Spy vs. Spy (1984 video game)

This article is about the 1984 video game. For 2005 PlayStation 2 game, see Spy vs. Spy (2005 video game).
Spy vs. Spy
European C64 cover art
Developer(s)First Star Software
Compile (PC-88, X1)
Kemco (NES)
Sega (Master System)
Publisher(s)Beyond Software (UK)
Tynesoft (BBC, Electron)
Wicked Software (Amiga, ST)
Kemco (NES, GBC)
Sega (Master System)
Robots and Pencils (iOS)
Designer(s)Michael Riedel [6]
PC-88, X1
Satoshi Fujishima
Programmer(s)C64
Michael Riedel [6]
Atari 8-bit
Jim Nangano[6]
PC-88, X1
Takayuki Hirono[6]
Composer(s)C64
Nick Scarim
NES
Hiroyuki Masuno
PC-8801, X1
Masatomo Miyamoto
Platform(s)Acorn Electron, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, BBC Micro, Commodore 64 Commodore 16, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, NES, Master System, PC-88, X1, ZX Spectrum
Release
1984
  • Atari 8-bit
    Commodore 64
    Amstrad CPC
    Apple II
    ZX Spectrum
    NES
    Master System
    Amiga
    Atari ST
    Game Boy
    • NA: January 16, 1991
    Game Boy Color
    • NA: August 1, 1999
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Spy vs. Spy is a video game written by Michael Riedel for the Commodore 64 and published by First Star Software in 1984. A port for the Atari 8-bit computers was released simultaneously. It is a two-player, split-screen game, based on Mad magazine's long-running cartoon strip Spy vs. Spy, about the slapstick antics of two spies trying to kill each other with improbably elaborate traps and weapons.

It was ported to the Apple II, ZX Spectrum, Acorn Electron, Atari ST, BBC Micro, Commodore 16, Amstrad CPC, Amiga, Master System, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Nintendo Entertainment System. A 3D remake/remaster of the same name was released for the Xbox and PlayStation 2 in 2005.

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