alone.

The game stars Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as government agent Alex Decker, who replaces Alec Sects, the "Spy Hunter" who was to have been the main character of the movie. Johnson is no longer affiliated with the movie project.

Spy Hunter: Nowhere to Run is published by Midway Games

Midway Games

Midway Games, Inc. is an American company that was formerly a major video game publisher. Following a bankruptcy filing in 2009, it is no longer active and is in the process of liquidating all of its assets. Midway's titles included Mortal Kombat, Ms.Pac-Man, Spy Hunter, Tron, Rampage, the...

, developed by Terminal Reality

Terminal Reality

Terminal Reality is a video game development and production company based in Lewisville, Texas. Founded in 1994 by ex-Microsoft employee Mark Randel and former Mallard Software general manager Brett Combs, Terminal Reality develops a variety of games including racing games , 3D action games , and...

. The game has an ESRB

Entertainment Software Rating Board

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rating of T.