I just finished watching a speedrun of Sly Spy. It was very interesting. Sometimes, the golden-gun pieces were deliberately skipped so that it was later completed in the underwater sections. Having the golden-gun for the underwater bosses made them die instantly. For the tiger fight, he deliberately fired away all his ammo so he could boot the tigers in their heads for faster kills. For the Oddjob fight, again, he went in without ammo to jump-kick him in the head. He beat the game in less than 10-minutes.
There are some pretty wacky exploits in Double Dragon as well, the speedrunner doesn't even bother to stop for bridge Abobo, just leaves him unscathed 😁
Again PatManQC comes at me with a brilliant video of a game I’ve never actually played. A spy game in the bad dudes style?! Why did I never see this. Watching this on my projector while in lockdown. Thanks Patman. Great stuff.
I played this a long time ago at the local county fair as a kid and have been trying to remember the name for decades, thank you for covering it and helping me solve my mystery!
Never seen Sly Spy in my arcades. But I sort of stopped going there around 1987 as new games didn't appealed to me anymore. Late 1970s and eartly to mid 1980s was "my time". Thus I played a lot Data East games earlier. One I really liked was Astro Fighter but didn't know it was by Data East. First time a recognized their logo was on Karate Champ.
Hey I just wanted to tell you I’ve only recently found your channel and I absolutely love it! It has made self quarantine much more bearable. Thank you so much for all this education on one of my life’s loves.
As I went through all of the thousands of games on MAME - this one was a terrific surprise! .. I've always loved James Bond; I've seen every single one, Dr No was the first movie I actually saw in a cinematic setting. So - loading this up and recognising all of the references was a treat. There are surpisingly few "spy" games ... for arcade machines, Spy Hunter is one of the only obvious other nods to James Bond and his gadget-laden cars. Cloak and Dagger from 1983 is worth checking out Elevator Action also deserves to be considered a good spy game
You know, Data East really were the unsung heroes of gaming. They released so many absolute smash hits, it absolutely boggles my mind that at some point - they went under, and before we got the Shadowrun 2 that was promised to us, sadly. Data east, you are sorely missed by this 90s kid. If only you had stayed in business a little longer, what might have been.
I'm genuinely shocked; I mentioned this one in passing on another one of your videos and you actually went and did it! Excellent work too, including stuff I never even knew! Thank you so much! ^_^
inphanta Yeah I mentioned it a while back too. Pat must have a long list and adds to it as we go. I’m hoping for Legend of Kage!That game on the C64 made me foam at the mouth with anger 🤣
I discovered this game through Data East Arcade Classics a few years ago liked it so much that I decided that I needed it for my favorite machine- my Atari ST. I purchased it just a few months ago and love it.
A personal fave of mine as a kid but I never had enough money in my pockets to ever near completing... ok I don’t even think I got to level 4 🤣.You get all the fun of Bad Dudes with added Bond-ness so it’s a win win! I always got the name mixed up with The Super Spy by SNK for Neo Geo. That played like an on rails first person perspective fighter/shooter. Fun in its own right but I love Data East stuff .First class video Pat. 👍
It's one of those games I'm surprised they never got sued for. They were very lucky. Also 0:31 as someone who grew up with James Pond that was hilarious reference. 😄
First, I loved it when you said "pop" because that's what we say here and people always make fun because of it haha. Next, I can't thank you enough for making these videos, I know I commented before that, at the beginning of this lock down, my wife left and took the kids. I have congestive heart failure from a massive heart attack and a quadruple bypass, so I can't leave the house. Things have been terrible here and the loneliness gets unbearable, but each time you post a video, it really helps get through this all. Also, I love the games of old, seeing as I am old haha. I know I do this on every video, but I just want you to know you are appreciated and I always look forward to seeing what's next! Thank you my friend :D
You know I never knew about this arcade game so thanks for telling me about it I would have definitely enjoyed it back in the day even today I would like to try it out.
Awesome arcade documentary as always, sir! Though I believe the James Bond actor referenced in the clips is Timothy Dalton, not George Lazenby. I love your videos, they take me back to the days when our family would vacation to the US and I would look forward to playing at the arcades. You are a blessing to those memories.
