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Another one of these games where whoever made it had paid a lot of money for a licence I'd never even heard of.

Apparently the black and white spy were 'well known'(!?) in MAD magazine in the eighties.

But when a game is this good - who cares?

This object of this is to collect the bag and the four items needed to get on the plane out of the embassy. You could only carry one object without the bag so it was really the vital thing to find first.

You had to search all of the objects in each of the rooms to find these items. And when you had them an exit door would appear so you could make your escape.

Not so easy when you are up against another spy who is trying to do just the same thing.

The two spies could set booby traps for each other, making doors or objects lethal. This resulted in some great death animations that were always much funnier when they happened to someone else.

If the two spies were in the same room together then all of the objects they were carrying were hidden again in that room and a duel began.

This was the weak point of the game - since a duel was just the 2 spies waving their swords at each other and due to a glitch the spy that attacked from the right always seemed to win.

Despite this flaw, the game never felt broken. This is still a game that I load up and play today. If you've never had a go, it is well worth wasting some time on.

1985 Beyond Software (UK)
by Tag and The Kid

One of the most original and crazy games of '85, does justice to MAD magazine.
First Star Software claims the game uses 2 revolutionary gaming techniques, 'Simulvision' (split-screen display) and 'Simulplay' which allows both players to play simultaneously. Whether revolutionary or not the fact is they work very well, even if the graphics are a bit bulky and odd.
The object of the game is to get out of the building and reach a plane waiting on the runway, carrying with you 4 objects on a briefcase.
But the most interesting thing in the game are the traps that both spies put in their paths. It's even fun to watch the computer play against itself. But the real fun is really playing against a friend.

An entertaining game that sees you searching rooms for various objects while laying traps for the other spy who is doing the same thing. Watching one of your mates get hit by one of your carefully placed traps is one of life's greatest pleasures.

Playing a single player game against a computer opponent just isn't the same but as a two player game it's a riot.

The presenteation is cute but ... where is the joy here ? ? ?