Spy vs. Spy (NES) Playthrough - NintendoComplete
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- Опубліковано 31 лип 2018
- A playthrough of Kemco's 1988 license-based competitive action/strategy game for the NES, Spy vs. Spy.
This video shows each of the eight levels played as White Spy.
Spy vs. Spy for the NES is a port of an old 1984 computer game based on the comic strip that used to run in MAD Magazine. The Japanese version of the NES game was released in 1986, the US version in 1988, and the Europe version in 1990.
The premise is simple, though it can be a bit difficult to glean by watching the game if you haven't played it before. Each stage (apparently all taking place in embassies) has five items, hidden in furniture, that need to be collected in order to escape: you need to find a sack of money, a passport, a key, an airline ticket, and because you can only hold one object in your hands at a time, the suitcase is needed to hold all the other items. Once you have all these things, you just run to the exit door and watch the fun little cinematic showing your escape. Everything is hidden, but thankfully you do have access to a map that shows the location of the items, the booby traps, and both players.
Both spies require these items to escape, but only one can come out on top. This is where the weapons and traps come in. You can place booby traps in the furniture and on the doors to wipe out an unsuspecting or inattentive spy. If you are careful, you can disable traps with special items. For instance, if you know that a bucket of (electrical?) water has been put on top of a door you want to go through, you can find an umbrella and pass through it safely. There is also a knife and a club to be found, in case murder is more your thing. Each time one of the spies meets with an untimely end, they lose all of the items in their possession, they're sent back to their beginning room, and they get slapped with a timer penalty.
That's about all there is to it. It's very simple, but it's very effective at getting friends yelling and swearing at each other as they race for the exit. The graphics and sounds are simple, but they do their job just fine - Spy vs. Spy is really a game that doesn't rely too much on a fancy presentation. The animations are fun, though, and the simplistic sprites reflect the line art of the comics well. Well, as well as can be done in a half-screen 8-bit series of line drawings, any way. The spies' personalities come through well with the animation, at least. The sound is somewhat less than great, though. That main tune plays incessantly and can be catchy at times, but you'll probably just find yourself muting it before too long.
Every time you play, all of the items, weapons, and traps can be found in the same places, and the spies spawn in the same rooms every game. While this might not initially seem ideal, as long as both players are familiar with the layouts, it turns the game into something that's far more strategy-oriented than a simple hidden-object game. The downside is that the CPU is an idiot, so once you know the locations, you can beat it without much problem at all. Two players is definitely the way to go here.
My sister and I used to play so much of this game when we were kids. They had it at one of the local rental shops, and even though we were never very good at, we always got a kick out of blowing each other up with all of the random traps. There's not much variety to it, and some of the later stages are a bit too maze-like for their own good, but there is potential to sink many, many hours here.
And for anyone that really can't get enough of Spy vs. Spy, the NES also received a Japanese-only port of the sequel, The Island Caper. The Game Boy, however, also received a port of this sequel in all three territories. Despite the title, "Mad Magazine's Official Spy vs. Spy," making it sound like a port of this game, it is actually conversion of the The Island Caper.
Random side note here - even though the games are completely unrelated, has anyone else noticed how Kemco seemed to like porting PC games featuring maze-like embassies to the NES? Between this an Rescue: The Embassy Mission.... I have no idea, it's just a random parallel I noticed. But they really did know good multiplayer gaming. This and North & South are proof of that.
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No cheats were used during the recording of this video.
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This game needs a modern remake. A designer could have a field day coming up with various puzzles and strats
There was a modern remake via a mobile port, but it has been delisted for a few years
There was a 2005 version for the PS2 and Xbox.
@@89GTFoxdlDude he said modern
among us.
Imagine if they added the gray spy and robo spy as playable to make a 4v4
The memories. My sister and I played the heck out of this. I remember we would get so mad at each other XD
The same here, hahaha. Yelling, crying, throwing controllers, getting mom... it was all fair game when my sister and I played.
mad >>>>>>>>>magazine!
Oh I loved this game.
Megan Farncomb, I used to play this game all the time with a friend. For it’s time it was very well done.
oh wow! me and my sister also played the heck outta this game! were basically married now! wna frigg?
Who'd of thought a great NES multiplayer games would come out of the pages of MAD magazine? On top of that it's an hilarious comic strip.
I actually played this on Gameboy with the small NES cartridge back then. I never heard of the comics until Cartoon Network's MAD kicks in.
yes Yes YES
Gotta be honest there cute
🥰🥰🥰
Spy vs. Spy is one of those timeless multiplayer classics that can keep you coming back for years for "just one more round."
