<s>
Spy	B-Application
vs.	I-Application
Spy	I-Application
is	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
written	O
by	O
Michael	O
Riedel	O
for	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
First	O
Star	O
Software	O
in	O
1984	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
port	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
was	O
released	O
simultaneously	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
two-player	O
,	O
split-screen	O
game	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
Mad	O
magazine	O
's	O
long-running	O
cartoon	O
strip	O
Spy	B-Application
vs.	I-Application
Spy	I-Application
,	O
about	O
the	O
slapstick	O
antics	O
of	O
two	O
spies	O
trying	O
to	O
kill	O
each	O
other	O
with	O
improbably	O
elaborate	O
traps	O
and	O
weapons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
,	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
,	O
Acorn	B-Device
Electron	I-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
BBC	B-Device
Micro	I-Device
,	O
Commodore	B-Operating_System
16	I-Operating_System
,	O
MSX	B-Operating_System
,	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
,	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Master	O
System	O
,	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
,	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Color	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Nintendo	O
Entertainment	O
System	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
spies	O
can	O
engage	O
in	O
hand-to-hand	O
combat	O
(	O
achieved	O
by	O
wiggling	O
the	O
joystick	B-Device
or	O
directional	B-Device
pad	I-Device
left	O
and	O
right	O
or	O
up	O
and	O
down	O
when	O
the	O
spies	O
are	O
in	O
proximity	O
to	O
each	O
other	O
)	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
place	O
traps	O
on	O
the	O
furniture	O
and	O
doors	O
which	O
occupy	O
the	O
playing	O
area	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
version	O
was	O
rated	O
number	O
20	O
in	O
the	O
Your	O
Sinclair	O
Official	O
Top	O
100	O
Games	O
of	O
All	O
Time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NES	B-Language
version	O
sold	O
300,000	O
units	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
sequels	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
1984	O
game	O
were	O
produced	O
:	O
Spy	B-Application
vs.	I-Application
Spy	I-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Island	I-Application
Caper	I-Application
and	O
Spy	B-Application
vs.	I-Application
Spy	I-Application
III	I-Application
:	I-Application
Arctic	I-Application
Antics	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
third	O
game	O
was	O
also	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
.	O
</s>
