Spy vs Spy

Spy vs. Spy is an action-strategy game based on the MAD Magazine comic strip by Antonio Prohías. Two rival spies—the Black Spy and the White Spy—race inside an embassy to collect four items: money, a passport, secret plans, and an airport door key. The screen is split horizontally so players can watch both spies simultaneously. Gameplay involves searching desks, file cabinets, and furniture across multiple rooms. Players can set or disarm creative booby traps like bombs hidden in drawers, spring-loaded punching gloves, and water buckets on doors. If both spies enter the same room, a fistfight ensues, with weapons like clubs and daggers available for extra damage. The first spy to secure all four items and reach the airport door wins. A two-player mode is the heart of the experience, but single-player against the computer is also available.

NES

Released in Japan on April 26, 1986, in North America in October 1988, and in Europe on July 27, 1990 . Published by Kemco, who handled both development and publishing in Japan under the Kemco*Seika label . The NES version features music composed by Hiroyuki Masuno . Critics note that the game retains all core mechanics from the original including split-screen action, trap-setting, and item collection across eight different embassy maps . The NES port simplifies trap selection by cycling through options with the B button, removing the "Trapulator" interface found in computer versions . Weapons like the club and dagger deal two and three times damage respectively compared to fists . While some reviewers found the graphics and sound lacking compared to other versions, the two-player mode remains highly enjoyable .