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Spy Vs. Spy (Computer Game)

First published by First Star Software in 1984 for the Atari 8-bit family, Commodore 64 and Apple II computes, Spy vs. Spy was an innovative two-player, split-screen game. It was based on MAD Magazine's long running cartoon strip about the slapstick antics of two spies trying to kill each other with improbably complex and elaborate traps and weapons. Sequels included Spy vs. Spy Vol. II - "The Island Caper" and SPY vs. SPY Vol. III - "Arctic Antics". The original Spy vs Spy computer game series can be played on a PC using a Commodore 64 emulator downloaded http://www.server64.com/emulator.asp, here. The same site includes downloads for http://www.server64.com/gamedownload.asp?GameID=261&From=gameslist.asp&Search=S*, Spy vs Spy, http://www.server64.com/gamedownload.asp?GameID=262&From=gameslist.asp&Search=S*, Spy vs Spy Vol. II - The Island Caper, and http://www.server64.com/gamedownload.asp?GameID=263&From=gameslist.asp&Search=S*, SPY vs. SPY Vol. III - Arctic Antics. Category:Apple II games Category:Atari 8-bit family games Category:Commodore 64 games Category:1984 computer and video games

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Spy VS. Spy (Video Game)

Spy Vs. Spy is a Nintendo game where the object is to set traps and defeat the enemy spy. Two players can play at once on a split screen, or a single player can play against a computerized opponent. The scene of the game is a fairly bland looking building (The manual refers to it as an Embassy but it looks more like a house) that may contain four or more rooms. Each room has several hiding places where either player may hide one of the items needed to finish the level, or a trap. To be able to exit the level and be declared the winner, one player must reach the level's exit door while holding four items: The briefcase, the passport, the money, and the key to the door. Only one instance of each item exists in the level, and the two players are in a constant battle to gather all four by any means necessary. Each player is able to thwart the efforts of the other by either combat or traps. Combat is simply the act of walking up to the other player and punching or stabbing him until he dies, and traps are items that you can plant either inside a room or hiding place to damage or kill the opponent. Just as there are an array of traps, there is also a way to defend against most of them. Every trap but the time bomb has a remedy. Some of the booby traps available are:

DYNAMITE BOMB (Remedy: Water bucket)

GIANT SPRING (Remedy: Wire cutters)

WATER BUCKET (Remedy: Umbrella)

TIME BOMB (Remedy: None, though the spy's face will turn blue upon entering a time bomb trapped room) The water bucket kills by electrocution.

External link

http://www.atarihq.com/tsr/manuals/spyvsspy.txt Spy vs. Spy instruction manual. Category:NES games

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I Spy

:''This article is about the guessing game. I Spy for the television series. I-Spy was a series of spotter's guides for children, popular in the 1960s and 1970s.'' I spy is a guessing game usually played in families with young children, partly to assist in both observation and in alphabet familiarity. I spy is often played as a car game. One person starts by choosing an object (perhaps a ''cow'') and says "I spy with my little eye, something beginning with the letter C". The other players look around and suggest things it might be: "Crow" (no), "Car" (no), "Cloud" (no), "Cow" - yes. The person who guesses correctly gets one point and also gets to choose the next object. When played in a car, a family need to decide beforehand what to do about items within the car (usually excluded) and things that are no longer visible (the field with the cows is a mile back - usually permitted but the 'I spy'er has to say "I can't see it any more" and "I can see it now"). A slightly more challenging version uses phrases - "I spy something starting with B A W C" for "Black and white cow". Another variation of this game is to play using colors, such as 'I spy something that is green'. Category:Car games Category:Guessing games Category:Children's games

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I Spy

and Robert Culp appear on the cover of this 1960s paperback based upon the series.]] :''This article is about the television series. See I spy for the guessing game, and I-Spy for the series of spotter's guides for children.'' ''I Spy'' is a 1960s NBC American television series spoofing the spy thriller genre. It teamed Robert Culp as international tennis pro Kelly Robinson, and Bill Cosby as his trainer Alexander Scott. In reality they were both top agents for the CIA and, while ostensibly traveling the world on the pro tennis circuit, were usually busy chasing villains, spies and beautiful women. ''I Spy'' broke new ground in that it was the first American television show to feature an African-American actor (Cosby) in a lead role. It was also notable that Cosby's race was never an issue in any of the stories. Nor was his character in any way subservient to Culp's, with the exception that Culp's character was a more experienced agent. Another way in which ''I Spy'' was a trailblazer was in its use of exotic international locations in an attempt to emulate the James Bond film series, but this was unique for a television show, especially since the series actually filmed its lead actors at locations ranging from Japan to Italy, rather than relying on photography and stock footage. (Compare with the current series, ''Alias'' which also utilizes worldwide settings but never actually films outside the Los Angeles region.) The success of the show is attributed to the chemistry between Culp and Cosby. Fans tuned in more for their hip banter than for the espionage stories, making ''I Spy'' a leader in the buddy genre. After the show went off the air, they teamed again for the film ''Hickey & Boggs'' (1972), a downbeat and violent story that failed to capitalize on what ''I Spy'' audiences had loved. In 1994 they teamed once more for the nostalgic television movie ''I Spy Returns'' (in which the aging spies have to leap into action once again to rescue their

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Spy Vs. Spy

''Spy vs. Spy'' is a wordless black and white comic that has been published in ''Mad'' magazine since 1961. The comic was created by Cuban Antonio Prohias, who fled to United States in 1960, just days before Fidel Castro took over the Cuban free press. The comic features two spies, Black and White, who are constantly warring against each other. The typical plot is always the same: one spy is planning a scheme to kill the other spy, and then the other either turns the plan against him or comes up with a brilliant counterplan of his own. The title panel of the comic almost always features a one-panel gag presenting one spy besting the other; the main comic then uses the rest of the panels to tell a different short story with the other spy winning. Sometimes the comic is called ''Spy vs. Spy vs. Spy'' and features a female spy, Lady in Gray, with whom both White and Black Spy are in love. The Lady in Gray ends up always winning against both spies. ''Spy vs. Spy'' animated short cartoons and computer games have also been made. In 2004, PepsiCo licensed the characters for use in a series of television commercials for its Mountain Dew soft drink. ''Spy vs. Spy'' is now drawn by Peter Kuper. The "Spy vs. Spy" cartoon was symbolic of the Cold War, and was Prohias's comment on the futility of armed escalation and détente. Under the Spy vs. Spy title panel, the words "BY PROHIAS" are spelled out in Morse Code. "Spy vs. Spy" has now entered the public lexicon to mean anything where two opponents are constantly trying to one-up each other.

http://www.leedberg.com/mad/spies/spies.html Spy vs Spy Gallery Category:MAD Magazine Category:Comic strips de:Spion und Spion sv:X & Y

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