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries Oh! my apologies. I had missed that reference. Lazenby was definitely the greatest bond ever, HaHa. Thanks for correcting me on that, and I look forward to your future vids. Cheers!
Used to love this on the C64, especially the music (tried to make the shorter levels last as long as the tunes!) Only thing was, I had it on tape and loading each level took ages...
I loved this game when I was in the arcade. I always wanted them to port this onto the early Nintendo consoles and the Genesis. Also I would put either 007bor 086
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries James Pond was a downright decent game sir! :) Especially for the early days it the Genesis. For whatever reason, I never played the sequel.
I've found a bunch of games like this recently that I enjoy... Cyber City and Special Project Y are two others in this platform shooter James Bond knockoffs. Oh yeah and Thunder Jaws by Atari is a really underappreciated gem in a similar vein too. I like all of these games.
Oh man I thought I dreamnt thia game. I remember running into this machine during the 90s on vacation at some random hotel if my memory serves me right. I always got this mixed up with Rolling Thunder
Ah yes my arcade cabinet was running it yesterday. But I think it is in my list as the title "Secret Agent" indeed. It is so obviously Bond it is hilarious 😆
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries It seems one Japan version and a "World" version. But on the title screen it shows Secret Agent while a female voice says "Slyyyy Spyyy"
when you are talking about entering the 3-digit code at 2:20 it sounds like you cut your own sentence off with the 007 line. I can't tell if you were trying to say that entering a code does nothing, or that the 007 code does nothing - but you cut yourself off before you could finish what a good code would do.
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries I just bought it on the Nintendo switch. I guess its better than nothing lol. this game had potential for multiple sequels and everything.
I remember seeing that game at an arcade. The game would do a demo mode like other games. The game would go through the intro. It would end with a woman with a very sexy voice. She would say, Slyyyy Spyyyy!
You should check out the gpd xd its a great handheld gaming emulator device. I downloaded alot of arcade games and nes,snes, gb,gbc, games. I have to add the Sega genesis games next
Sly bond? Is this arcade game trying to incorporate Sylvester Stallone Sly as James Bond? I remember back in the day Sylvester Stallone was called Sly Stallone for a brief period. So I am going to say it's a stretch.
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"You have to rescue the damsel in distress while taking out multiple tigers." That is the most video game thing ever.
LOL :-)
....only the addition of robot ninjas would have made it more video game!
I just finished watching a speedrun of Sly Spy. It was very interesting.
Sometimes, the golden-gun pieces were deliberately skipped so that it was later completed in the underwater sections.
Having the golden-gun for the underwater bosses made them die instantly.
For the tiger fight, he deliberately fired away all his ammo so he could boot the tigers in their heads for faster kills.
For the Oddjob fight, again, he went in without ammo to jump-kick him in the head.
He beat the game in less than 10-minutes.
That's awesome, I wasn't aware a speed run existed for this game. I'll check it out thanks
There are some pretty wacky exploits in Double Dragon as well, the speedrunner doesn't even bother to stop for bridge Abobo, just leaves him unscathed 😁
Very underrated channel dude. These always make my day and I've rewatched many of them. Keep it up! :D
Glad you like them! Thanks for the nice words
Really reminds me of ESWAT in hindsight, but you could say that about Rolling Thunder as well.
Yes it does, I never noticed it before
This game has so much style. So 80s.
Again PatManQC comes at me with a brilliant video of a game I’ve never actually played. A spy game in the bad dudes style?! Why did I never see this. Watching this on my projector while in lockdown. Thanks Patman. Great stuff.
Excellent,Glad you enjoyed the video so much. Stay safe
"The greatest portrayal of 007 since George Lazenby..." 😁
At least somebody got the joke :-)
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries What was the joke? I liked George Lazenby.
@@1984Brandon George tried to settle down and they killed his wife. Those bastards!!!
Poor Roger Moore. 😥
I played this a long time ago at the local county fair as a kid and have been trying to remember the name for decades, thank you for covering it and helping me solve my mystery!
Sly is one Bad Dude too I guess. This game was so varied it was insane. Data East produced some amazing games back in the day.
