Sly Spy Description

Sly Spy was produced by Nihon Bussan/AV Japan in 1989.

Nihon Bussan/AV Japan released 60 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1978.

Other machines made by Nihon Bussan/AV Japan during the time period Sly Spy was produced include Secret Agent, Mad Motor, Out Fencer, Midnight Resistance, Super BurgerTime, Oscar - Psycho-Nics, Stadium Hero, Pocket Gal, Pocket Gal 2, and Gondomania.

A side scrolling shooter with multiple references to the James Bond series of films. Fight a variety of terrorists to save the world from a nuclear holocaust. Scenes include the standard running and jumping stages as well as mid-air fights, underwater battles, and motorcycle chases.

Sly Spy - KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.34 (2 votes)

Cabinet Information

Cabinet Style Weights and Measures

Game Introduction

The Bond villian "Jaws" shows up at the end of stage two and one of the Bond logos shows up during the attract mode. Another one of the Bond villians who also appears in the game is "Odd Job".

At the start of each game you are allowed to select a three digit number for yourself of course, everyone selects 0-0-7.

Game Play

Your main weapon is your gun that requires a continual supply of bullets, but if it runs out you will have to kick.

Certain enemies drop pieces of the Golden Gun and once it has been assembled, the gun becomes a very powerful rifle capable of destroying just about anything in it's path.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Sly Spy Census

Common - There are approximately 44 known instances of this machine presumably owned by our current and past members. More are likely owned by non-members. 21 of these machines are owned by our active Sly Spy collectors. And of these, 2 are original dedicated machines, 3 are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet, and 16 are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 2 active VAPS members with extra Sly Spy circuit boards for sale.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.

At any given time, our active members are listing on VAPS on average of 4,400 games they are looking for, and 3,600 games for sale.

This game ranks a 11 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

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