Spy vs Spy
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…
Spy vs Spy is an arcade developed by First Star Software, released 31 December 1984 on Game Boy Color, Sega Master System/Mark III, Acorn Electron and Amiga.
What Spy vs Spy is
Spy vs Spy is an arcade game developed by First Star Software and released in 1984. It was published by Beyond Games. It is available on Game Boy Color, Sega Master System/Mark III, Acorn Electron, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST/STE, BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore 16, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Commodore Plus/4, PC-8800 Series, Sharp X1 and ZX Spectrum.
The premise, in the publisher's words
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.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and comedy. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
Where it sits in the Spy vs. Spy series
Spy vs Spy is the first of 6 entries we hold in the Spy vs. Spy series. The next entry was Spy vs. Spy II: The Island Caper in 1985.
How it was received
Spy vs Spy holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 17% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1984 averaged 73, so it scored 13 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Spy vs Spy launched on 31 December 1984, within three weeks of Impossible Mission, Jet Set Willy, 3D Starstrike and Bomb Jack. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Impossible Mission, Jet Set Willy, 3D Starstrike, Bomb Jack.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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