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''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.

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.

See also ''VideoGame/SpecialProjectY'', another spy-themed arcade action game released the same year by Konami.
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!!Tropes appearing in this game:
* ArtificialLimbs: The boss of the third level is a GiantMook with two metal arms.
* BossRush: The climb up to the FinalBoss recapitulates every previous BossBattle that wasn't fought underwater or in a vehicle.
* DamselInDistress: One stage has a woman held captive by the boss and is [[UnwillingSuspension hanging midair]] with her arms above her head.
* {{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.
* FreeFallFight: The first stage begins with the protagonist shooting {{Mooks}} skydiving over Washington, D.C.
* 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.
* IKEAWeaponry: The game has you collecting five parts of the "Golden Gun" ([[Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun get it?]]).
* JetPack: Some enemies fly in on jetpack, and when killed will sometimes drop theirs for you to use.
* MonumentalBattle: The first stage involves a firefight with terrorists in front of the Lincoln Memorial.
* OhCrap: The final boss has this after you break through his barrier while a spiked ceiling is lowering towards you.
* 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!"
* ShoutOut: Since the game loves to use so much from the Film/JamesBond series, let's run down some of what's been borrowed.
** Level 3 introduces a [[Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe Jaws]] expy, though instead of metal teeth, he has metal arms.
** 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.
** Level 6 introduces an outright [[Film/{{Goldfinger}} Oddjob]] expy.
** The OneHitKill super gun you can get is the [[Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun Golden Gun]].
** Not a James Bond reference, but the final level has a headless Franchise/RoboCop body lying at the start.
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Once killed, the shark boss can be shot at until it is torn apart in [[{{Gorn}} graphic detail]].
* 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.
* ThrowABarrelAtIt: Some {{Giant Mook}}s carry and throw barrels.
* UndergroundLevel: The sixth level is in a cavern leading to an underground hideout.
* UnderTheSea: The protagonist dons a scuba suit to go underwater for the fourth and seventh stages, which feature ''Film/{{Thunderball}}''-style harpoon combat.
* WeaponizedHeadgear: An [[Film/{{Goldfinger}} Oddjob]]-like boss attacks by tossing his hat like a boomerang.
* 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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