Secret Agent / Sly Spy (シークレット・エージェント) [Arcade] - ALL Clear NO DAMAGE - 1CC - No Scoring - edusword

Secret Agent / Sly Spy (シークレット・エージェント) [Arcade]
ALL Clear NO DAMAGE - 1CC - No Scoring - Default settings
Player: edusword
Emulator: WolfMAME 0.235
INP: replay.marpirc.net/inp/9/8/6/esw_secretag_805400_wolf235.zip
Game Version: Secret Agent (World revision 3)
Secret Agent © 1989 Data East

COMENTARIO PERSONAL:
El objetivo de la partida ha sido el de conseguir finalizar el juego sin recibir ni un solo toque a lo largo de la misma, por lo que el objetivo ha sido conseguido. Quizás más adelante me anime a jugar con el objetivo de maximizar la puntuación, pero ya veremos.
Es importante mencionar que desde la versión 0.192 la dificultad del juego ha cambiado bastante, especialmente en los jefes de fin de fase. A partir de esta versión ya se emuló el dispositivo RNG, que se utiliza para controlar la IA de los enemigos. Antes los jefes eran sencillamente insulsos, a penas tenían dificultad. Ahora, en cambio, su IA es mucho más avanzada, por lo que la cosa cambia mucho. Es la dificultad original del juego. Todas las partidas jugadas con una versión de MAME anterior a la 0.192 no deberían ser válidas. Sencillamente la emulación no era correcta.

PLOT:
The plot resembles some movies and novels of the James Bond series and takes place in the U.S. in an unspecified time period described in game as "199X". During the introduction sequence, the president and his wife are waving at the crowd next to a limousine at the White House in Washington D.C., when terrorists (some flying in using jetpacks) approach the president and his wife armed and dangerous, and, as soon as the screen goes red and gun sounds are heard, they seem to shoot not only the crowd, but also the president and the first lady, who are both presumed dead.

Later, a secret agent working for the American secret service, and known only by the name of Sly, is informed that the terrorists who struck at the presidential ceremony were located, identified, and confirmed to be CWD (Council for World Domination) members. CWD is a secret underground criminal organization with terrorist foundations, involved in drugs and arms dealing and government corruption, and ultimately plotting world conquest. Sly is assigned by the secret service to eliminate the CWD.

Sly jumps from a plane towards Washington D.C., and begins his campaign to prevent the terrorists from infiltrating not only the city, but several spots in the U.S., and must also prevent a nuclear missile from launching and striking the Earth.

In the course of the game, the player faces off against several bosses, eventually encountering the leader of CWD, whose identity is never given outside of that title. A spiked ceiling slowly descends from above and the boss is protected by a force field. Sly must shoot or kick it to deal enough damage and dent the field. Sly then shoots CWD's leader, finishing him for good before fleeing the base with hardly a scratch.

In the beginning of the ending sequence, Sly receives a final transmission from the president himself, who somehow escaped the attack at the early moments of the game and is miraculously alive. The president congratulates Sly for saving the planet, but then tells him that he "missed a couple of things and may come back to pick them up". Sly goes to the White House, only to arrive at the entrance and quickly find roaring applause from the crowd as well as what seems the president's daughters posing and smiling alongside him for a photo, who gave him several kisses, as a "thank you".

Then, he and his girls return home in a Ferrari F40, speeding all the way, going together to enjoy their well-deserved honeymoon. As the car drives off the screen, "THE END" is shown.

GAMEPLAY:
Players control the secret agent name Sly Spy through eight different stages. Some stages have their own gameplay. In the first part of the first stage, players shoot enemies horizontally while sky-diving. The second half of the first, third, fifth, sixth and eighth stages are played in a run and gun format similar to Namco's Rolling Thunder and its sequels, but it lacks the ability to jump between the top and bottom floors while grabbing rails. Also, when out of ammo or attacked by a boss with one hit, Sly Spy drops his firearm while the game becomes a beat'em up in 2D platform manner, much like Shinobi. Players can make Sly Spy do three different kicks: high kicks, low kicks and jump kicks. The second stage shows Sly Spy riding on his motorcycle with a built-in machine gun, which makes this stage a combination of run-and-gun and vehicular combat game formats, much like Moon Patrol. The fourth and seventh stages are in marine-based, side-scrolling shooter format. Minor enemies will drop several different items when defeated, such as extra ammo, cans of Coca-Cola-esque soda and machine guns. Sometimes, enemies will drop a jetpack on land or a DPV while underwater to make transportation easier.