Line #4 VideoGame/SlySpy


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2	''Sly Spy'', alias ''Secret Agent'', is a 1989 action UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame by Creator/DataEast inspired by popular works of SpyFiction. The player takes control of an agent with a three-digit code name, who shoots through nine stages to save his country (the U.S.A., ''not'' England) from the terroristic menace known as the Council for World Domination.
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4	Conversions of the game for the Platform/{{Amiga}}, Platform/AtariST, Platform/{{Commodore 64}}, Platform/AmstradCPC and Platform/ZXSpectrum were developed by Software Creations and released by Ocean Software.
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6	See also ''VideoGame/SpecialProjectY'', another spy-themed arcade action game released the same year by Konami.
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8	!!Tropes appearing in this game:
9	* ArtificialLimbs: The boss of the third level is a GiantMook with two metal arms.
10	* BossRush: The climb up to the FinalBoss recapitulates every previous BossBattle that wasn't fought underwater or in a vehicle.
11	* DamselInDistress: One stage has a woman held captive by the boss and is [[UnwillingSuspension hanging midair]] with her arms above her head.
12	* {{Expy}}: Unsurprisingly, some of the bosses are this, most notably the third boss (who is a dead ringer for [[Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe Jaws]]), and the sixth (who looks like [[Film/{{Goldfinger}} Oddjob]]). Of course, the main character is an unnamed American Expy of Franchise/JamesBond himself.
13	* FreeFallFight: The first stage begins with the protagonist shooting {{Mooks}} skydiving over Washington, D.C.
14	* HelloInsertNameHere: The game begins by asking the player to enter a three-digit "security clearance code" which then becomes the agent's code name. Inputting [[Film/JamesBond "0-0-7"]] ''is'' allowed.
15	* IKEAWeaponry: The game has you collecting five parts of the "Golden Gun" ([[Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun get it?]]).
16	* JetPack: Some enemies fly in on jetpack, and when killed will sometimes drop theirs for you to use.
17	* MonumentalBattle: The first stage involves a firefight with terrorists in front of the Lincoln Memorial.
18	* OhCrap: The final boss has this after you break through his barrier while a spiked ceiling is lowering towards you.
19	* SexyDiscretionShot: Beat the game and you'll be treated to a scene of the hero driving around with a accompaniment of beautiful women. When you put in your initials and the high score table pops up, a female voice will moan, "Oh, Sly!"
20	* ShoutOut: Since the game loves to use so much from the Film/JamesBond series, let's run down some of what's been borrowed.
21	** Level 3 introduces a [[Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe Jaws]] expy, though instead of metal teeth, he has metal arms.
22	** Level 4 introduces a boss in a [[Film/ForYourEyesOnly JIM diving suit]] before he sics a giant shark at you. He reappears in level 7.
23	** Level 6 introduces an outright [[Film/{{Goldfinger}} Oddjob]] expy.
24	** The OneHitKill super gun you can get is the [[Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun Golden Gun]].
25	** Not a James Bond reference, but the final level has a headless Franchise/RoboCop body lying at the start.
26	* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Once killed, the shark boss can be shot at until it is torn apart in [[{{Gorn}} graphic detail]].
27	* ThreateningShark: The underwater levels have these as enemies that die in one shot. The first water level has a great white shark as a boss.
28	* ThrowABarrelAtIt: Some {{Giant Mook}}s carry and throw barrels.
29	* UndergroundLevel: The sixth level is in a cavern leading to an underground hideout.
30	* UnderTheSea: The protagonist dons a scuba suit to go underwater for the fourth and seventh stages, which feature ''Film/{{Thunderball}}''-style harpoon combat.
31	* WeaponizedHeadgear: An [[Film/{{Goldfinger}} Oddjob]]-like boss attacks by tossing his hat like a boomerang.
32	* WolfpackBoss: The first BossBattle is nothing but a huge mob of mooks that attack you individually with punches, guns or bombs. The fifth boss does nothing but send a bunch of tigers to charge you from both sides of the screen.

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