 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== left|thumb|just found the bag the object of the exercise is to take out one's opponent as many times as possible, while collecting all the items needed to exit the game before the timer expires. each spy has a personal countdown timer. when a spy is defeated he drops all his items, and is forced to sit out of the game for a few moments while his timer is depleted at a faster rate. the timer depletes 30 seconds per death. the arena is an embassy, constructed from a series of interconnected rooms laid out on a grid pa
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