Never seen Sly Spy in my arcades. But I sort of stopped going there around 1987 as new games didn't appealed to me anymore. Late 1970s and eartly to mid 1980s was "my time". Thus I played a lot Data East games earlier. One I really liked was Astro Fighter but didn't know it was by Data East. First time a recognized their logo was on Karate Champ.
@@TheAnkMan It was near my place as a substitute of Shinobi. It's a great game in its own right but Shinobi fans did not accept it.
Hey I just wanted to tell you I’ve only recently found your channel and I absolutely love it! It has made self quarantine much more bearable. Thank you so much for all this education on one of my life’s loves.
That's very nice of you say, glad you enjoyed the content so much
As I went through all of the thousands of games on MAME - this one was a terrific surprise! .. I've always loved James Bond; I've seen every single one, Dr No was the first movie I actually saw in a cinematic setting.
So - loading this up and recognising all of the references was a treat.
There are surpisingly few "spy" games ... for arcade machines, Spy Hunter is one of the only obvious other nods to James Bond and his gadget-laden cars.
Cloak and Dagger from 1983 is worth checking out
Elevator Action also deserves to be considered a good spy game
I never did see this game in the arcade. Thank you for showing us this, Patman~!
Thank you Kitty
You know, Data East really were the unsung heroes of gaming. They released so many absolute smash hits, it absolutely boggles my mind that at some point - they went under, and before we got the Shadowrun 2 that was promised to us, sadly. Data east, you are sorely missed by this 90s kid. If only you had stayed in business a little longer, what might have been.
I don’t remember this game at all! Love when it’s something I’m not aware of! Great video, man. Really enjoyed it!
I'm genuinely shocked; I mentioned this one in passing on another one of your videos and you actually went and did it! Excellent work too, including stuff I never even knew! Thank you so much! ^_^
inphanta Yeah I mentioned it a while back too. Pat must have a long list and adds to it as we go. I’m hoping for Legend of Kage!That game on the C64 made me foam at the mouth with anger 🤣
I had this for the C64 and absolutely loved it. Incredibly fun game, lots of variety and the difficulty (unlike most C64 games) wasnt too bad.
I agree with everything you said, it's almost the perfect Commodore 64 game
This might just be your best one yet!
Great video I won't ever forget walking into Diamond Jim's arcade in Dothan and seeing this game. It really blew me away.
Thanks, I really enjoyed this game as well
One of the few games with an enjoyable under water level. Wish this would have come out on a console like the snes back in the day.
The super Nintendo or the Sega Genesis would have done it justice
I discovered this game through Data East Arcade Classics a few years ago liked it so much that I decided that I needed it for my favorite machine- my Atari ST. I purchased it just a few months ago and love it.
It was a really good conversion
I played this at my childhood grocery store while my mom was shopping
I miss mini arcades in the fronts of stores.
I used to play this at my mothers work while she was working growing up. She was a stripper.
damn son
yeah, and at the same grocery store was the first time I played Street Fighter 2
same here! the store for me was U-Save Super in Santa Rosa, Ca
A personal fave of mine as a kid but I never had enough money in my pockets to ever near completing... ok I don’t even think I got to level 4 🤣.You get all the fun of Bad Dudes with added Bond-ness so it’s a win win! I always got the name mixed up with The Super Spy by SNK for Neo Geo. That played like an on rails first person perspective fighter/shooter. Fun in its own right but I love Data East stuff .First class video Pat. 👍
It's one of those games I'm surprised they never got sued for. They were very lucky. Also 0:31 as someone who grew up with James Pond that was hilarious reference. 😄
Blew my mind with this one. Totally forgot about it. But now reminded how obsessed with it i was at the time
I've always enjoyed this game
Great video as always. I'd like to see you cover Battletoads, Runark/Growl, and Caddilacs and Dinosaurs someday.
Thank you, those are all great games so I'm sure I'll cover them at some point
“Sly Spy” is also available on the “Super Retrocade”console from RetroBit.