My sister and I had a blast with this when we were kids, and it's still surprisingly engaging to play now. Just make sure to read the manual if you haven't played before - it's pretty necessary.
please play this on the master system. it really is the superior version. and yes... this game is a blast. one of my absolute favorites.
I am actually intending to post that version of it, as well as the Game Boy sequel, at some point :)
Amen!
I remember playing this game with my father in the 90's. Really brings back good memories.
how's your sister doing now?
Had this game in my gameboy, never understood what to do and constantly died.
Same bro, I never really did know what to do
I guess no one ever did, even the feel ones who managed to finish the game.
I just got the nes on shopee and I think the idea is to win
@@edoy8530 you were suppose to collect all four items, put them in your bag and get tot he airport
Idk I just figured it out. I used to play it sooooo much as a kid. I don’t even know what ever happened to it.
Randomly clicked on this video, and I'm really feeling this soundtrack
Edwin if you like the soundtrack check out “All spies” by flying lotus
One of my favorite game soundtracks… it has stuck around in my head after all these years
same
@@TimothyW8 I think I wrote this comment because it reminded me of Logic's song "Limitless."
Played this so much back in the day, had every level memorized...they never change.
Love the memories this video brings back.
My dad and I used to have so much fun with this one. I was like four or five years old and we would rent it all the time.
Good times.
I liked how the game progresses split-screen all the time except when one side enters the same room.
I remember this NES game since I was younger, and it was a difficult game with all of the mazes which makes the game more playable, and it was a 2-player co-op game.
And in addition, MAD Magazine is shutting down after 67 years of publishing comedy and humor, and it had a section on “Spy Vs. Spy” where it had lots of slapstick just like in a cartoon. I used to read MAD since I was a kid and it brings back some memories. I surely missed it so much. We’ll make this game as a tribute to MAD Magazine.
RIP: MAD Magazine (1952-2019)
I have not looked at this game in 30 years, I forgot how addictive the music is
Who would’ve thought that an nes game based off of a property such as spy vs spy out of all things could be considered a classic
Kemco really gave it there all here
I actually remember playing the Xbox spy vs spy game a lot back in the day it’s a lot of fun
I like when I read in the description of the video that you had a good time playing it with your sister.
I sometimes play games with my brother and it is pretty cool, remember people play videogames with your siblings is rad.
About the game I remember got scared up when the enemy came to get me, The concept looks like something fun.
Thank as ever, Alex.
I remember playing that game when I was a kid in summer camp at the community center and at my friends house. I’m a Spy vs Spy fan I skip the MAD magazine pages to see the Spy vS Spy comic. In this game story is that the Spies Black and White are at the emissary building and meet each other by the order of their leaders to obtain the 4 Treasure of Top Secrets and reach the door with a airplane picture. Then you arrive with a suitcase and ready to take flight on the plane and Black Spy got blown up.
You play as White Spy as the hero and computer play as Black Spy as the villain. You set traps or kill each other by face to face in the room. And who gets the last laugh wins. The XBox version when play multiplayer we got Red and Blue Spy in it so cool. I’m making my own Spy vs Spy cartoon but today is only one Spy name Orange Spy as my own. Antonio Prohias God bless your soul, Amen. I will love to read your original work and some day I will make you proud. A Cuban comic artist who created a best comic. He is a Hispanic animator and comic book artist. And I’m the same as him. I will be famous just like him.
P.S. I’m a Puerto Rican/Colombian American born in New York
My dads two brothers would play this all the time and one of them would just go around and booby trap everything so when you tried to beat it you couldn't because you couldn't diffuse all the booby traps before time ran out or you died. This is easily the most hilarious game that has ever been created.
This game was released the same year I was born, and I played this game when I was like 5 years old. Growing up in a non-native english speaking country, I didn't understand how this game was played, didn't understand the objectives. We didn't know what to do, or how to win. It was so weird really. Now, as an adult, I understand the rules and I bet I would have enjoyed it much more if I could understand back then.
I was the Same way. Funny how some of us came back for the same reason.
This was My First NES Game...
I was already a fan of MAD at a young age and began collecting in the late 80s.
Played a LOT of this one back in the day. Besides being a huge fan of MAD (I have the WWF issue framed, actually), this one was just simple fun. That and the music that plays during the game is AWESOME.
Ha, I remember this game.. 😄 I invested hours of playtime. So much fun👋👽👍
I've been looking for this game for like 10 years xD
So from one level to the next, the cpu never gets any smarter? It just affects the building’s layout?
