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ActionStrategy / tactics

Spy vs Spy

by First Star Software, Vatical Entertainment·published by Beyond Games, Tynesoft, Wicked Software

1 October 198430
AmigaNESAtari STSEGA Master SystemCommodore 64Apple IIAtari 8-bitZX SpectrumAmstrad CPCBBC Micro

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7.2/ 10

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About

MAD magazine’s comic strip of the same name comes to life in this game which was designed for one or two players. The split-screen shows both spies at the same time. Play with a friend or against the machine.

The black spy and the white spy are out to outsmart each other before the time bell rings. Find the needed objects (money, passport, secret plans and airport door key) by searching rooms in the embassy, which include desks, file cabinets and other furniture. Foil your opponent by setting creative booby traps in the various rooms (a bomb in a dresser drawer, for instance). Traps can be disarmed with objects found in rooms (a water bucket from a firebox on the wall will disarm the bomb in the prior example). When all the items are together in the secret briefcase, head for the airport door.

Fights ensue when both spies enter the same room and are armed with clubs.

Ways to play

Modes

Single playerMultiplayerSplit screen

Together

Split-screen

Perspective

Side view

Players

2 offline

Ported as

Spy vs Spy

Languages

1 languages, with audio, subtitles and interface
Languageaudiosubtitlesinterface
English——

Also known as

MAD Magazine's Official Spy vs. Spy — Manual/In-game title

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Released

1 October 1984

Platforms

AmigaNESAtari STSEGA Master SystemCommodore 64Apple IIAtari 8-bitZX SpectrumAmstrad CPCBBC MicroElectronPC-88Commodore 16, Plus/4Sharp X1

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Top 95% by visits

Tags

Side viewFixed / flip-screenPuzzle elementsSpy / espionageLicensed