PatmanQC thanks for the new video
Absolutely, thank you for watching hope you enjoy it
First, I loved it when you said "pop" because that's what we say here and people always make fun because of it haha. Next, I can't thank you enough for making these videos, I know I commented before that, at the beginning of this lock down, my wife left and took the kids. I have congestive heart failure from a massive heart attack and a quadruple bypass, so I can't leave the house. Things have been terrible here and the loneliness gets unbearable, but each time you post a video, it really helps get through this all. Also, I love the games of old, seeing as I am old haha. I know I do this on every video, but I just want you to know you are appreciated and I always look forward to seeing what's next! Thank you my friend :D
I loved this game, and most Data East arcade games when I was a kid. This and RoboCop. "Drop it" and "Slllyyyy Spyyyy"
LOL, love the speech
You know I never knew about this arcade game so thanks for telling me about it I would have definitely enjoyed it back in the day even today I would like to try it out.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Had this on the Commodore 64. It was one of the games that came with the computer. Think the collection was called Night Moves.
I love the fact that this game has Jaws, Oddjob, and .....Robocop! In it.
LOL, I'm surprised data East did not get sued
5:07
:D You forget burger for President Ronnie!
LOL
Awesome arcade documentary as always, sir! Though I believe the James Bond actor referenced in the clips is Timothy Dalton, not George Lazenby. I love your videos, they take me back to the days when our family would vacation to the US and I would look forward to playing at the arcades. You are a blessing to those memories.
It was a joke, I showed a picture of George Lazenby when I was talking about the greatest James Bond ever without even mentioning Sean Connery
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries Oh! my apologies. I had missed that reference. Lazenby was definitely the greatest bond ever, HaHa. Thanks for correcting me on that, and I look forward to your future vids. Cheers!
The music for the Amiga was really good. !
I’d always input “007” at the code screen.
So would I :-)
I was still pretty young but those were wild and fun times
This was a pretty rare game in my childhood. I played it once and was hurried out of the pizza place. Next time I went there they had Robocop.
There were a few arcades around Here when I was growing up that had It
Wait, are you not gonna explain that ending that say "you missed a few things, try again"?
It's a load of bull.
Either by coding error or being a total lie but there are no secret items that change the ending on a second playthrough.
Isn't this meant to be a hint to the president's daughters? I mean, why would the president wink?
The President was with the terrorists. That's the twist
Also, its funny to see all the advertising for other data east games within this one. I seen a Karnov poster and Bad Dudes!
Data East had style. You could be RoboCop, a ninja or a spy.
Here's an arcade for you, 64th Street: A Detective Story, remember that one?
Loving that C=64 SID music. It's crazy that the commodore 64 version is better than the Amiga version.
I know, it does not make any sense
Used to love this on the C64, especially the music (tried to make the shorter levels last as long as the tunes!) Only thing was, I had it on tape and loading each level took ages...
I never had the tape version only the disc version
Excellent video and channel! Keep it up!
Thank you! Will do!
First time hearing of this game. THANKS!!
Hope you enjoy it!
Loved the music on the Amiga version.
It's so good!
I loved this game when I was in the arcade. I always wanted them to port this onto the early Nintendo consoles and the Genesis. Also I would put either 007bor 086
So did I
Ok. This is the first game you've done that I've never played. Ironically (?), I have played James Pond.
LOL, I always liked James pond as well. You are the first person to mention this
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries James Pond was a downright decent game sir! :) Especially for the early days it the Genesis. For whatever reason, I never played the sequel.
Damn!...this used to be in our local pizza shop,loved this game,good times..keep up the good work..sub👍
Hi patman! good one!
This is an arcade i missed out on. Such a shame as I was a huge Bad Dudes fan (still am)
There were too many games and no RUclips but because of that there were always new supises every time you went to the arcade.
I've found a bunch of games like this recently that I enjoy... Cyber City and Special Project Y are two others in this platform shooter James Bond knockoffs. Oh yeah and Thunder Jaws by Atari is a really underappreciated gem in a similar vein too. I like all of these games.
Those are all excellent games
Yes! Another fan of Lazenby's Bond.
The Spectrum 128K version does have sound effects, as well as music between the levels.
Okay thanks, must've been a problem with the emulation
You've come through again, good sir!