This was my shit when I was 4-5 years old, my mom had a Nintendo from when she was younger, and we played on it together everyday after school, now I'm 13, raised by a legend, grew up on nintendo.
I remember playing this game on a gameboy. I had no idea wtf is going on back then
In the higher levels I used to look for only one item, find it and go look for the exit door. Then hide the item in a chest a few rooms away from the exit door. Then trap the chest and the door as well for good measure. Hide in the next room and enter only to fight should he defuse the traps as a last resort. 9/10 he sprang one trap and died. When he died I stole all his items and just won. Seems boring now, but just waiting for the AI to find all items and kill him right before he won felt like the ultimate cheese. And I was able to beat high levels as a kid.
This game was always narcotic. I loved playing it so much. Looking forward Steam version of this game!
The fact I'm only 16 and feel massive nostalgia from this--
I played this all the time up in Arkansas.
So much fun in one game.
I remember playing this game on my gameboy advance back in the day, I have no idea on what I am doing, I enjoyed putting some traps on rooms which is just ridiculous and it did take me a lot of time just to beat 1 lvl.🤣 good old memories
Probably me and my brother's favorite game of all time 😂😂😂
How is the c64 version so much better?!
The sound the graphics, especially the fact the levels randomize. Even the way the plane flies off at the end.
I still got this game and play it from time to time.
I still remember distinctly my friend playing this, getting both hand-held weapons and the full briefcase trashtalking me all the way, only to run into the time bomb I set in the airplane room.
I was a big fan of Mad Magazine and Spy vs Spy but I never once played this game. Sometimes I don’t understand myself.
I don't know why, and I wasn't even born when it was released, but it strangely reminds me of my Childhood. My father might have played this game back when he was a child but I dont remember ever owning a copy of it. Also, I don't remember anything regarding the gameplay. I just remembered an image and I had to find it. Now here I am with no connection at all being nostalgic about a videogame I've never played.
This is probably the only place I will ever share this but I will always have this in the back of my head.
I never knew the Spy vs Spy series is THAT old...
MAD was around since 1952. Spy vs. Spy made its debut nine years later in 1961. According to its creator, Antonio Prohias, it was a parody of Cold War ideologies. Even years after the Cold War ended, the comic has been a staple of MAD's identity to this day, alongside its mascot, Alfred E. Neuman.
I remember having this on a 99 games in one and it had come with a knock off game cube controller with a blaster but it had the real authentic games and playes this exact spy vs spy and it was the only game i played but for some reason the console caused the screen to break, so i always thought the longer i leave it the longer it will stay normal, fast forward 8 years later i totally forgot about it and randomly found it and played it for 2 days in 2019 was fun but sadly screen glitched again, good memories
I remember this being one of the 1st games my dad rented for me, I had no idea what the fuck to do.
Such a beautiful NOSTALGIA
The ost is so nostalgic... But i never managed to defeat the other spy when i was a kid
i loved this game
Did anyone notice the white soy also wore a black fedora like his nemesis? Thanks for uploading this 😜
I used to play the shit out of this game with my older sis, also with my dads kitchen helpers as well (I grew up in a restaurant) during their breaktime
I'm from Brazil and I've played this game many times
My brother and I are this on a bootleg famicom system, it's fun and the music isn't bad either
I was never much of a fan of the first one, nor Arctic Antics (Had the C64 versions), but The Island Caper was tons of fun for me and my brother. I never realized these got ported, but it makes sense since Kemco was doing the Macventure series as well.
I was always disappointed Spies in Space never happened.
cant unsee the bootleg version of this game that vinny played
Como los viejos tiempos :')
One thing that minorly bugged me about this game was that the white spy is wearing the black spy's hat with the white band. I questioned whether that was a mistake or a resource issue, and yet the black spy is wearing a black hat with no band at all.
Jaleco actually also did a pair of Computer-to-FDS ports of Knight Lore and Monty on the Run for Japan only, although they certainly didn't try to stay anywhere close to the roots of each game. Both would actually be worth a look at someday, maybe also with their home computer versions.
Dillon Tam Seriously, Monty on the Run? Iirc, isn't that the old PC game that's on the TG16 as Impossamole? I adored that game. Or at least its soundtrack on the Turbo lol. I'll have to check it out.
There were lots of PC ports on the NES. Kemco's were generally very good. Then there were ones like Overlord or King's Quest V, were alright but way too ambitious for the hardware. And then some were absolute poo... like Jaleco Japan's version of Maniac Mansion, Valis, or Battle Chess.
