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Spy Who Loved Me, The

Spy Who Loved Me, The

Also known as James Bond 007: The Spy Who Loved Me

Credits

Released: 1990 (34 years ago)

Publisher: DomarkInfo / Logos

Re-releaser: The Hit SquadInfo / Logo

Developer: The Kremlin

Coder: Neil Harding

Graphics: Anthony West

Musician: Matt FurnissInfo / Photo

Information

Main Control: Joystick (Port 2)

Players: 1 Only

Language: English

Retail Price: £9.99 Tape
£14.99 Disk
£3.99 Tape (The Hit Squad re-release)

Categorization

Genre: Shoot'em Up, V-Scrolling

Tags: Action, Racing/Driving, Top-down, 2D scrolling, Shooter, Direct control, Automobile, Naval/watercraft, Spy/espionage, Licensed

Tie-In License

Name: The Spy Who Loved Me

Type: Movie

Owner: United Artists Inc (USA), Eon Productions (UK)

Reference: The Spy Who Loved Me on IMDb

Relationship

Misc relation: Licence to Kill
Live and Let Die
Living Daylights, The
View to a Kill, A

YouTube Links

Longplay video 18:57

Myrryspeikko on Dec 20, 2022

Magazine Reviews

C&VG, issue 111 (feb 91), p63 Release type is unknown	89%
Commodore Format, issue 21 (jun 92), p47 The Hit Squad budget release	70%
Commodore Format, issue 4 (jan 91), p28 Domark full-price release	60%
Your Commodore, issue 74 (dec 90), p26 Domark full-price release	78%
Zzap!64, issue 69 (jan 91), p88 Domark full-price release	38%
Zzap!64, issue 84 (may 92), p64 The Hit Squad budget release	38%
Average magazine rating: Based on 6 magazine reviews	62%

Added by Kim Lemon, Nov 26, 2001.
Last updated Apr 18, 2024. Viewed 17415 times.

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Graphics: 7 ‧ Music: 6 ‧ Playability: 7 ‧ Overall: 7

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Neo-Rio 2020-09-04

It clearly tries to ape Spy Hunter, but the screen is so small you can't see what's ahead of you. Worse, driving too fast makes the car uncontrollable and that gets you wiped pretty easily.
With the fun elements gone, you have to play very conservatively. That just makes the game difficult and somewhat tedious - which is a shame because the game has some good new ideas.

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DannieGeeko 2019-07-25

Billy Drago as James Bond on the titlescreen :lol:

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Ox128 2018-03-10

The title screen cracks me up - looks like Frankie Howerd lol

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Oge_user 2010-06-23

(2/10)

I don't like this game, really...

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SverdrupJahn 2010-03-17

Fun gameplay and all, good action, but man, the title screen was BAD! :S

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bronstein 2009-07-21

(6/10)

I quite liked the idea of releasing a game based on a licence to an OLD movie. You would expect a truly devoted gaming experience. Yet it remains a nice idea, nothing more.

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bucksby 2007-11-13

Far too similar to licence to kill. Domark were never my favourite software label. They shoiuld have done a James Bond more in the style of Oceans Sly spy.

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Tekopää 2004-03-28

Use Action Replay MKIV and get unlimited lives

Nice game!!

James Bond 2004-03-25

Forgot to ask this in my previous post. It seems that all versions of this game common. Although, it seems that a PC version of The Spy Who Loved Me is incredibly rare. Does anybody know why?

James Bond 2004-03-14

In my opinion, this is No. 2 on the list of worst James Bond game in the history of James Bond games. The No. 1 spot goes to the 1993 game "James Bond: The Duel". I'm pretty sure the only reason they put the option to go faster in this game was just so you could die faster. When you go as fast as your vehicle can go, you can't even see what's in front of you! I remember there being something called a "Q Truck" which was original. As the poster below said there are really no sound effects. In my opinion, this is not a James Bond game at all. When I play the first level with the civilians in it I feel like I'm playing Grand Theft Auto... Sadly, the entire game takes place in your Lotus Espirit which wasn't the greatest idea. The idea of this game sounds decent in paper but when it is brought to the computer it's just... Horrible. Also, if anybody has the IBM PC version of this game please contact me.

Lemonope 2003-05-27

Nothing too cool at all. The faster you drive the hard it is too see in front of you and obviously your idea is too knock pedestrians off the road. There is little sound and no engine noise... This game belongs to the dogs!