Spy vs. Spy
Spy vs. Spy is a wordless comic strip published in Mad magazine. It features two agents involved in espionage activities who are completely identical except for the fact that one is dressed all in white and the other all in black. The pair are constantly at war with each other, using a variety of booby-traps to inflict harm on the other. The spies usually alternate between victory and defeat with each new strip. A metaphor for the Cold War, the strip was created by Cuban expatriate cartoonist Antonio Prohías, and debuted in Mad #60, dated January 1961. Spy vs. Spy is currently written and drawn by Peter Kuper.
The Spy vs. Spy characters have been featured in such media as video games and an animated television series, and in such merchandise as action figures and trading cards.
Publication history
Prohías was a prolific cartoonist in Cuba known for political satire. He fled to the United States on May 1, 1960, three days before Fidel Castro's government nationalized the last of the Cuban free press. Prohías sought work in his profession and travelled to the offices of Mad magazine in New York City on July 12, 1960. After a successful showing of his work and a prototype cartoon for Spy vs. Spy, Prohías was hired.
Spy vs. Spy (1984 video game)
Spy vs. Spy was a game first published by First Star Software in 1984 for the Atari 8-bit family, Commodore 64 and Apple II computers. It was an innovative two-player, split-screen game, based on MAD Magazine's long running cartoon strip, Spy vs. Spy, about the slapstick antics of two spies trying to kill each other with improbably complex and elaborate traps and weapons.
It was later ported to a much wider range of platforms including the ZX Spectrum, Acorn Electron, Atari ST, BBC Micro, Commodore 16, MSX, Amstrad CPC, Amiga, Master System, Game Boy, Xbox, Game Boy Color and Nintendo Entertainment System, which was emulated on the Game Boy Advance. A remake with a retro version was also released on iOS in 2012.
Gameplay
The object of the game is to collect various secret items in a briefcase and escape the building before the opposing player, or the timer runs out. While searching for the items, traps can be laid to take out the opponent (or the player themselves, if careless). Each spy has a personal countdown timer which depletes by 30 seconds upon each death.
Spy vs. Spy (disambiguation)
Spy vs. Spy may refer to:
- Spy vs. Spy II: The Island Caper, the first sequel to the 1984 computer game
- Spy vs. Spy III: Arctic Antics, the second sequel to the 1984 computer game
Podcasts:
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ALBUMS
- Transient 9 - Regeneration released: 2002
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ALBUMS
- Mugshots released: 1999
- Spy File released: 1991
- Trash the Planet released: 1989
- Trash the Planet released: 1989
- Xenophobia [Why?] released: 1988
- Xenophobia (Why?) released: 1987
- A.O. Mod. TV. Vers. released: 1986
- Harry's Reasons released: 1986
- Harry's Reasons released: 1986
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