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![[In-game screen]](/showscreen.cgi?screen=screens/in-game/s/SpyVsSpy.gif "In-game screen")
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| Full title | Spy vs Spy |
| Year of release | 1985 |
| Publisher | Beyond Software (UK) |
| Re-released by | EDOS (UK) Hi-Tec Software Ltd (UK) Zafi Chip (Spain) |
| Author(s) | Incentive Software Ltd (Tag, The Kid) |
| Tie-in licence | First Star Software Inc (USA) (original game: Spy vs Spy) |
| Machine type | ZX Spectrum 48K |
| Number of players | 2 - simultaneous |
| Controls | Keyboard |
| Type | Arcade: Action |
| Message language | English |
| Original publication | Commercial |
| Original price | £9.95 |
| Budget price | £2.99 |
| Availability | Available as both Perfect TZX and non-TZX |
| Protection scheme | Multiple schemes (see individual downloads) |
| Additional info | Appeared on tape 1, side A of the compilation Spy vs Spy Trilogy (Databyte)
Appeared on side B of covertape Crash issue 93: Presents 29 (Crash) Also listed on Wikipedia and Freebase |
| SPOT comments | Crash cover game |
| Series | This game belongs in the following series:
1. Spy vs Spy 2. Spy vs Spy II: The Island Caper 3. Spy vs Spy III: Arctic Antics |
| Other systems | This title was also advertised for and/or published on the Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, Commodore Plus/4, NES and Sega Master System |
| Score |
8.16 (45 votes) 
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| Filename | Size | Type | Origin | Code | Barcode | D.L. | Encoding scheme | ||
 | SpyVsSpy.tzx.zip | 27,732 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Original release | 5012382000221 | Power-Load | |||
|  | SpyVsSpy.tap.zip | 30,191 | ((non-TZX) TAP tape image) | |||||
| | SpyVsSpy(Hi-TecSoftwareLtd).tzx.zip | 26,550 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Re-release | HT004 | 5019393890049 | None | |
| SpyVsSpy(ZafiChip).tzx.zip | 27,517 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Re-release | ZS-48_081 | Power-Load |
| Filename | Size | Type | |
 | SpyVsSpy.gif | 4,378 | (Loading screen) |
| SpyVsSpy.scr | 6,912 | (Loading screen dump) |
| SpyVsSpy.gif | 4,327 | (In-game screen) | |
 | SpyVsSpy.txt | 16,647 | (English instructions) |
| SpyVsSpy(ZafiChip).pdf | 360,440 | (Spanish instructions) |
| SpyVsSpy(ZafiChip).txt | 22,734 | (Spanish instructions) |
| SpyVsSpy.png | 549,076 | (Game map) |
| SpyVsSpy_Back.jpg | 1,558,523 | (Cassette inlay) | |
| SpyVsSpy_Front.jpg | 1,589,941 | (Cassette inlay) | |
| SpyVsSpy(Hi-TecSoftwareLtd).jpg | 72,463 | (Re-release cassette inlay) | |
| SpyVsSpy(Hi-TecSoftwareLtd)_2.jpg | 65,561 | (Re-release cassette inlay) | |
| SpyVsSpy(ZafiChip).jpg | 773,150 | (Re-release cassette inlay) | |
| SpyVsSpy.jpg | 198,286 | (Advertisement) |
| The Tipshop has hints, cheats and/or POKEs for this game! |
| Title | Author | Year | Platform | Status |
| Spy vs Spy Datafight2 | Smila | ? | PC/Windows | available (link dead?) |
| 2 player reviews [ View | Write one ] |
| Magazine | Issue | Type | ||
| Popular Computing Weekly | 8.84 | page 301 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 1.85 | page 31 | (Feature) | [full page] |
| Sinclair Programs | 1.85 | page 11 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| TV Gamer | 1.85 | page 6 | (News/Note) | |
| Sinclair Programs | 3.85 | page 11 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Computer Gamer | 8.85 | page 76 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Crash | 8.85 | page 24 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 8.85 | page 16 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Crash | 9.85 | page 60 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 9.85 | page 24 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Sinclair Programs | 9.85 | page 14 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 9.85 | page 15 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Your Spectrum | 9.85 | page 64 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| ACE | 1.88 | page 142 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 3.88 | page 23 | (Review - not a Spectrum article) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 1.89 | page 82 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 4.90 | page 62 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 4.90 | page 26 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Crash | 10.90 | page 32 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Crash | 10.91 | page 8 | (CoverGame) | [full page] |
| MicroHobby | 12.85 | page 18 | (Nuevo) | [full page] |
| MicroHobby | 3.86 | page 28 | (Micromania) | [full page] |
| MicroHobby | 2.87 | page 26 | (Tokes) | [full page] |
| MicroHobby Especial | 6.86 | page 21 | (Tokes) | [full page] |
| Magazine | Issue | Type | ||
| Computer & Video Games | 4.85 | page 120 | (CompoResult) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 4.85 | page 131 | (Full-page ad - coming soon ...) | [full page] |
| Crash | 5.85 | page 77 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 5.85 | page 118 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 5.85 | page 30 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Crash | 6.85 | page 25 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 6.85 | page 66 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 6.85 | page 84 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Crash | 7.85 | page 49 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 7.85 | page 33 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 7.85 | page 43 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Crash | 3.90 | page 10 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Games Machine | 3.90 | page 53 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 4.90 | page 32 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 9.90 | page 75 | (Advert) | [full page] |
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