NintendoComplete Not really, Impossamole is a completely different beast to "classic platformer hell" Monty on the Run, although they both feature the same character. It's basically the Battletoads of the UK home computer scene (not PC). A bit out of your forte, but if you ever approach C64 games Monty on the Run and its sequel Auf Weidersehen Monty are something to behold for their infamous "learn or die" precision platforming.
Dillon Tam Ah okay then. Hmm my curiosity has been piqued :)
I played this game in Japanese version, it's amazing.
Lol! I remember getting fried countless times by the "electric" water bucket (my guess is the water short-circuited whatever gadgets the wretched spy was carrying at the time). And didn't Kemco create Shadowgate as well? (another maze oriented game)
Lol. I always assumed it came out during madtv hey day. As a kid i thought it was a madtv licensed game.
Greatest days of my life.
Bro imagine a spy Vs spy show and this was one of the episodes, looking underneath drawers and other house stuff to find money, airport, papers, a key, and a suitcase
Well they made 2 or 3 spy vs spy shows so maybe they done this one
I Love Spy vs. Spy ❤️
i played this when i was 7 or so, it was a pretty complex game for a kid, i had no idea what i was doing back then and always get owned by the ai. to the point i find this game creepy. looking back, the music although i feel is one of the best 8 byte music for its days, still incites the spooky feeling of getting hunted just like when i was 7 and playing this.
Same dude this game used to freak me out when I was a kid and it still does to this day, their long faces creep me out
Oh, man! Good times!! XD This game was *THE SHIT!* Fun times with a friend!!! Hiding traps and shit in the objects and whatnot. Is *MAD Magazine* even still around? I mean, they should be. I was really into them like back in 2006. In any case, I'm sure many people will agree with me that *Spy vs. Spy* was always one of their best features of all time. Such clever cartoons! Brilliant! I read those all the time! lol
I only watched Mad cause of spy vs spy
I respect Peter Kuper and his 20-year plus run with the Spy vs. Spy strip, but he simply can't hold a candle to Antonio Prohías's original work.
Love this game
Been playing this game on Gameboy
I had a bootleg copy on the Apple II fun stuff
Eric Eberle Haha man, I think this game ended up on everything by the end of the 80s! How was the Apple II version?
AMAZING
lol how did you record this so HQ ?
MAD TV! 1 of the best parts of the show. Wondering if itchy & scratchy is the older of the 2
Spy Vs Spy is far older than Itchy and Scratchy. I remember it from my childhood, and I am over 40.
Good music
Hm, don't much recall watching my uncle/brothers play this one, but I know they've got it because the cartridge was always pretty attractive. xD
I'd play my Nefew in this game and beat him every time ! this is one of my favorite games
Wait there are multiple levels?
I'd agree with a new spy vs. spy. Laughter is the best
Such old school elders and our laughing in ways found this game
Idk what it is about the theme song but it makes me feel really sad.. like I lost something or I'm missing someone hard.
I’m fourteen and this is just my favorite game on the nes… but no one plays it
Spy vs spy deserves to be released on the nintendo switch
Forget the show. This was the real shit right here 🕶💣
Soundtrack is very underrated
I remember playing this
But I didn't understand the music to it. Felt like it was in the wrong game
Cool
Need this for the switch asap
My lovers game of NES
Memories
I played this game last night 😅
What? How? You got the nes?
Cual es el objetivo del juego?
Better do the V for victory!
I remember this game when I was 8 or 9
I still play it now
I found mine in shopee
2 player was fun.
This is SCARY
HAHA, I remember this one. Tho it was always weird to me that the knife caused more damage than the gun.
And I HATED when they put time bombs on rooms with stairs in them, so you couldn't move out of the room again in time.
Thais game's theme is sooooo catchy
fun fact: this was developed by the same company responsible for top gear (kemco)
Classic
The fact the player seems to know where everything is and just runs to the objective is so boring then the fun I had playing this as a kid.
I never understood how to play this lol
OMG das hatte ich auch XD
Agora entendi agora eu saquei agora todas as peças se encaixaram
Oh wow
How to play this
"Cry Me a River" by Justin Timberlake sounds similar to the music that plays in the game's levels.
12:24 Was shooting him to death like that really necessary, lol?
There should be a cartoon about this like loony toons
Did this game scare the shit out of anyone else as a kid or is it just me?
05:25
But what's the objective? Can someone explain?
As the white spy, get the passport, key,money bag, and top secret file to the airport with the briefcase while avoiding or disarming black spy traps.