Loved the game back in the day
Oh man I thought I dreamnt thia game. I remember running into this machine during the 90s on vacation at some random hotel if my memory serves me right. I always got this mixed up with Rolling Thunder
They are similar
Remember this back in 89.took me years to find out its name.
same here!
I've always enjoyed this game
Another great vid
Glad you enjoyed
i did see robocop but i didn't realise the real ghostbusters reference in the movie.
Yes sir :-)
Looks and plays so much like the much better Data East game, Robocop.
Another great Data East game was Midnight Resistance
They love those grenades!
Would love to see you review goldeneye
Ah yes my arcade cabinet was running it yesterday. But I think it is in my list as the title "Secret Agent" indeed. It is so obviously Bond it is hilarious 😆
It was secret agent in Japan only if I'm not mistaken
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries It seems one Japan version and a "World" version. But on the title screen it shows Secret Agent while a female voice says "Slyyyy Spyyy"
Great game, great video!
when you are talking about entering the 3-digit code at 2:20 it sounds like you cut your own sentence off with the 007 line. I can't tell if you were trying to say that entering a code does nothing, or that the 007 code does nothing - but you cut yourself off before you could finish what a good code would do.
Weird, I could have sworn the Amstrad version had sound 😅
Can you do a video on the history of street fighter 2 arcade documentary?
I will eventually I just don't cover games that have been done to death other places
6:52 That aint Sly Spy, thats Midnight Resistance in a Sly Spy cabinet :D
LOL, you're right and I see that scene 25 times and never noticed
I'm surprised you didn't have to shoot polar bears on snow mobiles.
LOL, no kidding
Wow, the C64 version looks amazing
It is really good aside from some chunky sprites :-)
I LOVED THIS GAME
To my knowledge the ZX Spectrum doesn't have sprites.
I always had this game and Special Project Y (S.P.Y.) by Konami, mixed up with each other...
Bond the biggest wnkr ever on the big screen. Relic of a bygone era
LOL
Can you review lucky and wild?
I love sly spy. I wish they made a console version .
So do I, any of the 16 bit consoles would have done it justice
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries I just bought it on the Nintendo switch. I guess its better than nothing lol. this game had potential for multiple sequels and everything.
Dope game. I never got far in the arcade
It's another of my favorites as well
Patman, I have to know, how can anyone look at a ZX Spectrum game (any of them) and think it has anything over any other PC of its time?
Never ever played this game. And never heard of it .. it sure looks like it would be a real button masher
It's really not that bad
I remember seeing that game at an arcade. The game would do a demo mode like other games. The game would go through the intro. It would end with a woman with a very sexy voice. She would say, Slyyyy Spyyyy!
LOL, I can still hear that voice in my head
If I state that I wear a Bow Tie and a pistol every day of my life, you'd think I'm clearly trolling... *Real life is far stranger than fiction.*
LOL
You should check out the gpd xd its a great handheld gaming emulator device. I downloaded alot of arcade games and nes,snes, gb,gbc, games. I have to add the Sega genesis games next
Sounds like a really cool handheld
I’ve never seen this game before
sly spy on the zx spectrum had sound...
something like james bond in dragoninja land
Yeah that's pretty much it
super cool. reminds me of get smart XD
@patman: had you done a vid on toki...
Not yet
That woody got converted to SFII'
ruclips.net/video/EOwPbW_82xk/видео.html
Wow you showed a dedicated Sly Spy cab. Never seen one.
looks a lot like robocop.
But what about Guy Spy?
I used to like that on my Amiga as well
Nice game...!
I'm a Roger Moore fan myself. ✊
When it comes to Bond, I always found myself wanting "Moore".
Wait, you said "pop" you must be from the Midwest region
You are correct sir, I'm from Illinois
Sly bond?
Is this arcade game trying to incorporate Sylvester Stallone Sly as James Bond?
I remember back in the day Sylvester Stallone was called Sly Stallone for a brief period.
So I am going to say it's a stretch.
Robocop 2
Pond James pond .......
Never heard of it lol, Rolling Thunder was the 007 rip off game I remember
Council for World Domination? Since when did the Bilderberg folks change their name?!
LOL